The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-31

few hundred recruits to the regiment now
on the way 10 Manila
Concerning the carrying out OF the aims
of the second call. the following Is the
continuation Of the telegraphic CORES
ponden,e between the governor and the
war department:
Washington, May @-To the Governor
Of oregon. Salem. Ore.: Under the drse
call OF - ~ men 90 was contemplated
that the number Of the organization called
f0r should have the maximum strength
stated below, but on account OF additional
organizations having % be accepted this
maximum had 10 be reduced TO II enlisted
men per company The maximum above
contemplated is ls enlisted men per com
pany OF infantry, 100 p.r troop Of cavalry,
10 per Light battery. 30 per heavy battery.
il25 OF all grades per regiment Of Infantry,
consisting OF the three battalions OF four
companies each. The secretary Of war
bids me 10 say 10 Is now the wish Of the
president 10 apply In accordance wiki the
law So much ot the srcond c8ll for 1j.Vy'
as may be necessary 90 nll IN, orgdnIza-
lion already In service from your state
20 the stated maximum. The secretary OF
w1r bids me say that recruiting officer
Will ht detailed 10 make and superintend
under the army regulations enlls,ments
for this purpose OF he number OF men
wired you May e. iN> Please name one
or more competent Held officers ol the
regiment already In service from your
stale 90 Or detailed under orders from the
war department Tor this duty.
H. c. CORBlN.
Adjutant General, L. ). A.
Ia answer 10 the above dispatch GOV
crnor Lord sent the following:
Portland. May S1-H. c. Corbln. Ad-
jutant General. Washington. d. c.. The
field officers OF our regimen; already In
the service are aboard ship on their way
10 the Philippine Islands. Can name
them as requested, but would not that de-
tail be practically impossible FOR the pur-
pose Of recruiting as contemplated by
your telegram?
WILLIAM p. LORD.
Governor.
Adjutant General Tultle says the way
he understands it our quota on the first
call was ~. Then the dispatch came TO
furnish regiment, giving the minimum
Of - and maximum OF 81. Oregon fur
nished the regiment just as they asked
for ii. The mastering officer would not
muster more than 81 men TO the company.
We sent away from here 969 men and 50
officers and about 10 more oregon boys
We're enlisted in San Francisco. which
made a total Of 9SO men, which would
make about l,O more than our original
quota would amount to.
Now the war department has concluded
to raise our companies which have gone
to the front from maximum OF 81 men
to LOO men, and wants us to recruit ana
send those companies $50 men. our quota
under the second call would DC. Accord
Ing to population, i96, and dispatch
from Washington says that the overpms
on the first call will cause reduction OF
li0 from our quota on the second cali.
Take that l70, and add to 1t $50 ana 1t
would take up, according to population,
all our quota on the second call.
General Tuttlc has now on lille appuca-
tIons enough to I'LL two regmentS-one OF
priNates and one Of olliccrs-and there are
raised and men who want TO
raise them In almost every town OF any
Importance in the state