The evening times., 1898-09-20
TROOPS. FOR THE ISLANDS
Regulars Will Garrison Amer
ica's Possessions.
GENERAL MILES, PLANS
The Occupation of Cuba by an Amer
lean Army VIII Be Begun In Oc-
tOber-It Is Thought That the DAN
ger From Fever VIII Then Be
Less MenacfnE.

Gen. Miles was asked today how many
regulars would be stationed with the
volunteers at different garrisons. He re-
piled: About 1900 regulars in Cuba,
1000 in Honolulu, 5000 In the Philippines
and 1900 in Porto Rico"
Gen. Miles said he expected that Cuba
would be garrisoned with about 5000
men; the Philippines with about 2o,000;
Porto Rico, about 14.0V0; Honolulu. about
4,000. All the regulars who were at Mon
tauk, with the exception of the Twenty
fourth Infantry, Twenty-second Caval-
ry and Ninth Cavalry. will be sent 10
Cuba and Porto Rico, and the First and
Fifth Cavalry were today added TO the
Seventh and Eighth Cavalry, all of which
troops will go 10 Cuba.
Gen. Miles said that the decision thus
to dispose of me troops was largely Il
result of the conference held on Satur-
day between the President, Acting Sec
retary Meiklejohn and Gen. Miles. The
Seventh Cavalry. now stationed in Ari-
zona and New Mexico, and the Eighth
Cavalry, now stationed at Fort Meade,
have however, been ordered to Hunts
vile, Ala, whittier most of the regulars
for Cuba will go. The Second and Ninth
Cavalry, now al Montauk, will go, re-
spectively, 10 the Department of Dakota
and Colorado.
IL is not expected that the troops will
be ordered 10 Cuba before the first or
middle of October, when the details of
the evacuation will have taken some
shape, and the danger from fever will
have become less menacing. In addition
TO the Seventh Army Corps of about
$4,000. 1t is planned now that the re-
| naming six immune regiments, also now
In this country, will go to Cuba. Four
of the immune regiments are now in San
tiago namely, the Second, Third. Fifth
and Ninth, the first three being white,
and the Ninth colored. There are three
other colored immune regiments name
ly, the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth, now
at Lexington. The others are white,
| namely, the Fourth, a Jacksonville: the
Sixth, az Admission, and First, at Calves
! ton.
In order TO ascertain the exact fitness
| for service in Cuba of these six immune
! regiments a commission of inspection will
Immediately visit them. Surgeon Daily,
| of the commission, has gone. Inspector
| Maus and Assistant Morton will follow
| Wednesday, after having received in
| structions from Major Gen Miles. Here
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| by direction of the Secretary of War,
| Lieut. Col. Martin 2. Maus inspector
| general United States volunteers: Ma jor
| William II. DAILY, chief surgeon United
| States volunteers. and Capt. Joseph B.
| Morton, assistant adjutant general
| United States volunteers, will proceed
| from this city to Jacksonville, Fla: An
niston. Ala; Galveston. Texas, and Lex
| ington, Ky, on official business pertain
| ing to the inspection of the regiments of
United States volunteer infantry station
| ed at those places, under such verbal in
| structions as may be given by the major
| general commanding the army, and upon
completion of these duties Will return to
| their stations in this city.
| These immune regiments have been
slow in organizing. and they have been
| to some extent lost sight of. II they are
| In the condition ii is expected, they will
| all be included in the garrison of Cuba.
Gen. Miles said today there would be
plenty OF soldiers for the program, as
| there were left. he said, 100000 volunteers
and 600O regulars Those regulars not
needed will be distributed at army posts
| The volunteers not needed will. il is ex-
pected, remain in winter camps.