The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-06
FULL, OR NEW, REGIMENTSf
Az UNTITLED oUBSTIoN ABOUT
Dun YOLU NTEER ARNE.

The Presidsnt's Military Advisers Urge That
the new veiuntssrS ne Used a. EIll -
= lHaximuus Regiments IN the Yield
Ths eovsTpors er Eany states Object.
It will not be many days before the men now
enlistinRin response to the Presidents second
call for volunteers will be mustered into the
service OF the United States. Just how these
new volunteers arc to bo mustered into the ser
vice ana just how they are TO be used after
they arc mustered In are questions In which
those who desire 70 put into the neld the most
effective lighting force possible are greatly In
terestod.
Reports have recently been publlShsd from
Washington to tho effect that these volunteers
are to be used TO recruit the regiments al.
ready in the field up TO their, maximum
strength. That IL tho disposition Of these
troops which all the oficSrs Of the regular army
as we'll as thesmilitlR Officers now commanding
troops in the hUld arc shoping for. A reporter
Of THE Sun was Informed yesterday, how
ever. that IL has not by any means been dsh-
nItely decided yet that the second batch Of vol
unteers will DO used In this way.
Such q disposition would preclude the posi-.
bility of the recruits being mustered into the
service In their own regiments, or other Or
RaniEed bodies. The men would DO simply
transported to various points in the South to all
up those regiments not already recruited to
their maximum strength. This would mako IL
unnecessary to issue any more commissions TO
officers of volunteers, aud the men who are now
working for such commissions would not got
them. On this subject o man ina position to
know said yesterday: -
at Is the desire Of the President to use the
10000 men who are now e~nlisting in re-
Spouse to his second call to recruit the rsgi-
ments already in the field to their maximum
strength. He doGiFee TO do this because OF tho
Representations that have boon made to bim BY
manant estaSiis6nent, 81 to real condition Of
the regiments that have already been mustered
is; T sent F' p IL q Wan sa'i BoS SiiltnIsi W ana w 4acC
the PreEident has taken the trouble to examine,
1SOw that I not T taS ~ % ,SS than %S half OF I me reGb'
some Of tho pa4srS recently to the effect that tho
an odiciSi order to that Sfeot The reason that
the sSSq pr sa Slst tka aH DoPitioi ISSa and l1SSp sVeS GoVsrnorS
of States are trying TO exert on the Executive to
%HsStsr t II the aSn nST t5sO q O X sSgim'nt'' each
was in Warrington during tho civil war, and
1 have watched the SSiSSo Of the White House
for political appointments tpme4iAtely, after
ey we're ihnuEurated, iRaTo seen ali this, and
I want to tell you Washington never saw such
z rush for Pr1tormSHs 81 1.-THE the hands ,S,s Of shi Pres
Now that he wants TO make SUCH a disposition
of the new force as those at all competent to
ex1ress an opinion ontho subject think best, the
President finds himself opposed BY the Governor
of nearly every State in the Union where re-
these State Executives are in Washington In
person. But I do mean to say that they have
their agents there who arc working nights,
Sundays, and holidays.
" met In Washington one Of the ablest mill
tia Officors now In tho United States service.
He had Just returned from ChiokAmauEa and
Tampa, He told mo that the lack Of uniform
fly in the strength of the regiments in tho field
was giving the brigade, division and corps com.
when those commanders started to drill their
troops they planned TO put them through cor
tain manuuvr0s. Just % tho order to execute
these maneuvres was about to be given, the
suddenly remember that q certain regiment
had only ten companies. another eight and an
other perhaps twelve. Then he would have to
counterman6 the order and make different ar
Of the art Of war thst q force, IN order to be
effective in battle, must have uniformity Of its
integral units. The integral unit Of an army
is a regiment. What uniformity can there be
II one regiment has . certain number of COM
brigade and division commanders. in the face
of the enemy, had. to keep in their heads the
number of companies in each regiment of their
command, what do you suppose the result
would bef
According Recommendation each regi.
ment should be composed of twelve companies
The infantry companies should have 100 men,
the cavalry troops 100, the fold artillery IFS
and the heavy artillery 200. venture to say
tho volunteer service now In the hoid whieh. !;
recruited to its maximum strength with
$4,000 volunteers to recruit from, the army
could DO put on the footing IL should be on"