Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-07
RULES FOR RECRUITING
Secretary Alger Issues an Order Re-
garding the New Regiments.
WILL HAVE STEADY DRILLS.
Clause Inserted to the Effect That
Applicants For Com missions Must
BE Veterans Of the Span
tsh-Amerioan WnY.

Washington, July 1.-THE order for tn
| enlistment Of ten new regiments OF lnfah
try has been issued by the secretary OF
war. 1t is in part as follows:
by direction Of the president the fol
lowing general rules are prescribed FOL
recruiting from the country at large Unit
ed States volunteers as provided for b1
the act Of congress approved March
1899, published in general orders No. "
] of 1890, headquarters of the army, adJu
tant generals office, and for organizing
the same into regiments:
THE strength Of regiments officers anc
enlisted men will be as provided for by
sections and II of the act of congress
approved March 2, 1899.
1.-THE regiments to be organized in the
United States will be designated Twen
ty-sixth, Twenty seventh. Twenty eighth
Twenty..rfnth, Thirtieth, Thirty-tirst
Thirty second, Thirty Thirty
fourth and Thirty fifth regiments OF In
fantry, United States volunteers.
'"Of the commissioned officers to be ap-
pointed for each of these regiments the
field and staff officers, including medical
officers and captains of companies, will
be assembled at fegimental rendezvous,
as hereafter designated, for the purpose
of theoretical and practical instruction
In organization, military administration,
drill regulations, discipline, hygiene, camp
sanitation, etc. Daily instruction in the
nomenclature, care and assembly of parts
Of the rifle and target practice will be a
special feature Of instruction OF both oili-
GERS and men.
Must Have Seen Service.
Applicants for commissions, except Of
fcers Of the regular army, will be re-
qured to pass satisfactory eXamlna-
tio4 as to age, moral, mental and phys
teal fitness and capacity to command
troops and must have had service during
the Spanish American war.
Each regiment organized will, for the
purposes Of discipline and supply. be
subject to the orders of the commanding
general of the department In which the
rendezvous is located, and the regi
mental commander will report by tcle'
graph to the adjutant general of the de.
partment on his arrival ut the regi
mental rendezvous.
Len leSlillelsts VI inIahMy' y hA'eu
States volunteers, will be organized, as
follows:
"Twentysixth at Plattsburg Barracks,
n. y; Twentyseventh at Camp Meade,
Pa; Twenty eighth at Camp Meade.
Pa; Twenty-ninth at Fort Mcpherson.
Ga, Thirtieth vt Fort Sheridan, MS,
Thirty first at Fort Thomas, KY. Thir
ty-seG0nd at Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
Thirty third at Fort Sam Houston Tex;
Thirty fourth at Fest Logan, Colo; Thir.
ty-hfth at Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
The president has appointed the fol
lowing colonies of the volunteer regi
ments: Major James NJ. Bell, First cav
airy; Captain James S. Petit, First in
fantry, better known as colonel of the
Fourth immupes; Captain Edward e
Hardin, who was colonel of the Second
New York volunteers in the war with
Spain; Captain l.. A. Craig, Sixth cav
airy; Captain Luther r. Hare Seventh
cavalry; Major William A. Kobbc
Captain Cornelius Gardner, Nineteenth
infantry.