Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-08
OUR TOTAL FORCE.
Washington Officials Put it at IL, 900
Officers and Men.

Officers and Men.
Washington, d. c.. March 6.-FOr+y
one thousand officers and men of the
combined army and navy forces comprise
the approximate total American strength
now at. en- route and under orders for
service at the Philippines.
No further TGinfOrcementS are now IN
contempla ton. The forces of the two
services already stationed in and about
the archipelago consist Of twenty regi-
mentS of infantry. one engineer battal-
ion, seven troops of cavalry and eleven
batteries of artillery, an aggregate Of
about II, 900 men. Nineteen vessels,
with an aggregate of 29I Offices, 1890
men and 203 marines, make up the naval
contingent. This is exclusive of the
transport Solace, with 1872 officers and
men all told, which IS constantly passing
back and forth from Manila. There are
about 1900 amy reinforcements on the
way to Manila, making as rapid progress
Is possible, and there are, roughly, 1900
men IN the force under orders to proceed
to the Philippines.
The following are now at Manila or
Hong Kong under the command of Ad
miral Dewey: Baltimore, Bennington,
Boston, Buffalo, Callao, Charleston, Con
cord. Culgoa, Don Juan de Austria, Helc-
na, Isla de LuZon, Isla de Cuba, Manila,
Monadnock Monocacy, Monterey, Olym-
pld. 1eOfel ana 1OEkJOW0-
These vessels carry 29T officers. 1890
sailors and 253 marines. The transport
SOlace does not remain at Manila. The
CaStine and Princeton are now on their
way through the Red sea to join Admiral
Dewey, and the Oregon and her attend
ant vessel, the Iris. are travelling through
| the Pacific to the same destination.
These vessels will add to the naval force
at Manila 80 officers, 5739 men and
- oh Ilnr,
Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzon and Isla
de Cuba are not available for immediate
service as they are i'll need of repairs.
The SOlace has taken out Il number OF
recruits and with these the ISla de LuZOn
will be manned The Wheeling will join
the Manila fleet, but is not to be counted
as being available in the Immediate fut-
ure.
The regular troops now in the Philip
pine islands. under command of Maj
Gen. Otis. consist of the following:
The Fourteenth United States infan-
try: Eighteenth United States infantry:
Twentieth United States infantry (Which
has but recently arrived there, consisting
of II officers and 1918 mem; Twenty
second United States infantry and IWen-
ty-thrd United States infantry: u bat
talon of United States engineers; Cos.
c. Z, G., |, X, l. Of the Fourth United
States cavalry; batteries II. q. X and l.
of the Third United States artillery. and
batteries d and @, Sixth United States
artillery.
Most Of the volunteer forces already
in the field and most of whom have borne
the brunt of the engagements with both
the Spanish army on the islands and
more recently with the F'ilipinos, have
been there since the beginning Of the
American occupancy Of the islands. They
comprise fifteen regiments of infantry,
one troop of cavalry and five batteries
of artillery, as follows:
The First California, First Colorado,
First Idaho. Fifty-firSt Iowa, Twentieth
Kansas, Thirteenth Minnesota, First
Montana, First North Dakota, First Ne
braska, Second Oregon, Tenth Pennsyl-
vania, First South Dakota, First Ten
nessee. First Washington, First Wyom-
ing, First troop of the Nevada cavalry,
Batteries A and B of the Utah Light Ar
! tillery, Batteries A and ID Of the Cali
fornia artillery, the First Wyoming
Light battery and Tenth and Eighteenth
companies of the United States Signal
corps.
| In addition to these another company
! for the signal corps has just been formed
at Manila, being recruited by transfer
! from the regular branch of the army.
This making up the new company was
made necessary by the lack of time for
| dispatch of men from the United States.
Reinforcements for the Philippines now
on the way aggregate III the neighbOr-
| hood of 1900 men, all told These are
made up of three general expeditions as
| follows:
The transport Grant, with Gen. Law
! ton and staff. with total of GA officers
and no men, including one battalion of
| the Seventeenth Infantry regiment and
| four companies of the Fourth infantry
| This expedition sailed from New York
! January 10, was reported at Singapore
| on Saturday and Gen. Lawton cabled
| Gen. Otis that his expedition will reach
Manila in the early morning Of the 10th
| inst
The transport Sherman, Col ]. II.
Page commanding, carrying a total of
81 officers and 1902 men, Including the
entire Third Infantry regiment and
| battalion Of the Seventeenth infantry.
The Sherman sailed from New York
| February 3. The transport Sheridan.
| under command of Lieut.. Col. J. Fl,
Smith of the Twelfth infantry, carries
all OF the Twelfth, and battalion of the
Seventeenth infantry, making a total of
81 officers and 1896 men. Besides these
the Roanoke with a fair-sized detach-
| ment of recruits for the various regi-
ments already in the archipelago has
gotten a good start on the way to Manila
| and the transport Valencia sailed from
| San Francisco for Manila, via Honolulu
| with 100 recruits for the infantry, artil-
! lery and hospital corps and a number of
west rom graduates assigned to duty
| with various companies in the Philip
| pines.
| 10 swell this formidable list of men
| already on the field and en- route, five
regiments of infantry and the crack Sixth
| artillery with an approximate strength,
| additional, of 1900 men in all, are under
orders to proceed to Manila at the earli-
| est opportunity. These reinforcements
which go to the archipelago under an or
| der issued by the war department last
week, complete the roll of troops so far
as contemplated for service in the islands
/ and are as follows: