The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-18
TEN MORE REGIMENTS
All the Men Will Be Sent That
Otis Can Use.
NO DELAY IN ENLISTING
Orders Have Been Issued to Begin at
Once-Secretary Root Determined
to Wind Up the Insurrec-
ton at Oncs.

Washington, Aug. 11.-"The policy of
the war department." said Secretary
Root to-day, lis to furnish General
Otis with all the troops and supplies
that he can use and which are neces-
sary to wind up the insurrection in the
Philippines in the shortest possible
time"
Inc secretary was speaking of the 10
regiments which were called out to-day
by order of the president He said that
no delay would be allowed in enlisting,
equlpp!ng and supplying the regiments
| already organized to the Philippines as
soon as they were needed for active
operations. If the present number of
transports are insufficient more will be
procured. The men already enlisted for
the Phlllppine service will be sent at
once and the new regiments will follow
as fast as they are orga niZed and need
ed While there has been some sug-
gestion that the new regiments will be
used as a reserve force it may be stated
positively that these regiments, as we'll
as more, If they can be used, will be
sent to reinforce General Otis.
secretary Root sent copy of the or
der of to-day to the various depart
mentS of the army and they at once
new organizations.
Within half an hour the ordnance bu-
reau had sent orders to the different
arsenals directing that complete outfits
of arms and ordnance supplies for each
regiment be sent to the rendezvous
where they are to be organized. The
quartermaster's department gave or
ders for supplying tents, clothing and
other equipments furnished by that de-
partment, while the cemmissary depart
ment ordered a sufficient supply of ra-
tons to be on hand to feed the troops
as fast as they arrive. The medical
department was also directed to see
that supplies We're sent. The regiments
will be recruited with the same care eX-
erc!sed in enlsting the first 10 regi-
mentS.
The districts which were not very
thoroughly covered in recruiting for the
first 10 regiments will be visited by the
officers of the new organizations. 1t is
the intention of the department to have
the regiments give more attention to
firing than to any other feature of the
drill, The men will be armed, as are
the regular infantry regiments, with
the new magazine army rifle.
The election of majors and company
officers for the regiments are now oc-
cupying the attention of the secretary
and the men are being chosen from
among the volunteers who We're called
out in the Spanish war. The officers
will be distributed as equitably as pos
sible among the different states, but
the efficiency record of the men will
govern to a great extent in their selec-
ton.
The regiments will be numbered from
3S to A.. and will be organized at the
following places in the order named:
Fort Smelling Fort Crook Neb.; Fort
Riley, Kansas; two at Camp Meade,
Pa; Fort Niagara, N. Y; Fort Ethan
Allen Vermont; Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas; Jefferson Barracks, Missouri:
South Pennington, Massachusetts.
Colonels and lieutenant colonels Of
the new regiments are announced as
follows: Colonels: Thirty y-eighth-Geo.
s. Anderson, major 9Th cavalry; 39th,
r. l.. Bullard. captain Of subsistence
department.; 10th, e. A. Goodwin, cap
tain Sth cavalry; 4lst T. S. Richmond,
captain I'd artillery; 42d. J. NJ. Thomp-
son. major oath infantry; 4Srd Arthur
Murray captain 1st artillery; 44th E. J.
McClernand, captain I'd cavalry; 45th,
]. H. Dorst, captain 4th cavalry; 46th,
w. S. Schuyler. captain 5th cavalry;
47th, Walter Howe. captain 4th artil
lery
Lieutenant colonies: Coils. e. b.
Pratts, captain 23rd infantry; c. ].
Crune, captain oath infantry; - Byrne,
captain 9Th infantry: ]. S. Mallory,
'
major, judge advocate; James Barker,
captain 4th cavalry: Francis Michler,
captain 5th cavalry; w. e. Wilder. cap
tain 4th cavalry: J. A. Beacon, captain
9Th infantry; John Biselow, jr., cap
tain 10th cavalry.
The new regiments will be organized
under general instructions issued at the
time the first 10 regiments We're called
out. In the list of lieutenant colonels
announced it is not known whether
Bernard A. or Charles Byrne is intend
ed. Both are captains in the 9th in
fantry. Otis has been cabled for the
full name, as the officer was designat-
ed by him. With the 13 regiments al
ready called into service. the 10 ordered
to-day will make a total of 10000 in
round numbers. of the So, 900 volunteers
authorized.
1t appears that from to-day's order
that the 10 regiments are to be recruit
ed in the New England and the west
ern states. Kansas and Pennsylvania
have apparently been selected a. the
best field for recruits. 1t is said that
no special effort is to made to secure !
recruits in the southern states, This !
is due it is said. to the experience of |
the officers who operated in that quar- |
ter for recruits for the 10 volunteer
regiments just organized
The only places where difficulty was |
experienced in securing men was in !
Georgia. Alabama and the Carolinas |
and the gulf states and the two north !
western Pacific states.
To-day's action will add 1900 men |
to the enlisted strength of the army, |
and increases the total strength of the |
army to S5,045 men, The total number |
of volunteers called into the service is |
30,170 men, being only 1892 men short |
of the total authorized volunteer es-
tablishment of $4,000 1t is stated at
the department that the number of |
already called into service
is regarded as amply sufficient to meet |
all possible needs of the army and |
that there is no possibility that the re-
1883 volunteers will be called |
for. Yesterdays recruiting for the vol
unteer army amounted to 2S9 men,
making the total recruitment to date
14,122 or 1.032 in excess of the number
required to complete the 10 regiments
organized under the order of July :.
All of these regiments have secured |
heir full the Doth ptri-