Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-06

As indicated in yesterdays Star, the War
Department has issued general orders for
| the organization of ten regiments of volun-
teers for service in the Philippines. The
orders are as follows
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Washington. July 6. 1899.
BY direction of the President, the follow
| ing general rules are prescribed for recruit
ing, from the country at large, United
States volunteers, as provided for by the
act Of Congress approved March 2, 1889,
published in General Orders, No. SO, Of 1899,
headquarters of the army, adjutant gener-
| ais office, and for organizing the same into
| regiments:
The strength Of regiments, officers and
| enlisted men. will be provided for by
sections and Il of the act of Congress
| approved March 2, 1899
The regiments to be organized in the
United States Will be designated 18TH 9th,
| 18th, 29th Both, 31st, sd, 3d. Gath and
S5th Regiments of Infantry, United States
Volunteers.
OF the commissioned officers to be ap-
! pointed for each of these regiments the
held and staff officers, including medical
| officers, and captains of companies, will be
assembled at regimental rendezvous, as
hereafter designated, for the purpose of
theoretical ana practical instruction in or
ganlzatlon military administration, drill
regulations, discipline, hygiene, camp SAM
tation, etc. Daily instruction in the no.
menclature, care and assembly of parts of
the rifle and target practice will be spe-
cial feature of instruction of both officers
and men
Applicants for commissions, except Of
ncefS OF the regular army Will be required
to pass satisfactory examination as to
age, moral mental and physical fitness,
and capacity to command troops. and must
have had service during the Spanish-Amer
lean war.
The recruiting service of the regular army
will be charged with recruiting from the
country at large men for service in these
volunteer regiments, whose enlistments will
be made for the period ending June 30, 1901
unless sooner discharged, and without re-
strictions as to citizenship or educational
qualifications, but in all other respects I'M
der the same rules and regulations as are
prescribed for recruiting the regular serV-
Ice. Except in special cases only unmar-
rled men will be enlisted for these resi-
mentS. In view of the probable severe
service of these regiments and the climatic
conditions to which they may be subjected,
the physical qualification of both officers
and enlisted men is of first Importance.
Only those fully qualified will be appointed
or enlisted. II
The ieutenants and two of the medical
of1cers of each regiment will, as far as
practicable, be assigned to duty as assist
ants to recruiting officers of the regular
army. -
Upon arrival of RECRUITS at the regimental
rendezvous, the commanding officers of regi-
the appointment and reduction of regiment
al and battalion commissioned staff and
company non-comndissiened officers and
other enlisted grades will be governed by
the law and army regulations
Each regiment SO organized will, for pur-
poses of discipline and supply, be subject to
the orders of the commanding general of
the department in which the rendezvous is
located, and the regimental commander Will
report by telegraph Ito the adjutant general
OF the department On his arrival al the regi-
mental rendezvous, III. i-. ...
Ten regiments of infantry. United States
volunteers, will be organized as follows:
Twenty-siXth at Plattsburg barracks. New
York.
Twenty-seventh at Camp Meade, Penn
sylvana
Twenty-eghth at Camp Meade, Pennsy-
vaaia
Twenty-rinth at Fort Mcpherson Ga.
Thiruieth at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
Thirty-first at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
Thirty-second at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Thirty-thrd at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Thirty-fourth at Fort Logan Colorado
Thirty-tifth at Vancouver barracks Wash
ington.
r A AJGEP Secretary of War