The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-13
OUR FORCES AT MANILA.
Strength OF Otis's and Dewey's Mill
tary and Naval Commands.

Strength of Otis's and DeWey's MILF
tary and Naval Commands.
Chicago News.
The unsettled condition Of affairs at Ma
Mia makes 1t of interest to collect a number
of disjointed facts that have been published
and arrange them so as to give the reader
an idea of the strength of the American
militay ard naval forces under the COM
mand Of General Otis and Admiral Dewey,
as well as the distances between Manila
and the adjacent suburbs at some of which
the insurgent forces are encamped and
which may any day be the scene of a battle
that will be historic in American annals.
General Otis has now under his command
$1,000 man in and around Manila, of whom
1856 were reported for duty at the begin
ming of the week. Besides these there are
nearly seven thousand regulars at various
points en- route for Manila, which are de-
signed to take the place of volunteers, who
compose large portion of General Otis's
command. 1t is probable, however, If affairs
remain threatening, as they are at present
the volunteers will be retained, which will
make the American land force at Manila
about 2S,000 men. The troops now under
General Otis are made up of Company A.
engineer battalion; Troops c, E, G, I, K
and L Of the Fourth Cavalry; Batteries C,
H, K and L, Third Artillery; Batteries D
and G, Sixth Artillery; Batteries A and D,
California Artillery; Batteries A and B.
Utah Artillery, and First Wyoming Battery.
Fourth Infantry, Fourteenth Infantry, Com
panies B, T, and NJ of Seventeenth In
fantry; Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twen-
ty-third Infantry First California, First
Colorado, First Idaho Fifty-first Iowa,
Twentieth Kansas, Thirteenth Minnesota
First Montana, First Nebraska, First North
Dakota, Second Oregon, Tenth Pennsyl-
vania, First North Dakota, First Tennes-
see First Washington and First Wyoming
infantry regiments. 1t will be seen that
nearly all Of General Otis's command is
composed of volunteer soldiers and these
have done as good service as any body Of
regulars in the army could do.
Admiral Dewey has under his command a
feet Of twenty-seven vessels, some of which
have not yet reached Manila. These are the
Baltimore, at Iloilo Bennington and Petrel
at Guam; Boston, Brutus, Buffalo. Callao.
Charleston, Concord Culgoa, Manila,
Monadnock, Monocacy, Monterey. Olympia,
all at Manila Castine, near Gibraltar en-
route; Don Juan de Austria, Manshan, Isla
de Luzon Zaf1ro and Isla de Cuba, cap
buA GU NpGlllS4l NSSSclS uLQGTSOluS repairs at
Hong-Kong; Helena near Colombo, Ceylon;
Iris. at Honolulu. en- route; Oregon and
Scandia, en- route; Princeton, near Port
Said, en- route, and Yorktown, which left
San Francisco Jan. II for Manila. In ad-
dition to these the Solace and Yosemite are
under orders to sail at once for Manila,
while the Yankee and Prairie are being
used at Philadelphia to be sent to Dewey
If needed. The list shows that Admiral
Dewey will have, if he has not already, a
fleet that is a credit to this country, as it
contains some of the best vessels in our
navy. Besides these Admiral Dewey will
have very creditable fleet of transports
in which are the Grant, Morgan City, Ohio,
Senator, Tacoma, Sherman, Sheridan Cen
tennial, City of Pueblo, Arizona, Indiana,
Newport Panama, Pennsylvania, st. Paul,
Valencia, Zealandia and Relief a hospital
ship which is at New York under sailing
orders.
In the vicinity of Manila are a good many
populous towns. The following table gives
their names, estimated population and dis
tance in miles from the capital.