The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-18
TEN NEW REGIMENTS
Of Volunteers to Be Added to the
Military Establishment.
ENLIsTAENTs WILL BE HURRIED


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nave neeh appointed ny 'he war
Department and the Other Officers
VIII Be Spanish War Volunteers,
washington aug 10 Inc poilcy
OF the war department" said Secretary
Root yesterday, lis to furnish General
Otis with all the troops and supplies
that he can use and which are neces-
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70" ies'"ehts which were called OUT
yesterday by order OF the president.
ne SAID that no delay would be al
lowed IN enlisting, equipping and sup
plying the new regiments, nor in
transporting them as well as the other
regiments already organized to the
philippines. II the present number OF
transports are insufficient more will be
procured. The men already enlisted for
lne fh1llpplne service Will be sent at
once, and the new regiments will be
forwarded as fast as they are organ
lied and needed. While there has been
some suggestion that the new regi-
ments will be used as reserve force.
1t may be stated positively that these
regiments as well as more IL they can
be used Will be sent to reinforce Cen
eral Otis.
This will add $1,000 men to the en-
listed strength of the army and in
crease the total strength Of the army
to 95.045 men. The total number of
volunteers called into service Is 30,17O
men, being only 1898 men short Of the
total authorized volunteer establish
ment of $4,000. 1t Is stated at the de-
partment that the number Of volun-
teers already called into service is re-
garded as amply sufficient to meet all
possible needs of the army, and that
there Is no possibility that the remain
ing 4,S93 volunteers will be called for.
Recruiting for the volunteer army up
to Yesterday amounted to 2S9 men,
making the total recruitment to date
14122, or / ,O32 in excess Of the number
required to complete the ten regiments
organized under the orders of July 5.
All of these regiments have secured
their full quota except the Twenty
ninth regiment at Fort Mcpherson, Ca,
the Thirty-first at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, and the Thirty-fifth regiment at
Vancouver barracks. These three regi-
ments will be filled by the use of the
overflow from the more successful regi-
ments. The remainder of the excess
will be used in filling the volunteer
regiments being slowly organized in
the Philippines which are about 1900
men short.
1t is said that no special effort is to
be made to secure recruits in the south
ern states. This is due, It is said, to
the experience of the officers who OPP
Grated in that quarter for recruits for
the ten volunteer regiments just Or
gained. The only place where diff
Guilty was experienced in securing men
was In Georgia, Alabama and the Caro-
linas and the gulf states and the north
western Pacific states.
The following is list or the colonies
and lieutenant colonels:
Colonels-Thirty-elg George 5.
Anderson, major, Sixth cavalry;
Thirty-ninth, X. l.. Billiard, captain,
sub-department; Fortleth, Il. A. COD
win, captain, Eighth cavalry; Forty
first, E. T. G. Richmond, captain Sec
ond artillery; Forty-second, J. NJ.
Thompson, major, Twenty-fourth in
fantry; Forty-thrd, Arthur Murray,
captain, First artillery; Forty-fourth.
T.. j. Clernand, captain, second cav
airy: Forty-tifth, j. H. Dorst, captain
Fourth cavalry; Forty-slxth, w. D.
Schuyler, captain, Fifth cavalry;
Forty-seventh, Walter Howe, captain,
Fourth artillery.