The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-22
BUS'I'lE AT THU FORT
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE
NEN TO COMPOSE THE
REGIMENT
TO BE MUSTERED IN THERE

Consignment of Ordnance Stores.
Has Been Received--Maj. GerIach.
With the Squad OF Regulars and
u Number of Civilians, Is Brush
ing Up the Classic Rendez-
vOUs.
Nothing has yet been heard from Col.
Dorst, commanding officer OF the Forty
Tdfth regiment which is to be mustered in
at Fort Smelling, but the department Of
Dakota and the post commandment are
making extensive preparations, in the ex-
pectation that men for the regiment will
begin arriving before the end of the
week. 1t will be several weeks before
Col Dorst arrives from Cuba, and the
work in the meantime will be carried on
under the supervision of the recruiting
officers and the quartermasters depart
ment. Immense acquisitions have been
made by the war, department for the new
regiments and a large amount of sup
~ plies will arrive this week for the Smell
ing regiment The information issued
from the war department has been very
brief, but it is expected that as soon as
the line officers report for duty they will
be sent on to Smelling to take their
posts following the plan which operated
with great success in the mastering of
the Thirtyfourth regiment at Fort Lo-
gan Col
A consignment of ordnance stores has
arrived at the fort, coming under the
direct orders Of the war department.
MAJ. Gerlach, commanding at Fort Shell
Ing. has been in constant communion
ton with the force in the quartermas-
Ter 5 department at the army building
ana as soon as the wishes of the com
mahdlnS officer can be ascertained the
order Tor equipment will be placed A
large order Of supplies arrived yester-
day. including guns, haversacks and
knapsacks, with many other necessary
articles. The uniforms and bedding for
the men Will be shipped from the denot
quartermaster's office in St Louis and
will be issued here
Inc entire mobilization of the new reei-
ment will be at Fort Smelling Tho 70
crmtlh8 office al the fort was opened yes
teruay. BY Wednesday it is expected
that the new recruits for the Ffrty-ffth
infantry and the Eleventh cavalry will
Deslh TO pour in and preparations for
e"eII reception are everywhere in evil
oence at the fort. The order for the re-
cruitinS of the Eleventh cavalry was ro-
-teIVed here late Saturday and came as
great qualification and surprise to the
men at Smelling. The order relative 10
tLe recruiting of the cavalry is TO enlist
an lhe men possible at once and send
tlielI IN patches of twenty-five or thirty
20 Ohelf place of rendezvous which II ia
tlouSht will be San Francisco. Tn addi
IN me orders for the purchase of horses
nave been extended and buving will mo
80 d once the standards REQUIRED in
tbo i r,ol9es peing of the very highest, and
'Ht pIlce TO be paid is to be $12O
dooul the fort the twenty-nine regu-
IoIS ana the some thirty-five civilians
are hard at work, getting tbings -
shape for the reception of the recr75Fs
0hiIletS' pots pans and all sorts Of arn,I,
IooMng utensils are going through
,DIlghtenlng and securing process. TIL
riloIe Culihary department is being
oFe1hauied and complete inventory of
everything at the fort is being made
me barracks are being cleaned I'm from,
TOP TO bottom. as they will soon be over.
crowded. The quarters will hold b1,t 9O0
men, at the outside, and renIfsitfon bae
peeh made for tents for the balance
" me l'zOO men who will soon be going
through their daily drill at the fort n
has been decided that. owing tn tho M
eVenness OF the ground and the onnosi+ion
OF the surrounding farmers. it will NOT
De advisable to erect a target range so
that rife practice cannot be made mari
VI lI6 QIlll.
AS to the differing of the two new
regiments, little definite is known al
though the impression at the fort IS that
the colonels lieutenant colonies and ma
Jors Of both regiments will be appointed
by the president from the regular army
The volunteers 1t is expected. will receive
q large proportion of the balance of the
commissions. No commanding officers
have so far as known as yet been as
signed to the fort However, the hospi-
tai corps, which at present has seven
teen men at Smelling, will be drawn upon
TO supply the corps for the new regi-
ments. Each regiment is entitled to
three surgeons, who will undoubtedly
come from the regular army The be-
lief is that nearly all of the present
hospital corps will be detailed for duty
In the new regiments.
1t is stated by Maj Gerlach that the
requirements for the recruits in the new
regiments will not be so rigid as has
heretofore obtained The physical
standard required will not be quite so
strictly enforced and the educational and
citizenship requirements for the enlist
ments for the Spanish war will not be SO
severe.
The extensive repairs which have been
: In progress at the fort for several weeks
will be completed in a few days This
year Smelling has received more appro-
priatiOns for improvements than in the
previous ten years and the improvements
add greatly to the sanitary conditions