The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-18

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE policy
Oh the war department." said Secretary
Root today, lis to furnish Gen. Otis ali
the troops and supplies that he can use.
ana which are necessary to wind up the
lhsrrrecuon in the Philippines in shortest
possible time"
Inc secretary was speaking of the ten
new regiments which were called ont to-
day by order of the president. He said
that no delay would be allowed in en-
liStlhg' eQulpp1ng and supplying the new
regiments nor In transporting, as we'll as
the other regiments already organized, to
the Philippines as soon as they were
needed for active operations. If the pres
ent number of transports proves insufff-
Client more will be procured. The men
already enlisted for the Philippine serv-
ice will be sent at once, and the neoy
regiments will be forwarded as fast as
they are organized and needed. While
there has been a suggestion that the new
regiments will be used as reserve force.
II may be stated positively that these
regiments, as well as more If thew can
Otis " SA4'
ORDERS SENT OUT.
Secretary Root sent a copy of the order
OF today to the various departments of
the army, and they at once began nren-
arat1ons for supplying the new organiza-
uons Within half an hour the ordnance
bureau had sent orders to the different
arsenals, directing that complete outfits
Oh arms and ordnance supplies for each
regiment be sent to the rendezvous where
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masters department gave orders for sun
plying tents, clothing and other eouin-
ments furnished by that department
WhlIe the commissary department order
ed a sufficient supply of rations to be
on hand to feed the troops as fast as thew
arrive. The medical department was also
directed to see that supplies were sent.
Inc regiments will be recruited with the
same care exercised In enlisting the first
ten regiments. The districts which were
not very thoroughly covered in recruiting.
the hrst troops will be visited by officers
IN the interest of the new organizations.
ST. LOUIS HEADS LIST.
Ihe order Of today as issued calls for
Tue enlistment of ten additional regiments
OF infantry volunteers to be organized for
service IN the Philippines The regiments
WIN WIN De numbered from thirty-eight to
iorty-seVen, and will be organized at the
tolio"lng places in the order named: JEFF
terson Barracks, Mo; Fort Crook Neh
Fort Riley, Kan. Camp Meade. Pa Fort
Ethan Allen, Vt; Fort Leavenworth,
Kan; Fort Smelling, Mimi: South Franz
lhgham, Mass; Camp Meade Pa.
1t appears from todays orders that the
ten new regiments are to be mainly re-
cru1ted in New England and the Middle
ana central western states Kansas and
pennsylvania have apparently been Sc
&C fIDI H. al
SAID that no special effort is to be made
to secure recruits in the Southern states.
rms Is due, it is said, to the experience
OF the officers who operated in that quar-
ter for recruits for the ten volunteer regi-
ments just organized The only places
where difficulty was experienced in secur-
ing men were in Georgia, Alabama and
the Carolinas and the Gulf states, and
the two Northwestern Pacific states.
ARMY INCREASE.
Today's action will add 13, ,09O men to the
enlisted strength of the army. and in
creases the total strength of the army
to 90, 459 men. The total number of volun-
teers called into service is 3O,170 men, be-
Ing only 4,S93 men short Of the total au-
thorized volunteer establishment of 35000
1t is stated at the department that the
number of volunteers already called into
service is regarded a s amply sufficient
to meet all the possible needs of the
army, and that there is no possibility that
the remaining 1883 volunteers will be call
ed for
Yesterdays recruiting for the volunteer
army amounted to 2S9 men, making the
total recruitment to date 14122, or 1882 in
excess of the number required to COM
plete the ten regiments organized under
the orders of July 3. All Of these regi-
ments have secured their full quota, ex-
Cept the Twenty ninth regiment, at Fort
McF'herson, Ga; the Thirty-third at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, and the Thirty-fifth
regiment at Vancouver barracks. These
three regiments will be filled by the use
Of the overflow from the more successful
regiments. The remainder of the excess
will be used In filing the volunteer regi-
ments being slowly organized in the
Philippines, which are about 1900 men
short.
OFFICERS NAMED.
The colonels and lieutenant colonels Of
the new regiments were today announced
as follows:
Colonels-Thirty- eighth. George s. An
derson, major Sixth cavalry; Thirty
ninth, R. L. Bullard, captain subsistence
department.; Fortieth, E. A. Goodwin.
captain Eighth cavalry; Forty-frst, T. c.
Richmond, captain Second artillery; For
ty-second, J. NJ Thompson, major Twen-
ty-fourth infantry; Forty-third, Arthur
Murray captain First artillery; Forty
fourth, E. J. McClernand captain Second
cavalry; Forty-fifth ]: Fl. Dorst, cL9-
Schuyler, captain Fifth cavalry; Forty
seventh, Walter Howe, captain Fourth
artillery.
Lieutenant Colonels-E. B. Pratt, cap
tain Twenty-third infantry; G. ]. Crane,
captain Twenty-fourth infantry; Byrne,
captain Sixth infantry; ]. S. Mallory,
captain Second infantry; E. H. Crowder,
jOr in6Ro advocate. James Parker
captain Fourth cavalry; Francis Nichler,
captain Fifth cavalry; w. E. Wilder,
captain Fourth cavalry; ]. II. Beacon,
captain Sixth infantry; John Bigelow Jr.,
captain Tenth cavalry.
LIND's REQUEST REFUSED.
Secretary Root has denied Gov Iind's
reuuest for the mastering out at Port
land and q letter to the eovarnn1. statine