The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-19
Secretary Root Selecting Those For
the New Regiments.
TO TRANSPORT TROOPS
MAY CHARTER MORE SHIPS ON
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Effcrt to Be Made to Land ALI Volun-
teers In the Philippines By the
First of Decentralization OF
Troops Now Under Lawton and
Macarthur.

Washington. Aug. 1S.-Secretary Root
was busily engaged the greater part OF
today in selecting officers to fill the
new regiments. going over the lists OF
names that have been submitted with
recommendations for appointments,
and considering their efficiency records
during the Spanish war. The secretary
is giving the matter of selections spe-
cial attention and the list is prepared
in his private Office. After the selec-
tionS are made by the secretary they
will be sent TO the president for his ap-
prevail.
Preparations continue actively in the
matter of arranging for the speedy
transportation of the troops TO the
Philippines. The quartermaster's de-
partment has been considering the adj
visibility of chartering more trans
ports on the Pacific coast. Already the
ships chartered make it possible to
send nearly all the organizations now
formed by Sept. %, instead of two
weeks later, which was the schedule
first shown to Secretary Root. The
transports Logan and Thomas are now
being fitted up on the Atlantic coast
and it is expected they will be ready 10
sail by the middle of October and will
take three regiments via the SueZ
canal
At the latest calculation. it is now
believed TO be possible to land all the
new regiments in the Philippines by
the 1st of December, or very soon after
that date.
Officers In Philippines.
Seven lieutenant colonies named yes
terday are now serving in the Philip
pines. They will remain there ard
await the arrival of their regiments.
While is may not be necessary to use
all the troops in the Philippines, it is
understood to be the plan of Secretary
Root to have a sufficient force, not only
to defeat the insurgents at every point.
but to garrison and hold the places
that may be taken and thus insure a
safe line of communication.
The map which has been prepared
for Secretary Root, showing the loca-
ton of the troops in the Philippines,
has been completed. and is also accom-
panied by a statement explaining how
this force is divided under the generals
commanding the divisions.
How Forces Are Divided.
The First division, commanded by
General Lawton, is south of Manila,
and consists of the following troops:
Fourth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth. Twen-
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fifth regiments of infantry; the First
Washington, First Wyoming. part of
the Fourth cavalry; battery F. Fourth
artillery; battery F. Fifth artillery;
battery d, Sixth artillery, and Haw-
thorne's Mountain battery.
The Second division. commanded by
General Macarthur. is north of Manila
and consists of the following: Third,
Ninth. Twelfth, Seventeenth. Twenty
second and Thirty-sixth regiments of
infantry; the Fifty-first Iowa. Tween
tieth Kansas; light battery f, First
artillery; a battalion of the Third ar
tillery and part of the Fourth cavalry.
The provost guard of Manila consists
of the Twentieth infantry and six bat
teries of the Sixth artillery. The garri-
sons in the other islands are:
Panay. Eighteenth infantry. First
Tennessee, battery G.. Sixth artillery.
Negros, Sixth infantry.
Cebu, one battalion Twenty-third in
fantry.
Jolo. two battalions Twenty third in
fantry.