Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-07
$1,000 MEN, 10 wARsHIPS.
AFTER the Reinforcement. of 1880
Men Arrive. No More WIN
be sent.

vices already stationed In and about
the archipelago consist Of twenty rcgi.
mcnts of Infantry. one engineer bat
talon. seven troops ~ cavalry and
eleven batteries OF artillery. an aggre-
gate OF about 1880 mon. Nineteen YES.
sells with an aggregate Of 29s officers.
1880 men and 2sJ marines. make up the
naval contingent This " exclusive Of
the transport Solace. with i62 officers
and men all told. which IL constantly
passing back and forth from Manila.
There are about $500 army reinforce
monts ON the way to Manila. making
US rapid progress as possible. ana there
are. roughly estimated. 100 men In the
force. under orders to proceed to the
philippines,
SHIPS AT MANILA.
The following are now at Manila or
Hong Kong, under the command Of Al.
mirnl Dewey. baltimore. bennington.
iiunnlo Callao. Charleston. Concord.
Cuigon. Dn Juan de Austrin. Helena.
iHln de Luzon. frla de cuba, Manila.
Monadnock. Monqcacy, Monterey. Pet
rel. olympia and Yorktown. These vca-
sells carry 2g5 officers. 900 sailors and
$50 marines.
The transport solacc does not re-
main at Manila. The caatlne and
Princeton are now ON their way
through the Red sea 60 Join Admiral
Dewey ana the Oregon and her at
tcndnnt vessel, the Iris. are travel
ing through the Pacific TO the same
destination. These vessels VIII add TO
the naval force nj Manlla ~ officers.
5ss mon and 81 marines.
Tho captured ships Don Juan de
Austria. isln dc Luzun ana 1sla
de cuba. are not available for linz
mediate service NJ they are In need
VI repairs. The Solnce has taken out
A. al. -
Irln Il" Luzon viii be manned. The
Wheeling viii Join the Manila fleet.
hut n not to be- counted na being
available In the immediate future.
TROOPS on ISLANDS.
The regular troops now In the Phil
ipinc islands under command of Mai.
Gen. Otis consist Of the following. The
Fourteenth United States Infantry.
Eighteenth United States Infantry.
Twentieth United States infantry
(which has but recently arrived there.
consisting ~ II officers and LIS mcnp.
Tweniy.sgeond United Staten Infantry
and Twentv-third United States In.
fnntry. a battalion Of United states
engineers. companies &. v. a, I, Is. l..
~ the Fourth United States cavalry:
batteries q, ~. X. and l.. Of the Third
United States artillery and batteries -
and q. Sixth United States artillery.
Most Of the volunteer forces already
IN the field and most ~ whom have
borne tho hiunt of the engagements
with both the Spanish army ON the ISL
nnds ana more recently the filiplnoH
have been there since the beginning Of
the American occupancy Of the islands.
They comprise fifteen regiments ~ In.
inntry. on" troop of cavalry and ave
batteries of artillery, aH followHi
VOLUNTEERS ON THE SPOT.
"a.
First Idaho, Fifty -nrHt Iowa, Twcn-
ileth Kansas. Thirteenth Minnesota.
First Montana, First North Dakota.
First Nebraska. Second Oregon. Tenth
Pennsylvania. First South Dakota.
Wrist Tcuncsyce. First Washington.
First Wyoming First troop of the Me-
Nnda cavalry, battery a and battery
" Utah Hight artillery; battery 4 and
battery " ~ the California artillery.
tho First Wyoming HIGHT battery.
Tenth Wyoming light battery, Tcnth
AMI Eighteenth companies Of the Unit
cd states signal corps.
In addition 10 these. another COM
many 81 the signal corps has been
formed nt Manila. being recruited by
the transfer from the regular branch
~ the army. This means - making
NJ the new company was made neoer-
Hnry by the lack of time for dispatch
of men rom the United States.
REINFORCEMENT IN ROUTE.
Reinforcementa for the Philippines
now ON the way aggregate In the
neighborhood of i,soo mon all told.
These are made M OF three general cN-
peditlons aH follows, The transports
Grant. with General Lawton ana stan,
with total 81 riNty-four officers ana
40 men, including one battalion ~ the
Seventeenth Infantry and -four COM
nanies 81 the Fourth infantry This
al ...lg N
uary 18th. was reported AT singapore
on Saturday. and Gen Lawton cabled
Gen. Otis that his expedition VIII reach
Manila In the early morning OF the loih
Inst.
The transport sherman. Col, J. II.
Page commanding. carrying a total OF
thlrty-four officers ana LOG men, IN
Guiding TIE entire Third infantry rcgi-
ment ana q battalion of the seven.
teenth Infantry. The Sherman hhiled
from New York February Ord,
The transport sheridan under COM
mand of Leut.-col J. u. Smith u the
Twelfth Infantry. carries all OF tho
Twelfth and q battalion Of the Seven
teenth Infantry, making total or
hlty-seven officers and i.l0s men.
Resides the lsoanoke with a fair-ni1ed
detachment OF recruits for the various
regiments already In the archipelago
has gotten n good start ON the way 10
Maniln and the transport Valencia
sailed from san, Francisco for Mania
via Honolulu with 100 recruits for the
Infantry, artillery ana Scorpion ana a
number OF West Point graduates as
signed 10 duty with various companies
In the Philippines.
MORE TROOPS TO GO.
To swell this formidable list OF men
already ON the Held and rnroute hVe
regiments of Infantry and the crack
Sixth artillery with an Approximate
strength. additional. of 1900 men In nll
are under orders to proceed 20 Manila
at the earliest opportunity, These re-
Inducements which 20 TO the arehl
pelRgo under an order Issued by the
war department last week completes
the roll NJ troops no far M contem.
plated, for service In the islands ana
are az follows.
The sixth United states infantry.
now at san Antonio; the Ninth United
States Infantry at Madison barracks
the Thirteenth United States infantry
IN New York state; the sixteenth
United states Infantry at Fort COOK
and neighborlng points and the Tween
ty-trst Infantry at plattsburg. y, ",
and the sixth United states artillery