Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-13
ORDER FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Ten New Regiments of Infantry
Ordered to be Enlisted and
Modified
RECRUITING WILL Be DONE AT LARGE.
the Standardization War, and
the Enlisted Men Must be Phyai-
caIIy Fitted for Severe Service
and Single Men.

caIIy Fitted for Severe Service
and Single Men.
Washington, July THE order for
The enlistment of ten new regiments
Of infantry has been issued by the Sec
retary of war. 1t is as follows:
Secretary Ayers Order.
War Department, Washington, d. c.,
July 5, 1S99.-By the direction of the
president. the following general rules
are prescribed for recruiting from the
country at large United States volun-
teers, as provided for by the act Of
congress approved March ?, 1899, pub
lished in general orders No. SO, CT
1899, headquarters of the army, adju-
tant generals office, and for organic
ing the same into regiments:
Strength and Nomenclature.
The strength of the regiments, OIL
GERS and enlisted men will be as pro-
vided for by sections and II of the
act of congress, approved March :,
1899.
The regiments to be organized in
the United States will be designated
Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Tween
ty-eighth, Twenty ninth, Thirtieth.
Thirty-frst, Thirty-second, Thirty
third, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth
regiments of infantry, United States
volunteers.
The Commissioned Officers.
oAS 20 ho
appointed for each of these regiments
the field and staff officers, including
medical officers and captains of COM
! panies, will be assembled at regimen
! tai rendezvous as hereafter designated
! for the purpose of theoretical ant!
practical instruction in organization,
military administration, drill regula-
tions, discipline, hygiene, camp sani-
/ tation, etc. Daily instruction in the
nomenclature, care and assembly of
parts of the rifle and target practice
! will be special feature of instruction
! of both officers and men.
Officers Qualifications.
Applicants for commissions, except
officers of the regular army, will be
required to pass a satisfactory exami-
nation as to age, moral, mental and
physical capacity to command troops,
! and must have had service during the
| Spanish-American war.
Manner of Recruiting.
The recruiting service of the regu-
/ lar army will be charged with recruit
| ing, from the country at large, men
! for service in these volunteer reg;-
ments whose enlistments will be made
! for the period ending June 80, 1901,
unless sooner discharged. and without
restrictions as to citizenship or edu-
! cational qualifications, but in all other
respects under the same rules and
regulations as are prescribed for re-
. cruiting the regular service. Except in
! special cases only, unmarried men will
! be enlisted for these regiments.
Physical Qualifications.
In view of the probable severe serv-
! ice of these regiments, and the eli
matte conditions to which they may
be subjected, the physical qualifica-
! tions of both officers and enlisted men
/ Is of first Importance. Only those
| fully qualified will be appointed Or
+ enlisted.
| The lieutenants and two of the medi-
! cal officers of each regiment will, as
/ far as practical, be assigned to duty as
assistants to recruiting officers OF the
regular army.
Regimental Organization.
Upon arrival of recruits at the regi-
mental rendezvous the commanding
officers of the regiments will assign
them to companies, and the appoint
ment ard reduction of regimental and
battalion, non-commissioned staff and
company non-commIssioned officers
and other enlisted grades will be gov
erned by the law and army regula-
tons.
Regimental Rendezvous.
Each regiment so organized will, for
purposes of discipline and supply, be
subject TO the orders of the command
ing general of the department in
which the rendezvous is located, and
the regimental commander will report
by telegraph to the adjutant general
of the department on his arrival at the
regimental rendezvous.
Ten regiments of infantry, United
States volunteers, will be organized as
follows:
Twenty-siXth, at Plattsburg Bar
racks, n. Y; Twenty-seventh, at
Camp Meade, Pa; Twenty-eighth, ut
Camp Meade, Pa; Twenty-ninth, at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga; Thirtieth, at
Fort Sheridan, ILL.,; Thirty-frst, at
! Fort Thomas, Ky; Thirty-second, at
Fort Leavenworth, Kas.; Thirty-third,
at Fort Sam Houston, Tex; Thirty
fourth, at Fort Logan, COL; Thirty
fifth, at Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
A Victim eff Jealousy.
St. Louis, July John Brady,
diminutive individual of the genus
rageer. tough and profane in speech,
shot his child wife, Julia, mortally
WON ding her, at 1902 Chouteau ave-
nue.. Wednesday evening, because he
was jealous. He glor,es in the deed,
hopes she will die and is apparently
enjoying his transient notoriety.
Gen. Wheeler's Orders.
Washington, July 7.-Brig.-G Gen. Jo-
seph Wheeler has been ordered to re-
port to Gen. Otis, at Manila, for serv-
ice in the Philippine islands.
Petition in Bankruptcy.
Peoria, ILL.,, July is. L. Kreisman
: Il Co., clothiers, of Peoria, with branch
store at Eureka, Ill.,, have filed a petit