The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-24
WASHINGTON NEWS.


The correspondent Of the Chicago
Record teIegraph- his paper rs fol-
lows: Major General Nelson A. Miles.
commnndlng general of the army. is
going to the Philippines. He will start
the latter part Of October. He Will not
take command Of the forces in the
field, nor will he rupersede General
Otis. He will. however, act In his ca
pariiy Of general of the nrmy and
win have supervision over field oper-
atlons. He will direct the assign
ment OF the different regiments and
participate In mapping out plans Of
campaigns. He will rcnch the Philip
pines about the close OF the rainy sea-
son and remain until pence Is restored
The statement In made upon excellent
authority General Miles has ordered n
tropical outfit. Including new uni
forms, etc. and the fact that he Is go.
Ing IL pleasing fo the new secretary OF
war. although Mr.. Root did not sug-
gcst II TO General Miles. There VIII he
continued denials OF this statement.
and General Miles and his friends will
lose no opportunity TO discredh II.
They will throw as much secrecy
around his plans as they did when he
left for Cuba to assist General Shaf-
will. OF course. take his staff. and his
party will be formidable In numbers.
He will be OF material assistance in
prosecuting an actiye campaign.
There L. activity at the War Depart
mcnt IN the various bureaus which are
charged with equipping and handling
the ten additional volunteer regiments
Just authorized. The qunrtermastcr' s
department * particularly busy In nr-
ranging for transportation. Informa-
tion Ii being gathered from the various
steamship companies operating on the
1'ncific coast regarding their vessels
which may be pressed Into service 10
transport troops from San Francisco TO
Manila. Colonel Bird. who Is In charge,
expects with the facilities Mt hand. to.
gcther with those which will be pro.
vidcd later. that the entire force or
twenty volunteer regiments will he ON
the way to Manila by December 3lst.
General Corbin estimated that the last
ten volunteer regiments authorized can
he organized by the LIST of October nnd
ready for transportation 10y the middle
OF the same month. Colonel Bird says
he believes the quartermaster's depart
ment will be prepared to commence the
movement by that time. The vessels
carrying the first ten regiments OF vol
unteers will return to San francisco In
time to assist In carrying the last ten.
II Is stated the quartermaster's depart
ment ls so far advanced in Its prcpnra-
tions that each soldiers outfit will he
ready and waiting for him as soon ns
he Is mustered In. The ordnance and
other departments are also preparing
to. tl.a al nf hn : ttf
army.
An order has been issued by The see
retary of war directing that ten addi-
tionnl regiments of volunteers he or
ganizpd for service IN the Philippines.
The regiments will he numbered from
rhlrty-eight 10 forty-seven. and will be
organized nt the following places IN the
order named: Jefferson Barracks. Fort
Crook. Nebraska; Fort Riley. Kansas
Camp Meade. Pennsylvania t2): Fort
Niagara. New York. Fort Lcavcnworih,
Kansas: Fort Smelling. and South
Framingham. Massachusetts. "Thc
policy OF the War Department" says
secretary Root, "ls TO furnish General
Otis with all the troops and supplies
that he can Use and which are nrces-
sary to wind mp the insurreciion In the
Philippines In the shortest possible
time" The men already enlisted for
the Philippine service will be sent nj
once and the new regiments Will be
| forwarded ns fast aa they are organ
| lied and needed. While there has bceI
some suggestion that the new regi
mcnts will he used In reserve force II
may be stated positively thar these reg
iments. as well as more. IL they can bt
used. will he sent To reinforce Gepernl
Otis. The regiments will he recruited
with the same care exercised III enlist
| ing the first ten regiments. The dis
| trlcts not thoroughly covered in recruit
| ing for the first ten regiments will IL
visited by officers of the new organiza
tons. The ten regiments are Ia be re
cruited In the New England and West
ern states. No special effort is to l.,
made to secure recruits In the Southeri
| states. To-day's action will add 1890,
| men to the enlisted strength of tn,
| army and increases the total to 95,Oi!
| men. The total number of volunteer
called into service Is 3O.l70 men. bein,
| only 1888 short of the total authorize,
volunteer establishment of $4,000. Th,
| number called In service is regarde,
as amply sufficient and there is no pos
sibilliy that the remaining 1888 volun
tecrs will he called for. The result o
the secretnry's decision VIII be to Civ,
General Otis n fighting force of ~. ~
men. distributed as indicated In thi
table. Regulars. 30.423: organizing il
Philippines. 1861: ten infantry regl
ments, 1900; officers, i,0s3.