New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
FASTENING VOLUNTEERS.
THREE REGIMENTS ORDERED TO SAN
FRANCISCO
TWO TRANSPORTS TO BE CHARTERED
NEW OFFICERS FOR VOLUNTEERS
PUTNAM BRADLEE STRONG
APPOINTED MAJOR


APPOINTED MAJOR
Washington Aug ls-The following dispatch
was to-day sent by the Adjutant-General 70 the
commanding officers OF the 18th. 3lst and saith Vol
unteer Infantry
be placed en- route for San Francisco as soon az
transportation can be provided oy the quarter
Vour regiment will 70 into camp at the Preside,
and its Instructions In target practice conunued
to Manila. Acknowledge receipt with any re-
marks you may have to make for the Information
The 18th Regiment is at Camp Meade. the 5lst st
Fort Thomas and the saith Fort Logan, Coli
orado
The Quartermaster's Department to-day directed
that the Genogle and the Tacoma. Of the North
ern Pacific Steamship Line. be chartered for carry
ing troops Manila The Glenoge will carry SO
and the Tacoma $50
Orders were issued from the War Department.
to-day placing all majors captains and lieutenan's
appointed for the regiments on recruiting
duty They will assist the nearest recruiting ofn-
Ger for a period OF about one week and VIII tnen
conduct their recruits TO the meeting place
The first ten regiments OF volunteers are COM
pleted and there Is a surplus OF about two thou
sand men for the regiments in the Philippines and
the next ten being raised The enlistments yester-
day were 23s making total Of lt9s5.
Speaking OF the orders issued to-day to the
eral Corbin said that only would the other
regiments follow soon but the recently ordered
would be sent to Manila as soon as they could DO
organized.
The following officers have been appointed IN
the new volunteer regiments:
MAJORS
HARRY c HALE Illinois. N N. MyAMEE. Wlse9n,n;
%ew-York. CITY H PRESTON. Massa:hssst.s: JohS
sofa, HENRY T ALLEN Kentucky .. A. FRED
ERlcK Ge9Esia 4 3 MCLtoED NsOrasAA PT pJ
iocE. California. WILLIAM c Dows i9ss'
& S2:fPF 7@H'IELR MIA S-I@s aU24
HyBsELE H Miller F " h2hsi e2AREs 4
MUIR Michigan. ~,pr,rNs
RoF Eao f2TFL E Htsi5'- otR''2SpS
DRicK' Georgia, CLAUDE E SAWYER. south caro-
Henry WoLcoTT. Rhode Island; AkThrR c.
R0GEEs 9hi2 wILAM / Ak MsEP WA Ii"t b.fs
G IT cdum5 hEl MfLA iSff e e6bEF K:neae
FIRST LIEUTENANTs.
H H PITCAIRN Penn.ylyanla HAEoLp sAYREt ,c CO
iIa3o LEWIS 4 GRfFFIfH tI.AEENcE NET-
Tiles south Carolina; JOHN GALLEhEE, rkED-
F FFtaE VIA SGsrI 2s1 SIELSx
E RfKrSs ESo5s I;ls2s NS L, sisAi LES.
Ft3fiSaTg A Ili i FEGFE NLosH
HlLGARp n!ipSis eSoV Wq"P Ev 4! sIss H.YbS
f B Parker Kansas T B siEGLE North Cardiac
SECOND LIEUTENANTs.
WILLIAM r TAYLOR. GORDON JOHNSON. EDWARD
FRANCIS HACKETT Jr, New-Yo FREpERiSk
" BtGBE,E. Arizona ARTHUR K. JONES ILL.,
nois CHARLES RAYMOND WOOD Indiana. CAR
los W PIERCE. Vermont. CHARLES II MORROW.
WAITER |. SLACK, WILLIAM a. HAlCRAFT.
LEWIS W DILLON Kentucky. CHARLES l. LkN-
HAM District or Columbia. RICHARD 3 KANA-
MACH LAWRENCE p BUTLER. WILLIAM RAY
HARRISON. FREDERICK ". MILLS, u. EI-
MIND T PATERSON. at large. ". o. THORNTON,
Georgia: BURTON J MITCHELL. HOWARD ~
KoONTZ ROBERT 3. MITCHELL. ARTHUR J.
gladden.. Kansas
Major Putnam Bradlee Strong. whose name -
mentioned in the list Of majors OF new regiments
a. the only son OF ex-Mayor Strong OF this city.
Ne has lust returned to this country from the
philippines where ne active service as an
aid 10 General Macarthur. He now holds w
rank n ma OF volunteers.