Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-24

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kscretary Root has issued orders for
! Twenty-seSenth Thirty'iirst and
|iriy-fourth regiments of volunteer
|nntry To proceed To San Francisco nj
r.. Thes. regiments will sail for
bniia when transports arr provided.
The War Department has set aside
y large tracts of land near Honolulu
military reservations on- Tract
ktains ,:rr acres. situated about
NJ miles northwest Of III. city. nnd
other. H.tup acr-s, Is nineteen
rs from Pearl iiarilor.
5scrrtary Root has in contemplation
ti-it TO the President nj Lake Cham
Ain. lie has not yet finally deter
Asl whether To so. bu, will decide In
~ or two. I'll. fact that General
i-y Merritt II To hnN. n conference
the President during the week.
|bIn.-i with Mr.. Roots prospective
has given rts. To fresh runors OF
p.sibi- change In the command OF
Troops In the Philippines.
u letter from Admiral Dewey To
secretary OF the navy. dated nj
Pl.s, August 9Th. the admiral gives
plans as follows: u proin,c 10 NJ
b as this point ahnut onc week.
To ptoc,rd to i.-shorn for one
". aud then tn either Genoa or
cirnnc" for nioui the same pcriod.
then proposed To procr,i to Glib
pr for coal. etc. mud to leave that
about the middle II September.
contrniicts the report That Ad'
u Dewey intended to Eo To- London
IRE returning to the United Stnics.
bc order FOR bringing To- the United
y. i've bntiniions OF soldiers s-rv-
la Cuba establishes depot battni-
a system ihnt has not b..n known
w. army heretofore. I'll. order also
i,lcs ihnt troops. tattrr!cs and com.
r. will hereafter In formed into
lions In alphabetical order. cx-
ihat the light and Siege batteries.
mounted. VIII not In placed In
battalion. The troops ordered from
nrc io bc stationed as follows:
niipn +. First Infantry. ut Fort
tcnworth. Kansas: Second infantry
Fort Thomns. Kentucky: Firth In.
fry nj Fort Sheridan. Illinois:
khth Infantry nj Fort Smelling. Min.
sota: Tenth Infantry nt Fort Crook.
lbruska.
nch Significance Is attached To the
OF the secretary NJ war To- Lake
plain. Major General Wesley
NJ. commanding the department
y east. who was the first military
nnn,lcr In the Philippines. II still
the President. President Schur-
OF the Philippine commission is
ON his way To rluttsburg. Spccu-
b Is rife among war officers ns To
utcomc Of the conference. Sccrc-
of State Hay told personal
before he left Washington sew
eccks ngo that lie confidently cS-
b peace To he dcclartS. g. ,nc Phil
b before the close OF the present
season. \ number OF army Off
bclicvc that the recent decision OF
resident to place u large army In
Philippines will have II dcmoral-
md disrournging effect on the In
hts and will tend TO hasten the
hostilitics.
correspondent OF the Chicago
HI tclcgraphs his paper ns fol-
Major General Nelson \. Miles.
Danding general of the army. Il
10 the Philippines. He will start
fter part OF October. He will not
command OF the forces In the
nor will he superscdc General
He will. however. act In his ca
OF general of the army and
I've supervision over field oper-
He will direct the assign
bf the different regiments and
pate in mapping out plans of
nigns. He will reach the Philip
about the close of the rainy sea
md remain until peace Is restored.
Statement is made upon excellent
prity. General Miles has ordered Il
lcal outfit. including new uni
ms, etc. and the fact that he Is 60
4 Is pleasing to the new secretary OF
j, although Mr.. Root did not sug-
1t It to General Miles. There will be
otInued denials of this statement.
y General Miles and his friends will
n no opportunity to discredit it..
will throw rs much secrecy
his plans as they did when lie
Cuba to assist General Shaf-
L1 lore Santiago. General Miles
Y course. take his staff. and his
fill be formidable in numbers.
/IlIXl np OF matrflal uSSlstiIlCc III
1ting an active campaign.
Is activity at the War Depart
the various bureaus which are
with cQuipping and handling
additional volunteer regiments
thorizcd. The qunrtcrmaster's
nent is particularly busy in ar
for transportation. Informa-
BEING gathered from the various
3ip companies operating on the
coast regarding their vessels
bay be pressed into service to
II troops from San Francisco to
Colonel Bird, who is in charge,
with the facilities Mt hand, to.
with those which will be pro.
tier, that the entire force of
xOluntcer regiments will be on
" to Manila by December 31st.
II Corbin estimated that the last
<nteer regiments authorized can
lized by the LIST of October and
ser transportation by the middle
ame month. Colonel Bird says
YES the Quartermaster's depart
Nl be prepared to commence the
mt by that time. The vessels
the first ten regiments of vol
Will return to San Francisco In
4IU assist in cnrryinp the Inst ten.