The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-07-13
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WAsUINGTON. Julv 4. 1899.


follows:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, July s. 1899.
BY the direction of the president,
the following general rules are pre-.
scribed for the recruiting from the
country at large, United States volun.
teers, as provided for by the act Of
congress approved March 2. 1899. pub
lished in general order No. SO, of 1899,
headquarters of the army, adjutant
generals Office, and for organizing the
same into regiments:
The strength of regiments, officers
ano enlisted men will be as provided
for by Sections and 12 of the act of
congress approved March Q. 1899.
The regiments to be organized in the
United States will be designated Goth,
, 27th. 2sth, goth, S0th, 31st, 32d, 33d,
! saith and 35th regiments of infantry,
United States volunteers.
Of the commissioned officers, to be
appointed for each of these regiments
the field and staff officers, including
medical officers and captains of COM
panies, will be assembled at regimental
rendezvous as hereafter designated for
the purpose of theoretical and prac-
tical instruction in organization, mill
tary admins ration, drill regulations,
discipline, hygiene, camp sanitation,
etc. Daily instruction in the nomen-
clature, care and assembly of parts of
the rife and target practice will be
special feature of instruction of both
officers and men.
Applicants for commissions except
officers of the regular army will
be required to pass satisfactory ex-
animation as to moral, mental and
physical capacity to command troops
and must have had service during the
Spanish-American war.
lar army will be charged with recruit
ing from the coun try at large men for
service in these volunteer regiments
whose enlistments will be made for the
period ending June 80, 1901, unless
sooner discharged, and without restric.
tions as to citizenship or educational
qualifications, but in all other respects
under the same rules and regulations
as are prescribed for recruiting the
regular service. Except in special
listed for these regiments.
Upon arrival of recruits at the regi-
mental rendezvous the commanding
officers of regiments will assign them
to companies, and the appointment
and reduction of regimental and bat
talon, non-commissioned staff and
company non-commissioned officers
and other enlisted grades will be gov
erned by the law and army regula-
tions.
Ten regiments of infantry, United
States volunteers, will be organized as
follows:
The Goth at Plattsburg barracks,
N. Y; 27th at Camp Meade, Pa; 2sth
at Camp Meade, Pa; Goth at Fort Nc
Pherson, Ca; SOth at Fort Sheridan,
ILL.,; Slst at Fort Thomas, KY; SGD at
Fort Leavenworth, KAN; SD at Fort
Sam Houston, Tex; 34th at Fort Lo-
gan, Col; 35th at Vancouver barracks,
Wash. r. A. ALGER,
Secretary of War.
The president has appointed the fol-
lowing colonels of the volunteer regi-
ments:
Maj. James Bell, 1st cavalry; Capt.
James S. Petit, 1st infantry, better
known as colonel of the 4th immmes;
Capt. Edward E. Hardin, who was col
onel of the I'd New York volunteers in
the war with Spain; Capt. L. A. Craig,
9th cavalry; Capt. Luther r. Hare, 7th
cavalry; Maj VIM. A. Kobbe. Capt.
Cornelius Gardner, 10th infantry.
The assignment of the volunteer
colonels to regiments will be as fol-
lows:
Twenty-sixth; Rice; 27th, Bell; 2sth,
Petit; Goth, Hardin; 30th, Gardner;
32d, Craig; 3ad, Hare; S5th, Kobbe.
The man designated for lieutenant
colonel of the. 35th regiment will Or
ganize it and take it to the Philip
pines, when Col. Kobbe will assume
command