The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-04
A Reported Outbreak in the Island
Of Nsgros.
Incident Upon the Departure Of the Call
fornia Regiment for Home.

War Department Preparing to
Send to Manila the Necessary
Recruits Asked for by General
Otis.
/ MANILA, July 3, 6:25 D. m.--Re,.
ports have been received here of an
outbreak in the Island of Negroes, in
cident upon the departure of the Cali
fornia regiment for home. Some hos
tile natives, seeing a company of SOL
diers at one of the small posts prepar-
ing to depart, thought the Americans
We're evacuating the island and party
of go rebels, mostly Bolomen, at,
tackled the troops and killed one man
and wounded another belonging to
Company f. The Filipinos were easily
driven off,
The transport Sherman will bring the
California troops to Manila before
starting for San Francisco.
The transport Grant will soon en-
bark the Colorado regiment
RECRUITS FOR OTIS.
WASHINGTON, July 3-The Adju-
tant Generals office to-day gave out
Ia statement based on cable advices
from General Otis regarding the num-
Der of recruits required to fill the va
cancies in the regular regiments now
In the Philippines, the transports avail
able for the return of volunteers and
for the transportation of fresh troops
to the Philippines. and the estimated
time it will take to complete the work
of enlistment General Otis dispatches
to the Department as follows:
MANILA, July 3. 1S99,--Adjutant
General, Washington: Number of re-.
cruits required to fill companies to 12S
each regular regiment:
"Infantry-Third, 1856; Fourth, 3O4;
Sixth 175; Ninth, 315; Twelfth, 300;
Thirteenth, 253; Fourteenth, 739; Six.
teenth, 21O; Seventeenth. 294 Eigh-
teenth S2S; Twentieth 1888; Twenty
first, 1885,! Twenty second, AGO; Twenty
third, $50; First Artillery, 8; Third,
236; Fourth, ?; Fifth. q Sixth, 93;
Fourth Cavalry, 493; Engineers, z.
Volunteers yet to be returned-In-
fantry: California. 1.1SS; Colorado,
l,144; Idaho, sos; North Dakota, 623;
Wyoming, 300; Minnesota. 1,165; South
Dakota, 911; Montana, COG; California
Artillery. 35S; Washington, LOGS; Ten.
nessee, 446; Kansas. 1.052; Nevada
y, "A
Iowa, 800; Signal Corps LOG.
California and Colorado preparing to
take transports. Sherman and Warren
leave shortly. OTIS"
The Department sums up the situa.
ton as outlined by General Otis in the
following statement:
To meet the requirements of the re-
turning volunteers. the Quartermas-
ri ANT
now at Manila the transports Sherman.
Warren and Grant with a capacity OF
1919 officers and 1924 enlisted men.
That there are now on the sea en- route
to Manila the Zealandia (due july
20th), Sheridan (due July 21st), valen-
cha (due July 26th) and Pennsylvania
(due July 29th), with capacity for 161
officers and 1900 enlisted men. There
are now in San Francisco the trans.
ports City of Para, which will sail
July 18th, and the Tartar. to sail July
10th, with capacity for 80 officers and
300 enlisted men.
There are now en- route to San Fran
cisco the following transports. with
capacity of 200 officers and 1864 en-.
listed men: Ohio, Newport. Indiana
Hancock, Senator, Morgan City and
Relief (hospitaD
The Department confidently believes
the transportation has been so we'll ar
ranged by the Quartermaster's Depart
ment that the last of the volunteerS
will leave Manila not later than thu
10th of September. and it is expected
they will all be away by the 1st
The recruits required for the regular
regiments in the Philippines are esti,
mated at 6,33S men. The number of
recruits now at sea are 1907; number.
of recruits now at San Francisco, 32S4;
total of 4.791, leaving 1,547 yet to be
provided for
The large number of vacancies ex.
listing in the Fourteenth, Eighteenth
and Twenty third Infantry is due to
the fact that these regiments went with
General Merritt's original expedition to
the Philippines, and We're not filled to
the maximum, also that the men in
these regiments who enlisted for the
war are just now being discharged,
The men enlisting in the war for the
other regiments were discharged before
the regiments left this country, and the
vacancies are due to the increase OF
the companies from JOG to 12S men.
At the rate of enlistments for the last
few weeks, the entire number will be
enlisted by the close of the present
week.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The War
Department has received the following
additional casualties from General
Otis:
Killed-Fourth Cavalry. at Muntilupa.
June 25th, Company C, William Nolan:
Seventeenth Infantry, near San Fer
nando, 18TH Company E., John c. Me-
Humer.
Wounded-Twelfth Infantry, Conn
pany E, William H. Dingey elbow,
slight; Company F. Aaron G. Wise
wrist, slight; Fifty-first Iowa, Conn
pany C, Edward F. Brown, mates. mod-
crate.
Tragedy in Virginia.
RICHMOND (Va.) July Estate
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