The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-07
TROOPS SARE RESTLESS
The Constant SharpshoOting Of the
FiIipinOs DemoraIizing.
FORTY-ONE THOUSAND SOLDIERS
VIII be at His Command When His
Reinforcemcnts All Arrive. and
lie viii Push These Through
the Junglcs, Clearing out
the Insurgents I'm Every
Direction.

WASHINGTON. March 6-Thore IS
some reason 10 expect important news
from Manila within the next fortnisat
d, has developed chat General Otis has
practically completed bis plans for
grand onslaught on tae insurgents which
is expected 90 deprive them of offensive
power at least It is probable that DE
Will form a large part of bis force into
columns as soon as his rciuforccmcn,s
are all no hand. and viii push these in
p4rlUel lines through tie juugic- clear
iug out the insurgents in every direction
as the troops 80 forward Tie American
troops are getting restless and nervous
under the pet,y but annoying sharpsho9t-
ing of the FNpuos, ANA ate 30 anxious
to put a. stop 90 this that General Ous
bias yielded TO tuelr desire.
SIkENoIH OF ARMY.
Forty-Oue Thousand officers and men
or fae combined army and navy forces
comprise tle approximate total American
strength now no and en route, and under
orders for service at the Philippine Isle
auds.
so further rcinf0rcements are now in
contemplation. 1hr force. of the Two
services already stationed in and about
the archipelago consists of twenty rcel-
meuts OFF infantry. one engineer battalion,
seven troops of cavalry and eleven bate
tcries 0f artillery. 1n aggregate OF about
Zirt1 men. Nineteen vessels with am age
gregate Of 2gl officers 2g0 mon and -ai
marines make up tre naval c1nueenl.
This l- exclusive of the hospital ship S1-
lace. with l63 officers and mon all told,
which is constantly passing back ANA
forth from Manila
There are about Ism army reinforce
meuts on the way 90 Manila. tnak.ns a5
rapid progress as possible and there are,
roughly speaking 900 men in tlr force
under orders 10 proceed 20 tne Philippine
Islands
The following vessels are now 40 Manila
or H0ug Kong under the command 1l
Admiral Dewey Baltimore bennington.
Boston. Buffalo. Ca.ia0. Charleston. Gone
cord Cu'c0a Don Juan Do Austria,
Helena. I-la Ds Luz1n. I-Ia De Cuba.
Manila. 1l0uadnock. Monterey Mono
cacv olympia. Petrol and yorktown.
These vessels carry -t. officers. $3.50 SALE
0rs and c-3 marines. The S0iace does
not remain GO Manila.
OTHERS ON THE WAY
The Castine and Princeton are now 900
their way through the Red Sea to join
Admiral Dewey and the oregon and her
attendant Vessel. the Iris. are traycIInr
through the Pacific t0 the same destiul-
tl0n These vessels viii add 10 the force
a. Manila ffty-niue officers. 79 mon and
clehty-four marines The captured ships
Don Juan le Austria. is.a DE Luzon and
I-la De cuba are not available for im-
mediate service as they are in need of
repairs The Soiace has taken out
number of recruits and with these the
Isia dee Luz0u VIII bee manned. The
Wheeling Will pOlu the Manila fleet, bul
is not t0 be counted 10 bo available in
the immediate future.
The regular troops now in the Philip
pines are under command of Maj0r-Gene-
ral OTIS. consist of tAe following
The Fourteenth U. S. Infantry Eigh-
teouth C. s. Infantry Twentieth l.. $.
Infantry. (Which has but recently arrir-
ed there. consisting Ot fOrty-oue officers
anu 2ls menJ. Twenty-second L. $. ln-
fantrv. and Tweny-thlrd L.. $. Infantry
a. battalion of D.. S. Engineers, Compa-
nies a.. T.. O.. T. Is. j.. of the Fourth U. 5.
Cavalry. Batteries q, II. *. and J.. OF Tho
Third q S. Artillery and Batteries ID,
and g.. Sixth L.. S. Artillery
THE VOLUNTEERS.
Most OF the volunteer forces already in
the n-id. and most ot whom have borne
the bruut of the engagements with both
the Spanish army ON the island, and
more recently the Fiipnos have been
there since The beginning OK tho Ameri-
can occupancy OF the islands They come
prise fifteen regiments Ct infantry one
troop of cavalry and i've batteries of are
tllIery a5 follows.
Tho First California First colorado
First Idaho. Fif,y-drst Iowa. Twentieth
Kansas. Thirteenth Minnesota. First
Montana. First North Dakota. First Ne-
hraska, Second oregon. Teutl Peun-tl-
yauil First South Dakota, First Tel-
nessoe. First Washington First Wy0-
ming. First Troop of the Nevada Cavalry.
Battery 4 and Battery j.. Utah llsht
Artillery Battery a and Battery ID. ot
the California Artillery the First Ny0-
ming Light battery and The First and
Eirhteonth Companies of Tie U. S. signal
Corps
Io addition 10 these. another company
OF the signal Corps has just been formed
no Manila. being recruited by Transferring
from The regular branch OF the army.
This means OF making up tho new COM
plny was made necessary by lack of time
for dispatch or men from the United
States Reinf0rcements Tor the PHILIP.
pines now on the way aggregate In the
ueighborhood of fs00 men. an told.
TRANSPORTS EN- ROUTE.
These are made up OF three general ex-
pedit'ons. as follows:
The transport Grant. with General Law
ton and staff With "a total or az officers
and 1iG men. including one battalion of
the Seventeenth Infantry and four COM
panies OF the Fourth Infantry This eX-
petition sailed from New York on Janu-
ary 10TH was reported az Singapore ON
Saturday and General Tawt0n cablcd
General Otis that his expedition viii reach
Manila in the early morning OF the 10Th
instant.
Tile transport sherman Colonel J. II
Page commanding. carrying q total OF
ai officers and l.702 men. including the EN-.
tire Third Infantry Regiment and a bat.
TALON OF the Seventeenth Infantry. The
sherman sailed from New York on Febru.
a-v 18Th
The transport Sheridan. under COM
naana OF Lieutenant-ColonelJ ]. IT, Smith
OF the Twelfth Infantry and battalion
Of the Seventeenth Infantry. making a to-
taI OF 81 offers and J. lg3 men.
Besides these. the Roanoke with a fair.
sized detachment OF recruits for the va.
rious regiments already in the archipelago.
has gotten 2 gcol stlrt cn the Nay ot