The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-09-07
MORE VOLUNTEERS.
TEN MORE REGIMENTS TO BE
ENLISTED.
Policy of the war Department ID to Furnish
General Otis With Enough Men to
Quickly subdue the Iusurrection
In the Philippine Islands.

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been issued by the president directing
that ten additional regiments Of vol
unteers be organized for service in the
Philippines. The regiments will be
numbered from thirty-eight to forty
seven, and will be organized at the
following places in the order named:
Fort jefferson barracks, Mo-; Fort
Crook, Neb.; Fort Riley. Kan; two at
Camp Meade, Pa; Fort Niagara, N. Y;
Fort Ethan Allen, VT; Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan; Fort Smelling, South
birmingham, Mass.
Secretary Root sent a copy Of the
order to the various departments Of
the army and they at once began
preparations for supplying the new
organizations. Within half an hour
the ordnance bureau had sent orders
to the different arsenals directing that
complete outfits of arms and ordnance
supplies for each regiment be sent to
the rendezvous where they are to be
organized. The quartermaster's de-
partment gave orders for supplying
tents, clothing and other equipments
furnished by that department, while
the commissary department ordered a
sufficient supply of rations to be on
hand to feed the troops as fast as they
arrive. The medical department was
also directed to see that supplies were
sent.
The regiments will be recruited with
the same care exercised in enlisting the
first ten regiments. The districts which
were not very thoroughly covered in
recruiting for the first ten regiments
will be visited by the officers in the
new organizations. 1t is the intention
Of the department to have the regi-
ments give more attention to firing
than to any other feature OF the drill.
The men will be armed as are the reg.
ular infantry regiments with the mag
azine army rifle.
The election of the ajors and COM
pany officers for the res iment is now
occupying the attention of the secre-
tary and the men are being chosen
from among the volunteers who we're
called out in the Spanish war. The
officers will be distributed as equitably
as possible among the different states,
but the efficiency record of the men
will govern to a great extent in their
selection.
"The policy of the war department"
said Secretary Root, lis to.furnish Gen.
Otis with all the troops and supplies
that he can use, and which are neces-
to wind up the instruction in the Phil
ippines in shortest possible time"
II the present number of transports
are insufficient more will be procured.
The men already enlisted for the Phil
ippine service will be sent at once, and
the new regiments will follow as fast
IS they are organized, and needed.
While there has been some suggestion
that the new regiments will be used rs
a reserve force it may be stated posi-
lively that these regiments as we'll as
many more If they can be used will be
sent to reinforce General Otis.
1t appears from these orders that
the ten regiments are to be recruited
in the New England and the Western
States. Kansas and Pennsylvania have
apparently been selected as the best
field for recruits. 1t is said that no
special effort is to be made to secure
recruits in the Southern States. This
Is due, it is said, to the experience of
the officers who operated in that quar-
ter for the recruits for the ten volun-
teer regiments just organized. The
only place where difficulty was expert
enced In securing men was In Georgia,
Alabama and the Cardinals and the
Gulf States and the two North " estern
Pacific States.
This will add 10, 900 men to the en-
listed strength of the army and in
creases the total strength of the army
TO 95,045 men. The total number of
volunteers called into service is so, ITO
men, being only 4,s92 men short of the
total authorized volunteer establish.
ment OF 5000.
1t is stated at the department that
the number OF volunteers already called
into service Is regarded as amply sutfi-
Gent to meet all possible needs of the
army, and that there is no possibility
that the remaining 4,se3 volunteers
will be called for.