The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-20
IS A GALLANT REGIMENT
Thirty-Fourth Is Equipped in
Fine Style.
WANT TO GO VIA SUEZ
Sharp Wire-Pulling by Commanders to
Be Routed by Way of the Mediter-
ranean-Five Additional Vol
unteer Regiments.
Washington Bureau of the Standard,
No. 1145 G. Street N. w. =

Washington Bureau of the Standard,
No. f145 g. Street N. w.
Washington, d. c., Aug. 15-During
Col. L. w. Kennon's two visits to the
| capital before his departure for Fort
| Logan, the affairs of the 34th regiment
have been well taken care of. The
| war department and the various Off
| Gals have spared no effort to equip the
regiment with the very best supplies
| obtainable, and to get it in shape to
| be expedited to the Philippines. Be
! tween his two visits here the colonel of
| the regiment had long conference
with the president at Lake Champlain,
and the regiment can now be said to
| be in direct touch with the commander
! in-chief.
| Within 10 days the regiment will re-
ceive its orders to prepare to leave Fort
| Logan for San Francisco. The move
ment will be made about Sept Is. and
the regiment will go on board a trans
port about Oct. l, bound for Manila,
| which port will be reached before the
first of November. The war depart
ment is making all speed in arranging
| for the transportation of the new regi-
ments, and as the big transports Sher-
| idan and Sherman will be ready to sail
| from San Francisco late in September
! it is probable that Colonel Kennon's
| troops will go on one of these vessels
| which is very fortunate thing for both
| officers and men,
| These transports are the best in the
| service, each of them being fitted up
| with every requisite for the health and
comfort of its passengers, and capable
OF carrying 1000 troops, allowing
comfortable bunk to each man and
state room to each officer.
The first of the new volunteer regi-
| ments to leave for the Philippines will
| be the 31st. now at Camp Thomas, Ky.
The second will probably be the 3Oth,
| now at Fort Sheridan, Chicago. At
| recent conference with the war depart
ment officials, the suggestion has been
made that Colonel Pettit's and Gard
| ener's men be sent to the Philippines
| by way of the SueZ canal, but several
| objections to this project have been
urged, and it is practically settled that
they will go by way of San Francisco
| At least two regiments. however, will
go by the Suez route, and will sail from
| New York before Oct. /. 1t is expected
! that the commands now recruiting at
| Plattsburg, N. Y, and Camp Meade will
| be chosen for the Suez route. as they
are nearer New York and can be trans
ported to the Atlantic seaboard at less
| expense than any other regiment.
There has been considerable sharp
wire pulling on the part of the COM
| manders to have their regiments sent
by the Suez route, on account of the
exceptional facilities for Sightseeing
| which both officers and men have been
anxious ito enjoy. The war depart
| ment. however. has resisted this pres
sure, for the reason that the best trans
| ports in the service are now on the
| Pacific coast, and because of the anxi-
| ETY. to land the new regiments al Manila
at the earliest possible date, the Suez
| route being many days longer than that
by way of San Francisco and Japan
| or course the mountain regiment is out
| of the contest for the Suez journey.
One result of the expedition of the 34th
| which is a part of the new Root rush
policy, will be that the regiment may
be in the Philippines considerably in
advance of those, earlier fitted. which
are to go the other way to Asia.
1t is said that the work of recruiting
five additional volunteer regiments will
| begin after the first volunteer regiment
| leaves the United States and will con-
| tinue until another order will be issued
providing for the enlistment of more
| volunteers. Whether or not the five
| regiments will be held in complete re-
| serve in this country will depend upon
the situation in the Philippines.
To provide officers for the addi-
| tional volunteer organizations, Sec
rotary of War Root has de-
| cded to accept recommendations by
| governors of states. The governor of
| each state will be asked to name two
men, whose names will be placed on
reserve list for appointment to the
additional five volunteer regiments
This list will be of line officers only
The colonies, lieutenant colonies and
majors will be selected by reason of
| special fitness
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| creasing the volunteer organizations is
due to another rapid" idea of Mr..
Root to the effect that there should be
reserve force of several regiments
which could be equipped and drilled
and be in good condition for active
| service should more troops he needed
than the $4,000 now authorized for the
| Philippine army, which the secretary
| fully believes will be necessary.
Consul Gowdy of Yokohama, in a
| report to the state department IN
closes the following quotation from the
| Japan Herald, which speaks highly of
the conduct of the returning mountain
| volunteers: For the last three. days
| we have had in Yokohama nearly
| 5000 American volunteers who. having
| completed their term of service IN the
| Philippines, are now homeward bound
| They are the Nebraska and Utah reg
| iments, on board the Hancock. and the
| Pennsylvania regiments, on board the
| Senator. Many remarks have been
made about the general appearance of
the soldiers who. coming Is they do
| from hard fighting al the front against
the Fflipinos-and the Nebraska and
| Utah regiments have done some of the
severest Nightingale not always pre-
sent the spotless purity of appearance
usual in soldiers on parade. They are
nearly all big men, most of whom Snow
clear traces of the campaigning and
mental worry to which they have been
| subjected in their sunhurnt skins and
| somewhat cadaverOus cheeks. But
| one thing is apparent to everybody,
and that lis the exemplary behavior of
this large number of men on shore
| leave A few thousand soldiers is a
small army, and nobody who mas
| watched them can have failed to re-
mark as they roam over the town
their quiet and friendly demeanor to-
| ward Japanese and foreigners alike.