Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-17
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In addition to this force it is proposed
to increase the hospital corps in the
Philippines to 200o men and the number
of medical officers will be Increased so
that Gen. Otis will have an army of
practically $1,000 men. With this num-
Der Secretary Root Is contident-and his
confidence is based upon reports from
Gen. Otis-that the Manila commander
will have a sufficient force to suppress
the insurrection during the coming fall
campaign.
The enlistment of the ten additional
volunteer regiments will make the total
volunteer force in service number 80, 5O7
men, leaving but 4.493 men of the 81. 900
authorized uncalled for, and the total
strength of the army about $4,000 men.
Secretary Root feels that there is no
present necessity of calling out the A.
500 men remaining, but, should the con-
ditions in the fall show that they can be
advanta geously, employed, he will not
hesitate to order their enlistment The
secretary feels that the war should be
prosecuted with the utmost vigor and
l. he does not propose to leave any stone
unturned at this end of the line to as
sure victory for the American forces
There may be no delay in the opening
of the campaign by reason of the failure
of the entire force to reach Manila.
Quartermaster Gen. Ludington, under
instructions from Secretary Root, is en-
deavoring to secure every available
steamer on the Pacific coast for trans
port purposes. Secretary Root expects
that before Nov. ! all the volunteer reg
liments already organized and the regu-
lars already assigned to the Eighth
corps will have reached Manila and he
will make every effort to get the addi-
tional troops to Gen. Otis during No
yember and December
So far as the enlistment of the troops
is concerned, no doubt is expressed in
official circles of the aplllty of the de-
| partment to secure the 1900 men re-
CURED for the proposed regiments as
/ quickly as was done in the case of the
I thirteen volunteer regiments already
organized.
Secretary Root declined to name the
localities in which the proposed reei-
Iments will be organized, as none of the
subordinate officials of the department
Will say where the rendezvous will be
fixed at. though it seems to be certain
i that the South Will not be selected as
the place for the organization of any
additional troops.
The work of the army in the coming
Icampaign will be supplemented by a
regiment of marines, which will be or
Iganized at Cavite. AS result of con-
ference between Major General Otis and
i Rear Admiral Watson an agreement
has been reached, according to informa-
ltion that has reached here, to the effec,
that the marines, under Colonel Pope
q shall operate in Cayite province anc
clear practically that entire province
Eof insurgents. Rear Admiral Watson
recently cabled to the navy department
requesting that additional marines bt
Iordered to Cavite, and Brigadier Cen
eral Haywood, commandment of the ma.
rine corps DESTROYS that his corps shall
play part In the restoration of peace
and order in the Islands, has directed
that another battalion be sent so tina
the entire force of marines at Cavits
when the fall campaign begins will b,
al bout / 900 men. Six hundred men ar,
now at Cavite or en- route, and the re
mainder will soon proceed to the Asiati,
station.
If Admiral Watson considers such ac
ton desira BILE he can increase the fore
of marines to be engaged in Cavit
province by several hundred men b,
withdrawing the marines now guarding
the Asiatic station. General Haywood
and officers of the navy and marin
officers generally expect to hear goo
reports from the marines and no doub
is felt of their ability to clear the prov
3 ince of insurgent troops.
!. The great advantage of placing sucl
= a large force at General Otis dispose
J. as contemplated will be that he will b
able to garrison the territory over whic
the troops will pass, and thus proven
the insurgents from reoccupying it aft
err the American force has driven Their
farther into the interior. The expert
ence of the past has demonstrated tn
wisdom of this policy, and Secretar
: Root is determined to profit by the les
sons which the spring campaign laugh
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