The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-10
$4,000 men FOR MANILA
Inc Details Of the Shipment Of the Rein.
forcements to Otis.
cAvAl RYSfN ARE TO BE THE FIRST SENT.
the Volunteer Regiment. Vow he.
raised VIII Be Moved About
the First of September.

10" iork, august "a Tribune specia
nom washington says: The schedule o
'ne army transports for raising the fore,
III Inc Philippines to $4,000 men has been
completed and will be delivered to Sec
rotary Root tomorrow. 1t shows that n
.aui''onai steamers are chartered about
io'uoV soldiers can be sent across the Pa
cine to reach Manila by the end of No
Vemoer The remaining 1000, which it ia
proposed to send to General Otis. II he
needs them, VIII be sent by way of the
suez canal. The latter route consumes
As"fiS TWO months and If the war dlnart-
ment is compelled to wait until the reno
walton Of the Atlantic transports Thomas
and Logan is finished troops ON these
vessels can not reach Manila before Jan
uary l.
The troops to be sent to the PHILIPPINES
are as follows; Regular recruits now at
eah Francisco. $500; eight troops OF the
lhird cavalry, 965; United States marine
battalion, 400; recruits for the skeleton
regiments at Manila, 1900; ten volunteer
iniantry regiments, 1900; total. 1926.
The seventeen vessels available for
transportation of these troops with the
approximate date of readiness for sailing
and their capacity for officers and men are
as follows.
Morgan City, August 10, 80 officers, 500
men.
City of Sydney August II, 25 officers,
700 men
Senator, August IA, 80 officers. 5la men. |
81. Paul. August IA, 40 officers, $50 men. |
Warren, September :, q ulcers, l224
men.
Sherman. September 10, Sc officers, 1900
men.
Hancock, September Is, so officers, 1850
Grant, September Is, Sc officers, 800
men.
Sheridan, September 20, sc officers, 1900
men.
Pennsylvania, September rs, so officers,
1900 men.
Valencia. September %. 50 officers. 500
men.
Seslanda. September Is. Is officers. suo
men.
City of Para, October s, As officers, 1000
men.
Tartar, October 10, As officers 1900 men.
Ohio October H. - officers, 634 men.
Newport. October II, 10 officers, 800 men
Indiana, October %, 40 officers. 500 men,
Totals. 639 officers, 1870 non,
The two battalons of the Third cavalry
have been assigned to the transport St.
Paul, which will leave San Francisco Au-
gust IA for Seattle. where the cavalrymeu
will embark and sail on August is or 90
Two ships. the Athenian snd the Garorne,
nave been chartered 10 carry the horses tor
hese battalions and the three vessels will
'emain in company throughout the voyage,
which is expected to consume about six
'eeks.
The vessels will go first TO Dutch Harbor, {
Alaska, wher the men and horses will n
o ashore for exercise. A similar step
will be taken at Nagasaki, Japan, for c
ieek in the hope that the horses will ar {
i've ar Manila in good condition fer imme-
late campaigning
The marine battalion las been assigned
, the City of Sydney, a chartered vessel. t
Ter excess accommodation after the ma Il
ines are on board will ,e taken by regular a
ecruts. The other vessels sailing this v
lonth will also be de Ected entirely to reg t,
lar recruits as we'll as any surplus room e.
q succeeding vessels at all times. r
The movement of the next infantry reg V
tents, headed by those of Colonies Pet f
t. Bell Gardner and Rice, will begin a
4 September 1 taking the first trans t,
orts in the army service. the Warren, the T.
herman, Hancock, Grant and Sheridan, o
men make lne Trip IN less than thirty
avs All these ships will carry extra sup 81
lies OF food ammunition and other stores v
II the Eighth corps. bnt on account Of a
er limited capacity efforts are being u
3de 10 charter additional freight steam Il
IS One of these, which has been secured, 81
the Port Arthur which will leave Ia b
ma about August 10 with 800 mules, to II
used as pack animals in the approach II
g campaign. Other shipments of mules ei
Ill be dispatched until the number of III
Csc animals in the Philippines is about So
no. 1t
About 5000 horses for cavalry pl rposes IL
e also to be sent across the Pacific as hi
pldly as chartered vessels ere secured
is believed that all of these will be
ipped by the middle of September.