The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-03
Ordered to Make Ready to Proceed to San
Francisco, Thence 10 Manila.
Rear-Admiral Dewey Again Press
ing on the Navy Department the
Urgent Need Of Vessels Of Light
Draft as a Means of Commune
cation Between the Small ISL
ands In the Philippine Group.

WASHINGTON, March 2-The Sec
rotary of War has just ordered the re-
enforcement of General Otis by six regi-
ments. These are the Sixth Infantry,
now at San Antonio; the Sixth Ar
tillery, scattered along the Atlantic
Coast stations; the Ninth Infantry, at
Madison Barracks; the Thirteenth In
fantry, in New York State; the Twen-
ty-first Infantry, at New York, and the
Sixteenth Infantry, at Fort Cook and
neighboring posts in the Middle West.
These regiments have been ordered to
make ready to proceed to San Fran
cisco and thence to Manila.
In answer to the direct question as to
whether or not the regular troops are
intended to relieve corresponding
number of volunteer soldiers at Manila,
it was said at the War Department
that while this probably would be the
case, it was not possible yet to make a
positive statement. This means that
if when the reinforcements arrive at
Manila the conditions are satisfactory
the volunteers will be brought home,
but, if Otis shall have need for all of
the combined force, then they must
wait
The reinforcements are made up of
troops who are not only regulars in the
full sense of the term, but who have
been through Cuban or Porto Rlcan
campaigns They know what it is to
be under fire; how to hunt indians,
and also how to fight in tropical jun
giles. With them replacing the same
number of volunteers, General Otis Will
have majority of the regulars in his
command, something the War Depart
ment has earnestly desired to bring
about at the earliest possible moment.
The position of the American COM
mander at Manila also will be safe
guarded against the effect of a sudden
and forced discharge of volunteers oy
the ratification of the peace treaty.
The War Department to-day received
the following dispatch from General
Otis al Manila dated to-day:
THE Morgan City arrived this morn
ing: passengers in good health; no
deaths. The Tacoma arrived yester-
dav. animals in excellent condition; no
loss
Admiral Dewey is again pressing on
the Navy Department the urgent nced
of vessels of light draft as means oI
communication between the small ISL
ands of the Philippine group 10 TINS
end the gunboat Vixen, which inquired
bravely for vessel of her light calber
at the outset of the Cuban campaign
has been ordered to be imm
fitted out at the Norfolk Navy lara
for sailing for Manila. This Will take
about a month, and it probably VIII
no three or four months before sne
Joins Dewey's fleet.
Resides the Concord which is perhaps
too large to be classified as one OF the
small craft, the only light vessels now
in the Philippines available for run
ming about in those waters are the
Petrol and the Helena. The Castlne
and the Princeton, however, are now
shedding in that direction, but the small
craft equipment there will still De IN
adequate
The department is anxious to afford
Admiral Dewey all the assistance posi-
HE He has respectfully called atteh-
tion to the great Importance OF TINS
work and has emphasized the TACT that
If is light vessels, fit to skirmish ABOUT
in the shallow waters and to run IN ana
ont of harbors where the larger ones
would be useless, that he wants rather
than the heavier types
QUIET ABOUT MANILA.
MANILA. March 2-(5:30 p. ND
This was the hottest day of the season,
Int fortunately, all is quiet inside and
outside of our lines, and the majority
of the men were kept in the shade. The
United States transport Morgan City
has arrived here The wives Of the
officers and other woman passengers
were not allowed to land. the authori-
ties considering the conditions on snore
to be unsettled.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-'rhe fol-
lowing was posted at the War Depart
ment to-day:
MANILA, March TO Adjutant
General Washington: Casualties near
Caloocan:
First South Dakota-February 9th,
Company B. Private Norman I'll Bet
man, severely; Company L, Sergeant
Robert B. Ross, scalp, slight.
Twentieth Kansas-February 18th,
Company G, Captain David Elliott,
killed.
First Montana-February 2Sth. Com
pany A, Private Alvin E. Pietner,
shoulder, slight: Company K, Howard
l.. Tanner, tHlSH, HloueTdte, ColiPdhy
M. William ]. Christy, hand, slight.
First California-February2 18th, Com
pany F, Private Arthur M. Smith, neck,
severe; Company K, Harold E. Parks.
arm, slight.
First Washington-March LIST, Com
pany c, Corporal Alfred B. Yeichert,
shoulder, moderate; Private Herbert L..
osborne, chest severe.
Chaplain Lewis J. Leland, First Ten
nessee, died at Iloilo. February 18th,
smallpox. OTIS.
WHY GERMANY ASKED AMERI-
CAN PROTECTION.
BERLIN, March "A high German
military official, who prefers to be
nameless. assured the correspondent of
the Associated Press here that the mo-
tives which induced Germany to intrust
the protection of Germans in the Phil
ippine Islands are simple. The Kaiser
in Augusta and other German warships
in the Far East are needed in Chinese
waters, owing to the recent disturb
ances, and Germany feels that German
interests are safe under the protection