The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-08-18
TEN NEW REGIMENTS
Of Volunteers to Be Added to the
Military Establishment.
BNLIsTMENTs WILL BE HURRIED


Tho Coloncis and Lieutenant CoIoncIs
Have Been Appointed by the War
Department aud the other Omccrs
WIN BE Spanish war Volunteers.
Washington. Aug. lS.-"The policy
Of the war department" said Secretary
Root yesterday els to furnish General
Otis with all the troops and supplies
that he can use and which are neces-
sary to wind up the lusurrection in the
Philippines I'm show. ST possible time"
The secretary was speaking Of the
ten regiments which were called out
yesterday by order of the president.
He said that no delay would be al
lowed in enlisting, equipping and sup
plying the new regiments nor in
transporting them as well as the other
regiments already organized to the
Philippines. If the present number OF
transports are insufficient more will be
procured. The men already enlisted for
the Philippine service will be sent at
once ard the new regiments will be
forwarded as fast as they are organ
lied and needed. While there has been
some suggestion that the new regi-
ments will be used as a reserve force,
II may be stated positively that these
regiments as we'll as more II they can
be used will be sent to reinforce Cen
eral Otis
This will add 1900 men TO the en-
listed strength OF the army and in
crease the total strength Of the army
to 95.045 men. The total number Of
volunteers called into service Is 30170
men, being only 4,S93 men short Of the
total authorized volunteer establish
ment of 35. 1000. It Is stated at the de-
partment that the number OF volun-
teers already called into service is re-
Earded as amply sufficient to meet all
possible needs of the army, and that
there is no possibility that the remain
ing 4,S93 volunteers will be called for
Recruiting for the volunteer army up
to yesterday amounted to 2S9 men,
making the total recruitment to date
14.122, or / ,032 in excess of the number
required to complete the ten regiments
organized under the orders Of July g.
All of these regiments have secured
their full quota except the Twenty
ninth regiment at Fort Mcpherson. Ca,
the Thirty-first at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex. and the Thirty-fifth regiment at
Vancouver barracks. These three regi-
ments will be filled by the use of the
overflow from the more successful regi-
ments. The remainder of the excess
will be used in filling the volunteer
| regiments being slowly organized in
the Philippines which are about 1900
men short
It Is said that no special effort Is to
be made to secure recruits in the south
ern states. This is due. It is said, to
the experience of the officers who op-
Grated in that quarter for recruits for
the ten volunteer regiments Just or
ganlzed. The only place where diff
| Guilty was experienced in securing men
was in Georgia, Alabama and the Caro-
linas and the gulf states and the north
western Pacific states.
The following is a list of the colonels
and lieutenant colonels:
Colonels-Thirty-e eighth, George S.
Anderson, major, Sixth cavalry;
Thirty-ninth, r. L. Bullard, captain
sub-department; Fortieth, p. A. God
win captain, Eighth cavalry; Forty
first, e. T. c. Richmond, captain, Sec
ond artillery; Forty-second, ]. M
| Thompson, major, Twenty-fourth In
fantry; Forty-third, Arthur Murray
captain, First artillery; Forty-fourth
q. J. Clernand, captain, Second cav
airy; Forty-ffth, J. H. Dorst, captain
Fourth cavalry; Forty-slXth, w S
Schuyler, captain, Fifth cavalry
Forty-seventh, Walter Howe, captain
Fourth artillery.
Lieutenant colonels-E. B. Pratt
captain, Twenty-third infantry; @. j
Crane, captain, Twenty-fourth infan,
try; - Byrne, captain, Sixth infan.
try; ]. 8. Mallory, captain, Second in.
fantry; e. II. Crowder, major, judge
advocate; James Parker, captain
Fourth cavalry; Francis Michler, cap
tain, Fifth cavalry; w. E. Wilder, cap.
tain, Fourth cavalry; j. H. Beacon
captain, Sixth infantry; John Bigelow
Jr., captain, Tenth cavalry
The selection of the majors and com.
pany officers for the regiments is now
occupying the attention of the secre-
tary and the men are being chosen
from among the volunteers who were
called out in the Spanish war. The of
ficers will be distributed as equitably
as possible among the different states
but the efficiency records of the meI
will govern to a great extent in theil
selection.
1t is now found that the merit runs
so high that promotion from the ser
vice can we'll fill the list contemplated
without calling for volunteers from
civil life.