The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-20
GEN. OTIS REINFORCED
RHE sIITH INFANTRY ARRITES AT
MANILA ON THE SHERMAN.

Ten Thousand Regular Troops and Recruits
to He Sent ms Rapidly as They Can
BE Hransported-Four Thousand Arc to
Sail from San Francisco This Month.
WASHINGTON. juno 19.-Gen. Otis this morn
Ing informed the War Department OF the
arrival OF the Sherman at Manila. The trans
port carried nearly 1000 mon to reinforce the
regular army under Gen Otis. Gen. Frederick
D. Grant and Gen. Bates were among the pas
sengers on the sherman. Gen. Otis's despatch
is as follows:
MANILA. June 10.
"Adjutdnt General. Warrington;
SHERMAN arrived this morning. Casualty.
Edwin L. Gavitt Company I. Sixth Infantry;
Col Kellogg and twelve men left in Honolulu
sick seventeen cases typhoid fever en- route.
Sixth Infantry leaves for Iloilo to relieve Call
ifornians. Negros transport Indiana. 1874 OIL
GERS and soldiers discharged sick. with
civilians. left for San Francisco via Nagasaki
yesterday. Hancock and Sherman. with Ne
braska. Pennsylvania and Utah regiments.
leave for United States as soon as troops can
be placed In readiness: Californians will leave
as soon collected. Colorado to follow on
FIRST available transport. OTIS"
In another despatch Gen. Otis. referring to
Che mastering out OF the volunteers. says:
All volunteer organizations here desire mus
ter out at San Francisco"
Regular troops and recruits are to replace the
volunteers In the Philippines as rapidly as they
can be transported. 1t Is estimated by the
War Department that nearly 10000 regular
soldiers will reach Manila by Sept /. Tho
Quartermasters Department has been adding
to its Pacific transport fleet several vessels.
Four additional transports were added last
week. The Zsalandia, Valencia and Wye
field were chartered early In the week.
and on Saturday the CITY OF Para was
4 - AZ H. AnI,. 80 rfx,.r ~ thAu
vessels means that the department proposes to
send troops to Gen. Otis with the least possible
delay. Quartermaster- General Ludington has
furnished Acting Secretary Meik lejohn the fol-
lowing statement showing troops to go from
San Francisco to Manila and the ships avail
able at this time to take them;
Mum ber OF troopsi Six troops Fourth Cav
airy. 800 men two companies Fourteenth In
fantry. 256 men: twelve companies Nineteenth
Infantry. 1886 men eight companies Twenty
fourth Infantry. 1924 men; eight companies
Twenty fifth Infantry. 1.02 mem recruits.
5000 men; total. 9.44O.
The following are the vessels. with their
capacity and date Of sailing from San Fran
cisco: Sheridan. 80 officers and 1900 men.
Juno "a; Pennsylvania. 80 officers and 1900
men. June "a; Zealandia. Is officers and 62O
men. June 32: Valencia IS oqaeer so and 200
men. WY ,2S: ,Newpor 90 Sfiioers and 532?5
men. at Manila; Hancock. rs officers and 1900
men. at Manila. Total. 1927 officers and allS
men.
The Warren and Hancock are both expected
TO sail from Manila within few days. and will
BE- ready to leave San Francisco not later than
Aug. Z, arriving at Manila again by Sept. 7.
Gen. Schwan, with his staff will sail on the
City OF Para about Ju " II for Manila. whore
he will be assigned to duty on Gen Ots'S staff.
When Gen. Otis reported that he could prob
ably form three skeleton volunteer regiments
at Manila it was understood here that the
regiments would have to he recruited princ-
paly from this country. To do this recruiting
stations for the enlistment OF volunteers IN the
dications are that more than enough recruits
will present themselves for this service Re-
ports from recruiting stations all show a sur
prisingly rapid rate OF enlistment. and no diff
Guilty whatever IL experienced in obtaining
men for service in the tropics.
AdJt Gen. Corbin received to-day n telegram
from Senators George &. Perkins and stephen
NJ. White which shows the readiness of the
country to respond to any call for reinforce
ments to assist in suppreSsing the Philippine
Instruction. 1t is as follows:
" To Hon. H. e. Corbin. Adjuidnt- General,
Southern California supports AdminiStra-
tion in its Efforts to supprcss the Philippine
insurrection. and tenders the President. for
immediate service. well organized and thor
oughly disciplined regiment Of infantry. ON
GERS and mon ready to embark soon az
necessary. Field equipments can be furnished.
GEORGE {. rFrKINS,
STEPHEN NJ. WHITE"