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70 B. RUSHED 70 manila
Orders Issued for Three More Reg.
iments to Proceed at Once
to Embark.
new OFFICERS TO DO THE RECRUITING.
BE Raised as Rapidly ms Possible
Navigator of Cable Ship Hooker
Held Responsible for the Ground
ing of the Ship.

Washington, Aug. 21.-The following
dispatch was Saturday sent by the ad-
jutant general to the commanding Off
Ger of the Twenty-seventh, Thirty first
and Thirty-fourth volunteer regiments
of infantry:
"Orders of to-day will direct that your
regiment be placed en- route for SanFran-
cisco as soon as transportation can be pro-
vided by the quartermaster general. On
arrival at San Francisco, your regiment
Will go into camp al the Preside, and it's
instructions in target practice etc, con-
tinued until transports are ready to take
your command to Manila. Acknowledge
receipt with any remarks you may have
to make for the information OF the war
department."
The Twenty-seventh regiment is at
Camp Meade; the Thirty-first, at Thorn
as, KY; the Thirty-fourth, at Fort
Logan, Col.
The quartermaster' department Sat-
urday directed that the Glenogle and
Tacoma, of the Northern Pacific steam
ship line, be chartered for carrying
troops to Manila The Glenogle will
carry 800 and the Tacoma $50 men.
Placed on Recruiting Duty.
Orders were issued from the war de-
partment Saturday placing all majors,
captains and lieutenants appointed for
the new regiments on recruiting duty.
They will assist the nearest recruiting
officer for period of about one week
and will then conduct their recruits to
the rendezvous.
The first ten regiments of volunteers
are complete and there is surplus of
about 1000 men for the regiments in
the Philippines and the next ten be-
ing raised. The enlistments Friday
were 2s6, making total of 1865.
Speaking of the orders issued to the
three regiments to proceed to San Fran
cisco, Gen. Corbin said that not only
would the other regiments follow soon,
but the ten recently ordered would be
sent to Manila as soon as they could be
organized.
Selecting Officers Carefully.
Washington, Aug. FL. = Secretary
Root was busily engaged the greater
part of Friday in selecting officers to
fill the new regiments, going over the
lists of names that have been submitted
with recommendation for appointment,
and considering their efficiency records
during the Spanish war. The secretary
Is giving the matter of these selections
his personal attention, and the list is
being prepared in his private Office.
After the selections are made by the
secretary they will be sent to the pres
ident for his approval.
Preparations continue actively in the
matter of arranging for the speedy
transportations of the troops to the
Philippines. The quartermaster's de-
partment has been considering the adj
visibility of chartering more trans
ports on the Pacific coast. Already the
ships chartered make it possible to send
nearly all the organizations now formed
by September IS, instead of two weeks
later, which was the schedule first
shown to Secretary Root. The trans
ports Logan and Thomas are now being
fitted up on the Atlantic coast, and it
is expected they will be ready to sail
by the middle of October and will take
three regiments via the Suez canal. At
the latest calculation it is now believed
to be possible to land all the new regi-
ments in the Philippines by the list of
December, or very soon after that date,
While it may not be necessary to use
all the troops in the Philippines, IT is
understood to be the plan of Secretary
Root to have sufficient force to not
only defeat the insurgents at every
point, but to garrison and hold the
places that may be taken and thus in