The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-18
ALL OTIS CAN USE.
Roots Policy Is to
Send Ample Mill
tary Aid.
TO END REBELLION QUICKLY.
New England Will Send a
Whole New
Brigade.
TO END REBELLION QUICKLY.

washington, Aug. 17.-"The policy of
the war department" said Secretary
Root today, lis to furnish Gen. Otis
with all the troops and supplies that he
can use and which are necessary to
wind up the instruction in the Philip
pines in the shortest possible time"
The secretary was speaking Of the 10
regiments which were called out today
by order of the president. He said
that no delay would be allowed In en-
listing, equipping and supplying the
new regiments, nor in transporting
them, as well as the other regiments
already organized, to the Philippines
as soon as they were needed for active
operations. If the present number Of
transports is insufficient, more will be
procured.
The men already enlisted for the Phil
ippine service will be sent at once, and
the new regiments will be forwarded
as fast as they are organized and need
ed While there has been some sug-
gestion that the new regiments will be
Used as a reserve force, it may be stated
positively that these regiments as well
as more, If they can be used, will be
sent to reinforce Gen. Otis. Secretary
Root sent a copy of the order Of today
TO the various departments Of the army,
and they at once began preparations
for supplying the new organizations.
:, !, {Y11 H.
reau had sent orders TO the different
arsenals, directing that complete out
fits Of arms and ordnance supplies for
each regiment be sent to the rendezvous
where they are to be organized.
The quartermaster's department gave
orders for supplying tents, clothing ana
other equipments furnished by that de-
partment, while the commlssary de-
partment ordered a sufficient supply OF
rations to be on hand to feed the troops !
al fast as they arrive. The medical
department was also directed to see
that supplies were sent.
The districts which were not very |
thoroughly covered in recruiting for the
first regiments, viii be visited by the
officers in the new organizations. Il - i
the intention of the department to have
the regiments give more attention to
firing than any other feature OF the
drill The men viii be armed as are
the regular infantry regiments, with
the magazine army rife.
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
officers will be distributed as equitably
as possible among the different states,
but the efficiency records of the men
will govern to a great extent in their
selection.
1t appears that the 10 new regiments
are to be mainly recruited in New Eng
land aad the middle and central western
states. Kansas and Pennsylvania have
apparently been selected as the best
field for recruits. 1t is said that no
special effort is to be made to secure
recruits in the southern states. This is
due, it is said, to the experience Of the
officers who operated in that quarter for
recruits for the 10 volunteer regiments
just organized The only places where
difficulty was experienced in securing
men was in Georgia, Alabama and the
Carolinas, and the gulf states and the
two northwestern Pacific states.
Today's action will add $1,000 men to
the enlisted strength of the army, and
increase the strength of the army TO
95045 men. The total number of vol
unteers called into service is &c. ITO men,
being only 1898 men short of the total
authorized volunteer establishment OF
$4,000. 1t is stated at the department
that the number of volunteers already
called into service is regarded as amply
sufficient to meet all possible needs OF
the army, and that there is no posi-
bility that the remaining 1893 volun-
teers will be called for
Yesterdays recruiting for the volun-
teer army amounted to 2S9 men, max
ing the total recruitment to date l4,l22,
or 1882 In excess Of the number required
~ complete the 10 regiments organized
dnder the order of July 5. All OF these
regiments have secured their full quota
except the Twenty ninth regiment at
Fort Mcpherson, Georgia; the Thlrty-
third at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, ana
the thirty fifth regiment at Vancouver
barracks These three regiments WIZ
be filled by the use of the overflow from
the more successful regiments. The re-
mainder of the excess will be used III
1illlng the volunteer regiments pelng
slowly organized in the Philippines,
which are about 1900 men short.
The colonies and lieutenant-colonels
OF the new regiments are announced as
follows: Thirty eighth, George :. An
ueTsOn mayor SlXtn CANdlhS Anti -
ninth, r. l.. Billiard, captain sup-de-
partment Fortieth. e. A. Goodwpn'
captain Eighth cavalry Forty-nrst' r.
7. G. Richmond captain Second artil-
lery; Forty-second, j. M. Thompson
major Twenty-fourth infantry; Forty :
third, Arthur Murray, captain FIRST
artillery; Forty-fourth, E. j. MeCler-
nand, captain Second cavalry; FORTY
NTH, j. H. Dorst, captain Fourth cav
airy; Forty-sixth, w. s. Schuyler, cap
tain Fifth cavalry; Forty-seventh, wal
ter Howe, captain Fourth artillery.
Lieutenant colonels--E. r. Pratt
captain Twenty third infantry; Z. .
Crane, captain Twenty-fourth intan-
try; -- Byrne. captain Sixth intan'
try; j. s. Mallory, captain Second IN
Tantry: E. H. Crowder major; judge
Advocate James Parker, captalI
Fourth cavalry; Francis Michler, cap
tain Fifth cavalry; w. e. Wilder, cap
taln Fourth cavalry; j. II. Beacon, cap
tain Sixth infantry; John Bigelow, Jr'
captain Tenth cavalry.
with the 18 regiments already calle.
INTO service the 10 ordered today VII
make total Of 10000 in round numbers
o. the $4,000 volunteers authorized.