The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-09
Toriy-0rc Thousand officers and
Men ofthe Combined Army
and Navy Forces.
yEfTEES WAR VESSELS IN THE FLEET.
These Vessels Carry 297 Officers, 1880
sailors and 253 Marines Other
Ships On the Way.
The Strength Of tho Army In the Philip
pines l. 24.50O Men $500 Men Are
On tho Way and 1900 Moro
Are Ordered 10 Proceed.


WASHINGTON. March 7.-Forty-oi
thousand officers and men Of the COZ
Dn,a army and navy forces compri
tc to,a American strength now at, ,
r.u-c aud under orders for service
Ir Philippine islands. No furthC
reu'.rcemcn;s are now in cor
temptation. The forces OF tn
teo services already stationed i
as. ahou, the archipelago cor
,>'> ~ twenty regiments of infantry
4 ,.e uEluccH battalion, seven troop
u cavalry and II batteries of artillery
O.. a-rrcratc OF abou, 245OO men. Nine
',ea vessels. with an aggregate of 90
'of.rr>, 9.990mc and 255 marines max,
4 .p .ac naval contingent. This is ex
/ cl,vc - the transport Solacc, with
90. officers and men all told,
which is constantly passing back
/ and forth from Manila. There are
aIoa' $500 army re-enforcements on
,.e Hay 10 Manila. making as rapid
progress as possible. and there are
nearly 900 men in the force under
o-.crs 90 proceed to the Philippines.
The following are now at Manila
r Hong Kong under the command of
Am. Dewey:
Baltimore. Bennington. Boston. Buff
to. 'alco. Charleston. Concord, Gull
ra Don Juan dc Austria. Helena, Isla
Lrzon. ls'a dc Cuba, Manila, Mo-
ra.aocn, Monocacy, Monterey, Olym-
pa. Petrol and Yorktown. These
vessel, carry e97 officers, 1890
'Uor' and o53 marines. The trans
r0.' So.acc does not remain at
Fa.a The Castinc and Princeton
a-e no" ON their way through the Red
>.l 20 Join Admiral Dewey, and the
Oregon and her attendant vessel, the
IRIS are travelling through the Pacific
% the same destination. These
re,sc.s will add TO the naval
:rce a, Manila 50 officers 739
zen and 81 marine. Tho cap-
'-re4 ships Don Juan de Austria, Isla
le Luzon and Isla de Cuba are not l
AVAILABLE for immediate service as thev l
i'' .n need Of repairs. The Solace has c
"''n ou' a number Of recruits. and 2
'.'a these the lsla de Luzon will be a
A-aaed The Wheeling will Join the t
Manila fleet but is not counted as be- c
81. available in the immediate future. it
achievements for the Philip u
i-'' Low on the way aggregate
ID .Ac neghborhood Of 1890 men. all L
'.-. These are made up of three gem 81
y" expeditions as follows: The trans Sc
'Fant with Gen. Lawton and IN
-'' with total of a. officers IN
-' 40 men, including one bat as
-.'- o: the 18th infantry regi- W.
-,A' and four companies of the an
- infantry This expedition sailed WI
A New York January 10. was re- sp
''et az Singapore on Saturday and tn
'-' La"ion cabled Gen. Otis that his me
.t'.Aon will reach Manila in the at
NY morning Of the 10th inst AM
'~e transport Sherman, Col J. II. ~
.-r commanding. CARVING tota,ot gal
''''ers and L7O? men, including the do1
'e ID infantry regiment and bat wa
-." o' ;he Nth infantry. The Sher- is
'~ s4'e" from New York February bo'
'-' transport Sheridan, under not
'''Na Of Lieut.. Col. j. IL. Smith. OF 1
''.N infantry, carries all of the ATTIC
" ana battalion of the 18th in and
"t' "aklnl' total Of 81 officers A
"''' men, Besides these three. -
-'''' with fair sized detachment sene
''-''N Tor the various regiments al
q '" 'Ae archipelago, has gotten a
'''T' on the way to Manila, and NJ
''."Sport Valencia sailed from San 1ent
''o sunday for Manila, via Homo with
l.-.. .N, wi u''S lor the infantry, litic,
.''F ana hospital corps, and a that
,,,....., 0'n' cadetS assigned chan
' with various companies in the reco,
.pp.ues -No0'
,,...,.,. Sci
.5r .. - ~ 'n'uaoIe list OF men be ii
ne,.. ~. "''" ana en- route, five mier
-'''' Of infantry and the crack Tb
ytt .51,.'.' WI" an approximate the I
''"' additional. OF 1900 men in pio.
"a o.. Ne's 10 proceed to clinet
. ,"e earliest opportunity. Fin
r,t .,.,..''ie '''ien'S which go TO tive l.
10 "a. 1"'er an order issued expec
..."' var department last week. atiye
con,emra,a, ~ troops SO far as appro
s ana s "'0U ior service In The Tho
6,b y ,.'' Io'io"'' demon
To- ,bs ar 'nran,ry' now at San tivs n
'p e.. Varracss; /. tn. 18th e. s. in.
,t., ~ New Yofh state: the 10Th d. prr
.4n'rr' at Fort ttuot and scoste
''rhg points ana ~. a., manu-
'hfantrN n pla,ssbu,r ( Ing frc
"a the s,h q. a srTi,s.s BY his
a',ertd along the Ahsrtir c,rs. been r,
'noer Ui points rba ds,s 81 time.
afe l has not yet been s,sS tu. ~
the conditions ara 1a py May NEW