The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-06
VOLUNTEERS FOR GEN. OTIS.
TEE PRESIDENT DECIDES TO RAISE
TWELVE REGIMENTS

WARRINGTON, July 5.-The plans Of the Ad-
ministration for augmenting tho army in the
Philippines were discussed at length at Cab
met meeting to-day. aud were finally arranged
at a conference held at the White House to-
night between President Mckinley, Secretary
AlRer and Adjt. Gen. Corbin. Instead OF three
brigades OF volunteers. as originally contem-
plated. there will be four brigades OF three
regiments each. including the two regi-
ments which Gen. Otis Is organizing
in Manila. This volunteer force will
consist. exclusive OF officers. OF 49,
500 men. There will be 564 officers.
40 OF whom will be selected by President
Mckinley and the rest by Gen. Otis Ten vol
unteer regiments will be organized In the
United States. and It IL expected that Gen. Otis
will be able to raise from among the regulars
and volunteers In the Philippines. whose terms
OF service have expired. enough men to organ
ize two full regiments instead OF that number
OF skeleton regiments. The order providing
for the enlistment and organization OF this
volunteer force wasrevised at the White House
conference and will be formally issued by the
Adjutant- General to morrow.
The ten regiments to be raised in this coun-
try will be enlisted without reference to State
lines The order to be Issued tomorrow will
provide for the establishment OF headquarters
for each OF these regiments. Nine stations
which two reg i'm emit will rendezvous and ono
regiment at each OF the others. The head
quarters will be so distributed that every part
OF the country will be covered Enlistments
will be made at all the seventy regular army re-
crultng stations and at the III headquarters OF tho
regiments. As fast as recruited the volunteers
will be sent in detachments to the nearest
regimental headquarters. The nine regi-
mental stations will be Plattsburg Barracks
Mcpherson. Georgia; Fort Thomas. kentucky
Fort Sheridan. Illinois; Fort Sam Houston.
Texas: Fort Lsavenworth. Kansas: Fort
Logan. Colorado. and Vancouver Barracks.
Washington. Two regiments will rendezvous
at Camp Meade. Plattsburg Barracks will be the
headquarters OF tho regim ent to be recruited
in New England and northern New York.
Camp Meade for New York city. central Now
York and the middle Atlantic States; Fort Mo-
Pherson for the southern States OF the Atlantic
coast. Fort Thomas for Ohio. Kentucky and
part OF the South: Fort Sheridan for part OF the
middle West and Northwest. Fort Sam Houston
and Fort Leavenworth for the Southwest and
the rest OF the middle West. Fort Logan for the
Rocky Mountain region and part OF the NORTH
west. and Vancouver Barracks for the Pacific
coast.
The Colonies and most OF the officers Of these
ten regiments will be appointed within the next
ten days As soon as he receives his commits
sion each Colonel will establish headquarters
at the station designated as the rendezvous OF
his regiment. and will superintcnd its organi-
cation. The regiments will be- designated
numerically. beginning with the Twenty sixth
and including the Thirty-nfth, This order was
adopted that there would be no con-
fusion between the volunteer regiments and
those of the regular army which are
numbered from one To twenty five inclusive.
1t was announced this afternoon that Major
Edmund Rice Of the Third Regular Infantry
would b" Colonel Of the first of the new regi-
mcnts. which will be designated as the Twenty
sixth United States Volunteer Infantry. and
vii, haye "a headquarters at Plattsburg Bar
The plan OF the President, in regard TO the
to be organized In the United States us de-
veloped at the Cabinet meeting to-day. is to
select the ten Colonies. ten Lieutenant Colonies
and thirty Majors from the officers Of the rrgu-
lar army. and the company "ficers from men
officer Of the regular army will be appointed
But oc"rs or Who {" served IN 6
war with Spain and enlisted men OF the regular
army who served in that war will be eligible to
ton to the rule OF taking all the r.gim"ntnl
officers from the regular army may be made.
the case Of Col. Durhin. a civilian who com
mandi sdd the 1Glst Indiana Regiment in the
u.
had no fighting to do it was on" OF the very
best OF, the volunteer army and mado
efficiency while in camps in The tinted states
and in Cuba; Capt. James Petit of the First
Infantry. who commanled the Fourth In
muneS in the war with Spain. had been select
ed for the Coonccy of one Of the new r"g-
mental ~ rTstTG9E the shs of
the Administration homes to avoid repetition
of the rush for commissions which was expert
enced at tho beginning of tho Spqnish- Am"r
can war. By selecting only trained regular
officers for these places high state OF eff
The physicaI Guafi,ratians ." 81 aprliHants for
enlistment in the ten volunteer regiments will
ns Srente fh than h"se c" HrpcHno for rH
accepted VIII" does not possess vigorous con
from tn" regular or volunteer service ON
account Of disability contracted in the war
with Snan viii not be , TAKEN The Other
than those of the regular army. Applicants
need not hc citizens of the United States NJ
Alarge number OF German miners in western
PENNSYLVANIA have been. anxious TO enlist in
but were prevented from doing SO because they
had not been naturatzcd and could not write
many ofthese men will now enlist.
A "ommsson"I oS"rS and i87S So" "nlstsd
and band. Twelve companies Of Y men each
will cowpos;s IT., the lighting strrn1gth q r"ri
that he is hopeful Of securing in the Philippines
the bot enlisted men necessary to make the
two regiments he is organizing ot full strength.
The number Of men TO be enlisted in the United
ganized as rapidly as possible. and it Is hoped
by the Administration that by the beginning
Of the next dry season all OF them will be in the
philippines.
When the plans for raising volunteers were
discussed by President Mckinley and his ad
visers last week there was no intention Of
raising more. than three hrigades. or nine
regiments. Since then. however, IN" President
has received a great deal Of iniormation- al Of
men Gen. Otis could more uuirEly suppress
the nsurrection, while with only 10000 the
lighting would he long drawn out With the
twelve volunteer regiments added to his COM
mand, Gen. Otis will have an army OF about
$4,000 men.
Col Edmund Rice Major Of the Third Infan-
try was appointed to the army from Mnssa.
chuSettS AS u Captain OF the Nineteenth Mnssa-
chuscttS Volunteers in 1871. and served with
that regiment throughout the civil war. He
was honOrahy mustered out on June 30 1865,
and in 1858 was appointed First Lieutenant
or infantry in the regular army. being assigned
to the forticth Regiment ON the reOrganiYa-
ton Of IN" army h" was transferred to the Fifth
Infantry and served with that regiment for
many years Cot Rice performed important