The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-18

Washington. Aug. 1.-THE policy of
the war department" said Secretary
Root today, lis to furnish General Otis
with. all the troops and supplies that
eican use and which are necessary to
wind up the insurrection in the Philip
pines in the shortest possible time
The secretary was speaking of the ten
regiments which We're called out today
bysorder of the president. He said that
no delay would be allowed in the equip
ping and supplying the new regiments
already organized for the Philippines.
as soon as they were needed for active
operations. Ii the present number of
transports are insufficient, more will be
procured.
The men already enlisted for the Phil
ippine service will be sent at once, and
the new regiments will follow as fast
as they are organized and needed.
While there has been some suggestion
that the new regiments will be used as
reserve force. it may be stated posi-
lively that these regiments. as we'll
as more if they chn be used, will be
sent to reinforce General Otis.
Secretary Root sent a copy of the
order of today TO the various depart
ments of the army and they at once
began preparations for supplying the
new organizations.
Orders For New Regiments.
Within half an hour the ordnance
bureau 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 or
ders for supplying tents, clothing and
other equipments furnished by that de-
partment, while the commissary de-
pattment ordered a sufficient supply of
rations TO be on hand to feed the troops
as fast as they arrive. The medical de-
partment was also directed to see that
supplies were sent.
The regiments will be recruited with
the same care exercised in enlisting the
first ten regiments. The districts which
were not very thoroughly covered in
recruiting for the first ten regiments
will be visited by the officers in the new
organizations. 1t is the intention of
the department to have the regiments
give more attention to firing than to
any other feature of the drill. The men
will be armed as are the regular infan-
try regiments, with the magazine army
rife.
Selecting the Officers.
The election of the majors and COM
pany officers for the regiment is now
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 record of the men |
will govern TO a great extent in their !
selection.
The regiments will be numbered from !
thirty eight to forty-seven, and will be 1
at the following places in the ,
order named: Fort Smelling; Fort ?
Crook. Neb.: Fort Riley Kan; two at |
Fort Ethan Allen. VT; Fort Leaven- /
worth, Kan; Jefferson Barracks, Mo-;
South birmingham, Mass
1t appears that from today'S order ,
hat the ten regiments are to be re-
,ruited in the New England and the
western states. Kansas and PennSyl-
yania have apparently been selected
Ia the best fields for recruits. 1t is
aid 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
n that quarter for recruits for the ten
volunteer regiments just organized.
rhe only places where difficulty was
experienced in securing men was in
TeOTRld, AldDdIlld anu the 1dI !
md the gulf states and the two north
western Pacific states.
Thirteen Thousand Men.
Today's action will add 1900 men
o the enlisted strength of the army
nd increases the total strength of the
rmy to 95,045 men. The total number
f volunteers called into the service
5 30.170 men, being only 1882 men short
f the total authorized volunteer eS-
Adjustment of $4,000.
1t is stated at the department that
he number of volunteers already called
nto service is regarded as amply suf-
Client to meet all possible needs of
he army and that there is no possibil-
ty that the remaining 1898 volunteers
will be called for.
Yesterdays recruiting for the volun-
eer army amounted to 2S9 men, max
lg the total recruitment to date 14I22
= ! ,032 in excess of the number re-
uired to complete the ten regiments
rganized under the order of July 5.
III of these regiments have secured
heir full quota except the Twenty
inth regiment at Fort Mcpherson.
Tex, and the Thirty-fifth
egiment at Vancouver Barracks.
hese three regiments will be filmed by
he use of the overflow from the more
uccessful regiments. The remainder
the recruits will be used in filling ,
ne volunteer regiments being slowly /,
rganiZed in the Philippines, which are
bout 1900 men short