Iron County register., 1899-08-24
TO BE PUSHED TO THE F FRoNT.
ments-TO Capture and Hold
Locations of Troops.

Washington, Aug. 19.-Secretary
Root was busily engaged the greater
part of yesterday in selecting officers
to fill the new regiments, going over
the lists of names that have been sub
mitted with recommendation for app
pointment and considering their eff
ficiency records during the Spanish
war. The secretary is giving the mat
ter of these selections his personal at
tention and the list is being prepared
in hts private Office. After the selec-
tons are made by the secretary they
will be sent to the president Cor his
approval.
For Speedy transportation.
Preparations continue actively in
the matter of arranging for the
speedy transportation of troops to
the Philippines. The quartermaster's
department has been considering the
advisability 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 25 instead
of two weeks later, which was the
schedule first shown to Secretary
Root.
The transports 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 regiments in the Phil
ippines by the first of December or
very soon after that date.
Already in the Philippines.
Seven of the lieutenant colonels
named Thursday are now serving i'll
the Philippines. They will remain
there and await the arrival of their
regiments.
To Capture and Hold.
While it may not be necessary to
use all the troops in the Philippines,
1t is understood to be the plan of Sec
retary Root to have sufficient force to
not only defeat the insurgents at ev
cry point, but to garrison and hold
the places that may be taken and thus
insure safe line of communication.
Location of Troops.
The map which has been prepared for
Secretary Root showing the location of
the troops in the Philippines has been
completed and is also accompanied by
statement explaining how this force
is divided under the generals COM
manding the divisions. The first divi-
sion, commanded by Gen. Lawton, is
south of Manila and consists of the
following troops: Fourth, Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ffth regiments of
infantry; the First Washington, First
Wyoming, part of the Fourth cavalry,
Battery F, Fourth artillery; Battery
F, Fifth artillery; Battery D, Sixth
artillery and Hawthorne's mountain
battery.
The Second division, commanded by
Gen. Macarthur, is north of Manila and
consists of the following: Third,
Ninth, Twelfth, Seventeenth, Twenty
second and Thirty-sixth regiments of
infantry; the Fifty-first Iowa; Twen-
tieth Kansas, Light Battery f, First
artillery, battalion of the Third az
tillery, and part of the Fourth cav
airy.
The provost guard of Manila consists
Of the Twentieth infantry and eight
! loot batteries of the Sixth artillery.
! The garrisons in the other islands
are:
Panay-Eighteenth infantry, First
| Tennessee, Battery G, Sixth artillery.
Negros-SiXth infantry.
| Cebua-One battalion Twenty-third
infantry.
! Jolo-Two battalions Twenty-third
infantry.