Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-07
SERVICE The MARK OF MERIT
Commissions Will Only Be Granted Veterans
Of the Late War.
RULES FOR tNLlSTlNG VOLUNTEERS
Physical Examination 10 lie strict aud
Only single Men wanted
Training schools for
Officers and Men.

&C t'Vi at hlOl Z NOlOntlS " COMMAND the Tpgl~
ments were appointed. There are yet two
colonels to be designated. Eight majors
also were named The recruiting will not
be begun until some time next week, the
exact date not having been fixed yet. Re-
cruiting stations will be open In every state
and territory, and as as the men are en-
listed they Will be sent to the regiments
10 be assigned companies. State lines are
obliterated and the men first enlisting will
be first to be mustered in. The assignment
to companies will be by the officer COM
mandng and he will be at liberty to organ
ize company composed of men from one
state If he finds it convenient and practical
BILE.
The organization of the ten regiments in
this country Will not make any difference
to the organization of regiments in the
Philippines by General Otis. His regi-
ments will be in addition to those here
after to be known as the twenty sixth to
the thirty fifth inclusive, and will be num-
bered from the thirty-sixth upward. 1t
is expected that three regiments will be
organized in the Philippines The regi-
ments organized In the United States and
those in the Philippines will increase the
army by $50 officers and 1850 men, il there
should be three full regiments formed by
General Otis.
The colonels appointed today are under
orders to proceed at once with the organi-
cation of the regiments. Some of the
colonels are now in the city and have been
consulting some of the different bureau
of1cers with regard to equipment and sup
plies for the men as they join the regi-
ments. The order is as follows;
BY the direction of the president, the fol-
lowing general rules are prescribed for re-
crulting from the country at large United
states volunteers, as provided for by the
act OF congress approved March Q, 1899, pub
lished in general orders No. 36 of 1S99
headquarters of the army, adjutant generals
once, and for organizing the same into
regiments:
The strength of regiments, officers and
enlisted men, will be as provided for by
sections and 12 of the act OF congress
approved March ., 1899
The regiments to be organized in the
United States will be designated, Twenty
sixth, Twenty-seventh. Twenty eighth
Twenty ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty first, Thirty
second, Thirty-third, Thirty fourth and
Thrty-fifth regiments of infantry, United
States volunteers.
OF the commissioned officers to be ap-
pointed for each of these regiments the field
and staff officers, including medical officers
and captains of companies will be assem-
bled at regimental rendezvous as hereafter
designated for the purpose of theoretical
and practical instruction in organization,
military administration, drill regulations,
discipline, hygiene, camp sanitation, etc.
Daily instruction in the nomenclature, care
and assembly of parts of the rifle and target
practice will be special feature of instruc-
tion of both officers and men.
Officers Must Have Experience.
Applicants for commissions, except officers
of the regular army, VIII be required to
pass satisfactory examination as to age,
moral, mental and physical capacity to COM
maj md hatya had Itr
ing the Spanish-American war; .tE
The recruiting service of the regular army
will be charged with recruiting from the
country at large men for service in these
volunteer regiments whose enlistments will
be made for the period ending June 30 1901,
unless sooner discharged, and without re-
strictons as to citizenship or educational
qualifications, but in all other respects un-
der the same rules and regulations as are
prescribed for recruiting the regular service.
Except in special cases only unmarried men
will be enlisetd for these regiments.
In view of the probable severe service OF
these regiments and the climatic conditions
to which they may be subjected, the phys
ical qualification of both officers and enlisted
men is of first importance. Only those
fully qualified will be appointed or enlisted.
The lieutenants and two of the medical
officers of each regiment will, as far as
practicable, be assigned to duty as assist
ants to recruiting officers Of the regular
army.
Upon arrival of recruits at the regimental
rendezvous the commanding officers of regi-
will assign them to companies, and
the appointment and reduction of regimental
and battalion. non commissioned staff and
commissioned officers and
other enlisted grades will be governed by
the law and army regulations.
Each regiment so organized will, for pur-
poses of discipline and supply, be subject to
the orders of the commanding general of
the department in which the rendezvous
is located and the regmental commander
will report by telegraph to the adjutant
general of the department on his arrival at
the regmental rendezvous.
Ten regiments of infantry, United States
win be organized as follows: |
Twenty sixth at Plattsburg barracks, N. Y; |
Twenty-seventh at Camp Meade, Pa;
Twenty eighth at Camp Meade, Pa;
Twenty-ninth at Fort Mcpherson, Ga; |
Thrtieth. at Fort Sheridan, H.; Thirty !
first at Fort Thomas. KY; Thirty second at
Fort Sam Houston Texas Thirty-fou at |
Fort Logan Colo; Thirty-ffth at Van |
couver barracks, Wash. |
r. A. ALGER Secretary of War.
Divided Among the states
The regiments will be organized accord
ing to the provisions of the act OF March |
2, 1899, and will consist of fifty officers and |
| ,309 enlisted men each.
Among the districts for recruiting desg-
hdleu leslneHlS are lue ioilohIHB'
Twenty ninth regiment, Fort Mcpherson,
Ca; South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Ala
bama Mississippi and Louisiana
Thrtieth regiment Fort Sheridan, H.;
Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin.
Thirty-frst regiment, Fort Thomas, KY;
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Thrty-second regiment, Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan: Iowa, Nebraska. Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Arkansas. Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory.
Thirty third regiment, Fort Sam Houston,
Tex; state of Texas.
Thirty-fourth regiment, Fort Logan,
Colo; Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Minnesota.
North Dakota. South Dakota, Montana, and
Arizona and New Mexico.
Thirty-ifth regiment, Vancouver bar
racks, Wash; California, Nevada, Oregon,
and Idaho and Alaska
The term of service will be for the period
ending June 30, 1901, and the enlstments
may be made without restriction as to
citizenship or educational qualifications"
Craig 10 Command Nebraska Men.
The president has appointed the following
,clonels of the volunteer regiments: Major
James NJ. Bell First cavalry; Captain James
Pettit, First infantry. better known as
: lionel of the Fourth immunes; Captain