The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-07
PRESIDENTS
ENLISTMENT
ORDER
STATE LINES OBLITERATH
And Recruiting Stations WIN be
Opened in Every STATE
and Territory.

WASHINGTON, July &-Ehe order
for the enlistment 0f volunteers for SER
vice in the Philippines vas Published to-
day and seven rzprs eolonsis To enra-
mand the resinsHts were appointed
There are yet two colonels to be desis-
mated. Eight z1aiurs also were narsd-
The recruiting Wtll ros begin pntn sorne
time next week. tA.. exae. date not hav-
ing been fixed yet. Recruiting stations
viii be open In svery state and territory,
and as fast as the men are enlisted they
viii be sen. 70 ths regiments TO be as
signed to companies. state lines are OBJ
liberated. and the men first enlistiEs
will be the dssr to be mustered In The
assignment to companies will be By the
officer commanding and he viii be at
liberty to organize a company composed
of men from one state If he tirds it con-
yenient and practicable. The organI5a-
tlon OF the ten regiments in this euun-
try will not make any difference to the
organization OF regiments In the Philip
pInes by General Otis. HIS regiments
will be in addition TO those hereafter to
be known as the Tweuty-sixth and
Thlrty-ffth Inclusive. and will be num-
bered Thfrty-dxth upward. Il Isl
expected that three regiments viii be
organized in the Philippines The resi-
4nents organized in the United States
and the Philippines viii Increase the
army BY $50 officers and 1857 men. If
there should be three fun regiments
formed by General OTIS.
The colonels appointed to-day are un-
der orders to proceed at once with the
organization Of the regiments Some
officers are now In the city and have
been consulting the different bureau
officers with regard to equipment and
supplies for the men as they Join the
regiments.
The regiments VIII be organized ac-
cordIng to the provisions Of the act OF
March 2. 1889. and win consist of fifty
officers and l,s09 enlisted men each.
Districts for recruiting designated
regiments are announced as follows:
Districts for Recruiting.
TwIenty-slxth regiment, Plattsburg
barracks, New York: The New England
states, excepting Connecticut and the
portion OF the state OF New York north
Of the 42d degree Of latitude.
Twenty-seventh regiment. Camp
Meade. Pennsylvania: The state Of Con-
neeticut, the portion Of the state Of New
York south Of the I2d degree of latl-
tude, Maryland. Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina and the District
Of Columbia.
Twenty-elghth regiment, Camp
Meade, Pa: New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Delaware.
Twenty-ninth regiment, Fort 1lcPher-
son, Ga: South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisi-
ana.
Thlrtleth regiment, Fort Sheridan. MI
nols: Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin.
Thlrty-Rrst regiment, Fort Thomas,
Kentucky: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Thlrty-second regiment, Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas: Iowa. Nebraska, Kan
sas. Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territory.
Thirty-third regiment, Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas: State of Texas.
Thirty-fOurth regiment, Fort Logan,
Colorado: Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dako-
tn, and Montana, and Arizona and
New Mexico.
Thirty-ffth regiment, Vancouver Bar
racks, Washington; California, Nevada,
oregon, Washington and Idaho. and
Alaska.
The term Of service will be for the
period ending June SOth, 1901, and these
enllstments may be made without re.
strictlon as to citizenship or educational
qualifications"
CoIonels Appointed.
"a The President has appointed the fol-
lowing colonels of the volunteer regI-
ments: Major James N. Bell, First cav
airy; Captain James s. Petit, First in
fantry, better known as colonel OF the
Fourth lmmunes; Captain Edward Il.
Hardin, who was colonel OF the Second
New York volunteers In the war with
Spain; Captain l.. a. Craig. Sixth cav
airy; Captain Luther II. Hare, Seventh
cavalry; Major William A. Kobbe, Cap
tain Cornelius Gardner, Nineteenth in-
EaHtEy.
The assignment OF the volunteer colo
nels to regiments win be as follows:
Twenty-sIxth, Rice; Twenty-seventh,
Bell; TWenty-eighth. Petit; Twenty
ninth, Hardin; ThIrueth, Gardner;
Thirty-second. Craig; ThIrty-third,
Hare; ThIrty-hfth, Kobbc. The man
designated for lieutenant colonel of the
Thirty-nfth regiment Will organize 1t
and take It to the Philippines. when
Colonel Kobbe will assume command,
Some of the Requirements.
OF the commissioned officers to be ap-
pointed for each OF these regiments the
field and stan officers, including medi'al
officers md captains OF companies witt
be assembled at rcgimental rendezvous,
as hereafter designated for the purpose
Of theoretical and practical instruction
in organization, military administration.
drill regulations. discipline, and by
glcnG. camp sanitation, etc. Daily In
structioH in the nomenclature, care and