The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-14

Washington, June 13.-The following
order has been issued by direction cf
Acting Secretary Meikeljohn:
The Twenty y-fourth and Twenty
fifth infantry, excepting one major and
four companies of each regiment. will
be assembled at San Francisco, Cal,
and there put in readiness for duty in
the Philippine islands
The following companies of each
regiment will compose the battalion to
be assembled at San Francisco. and
those not already there will be put en-
route to that point without delay: a,
c, f, F, G.. H. 1 and K, Twenty-fourth
infantry; B, E. F, II, I. X, L and M,
Twenty-ffth infantry.
The remaining companies of the
Twenty-fourth infantry will be dis
tributed as follows: b, Vancouver
barracks. Washington, with detach-
ments at Fort Walla Walla, Wash,
and Boise barracks. Idaho; d, at Fort
Harrison, Mont. and Fort Assinni-
boine Mont; L. Dyea, Alaska; NJ. New
Fort Spokane, Wash, with detachment
at Fort Sherman. Ida
The major will be assigned to sta
ton by the commanding general. de-
partment of the Columbia. The re-
naming companies of the Twenty fifth
lllIdulFN Will retain lfl6iF present Sla-
tions and the major Will be assigned
to station by the commanding officer,
department of Texas.
Changes In Utah.
The commanding general, department.
of Colorado, will direct the following
changes of troops in his department.
One troop of the Ninth cavalry from
Fort Huachua. Ariz., to Fort Bayard.
\. NJ; detachment of one officer and
twenty-five men from Duchesne, Utah,
to Fort Douglas. Utah.
The commanding general, department.
of the Missouri, Will direct the follow
ing changes of station: One troop of
the First cavalry from Fort Robinson.
Neb., to Fort Russell. WyO.; one troop
of the Sixth cavalry from Fort Leavenx
worth. Kan. to Fort Logan. Colo zone
light battery of the Third artillery
from Fort Riley. Kan, to the Presidio-
In connection with this order the war
department issued the following state
ment:
The departure of the four battalions
of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth
infantry from the United States for
the Philippines will leave the great
west with troops available for its pro-
lection as follows:
Arizona and New MeXico-There will
remain seven troops of cavalry. with
Indian agency at San Carlos, Ariz.
Protection In This State.
Idaho and Utah-There Will be four
troops of cavalry and several detaen-
ments of infantry Immediately avail
able, with quick communication by rail
for reinforcement from the central
west should necessity arise
As the strength of each company and
troop remaining in the western garri-
sOns is about twice what il was before
the Spanish war. it will be seen that
the troops available in the great west
are quite ample To meet any ordinary
uprising.
BY retaining in this country a bat
TALON of the Twenty-fourth and Twen-
ty-fifth infantry. the department is IN
an early date TO apply to all regiments
on foreign service. That IS, to have
two battalionS abroad. fully manned
and Differed. with home battalion,
to which all those disabled by foreign
service may be sent to recuperate af-
ter active service in the tropics The
invalidated and cOnvalescing thus have
a definite home station TO which they
may at once be sent and the foreign
hospital service and the regiments in
the field be relieved of embarrassmenss
Men absent on furlOugh then have a
definite location to which they can re-
port. and such of the officers as recover
sufficiently to perform light duty will
be able to render valuable service in
putting recruits destined for their
regiments in shape.