Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-18
To the Philippines Will Be
Rushed From Now on.
THE MANY TRANSPORTS
And the Date of Their Sailing With
the Number of Men Each Ship Can
Carry--New Staff Officers Have
Been Assigned For Duty.

A>CW VI NJ sept. SpSNAeAA " ~AAN
Herald from Washington says: Ar
rangements have been made by the war
department for the departure for Manila
by Nov. of all the troops intended for
General Otis. This means that Secretary
Roots statement that every mothers
son of the renforcements will eat his
! Christmas dinner in Manila will prove
corerct. That there may be no lack of
transportation the collier Cassius is to be
fitted up as a transport at an expense of
$125,0o0 and the department has in mind
several other vessels which may be Sc
cured. 1t will be necessary to provide
! for $4,000 and this has been prepared as
follows: Belgian King, sailing, date, Sept.
25, part of Twenty sixth infantry, 40 Of
ficers, 720 men; Grant, Sept. Is. Thirty
first infantry and recruits, IS officers and
LOO men: Tacoma, Sept 10. rest of Twen-
ty-seventh infantry, "a officers, $50 men:
Glenogle, Sept. 20, 25 officers, 500 men;
Elder, Sept. 20, rest of Twenty-seventh
infantry, 25 officers, 600 men; Sherman,
Sept. 21, Thirteenth infantry and re-
cruits, Sc officers, 100 men; Sikh, Sept.
"a, six companies Thirty y-second infantry,
80 officers, $50 men; Sheridan, Sept. "a,
Twenty-sixth infantry and recruits, 80
officers ZOO men; Charles Nelson, Sept.
25, rest of Thirty-second infantry, 20 Of
ficers, 4SO men; Hancock. Sept. 25, so Off
GERS. 1,200 men: City of Rio, Sept. 25, rest
of Thirty-fourth infantry, 40 officers, $50
men; Olympia. Oct. 1, 80 officers, 700 men;
Valencia, Oct 5, 80 officers, 500 men;
Zealandia, Oct. s. Is officers, 600 men;
Victoria, Oct s. 30 officers, 500 men; Man.
auense, Oct. 5. Is officers, 500 men; City
of Para Oct 10, 46 officers, 1000 men;
Pennsylvania, Oct. Is, 80 officers. 1000
men; City of Peking, Oct Is. As officers,
900 men; Tartar, Oct. 20 45 officers. 1900
men: Newport. Oct. 20, 10 officers, 500
men; Indiana Oct. 20, 40 officers, 900 men;
Anglo-Australian, Oct. 25, so officers, 900
men; Thomas, Nov. i, from New York,
S6 officers, 1880 men: Logan, Nov. 4. from
New York, Sc officers, 1880 men: Meade,
Nov. l, from New York, SO officers, 1900
men; Senator, 35 officers, 712 men; City
of Sydney, 25 officers, 700 men, ST. Paul,
40 officers, $50 men, Preble, 36 officers $50
men.
AT the same time there will remain to
be transported four regiments total of
1926 men. The Ohio and Morgan City,
which are expected to return early in
November, can accommodate AZ officers
and 1874 men, and the Cassius, now being
fitted up, is expected to provide accom-
modations for 600 more. Two or three
more vessels can take the rest and efforts
are being made to secure them
General Otis cables to the war depart-
ment that the cable ship Hooker can be
saved. Arrangements have been made
for taking the ship to the Cavite navy
yard, where she will be put in shape un-
der direction of Naval Constructor Hob
son.
In order to provide ample transporta-
ton facilities for the columns which op-
crate against the Filipinos, General Lud-
ington is shipping 1900 more mules to
Manila. Thirteen hundred are now on
the way.
In compliance with the request of Gem
eral Otis, orders have been issued assign
ing these officers to duty as additional
members of his staff: Major j. N. Nor
rison. judge advocate general; Major
Stugis, adjutant general; Major Pursh-
ing, assistant adjutant general; Major
r. H. Noble. assistant adjutant general;
Lieutenant Colonel Darlington, inspector
general; Major p. w. West, inspector
general; Major Beach, inspector general;
Major ]. T. knight and Captain Thomas
Swobe, Captain r. r. Stevens, Captain
J. w. Little. Captain w. H. Miller and
Captain G. G. Bailey. quartermas1er de-
partment. and Captain John Biddle, corps
of engineers.