The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-09
FOR THE 9TH REGIMENT
THE TAR HEELS WILL BE IN.
DER COL. BELL.
THEY WILL FIRST GO TO CAMP MEADE
After Being Licked into Shape there They
Will in November be Sent to The Phil
ippines to Tackle General
AguinsIdo.

Tomorrow, the beginning of enlist
ments for organization of ten regiments
of volunteers for service in the Philip.
rnes will be made.
These regiments are to be numbered
from 20 to 81, thus retaining the con
tinuty of the present infantry orgailiza-
tom
North Carolina is expected to help
form one of these regiments the 9th
and telegram last night from Arljutant
General Corbin directed Lieut. Douglas
Settle, the recruiting officer here. to be-
gin enlistments Monday morning
These enlistments will be for the 2I.h
regiment which will rendezvous 1T
Camp Meade Pa. The territory from
which this regiment is to be raised is
the State of Connecticut, the portion of
the State of New York south of the
forty-two degrees of latitude, the States
of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
North Carolina and the District of CO.
lumbia
The enlistment of men for these ten
regiments of infantry will be made BY
the regular recruiting officers at all city
recruiting stations and the men enlisted
for this service will be forwarded to the
respective regikental rendezvous in
suitable detachments. Those frona this
State the 9TH will go to Camp NJ .adc.
The 18th will also rendezvous th.r,.
This latter regiment is to be 'ormed
from the States of New Jersey, Penn
sylyania and Delaware.
The 9th Infantry, which is TO b..
partly recruited in North Ca.ollna, will
be organized by Col. JAS NJ. Bell. Col
Rel is now Il majG of the 1st cavalry.
and was appointed to the army from
Pennsylvania. He entered the service
in the Stith Ohio Volunteers for three,
months in 1862. hut subsequently re-
ceiycd Il commission in the cavalry from
his own State and was mustered out as
i captain of the 18th Pennsy lvana
Cavalry in 1865 He ientered the regular
service as ii second lieutenant in the 18th
Cavalry at the organization of that regi-
ment in 1866, and continued to serve
with it through the various grades un.Ii
promoted, thirty years after. major of
the 1st Cavalry. He was breyetted as
first lieutenant and captain for gallant
services in the battle of the Wilderness,
Virginia.: brevetted A.plajor for gallantry
at Reams station and lieutenant colonel
for service in action against Indians III
Montana in 1877. Col. Bell has served
with distinction in a regiment noted for
its active. hard and gallant services
throughout all the period covered by the
greatest of our Indian wars from 1865
to 1890. His services i'll the west coy
cred almost the whole frontier fro,n
Texas and Arizona on the southern
border to Montana OH the northern. III
the outbreak OF the war with Spain
Major Bell sailed in command Of Il
squadron of his regiment to Cuba and
was commended for his gallant services
in the first fight, where he served unaa.
General Young at La Guasina, being
one Of the first officers to fall grieyously
wounded by Spanish bullet.
The 36th and 31th regiments will be
organized entirely. if possible, in the
Philippines, and will be Differed by men
recommended by General Otis from
among the officers in the field. These
two regiments are in addition to the ten
specified in the general orders issued yes
terday morning. The twelve volunteer
regiments will have Il total strength Of
about 1880. and will make the total
strength of the army about 81. 800 men.
about one-half Of which number are des-
tined for service in the Philippines.
Immediate steps are being taken for
the organization of the ten new yolun-
ter regiments in this country with
Il view TO having them in readiness for
transportation to the Philippines at the
opening of the campaign in the fall
after the close of the rainy season in
case their presence is deemed necessary
for the complete subjugation Of the in
surgents.
1t will take mt least three months to
lick" volunteer regiment into shape.
therefore the men who now enlist Will
hardly go to the Philippines before next
November.
The term of service will be for the
period ending June 80. 1901. and, as
provided in section II OF the act of
March ,. 1890. these enlistments may he
made without restrictions as TO citizen
ship or educational qualifications. In
other respects they will be governed by
the rules and regulations prescribed for
recruiting the regular army.
Applicants for original enlistment
must be between the ages of eighteen
and thirty-hve years. of good character
and habits, able-hodicd. free from dis
ease and must be able to speak the En-
glish language. Soldiers who have
served honestly and faithfully a prev-
Gus enlistment in the Upited States
army. regular or volunteer. may be re-
enlisted within three months from date
Of discharge. without regard to the maxi
mum age limitation
For infantry the height should not he
less than five feet four inches and weight
not less than 100 pounds and not more
than 100 pounds.
Recruiting officers are. however, au-
thorzed i'll their discretion to accept de-
sjrable applicants who are ten pounds
or less over weight or under weight. or
who vary not more than fraction Of IN
inch from the required height or chest
measures, if they meet all other require
ments and their enlistment is recon-
mended by the medical examiner.