Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10
TO PUT DOWN REBELLION
In the Philippines and Transports Will
be Sent Back With Troops Num-
Der that Each Vessel Can Carry
General Otis Will Remain.


Tribune from Washington says: The
schedule of the army transports for rails
ing the force in the Philippines to 10000
men has been completed, and will be de-
livered to Secretary Root today. 1t shows
that If additional steamers are chartered
about $4,000 soldiers can be sent across
the Pacific to reach Manila by the end Of
November The remaining 1000 which
1t is proposed to send to General Otis il
he needs them will be sent by way Of the
Suez canal. The latter route consumes
nearly two months. and if the war de-
partment is compelled to wait until the
renovation of the Atlantic transports
Thomas and Logan is finished troops on
those vessels cannot reach Manila before
January /.
The troops to be sent to the Philippines
are as follows: Regular recruits now at
San Francisco, $500: eight troops Of the
Third cavalry sos; United States marine
battalion, 400; recruits for the skeleton
regiments at Manila, 1900; ten volunteer
regiments infantry, 13O9O; total, 1856.
The vessels available for transportation
of these troops with the approximate date
of readiness for sailing, and their capa-
city for officers and men, are as follows:
Morgan City, August 10, 80 officers and
600 men; City of Sydney, August 12, 25 Of
ncers and 700 men; Senator, August IA,
IS officers and 712 men; st. Paul, August
IA, 40 officers and $50 men; Warren, Sep
tember l. ~ officers and 1924 men; Sher-
man, September 10, Sc officers and 1900
men; Hancock, September Is, so officers
and 1880 men; Grant, September Is, Sc
officers and 1,S00 men: Sheridan, Septem-
Der 20, Sc officers and 1900 men; Pennsyl-
vania, September 25, 80 officers and 1900
men; Valencia, September 25 80 officers
and 50O men; Zealandia, September 25, Is
officers and 600 men; City Of Para, Oc-
tober s. 46 officers and 1000 men; Tartar.
October II, II officers and 734 men; New
port, October II, 10 officers and 500 men:
October Is, As officers and 1,2OO men; Ohio.
Indiana, October %, 40 officers and 900
men, Totals, 699 officers and 1870 men.
The two battalions of the Third cavalry
have been assigned to the transport St.
Paul, which will leave San Francisco on
August IA for Seattle, where the cavalry
men will embark and sail on August 10
or 70. Two ships, the Athenan and the
Garonne, have been chartered to carry
the horses for these battalions, and the
three vessels will remain in company
through the voyage, which is expected to
consume about six weeks The vessels
will go first to Dutch harbor, Alaska,
where the men and horses will go ashore
several days for exercise. similar stop
will be taken at Nagasaki, Japan. for a
week in hope that the horses will arrive
at Manila in good condition for imme-
diate campaigning. The marine battalion
has been assigned to the City of Sydney,
a chartered vessel.
The other vessels sailing this month will
also be devoted entirely to regular re-
cruts, as we'll as any surplus room on
succeeding vessels at all times. The
movement of the new infantry regiments
headed by those of Colonels Petit, Bell,
Gardner and Rice. will begin on Septem-
Der l, taking the first transports in the
army service, the Warren, the Sherman,
the Hancock, the Grant and the Sheridan
which make the trip in less than 80 days
All these ships will carry extra supplies
of food, ammunition and stores for the
Eighth corps. but on account of their linn
tied capacity efforts are being made to
charter additional freight steamers. One
of these, which has been secured, is the
Port Arthur. which will leave Tacoma
about August Is with about 500 mules to
be used as pack animals in the approach
ing campaign. Other shipments of mules
will be dispatched until the number of
those animals in the Philippines is about
3,00O About 5000 horses for cavalry pur-
poses are also to De sent across the Pacific
a srapidly as chartered vessels are Sc
cured. 1t is believed that all of these i
will be shipped by the middle of Septem-