The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-14
THE GALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Order Issued for Formation of Ten
Volunteer Regiments,
OTIS TO RAISE THREE MORE.

WARRINGTON, July THE order for
the enlistment of volunteers for serv-
Ice in the Philippines was published
yesterday, and seven more colonies to
command the regiments were APP
pointed. There are yet two colonies
to be designated. Eight majors were
also named.
The recruiting will not begin until
some time next week, the exact date
not having been fixed yet Recruit
ing stations will be open in every
state and territory, and as fast as the
men are enlisted they will be sent to
the regiments to be assigned to COM
panies. State lines are obliterated,
and the men first enlisting will be
first to be mustered in.
The organization of the ten regi-
ments in this country will not make
any difference in the organization Of
regiments in the Philippines by GEN
eral Otis His regiments will be in
addition to those hereafter to be
known as the Twenty-siXth to the
Thirty fifth, inclusive, and will be
numbered from Thirty sixth upward.
1t is expected that three regiments
will be organized in the Philippines.
The regiments organized in the
United States and the Philippines
will increase the army $50 officers and
1867 men, If there should be three
full regiments formed by General
Otis.
The regiments will be organized ac-
cording to the provisions of the act of
March 2, 1893, and will consist of fifty
officers and 1909 enlisted men each.
Among the districts for recruiting
designated regiments are the follow
ing:
Twenty-ninth regiment, Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga; South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana.
Thirtieth regiment, Fort Sheridan,
ILL., Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Thirty-first regiment, Fort Thomas,
Ky; Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Thirty-second regiment, Fort Leav-
enworth, Kan. Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Indian territory.
Thirty-third regiment, Fort Sam
Houston, Texas; state of Texas.
Thirty-fourth re giment, Fort Lo-
gan, Col; Colorado, Wyoming and
Utah.
The term of service will be for the
period ending June 30, 1901, and the
enlistments may be made without
restrictions as to citizenship or educa-
tional qualifications
The following are the colonies ap-
pointed: Major James NJ Bell, First
cavalry; Captain James 5. Petit,
First infantry, better known as col
onel of the Fourth immunes; Captain
Edward E. Hardy, who was colonel of
the Second New York volunteers in
the war with Spain; Captain L. A.
Craig, Sixth cavalry; Captain Luther
R. Hare, Seventh cavalry; Major Will
lam A. Kobbe, Captain Cornelius Gard
ner, Nineteenth infantry.
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colonies as to regiments will be as
follows: Twenty-sixth, Rice; Twenty
seventh, Bell; Twenty-eighth, Petit;
Twenty-ninth, Hardy; Thirtieth,
Gardner; Thirty-second, Craig: Thir-
ty-third, Hare; Thirty fifth, Kobbe.
The order providing for the recruit
ing of the volunteer regiments says:
Except in special cases, only unmar-
ried men will be enlisted for these
regiments.
Applicants for commissions, except
officers of the regular army, will be
required to pass a satisfactory eXami-
nation as to age, moral, mental and
physical capacity to command troops
and must have had service during the
Spanish American war.
In view of the probable severe SER
vice of these regiments and the eli
matte conditions to which they may
be subjected, the physical qualifica-
tions of both officers and enlisted men
is of first Importance Only those
fully qualified will be appointed or
enlisted
WHEELER ORDERED TO MANILA