The record-union., 1899-08-18
TROOPS FOR
The PHILIPPINES.
Gen. Otis to Be Furnished With All
Soldiers Necessary
To Wind Up the lnsureCtion In the PhiIip-
pine Islands.
Orders Issued for the Recruiting
and Quitting of Ten New Reg
iments, Which Are to be Organ
ized in the New England and
Western States.

lied in the New England and
Western States.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-'The poll
icy of the War Department, said Sec
retary Root to-day, is to furnish Gen
eraI Otis With all the troops and sup
plies that he can use and which are
necessary to wind up the insurrection
in the Philippines in shortest possible
time.'
The Secretary was speaking of the
ten regiments which were called out
to-day by order of the President. He
said that no delay would be allowed in
enlisting, equipping and supplying the
new regiments already organized to the
Philippines as soon as they were need
ed for active operations. If the pres
ent number Of transports are INSULT
cient, more will be procured The men
already enlisted for the Philippine SER
vice will be sent Immediately, and the
new regiments will be forwarded as
] fast as they are organized and needed.
| While there has been some suggestion
| that the new regiments win be used
as a reserve force, it may be stated
positively that these regiments, as well
as more if they can be used, will be
| sent to reinforce General Otis.
Secretary Root sent a copy of the
order of to-day to the various depart
ments of the army, and they at once
began preparations for supplying the
new organizations. Within half an
hour the Ordnance Bureau had sent
orders to the different arsenals direct
| inc hat of of a nd
ordnance supplies for each regiment be
sent to the rendezvous where they are
! to be organized The Quartermaster
Department has orders for supplying
tents, clothing and other equipments
the Commissary Department ordered a
| sufficient supply of rations to be on
hand to feed the troops as fast as they
arrive. The Medical Department was
also directed to see that supplies were
i sent.
| The regiments will be recruited with
| the same care exercised in enlisting the
first ten regiments The districts not
very thoroughly covered in recruiting
| for the other ten regiments will be Wis
| tied in the recruiting for these regi-
ments. 1t is the intention of the de-
[
more attention to firing than to any
other feature of the drill The men will
| be armed as are the regular infantry
regiments, with the magazine army
rifle.
| The selection of the Majors and COM
pany officers for the regiments is now
occupying the attention of the Secre-
tary, and the men are chosen from
1o1
out in the Spanish war The officers
will be distributed as equitably as pos
sible among the different States, but
the efficiency record of the men will go
| to a, great extent in their selection.
1t appears that from to-days order
that the ten regiments are to be re-
cruited in the New England, Central
and Western States Kansas and
| Pennsylvania have apparently been Sc
lected as the best field for recruits. 1t
is said that no special effort is to be
made to secure recruits in the Southern
States. This is due, it is said, to the
experience of the officers who operated
in that quarter for recruits for the ten
volunteer regiments just organized.
The only places where difficulty was
experienced in securing men was in
AIdDdUld anu Tie Neil O1Ilieeo
and the Gulf States, and the two
| Northwestern Pacific States.
To-day's action will add $4,000 men
to the enlisted strength of the army,
and increase the total strength to 93,-
| 035 men. The total number of vol
unteeers called into service is 30 ITO
men, being only 1890 men short of the
total authorized volunteer establish
ment of $4,000.
1t is stated at the department that
| the number of volunteers already called
| into service is regarded as amply Suff1-
cient to meet all possible needs OF the
army, and that there is no possibility
that the remaining 1880 volunteers
will be called for.
| Yesterdays recruiting for the volun-
| teer army amounted to 2S9, making
| the total recruitment to date 14,122, or
| 1 ,032 in excess of the number required
| to complete the ten regiments organ
lied under the order of July 9th. All
! of these regiments have secured their
full quota, except the Twenty ninth at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga, the Thirty-th third
at Houston, Texas, and the
Thirty-fi fifth Regiment at Vancouver
Barracks These three regiments will
be filled by the use of the overflow
| from the more successful regiments.
! The remainder of the excess will be
used in filling the volunteer regiments
being organized in the Philippines,
which are about 1,S00 men short