Arizona republican., 1899-07-04
Definite Plans for the EnliS!-
 ment of Volunteers.
NUMBER NOT DETERMINED
Sfafe Lines Will Be Entirely Ignored and Civilians Will Have Little Opportunity to Obtain Official pOsifionS-Reeu uIar Army Offic- CTS Will Be Puf in Charge of inc Volunteers.

Washington. July 3.-It was today
 definitely decided 70 begin the enlist
 ment for the first time of volunteers
 under tine act of the last congress.
 volunteers has rot yet been definitely
 determined; ft will be fixed by the
 needs of the case. NJ- very many vol
 unteers will be required at this time to
 give Otis the full force of 30,000 ef-
 fective fighting men he wants. But,
 realizing that there may ba' and prob
 ably will be further casualties in the
 Philippines. and that the campaigns
 of the future in. the islands may re-
 Quire q greater force than Otis now
 demands. the recruiting arrangements
 are to be elastic Thc officers scatter
 ed among the principal cities of fhe
 country who have been enliSting reg
 uIars only will be insd ructed immedi-
 ate1y to prepare to e1.ist volunteers to serve for length of time that shall not exceed the date of July 1. 1901. The war department is already pre- pairing the necessary blanks and in- structions to recruiting officers.
 T: is not intended at this moment to icclude in these Instructions any Hmi- tation upon the number Of men to be enlisted: provision being made for ire quent reports from these officers they can be easily controlled, and recruit ing may be completely stopped or diminished at moments notice. The present rndicai-icrs are that about 10- GOO men at least will be wanted. but as las been repeatedly stated, General Otis VIII be regarded as the best authority in determining the force required in the Philippines.
 Looking over the act of congress Secretary AIger has corcluded that, the authorization to raise these volunteer troops "at large indicates q purpose on the part of congress to follow out the plan so successfully operated in the case of the immune regiments. So it is the presert purpose to disregard state and local lines in securing the re cruits and welding them into 0rganiza- | tions Thus the regiment cannot Be knowr by state names. but simply | under the designation of first, second, | third. etc. volunteer United States in | fantry or cavalry No difficulty is an ticipated in securing the men needed, | for it is believed that the 1,000 men | who are weekly offering themselves at the recruiting offices wiH be even more willing to enter the army as two year volunteers than as 1Ong-term reg uIars.
 As to the officers for these volunteer regiments, the war department has already decided upon q TOI:cy which, it is expected, will aside from it's | her merits, have the advantage of re lieying the president and department from another enormous rush of appli- cants for appointment from civil Fife
 That is. simply stated, to fill the in the first piace by pro- noting officers now in the regular army, who give promise Of showing ability as organizers and managers of the raw recruits, and in the second place by commissioning many of the officers of the volunteer organizations who covered themselves with glory during the wan and have been CT are about to be mustered out of the ser V.ce. The war department has care fully preserved the records of these officers and already tcs at hand long list of srlch Of them as have ex- hill ted so1dierly qualities caIcut-'5sd to make them Gf service in organizing the i 1t VII be saen, there VIII be little cp- Dortun5ty for appointment of civilians who have not taken part in the war