The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-04
GAPS OF WAR AND DISEASE
FROM 175 TO 739 MEN NEEDED By
THE REGIMENTS.
WAR DEPARTMENT PERFeCTs ITS PLAN
Il Win Recruit Nine Regiments Of 1926 Men
Each, all in the Regular Way. Sum-
mary Of the Force Otis Will
Have in the Fall.

IL.
Generals office today gave out a state
ment based on cable advices from Cen
eral Otis. regarding the number of re-
cruits required to fill the vacancies in
the regular regiments in the Philippines
and the estimated time it will take
to complete the work of enlistment.
ment is as follows:
Manila, July ?.
''Adjutant General, Washington.
''Number recruits required to fill
companies to one hundred and twenty
eight each regiment: Infantry. Third,
336; Fourth. 3O4: Sixth, It's: Ninth,
3O5; Twelfth, 800: Thirteenth, 253;
Fourteenth, 739; Sixteenth, 27O: Sew
enteenth, 294; Eighteenth, S2S; Twen-
tieth, 33S; Twenty-irst. 195; Twenty
second, 46O; Twenty third, $50. Ar
tillery, First, 8: Third, 256: Fourth, .;
Fifth. 2; Sixth, 93.
Fourth Cavalry. 493; engineers, Z.
''Volunteers vet to be returned: In
fantry-California 1,1SS; Colorado, L.
III; Idaho, 59S; North Dakota, 623:
Wyoming, 300; Minnesota. 1,165: South
Dakota. 917; Montana, 906; Califor-
MIA artillery. 35S: Washington, LOGS:
Tennessee. GAG: Kansas, 1.052: Nevada
cavalry. SS; Wyoming artillery, 80;
Iowa, 995; signal corps. 106
.'California and Colorado preparing
to take transports Sherman and War
rem. leave shortly.
tSigmsdD OTIS"
The Department sums up the stua
tion as outlined as follows:
ITO meet the requirements of the re-
turning volunteers the quartermasters
department reports that there are now
in Manila transports Sherman, War
rem and Grant. with capacity of Iy9
officers and 4,S24 enlisted men. That
there are now at sea en route to Ma
nila the Zealandia (due July 2Otfn;
Sheridan, due July 2lst): Valencia,
tdue July 26th). and Pennsylvania (due
Judy 10Th, with capacity for 161 Off
GERS and 1900 enlisted men. There are
now in San Francisco transports City
of Para, which will sail July 18th and
Tartar. to sail July Goth. with capacity
for 80 officers and 2.30O men.
There are now en- route to San
Francisco the following transports.
with capacity for 2O9 officers and 4.654
enlisted men: Ohio. Newport, Indiana
Hancock. Senator, Morgan City and
Relief lhospital)
1.-The Department confidently believes
that the transportation has been so we'll
arranged by the Guartermasters de-
partment that the last of the volun-
teers will leave Manila not later than
the tenth of September and it is ex-
pected that they will all be away by
the first
The recruits required for the regn-
lar regiments in the PHILIPPINES
are 6.33S. The number Of
recruits now at sea are 1907. The
number Of recruits now AT San Fran
cisco are 3,2S4. total OF 4.791, Ieav-
ing l.I41 yet to be provided for.
The large number of vacancies exist
ing i'm the Fourteenth. Eighteenth and
Iwenty-thlrd infantry is due to the
fact that these regiments with General
Merritt's original expedition TO the
Philippines and We're not filled 10 the
maximum; also that the men in these
regiments who enlisted for the war are
just now being discharged. The men
enlisting for the war in the other regi-
ments were discharged before the regi-
ments left this country and the yacan-
cies are due to the increase of the com
ranies from LOG to 12S men.
AT the rate of enlistment for the
last few weeks. the entire number will
he enlisted by the close Of the present
week
THE PLAN TO RECRUIT.
Washington, July 3-The War De-
partment has nearly perfected the de-
tails of the project for the enlistment
of volunteers under the terms of the
act of the last Congress. There is tn
he nothing in the nature OF a call but
as heretofore stated. the soldiers will ba
obtained in the regular method through
the efforts of the United States recruit
ing officers stationed in the yarious
cities. TO this end the War Department
has already sent to these officers full
instructions for their guidance as well
AS blanks for enlistment and everything
is now in good shape to begin recruit
ing at the word from Washington.
II was stated by the Adjutant General
today that the Department contem-
plates raising nine regiments in air
and the Instructions to the recruiting
officers are based on this figure Each
regiment will have Il strength Of 1896
men making IL total force Of II .934 men
This will be almost twice the number