The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-18
DETERMINED TO END WAR
SECEETARY ROOT no FURNISH ALI
TROOPS NECESSARY.
TO Wind Up UpInsurrection ia the Philip
pines in the SHORTEST Possible Time
No Delay to be Allowed In Enhstihg,
Equlpping and Supplying tho Zen
New Regiments Ordered Yesterday

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE policy Oh
the war department" said Secretary
Root to-day 'is TO furnish General
Otis with all the troops and supplies
that he can use and which are necessary
to wind up the insurrection in the Fhli-
innnes in the shortest possible time.
The secretary was speaking OF the ten
new regiments which We're 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, nor in transporting
them as well as the other regiments al
readv organized to the Philippines as
soon as they were needed for active op-
erations. If the present number OF
TRANSPORTS is not sufficient more Will
be procured. The men already enllsted
for the Philippine service VIII be sent
at once and the new regiments VIII pe
forwarded as fast as they are ORGANIZED
and needed. While there has been Some
suggestion that the new regiments VIII
be used as reserve force, II may pe
stated positively that these regiments
as well as more, If they can be used,
will be sent to reinforce General OTIS
Secretary Root sent copy OF the or
der Of to-day to the various departments
of the army and they at once began
preparations for supplying the new Or
ganizations. Within half an hour the
ordnance bureau had sent orders to the
different arsenals directing that COM
plete outfits of arms and ordnance sup
plies for each regiment be sent to the
rendezvous where they are to be organ
izcd The quartermaster's department
gave orders for supplying tents, cloth
ing and other equipments furnished py
that department, while the commlssary
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 sent.
The ten new regiments are to be main
1y recruited in New England and the
middle and central western states. Kan
sas and Pennsylvania have apparently
been selected as the best field for re- |
cruits. 1t is expected 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 officer who |
operated in that quarter for recruits for |
the ten volunteer regiments just or
ganized The only place where difficult |
ty was experienced in securing men |
was in Georgia, Alabama and the Car
olinas and the Gulf states and the two |
northwestern Pacific states.
To-day's action will add 1900 men to
the enlisted strength of the army and
increase the, strength of che army to
81, ,045 men. The total number of volun-
teers called into service is 80, 40 being
only 4,S93 men short of the total author
lied volunteer establishment of 35 900.
1t is stated at the department that the
number of volunteers already called in
to service is regarded as amply suffi-
cient to meet all possible needs Of the
army, and that there is no possibility
that the remaining 1898 volunteers will
be called for. Yesterdays recruiting
for the new army amounted to 2S9 men,
making the total recruitment to date
Ia 4,122, or 1882 In excess of the number
required to complete the ten regiments
organized under the order of July 5.