The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-07
Strength of American Forces In the
Philippines.
LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS
NO FURTHER REINFoRCEMENTS
WILL BE SENT.
Naval Contingent Consists of Over
Three Thousand Men-Volunteer
Will Be Relieved In May If the
Situation Justifes It-Reinforce-
ments Are On the Way.

DlneQ army ana navy forces comprise
the approximate total American
strength now at and en- route under or
ders for service in the Philippines. No
further reinforcements are now in con-
temptation. The forces of the two SER
vices already stationed in and about
the archipelago consists of twenty reg
iments of infantry one engineer bat
talon, seven troops of cavalry and
eleven batteries of artillery, an aggre-
gate of about "a, 500 men. Nineteen YES
! sells with an aggregate of 291 officers,
1890 men and 253 marines make up the
naval contingent. This is exclusive of
! the transport Solace, with 1872 officers
and men all told. which is constantly
passing back and forth from Manila.
There are about 1880 army reinforce
ments on the way to- Manila, making
as rapid progress as possible and there
are roughly estimated $500 men in the
force under orders to proceed to the
! Philippines.
The following vessels are now at
Manila or Hongkong under the COM
mand of Admiral Dewey: Baltimore,
| Bennington, Boston, Callao, Charleston,
| Concord, Culgoa, Don Juan de Austria,
| Helena, Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba,
Manila, Monadnocl, Monocacy, Mon
terry, Olympia, Petrol and Yorktown.
These vessels carry 297 officers, 1890
sailors and 253 marines. The transport
Solaee does not remain at Manila. me
Castine and Princeton are now on their
way through the Red sea to join Ad-'
miral Dewey and the oregon and her
attendant vessel, the Iris, are travel
ing through the Pacific to the same des-
tination These vessels will add to the
naval force at Manila SO officers, f3g
men and 81 marines. The captured
ships Don Juan de Austria, lsla Gle Lu-
Zon and 1sla de Cuba are not available
for immediate service, as they are IN
need of repairs. The Solace has taken
out a number of recruits and with
these the Isla de LuZon will be man
ned. The Wheeling will join the Manila
feet but it is not to be counted as be-
ing available in the immediate future.
TROOPS UNDER OTIS.
The regular troops now in the Philip
pine islands under command of Major
General Otis consist of the following:
The Fourteenth United States infantry,
Eighteenth infantry, Twentieth United
States infantry (Which has but recently
arrived there, consisting of Al officers
and 121S mem, TWenty-se United
States infantry and Twenty-third
United States infantry, battalion OF
United States engineers, companies {, I
T., j, !, ~. IL
States cavalry, batteries G., H, K and
L, of the Third United States artillery |
and batteries D and G, Sixth United |
States artillery.
Most of the volunteer forces already |
in the field and most of whom have
borne the brunt of the engagements /
with both the Spanish army on the is |
lands and more recently the Fflipinos, !
have been there since the beginning of |
islands
They comprise fifteen regiments of in |
fantry, one troop of cavalry and five /
batteries of artillery, as follows: The |
First California, First Colorado, First
Idaho, Fifty-first Iowa, Twentieth |
Kansas, Thirteenth Minnesota, First
Montana, FIRST North Dakota, First
Nebraska. Second oregon, Tenth Penn
sylvania, First South Dakota, First
Tennessee First Washington, First
Wyoming, First troop of the Nevada
cavalry, battery A and battery B Utah
light artillery, battery A and battery B
of the California artillery, the First
Wyoming light battery, Tenth and
Eighteenth companies of the United
States signal corps.
In addition to these, another COM
pany of the signal corps has bean
formed at Manila, being recruited by
transfer from the regular branch of the
army. This means of making up the
new company was made necessary by
the lack of time for dispatch of men
from the United States
TROOPS ON THE WAY.
Reinforcements for the Philippines
now on the way aggregate in the neigh
borf1ood of 1890 men, all told These
are made up of three general e.ipedi-
tons, as follows:
The transport Grant, with General
Lawton and staff, with total of sixty
four officers and 716 men, including one
battalion of the Seventeenth infantry
and four companies of the Fourth in
fantry This expedition sailed from
New York Jan. 10, was reported at
Lawton cabled General Otis that his
expedition will reach Manila in the
early morning of the 10th inst.
The transport Sherman, Colonel j.
Fl. Page commanding, carrying a total
of thirty-four officers and 1,702 men,
the entire Third infantry reg
iment and a battalion of the Seven
tenth infantry. The Sherman sailed
from New York Feb. 3.
The transport Sheridan, under COM
mamd of Lieutenant Colonel J. II. Smith
of the Twelfth infantry, carries all of
the Twelfth and a battalion of the
infantry, making total
Of fifty-seren officers and 1,796 men.
Besides, the Roanoke, with a fair
sized detachment of recruits for the
various regiments already in the archi-
pelago, has gotten good start on the
way to Manila, and the transport Va
encia sailed from San Francisco for
Manila, via Honolulu, with $50 recruits
for the infantry, artillery and Scorpion
and a number of West Point graduates
signed to duty with various conn
panies in the Philippines.
To swell this formidable list of mesl
already On the field and en- route, five
regiments of infantry and the crack
Sixth artillery, with an approximate
additional, of $500 men in all,
are under orders to proceed to Manila
at the earliest opportunity. These re-
which go to the archi-
Delago under an order issued by the
war department last week, complete the
roll of troops, so far as contemplated,
for service in the islands, and are as
The Sixth United States infantry.
now at San Antonio; the Ninth United
States infantry, at Madison barracks;
the Thirteenth Urited States infantry,
IN New York state; the Sixteenth
United States infantry, at Fort Crook
and neighboring points, and the Twen-
-y-ffrst United States infantry, at
n. Y, and the Sixth United
States artillery, now scattered along
the Atlantic coast at a number of
points The date of departure has not
yet been fixed, but they are expected
10 be at Manila May To- If conditions
ire satisfactory when they reach Ma
lfla it is likely that a corresponding
number of volunteers may be brought
nome.
A dispatch from San Diego, Tex, says