The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-03
NO MORE VOLUNTEERS.
President Mckinley VIII Try to Ge'
Along with Regulars.


WASHINGTON, June 1.-The Cabinet at
it's meeting to-day decided that there was
no present necessity for the enlistment Of
volunteers The situation was gone over
very fully before this conclusion was
reached The President stands ready at
any time it may appear necessary TO au-
thorize the enlistment Of the volunteers
should more men be deemed necessary. al
though hoping that such contingency may
not arise. General Otis is to be given the
SC c,000 men for whom he has asked. The ad-
ditionaI 5000 or 6OoO troops to make up the
5000 are to be taken from the regulars now
serving In Porto Rico, Cuba and this coun-
try The rainy season is now on in the
Philippines. and aggressive field operations
will have to be suspended for a couple of
months at least.
The contingent In the War Department
which is in favor of quick action and
speedy end to the Oriental campaign, even
at large present expenditure. is chafing
at delay. On the other hand, the more
conservative element points out that the
rainy season has already commenced in the
Philippines, and that it would be a waste of
men and resources to throw large body
Of volunteers into the islands at the begin
them cramped in barracks until they could
come out in the fall and work off their
malaria campaigning through the swamps-
The administrators advices from Profess
sor schurman, of the Philippine commits
sion, have been uniformly optimistic. and it
is understood that further advices Of the
same tenor were received to-day. This was
also borne out by the press dispatches.
xrbtn oh NnEo Of aI nil
for the benefit of the friendly native popu-
lation. 1t is said there is no difficulty put
ting into Manila any number of troops this
government may elect TO send. The War
Department has a large and well-equpped
feet of transports both in the Atlantic and
the Pacific. Several of these are already on
the way TO General Otis with regular troops
and can be promptly returned and sent
with fresh troops IL necessary, while the
Logan and Thomas are at present without
assignment on the Atlantic coast and could
be called on at any time. 1t is not thought,
however. that these will be called on at
present. as the prospect now is that the ac-
tive campaign in Luzon is finished till the
end of the rainy season.
Coincident with the withdrawal of the
volunteer troops in the Philippines. Briga-
will be relieved from further duty in that
country and ordered home for muster out.
with the organizations with which they
were identified before the elevation TO bri-
gade rank. 1t was TO meet this prospective
reduction in the number of general officers
serving in the Philippines that Brigadler
Generals Bates. Young. Grant and Schwan
were ordered TO that country. These off,
GERS will report TO General Otis for assign
ment to duty. Generals Gates and Grant
are now on their way across the Pacific.
and Generals Young and Schwan will leave
San Francisco within the next few weeks.
Requests have come to the War Depart
ment that no persons dying on transports
coming TO or going from the United States
to Manila should be buried at sea. The Sec
retary of war has taken this matter up. and
aa order to that effect has been issued. For