The times., 1899-08-18
THE PRESIDENT APPROVES.
Authority Given for Raising the Ten
Additional Regiments.

Secretary Root received yesterday Presi-
dent McKinley's approval of an order
calling for the organization of ten more
volunteer regiments. Nearly all the Of
icers of the regiments have been chosen
and recruiting will begin in a few days or
Just as soon as the full strength OF the
regiments now organizing is enlisted. The
order which was promulgated by the War
Department yesterday is as follows;
Pursuant to the instructions of the President,
the Secretary of War directs that ten additional
regiments OF infantry volunteers be organized
under the provisions of the act Of Congress
approved March 2. ls99 General Orders No. l32.
Headquarters Of the Army. A. g. o., July .. lsy9,
viii apply to these regiments except that the
ordnance and quartermasteT's supplies VIII be pro-
vided under the direction OF the Chief Of Ordnance
and ouartermaster General
Colonels-Thirty eighth Regiment, George S.
Anderson, major Sixth Cavalry; rendezvous, Fort
sneiling Minn. Thirty ninth Regiment, X. l..
Buflard captain Subsistence Department; rendez-
rous. Fors Crook. Neb. Fortieth Regiment, i.
A. Goodwin captain Eighth Cavalry; rendezvous,
Fort Riley, Kan Forty.first Regiment, e. T.
q Richmond captain Third Artillery; rendez-
vous, Camp Meade, Pa. Forty-second Regiment,
j. n Thompson, major Twenty-fourth Infantry;
rendezvous Fort Niagara, \. Y. Forty-thlrd
Regiment, Arthur Murray, captain tlrst Artili-
ary. rendezvous Fort Ethan Allen, VT. Forty
fourth Regiment Z. J. McClernand, captain Sec
ond f,a.ssiry.. rendezvous, Fort Leavenworth. Kan
Forty-fifty Regiment. J. H. Dorst, captain Fourth
cavalry. rendezvous, Jefferson Barracks No
Fortg-sixth Regiment, W. s. Schuyler, captain
Fifth Cavalry; rendezvous South Framinzham.
Mass Forty-seventh Regiment, Walter Howe,
captain, Fourth Artillery; rendezvous, Camp
Meade, Pa
Tfia following TO be Lieutenant colonels-E B.
Pratt. captain, Twenty-third Infantry; c. j.
Crane. captain, Twsnty-fourth Infantry; b. A.
Bvrne captain, Sixth Infantry; j. S. Mallory.
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Judge advocate; James Parker, captain. Fourth
CavaFry; Francis Michler, captain, Fifth Cavalry;
W B. Wilder, captain. Fourth Cavalry; J. II.
Beacon, captain, Sixth Infantry; John Bigelow,
jr., captain, Tenth Cavalry.
A complete statement submitted to Sec
retary Root yesterday shows that a
total of l9, ,sS5 troops were TO go TO the
Philippines when the Morgan City sailed
August IL The statement given the Sec
retary of War shows that with the
four new transports secured Wednesday
all OF these troops will have left San Fran
cisco on October o. the date set for the
sailing Of the Indiana The movement OF
the ten additional volunteer regiments will
| then begin.
1t has been decided not TO follow the rule
/ established when the first volunteers fol
the Philippines were enlisted of dividing
| the country into districts and OF restrict
ing the eniistments at certain stations tC
| those districts. Under the modified ar
rangements volunteers from any part o.
the United States may present themselves
for muster at any station they may choose
| and therefore will be allowed to enlist un.
der any colonel they choose. The old rul,
was found to operate in such a way as L
| cause complaints from officers who sait
that officers in adjoining districts ap
preached the boundary lines for the pur
| pose OF inducing veterans TO cross eve
| the lines and enlist under them. In fu
| ture there viii be no such boundaries an'
| the complaints referred to viii therefor
| be prevented