The San Francisco call., 1899-09-05
TIDE OF TROOPS
IS TURNING To
THE WESTWARD
Volunteers Will Soon
Be Home.

The military tide is turning westward
again. and regiments departing for the
Philippines viii soon be more numerous
than those arriving from there Already
two are here awaiting their chance 10 be
away, and three more will arrive oeIoFe
the month is we'll advanced. Recruits are
again coming in. and officers are being as
signed to the commands now II the ISL
ands or going there.
Reports from Manila announce the sail
ing Of the Kansas men on Sunday morn
ing: the Minnesota Washington and
Montana troops are now on the ocean,
and the Tennessee and Iowa regiments
the only State volunteers now in the
Philippines, will be away for home before
September 20. Soon after that date the
first of the new regiments from this coun-
try will have arrived, and from then on
the remainder of the ten commands viii
be hurried across the sea. The first to
arrive will be three Eastern regiments
sent by way of the Suez canal and the
Indian Ocean from New York. The three
transports that viii leave them at Manila,
the Thomas Logan and Meade, win then
be put on the transport service in the Pa
cific, which seems to indicate that the last
OF the troops for Manila have sailed from
New York.
The Thomas. Logan and Meade are YES
ships with capacity Of from 1900 10 2oJ0
soldiers The Hancock, Sheridan and
Warren are almost as big. and it is prob
able that these eight transports will do
the bulk Of the transportation, ana sew
eral of the chartered vessels Will De re-
turned 10 their owners
The Sherman. Sheridan. Grant, Warren.
Hancock, Thomas, Logan and Meade are
all owned by the Government. The other
transports here, al Manila or going or
coming between here and there, are all
chartered vessels. Two more have been
added 10 the feet, the Olympia and Rio
new regiments away, but they viii not
make more than one trip. The big trans
ports from the East will not be ready for
service on the Pacific for two months or
more and by that time all the State vol
unteers will have been carried home and
the new regiments viii be in the islands,
so the eight big ships should be able 10
handle the traffic. If they cannot. there
coast that may be sent over here,
This evening the Tweuty-seventh In
fantry should arrive from Fort Meade.
Pennsylvania. 1t is under command of
Colonel James NJ. Bell, with the following
field officers and surgeons; Lieutenant
Colonel Albert S. Cummins, Majors
Clyde D. V. Hunt; surgeons, Major ogden
Rafferty, Captain William Bowen and
First Lieutenant Leonard X. Graves.
The Thirtieth Infantry. now being rem
leave there so as TO reach here September
10. 1t is commanded by Colonel Cornelius
Gardner, with Lieutenant Colonel James
r. Campbell and Majors Leonard A. Law
ering Matthew F. Steele and Thomas L.
Hartigan as field officers. The surgeons
are Major John r. McDiIl. Captain James
J. Erwin and First Lieutenant Albert H
Eber.
The third regiment scheduled for the
Preside is the Thirty-second Infantry
which Will leave Fort Leavenworth Kan
sas. In time 10 reach here September 20
The Thirty-second is commanded by
Colonel Louis A. Craig; the field officers
are Lieutenant Colonel Lewis II. Strother
and Majors Robert f. L. Spence, Charles
Euet Cabell and Morton j. Henry. Major
Frank c. Armstrong, Captain John r.
and First Lieutenant William
H Cook are the surgeons.
The Twenty-sixth Infantry. now form
ing at Plattsburg Barracks, New York
is also reported as nearly ready to leave.
Lieutenant William T. Gadson. Thirty
fifth Infantry: Lieutenant Thomas F.
Peck and Lieutenant William 3. Aitken !
1f the Thirty-seyenth Infantry Lieutenant
McNarney of the Thirty-siXth Infantry
and Assistant Surgeon Taylor arrived at
the Preside yesterday with a detachment !
of troops from Columbus Barracks Ohio |
In the detachment were 73 men for the |
Cavalry. 143 for the Thirty-sixth (
Infantry, I47 for the Thirty-seventh In /