New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-06
ENLISTING VOLUNTEERS.
TEN NEW REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY TO
BE RAISED.
FORCE OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND MEN
FOR SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES
THE FIRST COLONEL APPOINTED.
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TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrsuxE.I


IBY TELEGRAPH THE rRIBuSE.l
Washington, July 5.-The immediate organ
ization OF ten volunteer infantry regiments. ag-
gregating IA 600 officers and men, for service in
the Philippines was directed by the President
to-day and the formal orders establishing the
new commands and regulating the recruiting
will be issued from Adtutant- General Corbin's
Office tomorrow morning. Headquarters for the
new regiments will be distributed in various
parts Of the country. with view TO give each
section an opportunity for representation. and
these headquarters will be maintained until
General Otis needs reinforcements, the COM
rnands in the mean time being brought TO a
high standard of efficiency through drills. gar
rison duty. marches and target practice. The
enlisted men will be recruited at the seventy
Regular Army stations for the period ending
June 81. 1901 unless sooner discharged"
The regimental officers will come for the most
part from commissioned officers OF the Regular
service who showed special aptness FOR com
rnand IN the war with Spain. and iu few cases
from among recently discharged volunteer Of
fcers who distinguished themselves last sum-
rner The selection OF company officers will be
practically limited to those who saw service in
Cuba Porto Rico or the Philippines and they
will be distributed among the States in proper
ton TO the representation Of such States in
Congress The regiments will be numbered
from the 26th United States Infantry Volun-
teers 10 the 35th inclusive. this device avoiding
the possibility OF confusion with the Regular
Infantry regiments. which are twenty-five In
number.
TWO OF THE COLONELS SELECTED.
The 26tb Regiment will he assembled rap
IDLY as recruited at Plattsburg Barracks New
nd ~
Rice. now Junior major in the Sd Infantry and
hrevet lieutenant colonel Until to-day he has
been examining second heutenants at Fort Mon
roe hut he will now proceed at once 10 Platts-
burg and assume command.
Another OF the ten regiments will be com
rnanded by Captain James s. Petit. lst In
fantrv. who organized and commanded the 4th
Iu,runes which served at Santiago. and after
garrisoning Manzanillo mustered out OF
the service at Camp Meade last month. The
Ath was the finest Of the immune regiments. an1
as nearly all its men volunteered for duty N
the Philippines before they were discharged
md before the Administration decided 70 utilize
additional volunteers Colonel Petth expects 70
secure practically his former organization
thereby obtaining men who really veterans
and NAV be prepared for any service in Few
weeks Colonel Rice Will naturally get the ma
tority OF his men from New England ana
Northern New York but he already has appn-
cations from soldiers personally known to him
IN other localities and his regiment promises
N vie with Roosevet's Rough Riders in many
respects.
The organization OF each Of the regiments. like
the two General Otis is already raising at Ma
nila. provides for ]. .397 officers and men 70 each
command. Of which $40 are enlisted men 11o to
q company. thirty-four are the band and non
commissioned regimental staff. thirty-eight are
the company officers. Of which there are twelve
captains. fourteen first leutenants and twelve
second ueutenants. and finally. FIVE regimentai
officers Recruiting for all the regiments VIII
20 on simultaneously throughout the country
and will not stop until all are filed. The ree1-
rlents will be inspected whenever General Ous
thinks one or more should be sent 10 him. and
they will depart for Manila in the order OF their
efficiency.
COLONEL RICEs HONORABLE RECORD
Colonel Edmund Rice selected by the Presi-
dent as senior colonel Of volunteers 10 COMMAND
the new 26th Infantry is one Of the ablest offi-
GERS in the service and would undoubtedly have
been a general officer in the war with Spain had
he not been on duty as military attache TO the
American Legation IN Japan when hostiities
began His application 10 return home was not
granted until the war actually opened. and ~hen
bA did arrive in Washington the only duty ne
could find which promised to take MIN rnos'
quickly TO the front was as Inspector general Oh
the staff Of Mator-General Miles. then on the
point OF starting for Santiago. When uouple
BEGAN IN the 9th Massachusetts, Regiment IN
Porto Rico Colonel Rice showed his ability oy
whining that regiment into shape In Few
davs and using & 70 drive the spaniards BACK
toward San Juan until stopped by the peace pro
tocol From the moment he assumed command
on the nomination OF the Governor OF Massachu-
setts no regiment advanced more rapidly ana
none nerrormed greater service operating as II
oid against the most stubborn body Of the enemy
that the Porto Rican expedition encountered
Colonel Rice has a record Of heroisrn in the
Civil War that is scarcely equalled among OH OH
GERS still remaining in active ssrVlce - a.
commissioned on August y. leol' as captain III
~ 1o.b Massachusetts, Volunteer Infantry us
ing 10 major the following year ano % Heu'I He,
ent-colonel in July 1864. He received HleuaI IA
of honor "for conspicuous praVeis e. ptotett.s
regiment in the countercharge against fiChe.I ,
di,ision falling himself. severely WOUNDED WIN
in the enery's llnes. in the batte OF 90 sa
July g. 1888 while serving as maJ0r I"' rrson dn
Picbmond and made his way alone il suiIerihg az
from wounds travelling al nlsnt aIo n,uii'S i 20
dsv through West Virginia hnu '- s,rns ton
Ohio where he furnished Yaluaoie iiioi
regarding the enemy's country
SERVICE IN THE REGULAR ARMY
He was brevetted in the sui0i $50. 80.
mont q, the close OF the war as captain mayor
90 ,,o,,.a,o,t-colonel respectively. for gallant
"a roer,,orious services in the battles OF An
,ietam. Gettysburg and the Wilderness !"
1864 az the organization Of the new regiments
Of infantry Colonel Rice entered the HesuIar
service a. first lieutenant OF the 4oth IN
tantry. and IN the reorganization OF the AZ"
he was transferred TO the 9TH Infantry IN VIZ
he had served with distinction since H"."- -
1871. taking part in Indian campaigns anu ''''
Mexican frontier troubles. mt, s.ate-