The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-28
AROUSED.
President Decides to Get Down
to Business.
Prepares to Close Up the Phil
ippine War.
PROVISIONAL A Il NJ Y
OF 1000 Men Arranged For
by Congress.
To Be Recruited as Rapidly as
Possible
TO SWELL OTIS ARMY.
He Will Have 1000 Men at the
End Of Rainy Season.
TRANSPORTATION Facilities to BE
To Be Recruited as Rapidly a!
Possible
TO SWELL OTIS ARMY.
He Will Have 40, 200 Men at the
End Of Rainy Season.
Transportation Facilities to BE
Increased at Once.

Washington, June 2S.-Secretary Al
ger. Adjutant General Corbin and Col
onel Bird, assistant quartermaster gen
eral in charge of transportation had an
hours consultation with the president
today, relative to the question Of rein
forcements for General Otis.
A definite decision has been reached
TO continue recruiting men at all the re-
cruiting stations for service in the Phil
sppines and Secretary Alger said when
he left the White House after the con-
ference that General Otis would have
10000 men when the rainy season closed
for a resumption of active operations.
There are 20 recruiting stations in the
United States and enlistments are to be
taken at all of these stations. The en-
aistments are to be for service in the
regular army and recruits are to be
organized in the regiments or assigned
TO regiments already formed after en-
iistment. No organizations as such are
90 be accepted if sufficient recuits can
be obtained by regular enlistment.
General Corbin said the enlistments
would be for three years, although the
law for the creation of the provisional
army of 80, 900 in excess of the regular
army of $1,000 provides only for such
force until 1901. Arrangements are to
be made al once for increasing the
TRANSPORTATION necessary to get these
additional troops to the Philippines The
decison TO reinforce General Otis by the
end OF the rainy season is interpreted
10 mean that aggressive campaigning
will cease until the bad weather ends.
Until that time our operations will be
probably confined to occasional excur-
sions to places in close proximity to our
lines where the insurgents may have
congregated in force. BY remaining
quiet under good shelter during the
rainy season it is hoped the health of
our troops viii be conserved and the
danger from climatic fevers reduced to
q minimum.
General Otis has cabled the war de-
partment that he has the skeleton or
ganizatiOns OF two or three regiments
which 1t is prODosed to raise in the
Philippines AT the war department this
was said to mean that General Otis has
the officers for these regiments selected
and that they are to be filed with en-
listed men. How many of these can
be secured from the volunteer regiments
now in the Philippines is not known.
II IS stated at the war department that
the recruits now being enlisted at the
rate of 900 week can not be used
for the volunteer army provided for in
the act of March ,. authorizing 81. 900
men. although it would be an easy mat
Ter 10 transfer these men with their own
consent to the volunteer service if it
should be determined to raise additional
troops.
Later in the day it was definitely de-
Cided to begin the enlistmcnts for the
volunteer service under the act of the
last congress The reports to the adju-
tant general based on the reports of the
recruiting officers and on close esti-
mates as to the number of soldiers in
the Philippines. and in each command
an Cuba and Porto Rico, show that
the regular army is up to it's full auth
oriZed strength The additional sold
aers must be obtained under that section
of congress authorizing the enlistment
OF volunteers The only exception will
DE in the case of the few enlistments
that will be made from time to time to
ill gaps in the regular army caused by
casualties and by the expiration of en-
listments- The officers scattered among
the principal cities OF the country who
have been enlsting regulars only, will
be instructed Immediately to prepare
10 enlist volunteers