The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-07
Soldiers and Sailors Now There and
En- Route
viii Number About Forty-0ne Thousand
Men When All Arrive.
Those on the Way Seasoned Regu-
lars, While the Volunteers Sent
Out First Have Seen the Brunt
of Many Battles and Are Now
Hardened.

| WASHINGTON, March 6.-FOrty- one
thousand officers and men of the COM
bined army and navy forces comprise
the approximate total American
strength now at and en- route under
order for service for the Philippines.
No further reinforcements are now in
contemplation.
The forces of the two services already
stationed in and about the archipelago
consist of twenty regiments of infantry.
one engineer battalion, seven troops OF
cavalry and eleven batteries of artillery
an aggregate of about "a, 500 men.
Nineteen vessels, with an aggregate of
291 officers, 1880 men and 253 marines,
make up the naval contingent This
is exclusive of the transport Solace,
with 1872 officers and men all told.
which is constantly passing back and
forth from Manila.
There are about 4,SG0 army rem
forcements on the way-to Manila, max
! ing as rapid progress as possible, and
there are, roughly estimated, 1900 men
in the force under orders to proceed
to the Philippines.
The following ships are now at Ma
Mia or Hongkong under the command
of Admiral Dewey: Baltimore, Ben
nington, Boston, Buffalo, Callao, Con-
cord, Charleston, Culgoa, Don Juan de
Austria, Helena, Isla de Luzon, Isla de
Cuba, Manila, Monadnock Monocacy.
Monterey, Olympia, Petrol and York
town. These vessels carry 297 officers,
$500 sailors and 253 marines. The
transport Solace does not remain at
Manila
The Castine and Princeton are now
on their way through the Red Sea to
join Admiral Dewey, and the Oregon
and her attendant vessel, the Iris, are
travelling through the Pacific to the
same destination. These vessels will
add to the naval forces at Manila fifty
nine officers, 139 men and eighty-four
marines. The captured ships, Don
Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzon and
Isla de Cuba, are not available for im-
mediate service, as they are in need
of repairs. The Solace has taken out a
number of recruits, and with these the
Isla de Luzon will be manned. The
Wheeling viii join the Manila fleet, but
is not to be counted as being available
in the immediate future.
The regular troops now in the Philip
pine Islands under command of Ma
jor General Otis consist of the follow
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fantry, Eighteenth United States In
fantry, Twentieth United States In
fantry (Which has but recently arrived
there, consisting of forty-one officers
and 1,21S mem, Twenty second United
States Infantry and Twenty-third
United States Infantry, a battalion of
| United States engineers, Companies c.,
E, G, I, K, L of the Fourth United
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L of the Third United States Artillery,
and Batteries D and G, Sixth United
States Artillery.
| Most of the volunteer forces already
in the field, and most of whom have
borne the brunt of the engagements
with both the Spanish army on the
| islands and more recently with the
Filipinos, have been there since the be-
ginning of the American occupation Of
the islands. They comprise fifteen regi-
ments of infantry, one troop of cavalry
and five batteries of artillery, as fol-
lows: Infantry-First California, First
Colorado First Idaho, F'ifty-first Iowa,
Twentieth Kansas, Thirteenth Mime
sofa, First Montana, First North Da-
kota, First Nebraska, Second Oregon,
Tenth Pennsylvania, First South Da-
kota, First Tennessee, First Washing
ton, First Wyoming; First Troop of
the Nevada Cavalry, Battery A and
Battery B, Utah Light Artillery; Bat
terry A and Battery B of the California
Artillery; the First Wyoming Light
Battery; Tenth and Eighteenth Com
panies of the United States Signal
Corps.
In addition to these another company
ha eli a form
ed at Manila, being recruited by trans
fer from the regular branch of the
army. This means of making up the
new company was made necessary by
the lack of time for dispatch of men
from the United States. Reinforce ments
for the Philippines now on the way ag-
gregate in the neighborhood of 1880
men all told. These are made up Of
three general expeditions, as follows:
The transport Grant, with General
Lawton and staff. with a total of GA
officers and ZIG men, Including one bat
talon of the Seventeenth Infantry and
four companies of the Fourth Infantry.
This expedition sailed from New York
January 10Th, was reported at Singa-
Ipore on Saturday and General Lawton
cabled General Otis that it will reach
Manila on the early morning of the 10th
Inst.
There is also the transport Sherman,
Colonel J. H. Page commanding, car
rying a total of 81 officers and 1,702
men, including the entire Third Infan-
try Regiment and a battalion of the
Seventeenth Infantry. The Sherman
sailed from New York February 3D.
The transport Sheridan, under com
Inland of Lieutenant Colonel ]. H. Smith
of the Twelfth Infantry carries all of
the Twelfth and a battalion of the Sew
Ienteenth Infantry, making a total of 81
officers and 1.196 men,
! Besides, the Roanoke. with a fair
sized detachment of recruits for the
various regiments already in the archi-
pelago, has gotten a good start ON the
Iway to Manila, and the transport Va
lIencia has sailed from San Francisco
for Manila via Honolulu with $50 re-
Icruits for the infantry, artillery and
hospital corps and a number of West
Point graduates assigned to duty with
various companies in the Philippines.
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