The age-herald., 1899-08-18
Work of Enlistment in Georgia
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Washington, August 17.-"The policy of the war department" said Secretary Root lis to furnish General Otis with all the troops and supplies that he can use, and which are necessary to wind up the insur- rection in the Philippines in the shortest time !" The secretary was speaking of the regiments which were called out today by the order of the president. He said that no delay would be allowed in enlisting, equipping and supplying the new regi- ments, nor in transporting them as well as the other regiments already organized to the Philippines as soon as they were ready for active operations. If the present num- Der of transports are insufficient, more will be provided. The men already enlisted for the Philippine service will be sent at once and the new regiments will be forwarded as fast as they are organized and needed.
 While there has been some suggestion that the new regiments will be used as a reserve force. it may be stated positively that these regiments as well as more, if they can be secured, will be sent to ren- force Otis.
 Order Sent Out
 Secretary Root sent copy of the order of today to the various departments of the army, and at once began preparations for supplying the new organizations. Within half an hou. the ordnance bureau had sent orders to tho different arsenals directing that complete outfits of arms and ordnance supplies for each regiment be sent to the rendezvous where they are to be organ ized. The quartermaster's department gave orders for supplying tents, clothing and other equipments furnished by that department while the commissary depart ment ordered a sufficient supply of rations to be on hand to feed the troops as fast as they arrive The medical department was also directed to see that supplies were sent to the regiments to be recruited with the same care exercised In enlisting the first ten regiments.
 The districts which are not very thor oughly canvassed in recruiting for the first regiments will be visited by the officers in the new organizations. It is the intention of the department to have the regiments give more attention to firing than any oth- CT feature of the drill The men will be armed as are the regular regiments.
 The selection of the majorssand company officers for the regiments is now occupying the attention of the secretary, and the men are being chosen from among the volun- teers who were called out in the Spanish war. The officers will be distributed as equitably as possible among the different states, but the efficiency and records of the men will govern to a great extent their selection.
 It appears from todays orders that the new regiments are to be mainly recruited in New England and the middle and central western states. Kansas and Pennsylvania have apparently been selected as the best field for recruits.
 Diihculty in the South
 It is said that no special effort is to
 be made to secure recruits in the south-
 ern states. This is due, 1t Is said to
 the experience of the officers who oper-
 ated in that quarter for recruits for the
 ten volunteer regiments just organized
 The only places where difficulty was
 experienced in securing men were in
 Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas
 and the Gulf states and the two north
 western Pacific coast states
 Today's action will add 13090 men to tha enlisted strength of the army and increase to the total strength of the army to g., ,40s men, being only 1898 men short of the --->--~>--------------~>~----->