The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-21
SAM MPHLlpPMESI
The Combined Military and Nava:
Forces of the United States in
the Islands in December.
MORE THAN 1000 AND as WAR VESSELS
Orient by any National State
ment that Shows the strength I'm
Detail of the Military and Naval
Forces Assigned to Philippines.

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combined military and naval forces o
the United States in the Philippines
when all the troops and Ships nov
under orders reach their destination
will aggregate more than 10000 mel
and 40 war vessels. The last OF thess
December. This statement shows tn,
strength in detail of the military an,
naval forces assigned to duty in tn,
Philippines:
Army-Combatants. 6S,s72; non-combat,
ants, 1,5O0.
NavyIships, As; blue jackets. 4,es7; ma
First d~ivision-Gen. Lawton: Fourth
Thirteenth. Fourteenth, Twenty-fcurtf
ami Twenty-fifth infantry; Fourth cav.
airy: battery f, Fourth artillery; battery
+, Fifth artillery; battery d, Sixth artIi.
iery: Hawthorne's mountain battery.
Second diyision-Gen. Macarthur: Third
Ninth, Twelfth, Seventeenth, Twenty-sec'
ohd and Thirty-sixth infantry; battery Z
First artillery; batteries G. H., X and L.
At ManilaETwentieth infantry, Thirty.
. seventh Infantry: eight fort batteries
Sixth artillery; Eleventh cavalry.
island of Panay-Eighteenth infantry,
tillery.
Island of Negros-Sixth infantry.
Island of Cebu-One battalion. Twenty
Island of Jolo-Two battalions, Twenty
second infantry.
The following gives name of trans.
pert, expected date of arrival, organi.
cation on board and number OF men:
TrOOps En- Route.
Victoria-october 9. Third cavalry. sOl
Warren-October II. recruits, 1.506 men.
S0lumbia-October H., five companies
Thirty.fouTth infantry. So men:
panies Thirty-fourth infantry, I79 men.
Aztec-October %, 1866 horses, $50 men.
Tacoma-October IA, seven companies
TM enty-seventh infantry. 1876 men.
Eider-October 81. five companies TWEEN
ty-seventh infantry, 1874 men.
Grant-october "a. T~wenty-sixth infan.
try and recruits, 1851 men.
Sheridan-October 30, Thirty-second in.
fantry, 1858 men.
Charles Nelson-November l, two com
panies Thirty-second infantry, 2G9 men.
Glenagle-November l. six companies
Thlrty-third infantry. us men.
Sikh-November s, Thirty-fifth infantry,
Rio-November s, Thirty-hfth infantry.
CO. men.
City of Para-November 5. seven COM
panies Twenty-ninth infantry, 7sS men.
Zealandia-November 5. i've companies
Twenty-ninth infantry. 55I mon.
Observation-Disclosures 5. recruits, $50 men.
To Sail.
Troops to sail, with date of depar.
tu-e:
Thirty-eight infantry. October %: Th;r-
ty-ninth infantry, October Il: Fortieth in
fartry. October 90: Thirty-iirst infantry,
tGber 30; Forty-third infantry. November
10; FOrty-fourth infantry. October %: For
ty-iifth infantry. October %; Forty-six;h
infantry. October IL: Forty-seventh in
fartry. November /: Forty-eighth infan-
try, no date fixed; F~orty-rinth infantry,
no date fixed.
Naval Force.
The following gives the names of the
vessels, the first figures being the num-
Der of blue jackets, and the second the
number of marines on each vessel:
Battlesbip Oregon. fG2 BIZ Jackets. 60
marines; armOred cruiser Brooklyn. liz
and 60: protected cruiser Baltimore. lG3
and is; protected cruiser New Orleans. 3Gl
and ~: protected cruiser Newark, 32i ami
81; protected cruiser Charleston, 251 and
So; monitor Monterey. ISL and -: monitor
MOnadnOck. 115 and IL: gunboat Bancroft,
l5C and u; gunboat Bennington. l63 and s;
gunboat Callao, % (no marines,: gunboat
Csstine, $50 and u; gunpoat Concord. lG9
and IS; gunboat Don Juan de Austrias. Ig1
mo marinesl; gunboat Helena. 152 and u;
gunboat Isla de Cuba. 129 (no marinesl:
gUnboat Isla de Luzon. 100 (no marines);
gLnboat Machias: 100 and Il: gunboat Ma
mia, % mo maflneSl. SunDoat Marietta.
122 and u: gunboat MindanaO. 3 mo ma
rines): gunboat Nashville. Isl and IS;
Cunboat Petrol, 112 and 90: gunboat Prince
ton, 123 and u: gunboat Wheeling. 10 and
II; guGboat Yorktown, 15i and IS; gun
boat Ranger. 1S and L: supply ship
Celtic. LOG (no marines); supply ship Gu
goa, 40 (no marines); supply ship Glacier,
/. mo marineS): distillinS ship Iris. 81
Gio marfnes); collier NanShan, 90 mo NIL
~rir,es): collier Seafiro. 30 (no marines); u
g~unboats equipped by parent ships. Ma
rines at a station, Cavite. 40.
The Brooklyn. New Orleans. Newark,
Bancroft, Machias, Marietta, Nashville
and Ranger are on the way 10 Manila;
Or under orders to sail.