The Van Buren press., 1899-10-21
UNCLE sam |NPH|UPP|KES
The Combined Military and Naval
Forces of the United States in
the Islands il December.
MORE THAN 10, 600 AND 45 WAR VESSELS
The Heaviest Force Ever Sent t. the
Orient ny any National state
ment that shows the strength IN
Detail of the Military and Naval
Forces Assigned to Philippines.

Forces Assigned TO Ihiiipp'"S@'
New York, Oct IA special to the
aerald from Washington says: Inc
combined military and naval forces OF
the United States in the Philippines,
when all the troops and ships now
andsr orders reach their destination,
will aggregate more than 10000 men
and As war vessels. The last of these
forces will arrive in Manila early IN
December. This statement shows the
strength in detail of the military and
naval forces assigned to duty in the
Philippines:
Army -Combatants, 6S,S72; non-combat-
Navy@ships, As; blue jackets, 4,997; ma
rines, 1,1S4.
First division-Gen. Lawton: Fourth
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty fourth
anu Twenty-tifth infantry; Fourth cav
airy: battery f, Fourth artillery; battery
+, Fifth artillery battery D. sixth artl-
lery; Hawthorne's mountain battery,
Second divson-Gen. Macarthur: Third,
Ninth Twelfth, Seventeenth, Twenty-see-
ond and Thirty-sixth infantry battery II,
First artillery; batteries g, II, X and L.
Third artillery,
At Manila-Twentieth infantry, Thirty
seventh infantry: eight fort batteries
Sixth artillery; Eleventh cavalry.
Island of Panay-Eighteenth infantry.
Nineteenth infantry, battery G, Sixth ar
tillery.
Island of Negros-Sixth infantry.
Island of Cebu-One battalion. Twenty
third infantry.
Island of Jolo-Two battalions, Twenty
second infantry.
The following gives name of trans
pert, expected date of arrival, organi-
zation on board and number of men:
Troops En- Route.
Victoria-October 8. Third cavalry, 900
men.
Warren-October Il, recruits. 1,5O6 men.
Columbia-October II, five companies
Thirty,-fourth infantry, 566 men.
Belgian King-Oetober ID. seven COM
panies Thirty-fourth infantry, 7I9 men.
AZtee-October 25 366 horses $50 men.
Taooma-October IA, seven companies
TMenty-seventh infantry. 735 men.
Eider-0ctober q, five companies Twen-
| ty-seyenth infantry 194 men,
Grant-October "a Twenty-sixth infan-
try and recruits. .631 men.
SheridanaOctober &c. Thirty-second in-
fantry, 663 men.
Charles Nelson-November 1, two COM
panies Thirty-seeond infantry, 209 men.
r GsnaglemNoyember L - SIX companies
Sikh-November 5, Thirty-fifth infantry,
632 men.
Rio-November s. Thirty-ifth infantry.
City of Para-November 5, seven COM
panies Twenty-ninth infantry, 7SS men.
Zealandia-November 5, five companies
| Twenty-ninth infantry, 557 men.
Valeneia-November 5. recruits, 432 men.
To SaiI.
Troops to sail, with date of depar-
ture:
Thirty-eight infantry. October 90; Thir-
! ty-ninth infantry, October Is; Fortieth in
! fantry. October 30: Thirtyfirst infantry.
November 90; Forty-second infantry Oe-
tober 80 Forty-third infantry, November
10; Forty-fourth infantry, October 25; For
| ty-hfth infantry October %; Forty-sixth
! infantry. October 16, Forty-seVenth iu-
| fantry. November l; Forty-eighth infan-
| try, no date fixed; Forty-nnth infantry,
no date fixed
Naval Force.
The following gives the names of the
vessels, the first figures being the num-
her of blue jackets, and the second the
number of marines on each vessel:
Battleship Oregon, 462 blue Jackets, 60
marines; armored cruiser Brooklyn il2
! and SO: protected cruiser Baltimore, 163
and IS; protected cruiser New Orleans, 300
and AZ; protected cruiser Newark, 1924 and
81, protected cruiser Charleston, 25l and
! Monadnock, 175 and 12; gunboat Bancroft,
13C and II; gunboat Bennington, 1863 and 8;
! gunboat Callao, 25 (no marinesl; gunboat
Castine, 1SO and y; gunboat Concord 49,
and 49, gunboat Don Juan de Austrias. 12l
tho marines); gunboat Helena, 1852 and II;
gunboat Isla de Cuba, 129 mo marines)
gUnboat Isla de Luzon, 129 (no marines)
gLnboat Machias, 1870 and II; gunboat Ma
Mia, 81 mo marines); gunboat Marietta.
l22 and l2 gunboat Mindanao, mo ma
rines); gunboat Nashville, 151 and Is:
gunboat Petrel, 112 and 20; gunboat Prince
ton, 123 and IL; gunboat Wheeling 122 and
L; gunboat Yorktown, l6i and IS: gun
boat Ranger, 14S and IL; supply ship
Celtic, JOG (no marines): supply ship Cu,-
goa, 40 mo marines; supply ship Glacier,
| III (no marines) dstilling ship Iris, SO
mo marines); collier Nanshan, 90 mo ma
rihes); collier Seafiro, 30 (no marines): IL
gunboats equipped by parent ships. Ma
rmes at naval station. Cavite, 750
The Brooklyn, New Orleans, Newark,
Bancroft, Machias, Marietta, Nashville
and Ranger are on the way TO Manila,
or under orders to sail.