Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-17
Volunteers to Fill Them
Are Called For.
SERVE In PHILIPPINES
Secretary of War Root is Determined
to Give Otis Enough Men to Put
Down the Rebellion in the Shortest
Possible Time.

New York, Aug. IA special to the
Herald from Washington says: Formal
orders will be issued by Secretary Root
To-Day directing the organization of 10 ad-
olttonal regiments Of volunteers for SER
wee in the Philippines. President Nc
kinley has given his approval of Secre-
tary Roots decision and has approved his
recommendation that regular army Off
GERS be selected for colonels and lieuten-
ant colonels of the proposed regiments.
Secretary Root tomorrow will announce
the names of officers so far selected. The
result of the secretary's decision will be
TO give General Otis a fighting force Of
5000 men, distributed as indicated in this
table: Regulars, including 5,072 en- route
| and 2.SO1 about to sail, 3042S; organizing
in Philippines two infantry regiments
and one cavalry regiment volunteers).
1855; 10 infantry regiments, volunteers
organized in the United States, 13, $50; 10
infantry regiments, volunteers to be or
ganized in the United States, $1,000; Off
GERS, 1888; aggregate combatants for
Philippines, 62,451. 1t is proposed also to
increase the hospital corps to 1000 men,
and the number of medical officers so tha t
General Otis will have an army of practi-
cally $4,000 men. The enlistment of the 10
additional volunteer regiments will make
the total volunteer force in service num-
ber 30,507 men, leaving only 4,493 men Of
the 35 900 authorized uncalled for, and the
total strength Of the army about $1,000
| men. The work of the army viii be sup
plemented by regiment of marines to be
organized at Cav,te.
AS result of a conference between
Major General Otis and Rear Admiral
Watson an agreement has been reached
that the marines under the command of
Col. p. S. Pope shall operate in Cavte
province and clear practically that entire
province Of insurgents.
Washington. Aug. 17.-An order has
been issued directing that 10 additional
regiments Of volunteers will be organized
for service IN the Philippines The regi-
ments will be numbered from 3S to Al, and
will be organized a the following places
in the order named Fort Smelling, Fort
Crook, Neb.; Fort Riley, Kansas; two at
Camp Meade, Pa; Fort Niagara, N. Y:
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont: Fort Leav-
| enworth, Kansas: jefferson Barracks,
Mo-; South Framington, Mass.
Washington, Aug. 17.--Coonels and
lieutenant colonels of the new regiments
are announced as follows: Colonels:
Thirty ghths-George S. Anderson, ma
jor Sixth cavalry. Thirty-ninth--R. L..
Bulard, captain of subsistence depart
ment. Fortieth-E. A. Goodwin, captain
Eighth cavalry. Forty first-T. S. Rich
mond, captain Second artillery. Forty
second-J. M. Thompson, major Twenty
fourth ir antry. Forty-third-Arthur
Murray, captain First artillery. Forty
fourth--E. j. McClernand, captain Second
cavalry. Forty fifth. II. Dorst, cap
tain Fourth cavalry. Forty -sixth--W. s.
Schuyler, captain Fifth cavalry. Forty
seventh--Walter Howe. captain Fourth
artillery.
Lieutenant colonels: Colonels f. r..
Pratts, captain Twenty-thrd infantry;
G. j. Crune captain Twentyfourth in
rantry; - Byrne, captain Sixth infan-
try; J. S. Mallory, captain Second infan-
try; f. II. CroWder, major, judge advo-
cate; James Barker, captain Fourth cav
airy; Francis Micher. captain Fifth cav
airy; w. e. Wilder, captain Fourth cav
airy; J. A. Beacon, captain Sixth infan-
try: John Bigelow, Jr., captain Tenth
cavalry.
The new regiments will be organized
under general instructions issued at the
time the first 10 regiments We're called out.
In the list of lieutenant coloncls an
nounced it is not known whether Bernard
A. or Charles Byrne is intended. Both
are captains in the Sixth infantry. Otis
has been cabled for the full name as the
officer was designated by him. With the
13 regiments already called into service,
the 10 ordered today will make a total of
30 900 in round numbers. of the $4,000 VOL