Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-21
Nine Thousand Regulars Practical
" Selected Already.
A TABuLATED STATEMENT.
shows as y Glance Troops at otis'
Dispossi-Lsck OF Transportation
Facilities t. . Great Problem.

Nearly nine thOufand regulars OF the
fourteen thousand that the President
has determined to order 10 Gen. otis
during the coming summer have been
practically selected and no diniculty Ia
Appreciated by the war department
authorities In securing the remaining
i've thousand by the time they arc
needed.
Tho excellent outlook IN Porto Rico
and Cuba. will. In all Likelihood. per-
init the withdrawal Of four morn rcgl-
inentR from those Islands before the
summer l. over and the Ave thousand
thus obtained will MI tho rrquirementr.
either by being sent forward directly
to Manila. or by relieving domestic gar
rirons for service across the Pacific.
The lack OF transportation facilities
constitutes the greatest problem. but
Den. OTIS fortunately doen not require
moro than thirty thousand troops dur
Ing the summer ana by the time he does
need the remaining Ave thousand they
viii be- ready for him. and the ships
viii be available 10 transport them.
Adjutant General ccrbin. upon whom
dcyoivca the responsibility OF furnish.
ing all tho military forces required In
the island. has prepared the following
tnbuiated statement which shows at a
glance the troops at the disposal VI
Den. Otis.
Troops now ut Manila;
Third artillery. four batteries. 40 men
sis,h artillery. two batteries. isO men
each. go.
Fourth cavalry. six troops 100 mon
each, GOO,
Third. Fourth. Twelfth. Seventeenth.
Eighteenth. Twentieth. Twenty -sccond..
Twenty third infantry. eight regiments
OF i.sis men each, ii.o2t
| Fourteenth Infantry, ton companies
and band, total number q men i.lt.
Troops now at sea:
Ninth Infantry. i.S7s.
Twcnty.lrnt Infantry, Isis.
Thrrc batteries 81 iight artillery. go.
alx batteries Of sixth artinery. psO.
Total number Of men. t.0iG
Troops ordered 10 sail;
thirteenth Infantry, April 9Th, i,s5s.
sixth Infantry. about May 9Th. ISIS.
sixteenth Infantry, about May 7th.
i,1,s "7
| Total number Of men yjai. Grand
| total. ~ cqs
Following ia. departure OF these three
regiments about 5000 recruits now
gathered at Fan Francisco. must next
/ be transpotred 10 Manlia. 10 MI the
regiments already in The phiiippln.. 10
their fun complement OF i,35s In the
case OF Infantry or cavalry and OF
1. $50 In the ease OF artillery. After this
IL accomplished, which II not expected
much earlier than the Iddio OF June.
/ the nine thousand "A .tlonal troops.
consisting OF three regiments OF In.
/ fantry, two OF artillery one OF cavalry
and two extra companies 81 the Four
teenth Infantry, soon 10 b. relieved In
| Alaska. will be under orders 10 follow.
These regiments, according 10 the pres
| ont Intention are.
Twenty-nfth Infantry tcolorcdl. i.s5S:
| Eleventh Infantry, i.a,s. seventh nrtil.
lery, 1880. seventh Infantry. I.s,s.
Fourth cavalry, six troopa. cs9, First
| artillery. 1850: Fourteenth Infantry.
two companies. 800: tatoi, A,a51
The FirHt artillery will be eaulpped
nH Infantry, though possibly one OF The
| hattQrlsa Will be furnished with field
| pieces,
| Like Its light batteries. which have
| ALREADY been ordered 10 Manila. the
heavy batteries OF this regiment are
/ distributed along the South Atlantic