The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-07

The Castine and Princeton are now on
their way through the Red Sea 10 join
Admiral Dewey, and the Oregon and her
attendant vessel. the Iris, are travelling
through the Pacific to the same destina-
ton. These vessel will add to the naval
forces at Manila 30 officers, 739 men and
81 marines. The captured ships Don Juan
de Austria Isla de Luzon and Isla de uCba
are not available for immediate service,
as they are in need OF repairs. The Sol
ace has taken out a number OF recruits
and with these the Isla de Luzon VIII be
manned. The Wheeling viii join the Ma
Mia fleet but is not TO be counted as be-
ing available in the near future
The regular troops now in the Philip
pine islands, under command Of Major
General Otis. consist OF the following:
The Fourteenth United States infantry
Eighteenth United States infantry. TWEEN
tieth United States infantry (Which has
but recently arrived there, consisting Of
Il officers and LIS mem. Twenty-second
United States infantry and Twenty-third
United States infantry; a battalion OF
United States engineers; companies c. 7.
X and I. OF the Fourth United States
cavalry; batteries G. II. X and L. OF the
Third United States artillery. and bat
teries D and G, Sixth United States ar;il-
lery.
Most Of the volunteer forces already IN
the fed. and most of whom have borne
the brunt OF the enga gements with both
the Spanish army on the Islands and more
recently the Flipiuos. have been there
since the beginning Of the American occu-
pancy q the Islands They comprise ff-
teen regiments OF infantry. one troop q
cavalry and FIVE batteries q artillery. ss
follows. Tire First California First COL
orado. First Idaho. Fifty-<rst Ioza.
Twentieth Kansas Thirteenth Ntnnes7-a.
First Montana. F.rst North Dakota. First
Nebraska. Second Oregon. Tenth Penn
syivan.a. First South Dakota. First Ten
nessee, First washington. First Wyoming.
First troop a Nevada cavalry. battery 4
and battery 2, Utaa ',ght artillery. ha--
tery A ard battery = % the California
artillery. the FIRST Wyoming l3rAt battery.
Tenth and Eighteenth companies 70 che
United states signal corps n addition
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CORPS has 5Hst been formed az Manila.
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