The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-07

Washington, July 5.-The adjutant
generals Office yesterday gave out a
statement based on cable advices from
Gen. Otis regarding the number of re-
cruits required to fill the vacancies in
the regular regiments now in the
Philippines, the transports available
for the return of volunteers and for
the transportation of fresh troops to
the Philippines and the estimated time
it will take to complete the work of
enlistment. Gen. Otis dispatch to the
department is as follows:
Manila July 2.-Adjutant General. Washing
ton: Number Of recruits required to fill COM
panies to 1913 each regular regiment: Infantry
Third, 1856; Fourth, 3O4; Sixth, IT'S; Ninth, IS:
Twelfth, 300; Thirteenth, 253; Fourteenth,
739; Sixteenth, 30; Seventeenth, 294:
Eighteenth, 8ss; Twentieth, $685. Twenty
first, 1875; Twenty-second, 400; Twenty third,
SSo; First artillery, g.; Third, 256; Fourth, g;
Fifth 3 Sixth, o.; Fourth cavalry, 1873 en-
yineers, z. Volunteers yet to be returned, in
fantry: California. 1,18s; Colorado, Liza; Ida
no, 598; North Dakota, 623; Wyoming 800;
Minnesota, 1,16o; South Dakota, OH, Montana,
N6; California artillery, 1853; Washington. l,O6S;
Tennessee, 946; Kansas, 1,O52; Nevada cavalry,
%; Wyoming artillery, IS; Iowa, 995; signal
,orps. LOG. California and Colorado preparing
20 take transports Sherman and Warren, leave
shortly.-OtiS
The department sums up the situa-
lion as outlined by Gen. Otis, in the
following statement:
To meet the requirements of the returning
volunteers, the quartermaSter's department re-
1orts that there are now in Manila transports
sherman, Warren and Grant, with capacity Of
| 1879 officers and 1924 enlisted men. Tnat there
are now on sea en- route to Manila the Zealandia
(due July aO); Sheridan (due July 2D; Valencia
(due July 26), and PENNSYLVANIA (due July 29) !;
with capacity for l6l officers and 4,2O1 enlisted
men. There are now in San Fran cisco trans
ports City of Para, which will sail July IL, and
Tartar to sail July 20, with capacity for % OFF,
GERS and 300 enlisted men.
There are now en- route to San Francisco the
following transports with capacity of 200 officers
and 1904 enlisted men: Ohio Newport Indiana.
Hancock. Senator, Morgan City and Relief
(hospitaD.
The department confidently believes that the
transportation has been so we'll arranged by the
quartermasters department that the last of the
volunteers will leave Manila not later than the
10th of September, and it is expected that
they will all be away by the LIST.
The recruits required for the regular regi-
ments in the Philippines, are estimated at 6, 1888
men.
The number of recruits now at sea are SOY /;
number of recruits now at San Francisco are
1924, total of ,79 leaving l547 yet to be pro-
vided for
The large number Of vacancies existing in the
Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty third in
fantry is due to the fact that these regiments
went with Gen. Merritts expedition to the
Philippines and were not filled to the maxi
mum; also that the men in these regiments
who enlisted for the war are just now being
discharged. The men enlisting for the war in
the other regiments were discharged before the
regiments left this country, and the vacancies
are due to the increase of the companies from
LOG to 1913 men.
At the rate of enlistments for the last few
weeks the entire number will be enlisted by the
close of the present week.