The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-24
Big ARMY FOR OTIS
Fifty Thousand Men Are to Be Sent to
Philippines.
RECRUITING BY INDIVIDUALS.
There Is to Be No General Call for
Volunteers.
SATISFACTION CONCERNING SAMOA.
Talk Of Claims for Damage Amounts 10
Nothing.
TYPHOID IS NOT TRACEABLE TO WATER
Commission Investigating the sub
ject Traces Epidemic to the
Flies and Dust.
Talk Of Claims for Damage Amounts 10
Nothing.
TYPHOID is NOT TRACfABLE TO WAFER
k.ommission Investigating the sub
ject Traces Epidemic to the
Flies and Dust.
Especial to The Post.3

Especial to The Post.)
Washington, June 23.-The extent and
activity of preparations for recruiting
which are now being made afford sub
stantial confirmation of the report that
when the president and Secretary Alger
return they will arrange for mastering In
a far greater number of recruits than the
10. 600 or 1000 which Adjutant General
Corbin now practically admits will be en-
listed.
Tonight high official says it is proha-
BILE the whole provisional army OF $4,000
will be taken into the service, If that num-
Der OF recruits can be obtained without
resort to a general call and an apportion-
ment among the States. With this state
ment comes the information that it now
is the administration intention to send
to General Otis an aggregate of 10000
troops which will give him the desired
so ,O00 for active operations and leave 70
900 for garrison purposes and for the va
rious duties the performance of whlch
keeps men from the firing line.
il is still the intention to enlist the
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dividual recruits and not to Issue gem
eral call AS the men are enlisted, 1t Is
now proposed to rendezvous them at San
Francisco, there to have them AonPughly
drilled by regular army officers. So far
as may be possible tho volunteer regi-
ments will be commanded By regular army
officers The subalterns will be selected
from civil life, preference being given to
| those who served in the war with Spain
and to returned volunteer officers who
! have served in the Philippines and who
desire to be reconnaissance. All the ma
chinery of the war department VIII be
used to get these volunteers ready to leave
San Francisco by the middle of August
when transports will be massed there 10
take the troops to Manila
Considerable satisfaction is felt in Of
fetal circles at the approval by the sa-
moan commission OF the decision of Chie'
Justice Chambers declaring Malietoa TAM
king OF the Samoan islands. The indorse-
ment Of Admiral Kautzs conduct follows
as matter OF course.
The action of the commission was ON
cially communicated to the department o
state in a dispatch, concerning the con
tents of which Secretary Hay made this
announcement
So far as the state affairs in samo
and the programme for the future, pro
posed by the commission, are disclosed i
Mr.. Trips brief cshlegram, they are sat
sfactory to the state department i
: view of the state department, most Q
this programme is not final, but is sub
ject to the approval OF the three govern
ments party 10 the treaty of Berlin. fni
is true OF the projected abolition OF tn
J kingsbp, an office specially provided Il
in the treaty There is little doubt tina
our government will consent at once
this provision, as soon as IT is made ar
parent that the governor OF Samoa WI
is TO succeed to the control OF affairs
Samoa, will be selected In such manner a
to secure impartiality toward the resident
The commission has unanimously su'
tanned the decision of the chief Justice
, disoualfying Mataafa and seating Ma
lietOa Tanu on the throne, which Is pal
Hcularly gratifying to the authorities her
Admiral Kautz's first action on arrivin
at Apia was TO decide that Chief Justit
Chambers must be maintained The con
mission having found that Mr.. Chamber
decision was right. it follows that the az
9 mirals action also was correct. and
the talk of the preference claims again
the United States for damages resultir
from his action will come to nothing.
No reference was made In the dispatC