Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-10
INCREASED FORCE
FOR PHILIPPINES.
Schedule Of Army Transports Has
Been Completed.
THEY GO BY WAY OF ALASKA
VIII DebarE nj Dutch unrbor
and NagssaEi Eighteen Thousand
10 be Landed BY November

v.w York. Aug. io.-A special to the
r,ibupe from Washington says
mn. schedule OF the army transports
o., r,iring the force IN the Philippines
=, .8oOO men has been completed ana
I'm be delivered to Secretary Root to-
s,y /, shows that II additional steam
y. are chartered about isool rold.crs
IN bs sent across the Pacific TO reach
Manila hy the end OF November. Inv
,.maining 900 which IL 30 proposed TO
End TO Gen. Otis II be- needs thcm VIII
h. .snt by way of the siez canal. The
latter route consumes nearly two
months and II the war department Is
compelled 10 wait unit, the renovation
Of the Atlantic Transports Thomas ana
Logan Is finished. troops on those Nca-
I'D cannot reach Manila before Janu-
an l. ...
Tho troops to be- sent to the Philip
pines are as follows
REGULAR recruits now NJ Nan FRANCIS
cd. LOO. eight troops ~ the lhird cav
Nm gg5. d. +. marine battalion, 500,
r,griilta for the skeleton regiments az
Manila. 300. ten volunteers regiments
Infantry, il.0gO. total. 1850.
an. asyputycn vessels available Tor
transportation Of these troops Win the
approximate date ~ readiness Tor Hau.
ins and their capacity for officers ana
men are 49, follows
D1 mon: city OF sydney Aug, IL, 70
oficprs and 100 men; senator. Aug' ~
. uUlesrs. ~ men. ~. Paul AuN' ~
ID officers and $50 men. Warren, sept
n officers and LIZA men, sherman,
sept DO sB officers ana 1900 mem lihh'
OK Sept. %. 90 officers and 1850 men,
Grant Sept %, 80 officers ana l'a1
men. Sheridan. Sept. 20, 30 officers anu
ls0J mon. pcnnHy lvaniu, sept ~ w
ofHe,ra aud 900 mem Valencia, sept
u - officers and 500 men Helaudlh,
sspt. .l is officers and 600 mem tity OF
para oct. o. % officers ana 1000 mem
Tartar. oct. -. 20 officers and l,@V0 m'h'
OHIO. oct. ~. n officers and 49, men;
Newport. oct. d.. 10 officers ana 1VV
men, Indiana. oct %. 10 nii'crrs' wv
mon. Totals. 600 officers, l'3.0 men
nv. Two battnliona II the Third cav-
nlry have been assigned TO the trans
port ~. Paul. which VIII leave san
Francisco ON Aug 10 Tor Seattle where
the cnyulrymen will embark and sail on
10 or .O Two ships the Athcnian aud
the Gufonuc. have been chartered 70
carry the horses FOR these hattalluhA'
and the three vessels Will remain In
company through the voyage. which Il
expected 60 consume about six wcekr'
The vessels win 30 nrst TO Dutch
1larbor, Alaska, where the men ana
horses will To ashore several days Tor
exercise. a similar step Will be taken
at Nngnsakl. Japan, FOR a week. In the
hope that the horses VIII arrive AZ
Manila IA good condition Tor Immediate
IuNNuNIssft IN
been assigned 90 the city OF sydney, "a
chartered vessel. Her excess accom-
mediation after the marines arr on
board will be- taken by regular recruits.
The other vessels sailing this month
viii also be devoted entirely TO regular
recruits, as well as any surplus room
on succeeding vessels at all times. The
movement NJ the new Infantry fcEl-
msutH. headed by those uf Colonies
Petit. Bell. Gardner and Rice. VIII be-
an on Sept. 1, taking the nrst trans
ports lu the army service, the warren,
the sherman. the Hancock the Grant
and the sheridan. which make the trip
ih lasa than thirty days, All these ships
Will carry extra supplies u food, um-
munlu1n and other stores FOR tho
Eighth CORDS but ON account Of their
limited capacity EFFORTS arr being made
90 charter additional freight steamers.
one NJ these which has been secured IL
ihs Port Arthur. which viii leave TIA.
coma about Aug. ~ with 900 mules 10
De- used az pack animals In the u9-
preaching campaign. other shipments
" mules will be- dispatched until tho
tlmber uf those animals In ihe Philip
pines IH about 5000. About 5000 horses
ilr cavalry purposes are also to be sont
acfOss the Pacific uH rapidly as char
isrtd vessels are secured. II 10 believed
that all OF these VIII be shipped By the
middle Of september.