The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-09
Volunteers to be With
drawn From Cuba.
REGULARS REMAIN
One Regiment Ordered to
Leave the Island.

Washington, March S.-Orders were
issued at the war department today for
the Twelfth New York, now at Matan-
zas, Cuba, to take passage on the
transport Berlin for New York, where
1t will be mustered out. This is the be-
ginning of general movement for the
muster out of all the volunteer troops
stationed in Cuba and intimates that
the administration believes the time
has come when 1t can safely reduce its
military forces in Cuba. The rainy
season near at hand is the potent rea-
son for the recall Of troops from Cuba
There are now about $4,000 volunteers
IN Cuba, and their withdrawal will
leave about $4,000 regular troops there
for the enforcement of the policy of the
ment of a stable government on the
island
The volunteer troops now on garrison
DUTY IN Cuba and under. muster out or
GaFs, include the following organiza-
tons: Second Illinois, One Hundred
end 6txtieth Indiana, Fourth Illinois,
anu 5lAbJ -lIEI ltlQlduG,
Ninth Illinois, Forty ninth Iowa, Third
Kentucky, Thirtytirst Michigan, Sec
ond Louisiana, Sixth Missouri, Eighth
Massachusetts,, Twelfth New York,
First North Carolina, Third Nebraska,
Second South Carolina, Fourth Ten
tessee, Fourth Virginia First Texas,
Sixth Ohio. the Second and Third I'm
tied States volunteer engineers, the
Second and Fifth United States volun-
fAar info nj "a ind
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fiji
teenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
companies of the signal corps.
As yet no orders have been issued
for the muster out of these regiments
with the exception of the Twelfth New
York, but it is expected that formal or
ders will be issued in the case of all
the organizations named within the
next few days. Under the present plans
of the department, it is expected that
all of the volunteer troops will be
withdrawn from Cuba by or before the
first of May, and so escape the dangers
of the fevers, which make that coun-
try such an undesirable place of res
iden2e during the summer. The officials
of the administration express satisfac-
ton at the present political state of af-
fairs in Cuba, and are confident Of d
continuance of the prevailing peace
and good order
The troops are to be withdrawn on
the theory that there is no longer need
of their services in that country, and
that the questions of government will
work out themselves without the pres
enoe of a large military force.
Consequently there is no present pur-
pose of replacing the volunteers with
regular troops, but such a course of
action will be taken only in case it be-
comes necessary for execution of the
administration policy.
The Second United States regular in
fantry has been at Admission, Ala, for
several weeks uLder orders to proceed
to Cuba, and it is expected that the
regiment will make the trip in a short
time. So far as known, no other troops
are intended for service on the island
during the coming summer. But one or
two artillery regiments will be held in
reserve at points on the Atlantic coast
for such service, in case some of the
regulars in Cuba have to be brought
home for a change of climate or rein
foroements should become necessary.