The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-11


the enlistment of volunteers for ser
vice in the Philippines was published
today, and seven more colonies to com
mand the regiments were appointed.
There are yet two colonies to be desig-
mated. Eight majors also were named.
The recruiting will not begin until
some time next week, the exact date
not having been fixed yet. Recruiting
stations will be opened in every state
and territory and as fast as the men
are enlisted they will be sent to the
regiments to be assigned to companies.
State lines are obliterated, and the
men first existing will be first to be
mustered in. The assignment to COM
panies will be by the officer command
ing and he will be at liberty to organ
ize a company of men from one state
if he findS it convenient n practicable.
The O~rgaiZation of the ten regiments
in this country will not make any diff
ference to The organization Of regi-
ments in the Philippines by General
Otis. His regiments will be in addi-
ton to those hereafter to be known as
the TWenty-sixth to Thirty-fifth inclu-
sive, and will be numbered Thirty-sixth
and upward. It is expected that three
regiments will be organized in the
Philippines. The regiments organized
in the United States and the Philip
pines will increase the army by $50
officers and 1867 men, if there should
be three full regiments formed by Cen
eral Otis.
The colonies appointed today are I'M
der orders to proceed at once with the
organization of the regiments. Some of
the officers are now in the city and
have been consulting the different bu-
reau officers with regard to equipment
and supplies for the men as they join
the regiments.
THE SECRETARY'S ORDER.
The order of Secretary Alger pro-
vides that each regiment so organized
for purposes of discipline and supply,
will be subject to the orders of the
commanding general of the depart
ment in which the rendezvous is locat-
ed, and the regimental commander will
report by telegraph to the adjutant
general Of the department on his ar
rival at the regimental rendezvous.
Ten regiments of infantry, United
States volunteers, will be organized as
follows: Twenty-sixth at P%lattsburg
Barracks. New York; Twenty-seventh
at Camp Meade, Pa; T~wenty-eighth
at Camp Meade, Pa; Twenty-ninth at
Fort Mcpherson, Ca; Thirtieth at Fort
Sheridan. Ills; Thirty-frst at Fort
Thomas, Ky; Thirty-second at Fort
Leavenworth, Kas.; Thirty-third at
fourth at Fort Logan, Colorado; Thir-
ty-fifth at Vancouver barracks, Wash
ineton.
The regiments will be organized &C
cording to the provisions of the act Of
March 2, 1899, n will consist of fifty
officers and 1909 enlisted men each.
The secretary Of war gives the follow
ing instructions to govern the recruit
ing:
''The enlistment of mem for the ten
regiments of infantry, United States
volunteers, will be made by the regu-
lar recruiting officers at all city re-
cruiting stations and military posts
within the United States.
Districts for recruiting designated
regiments are announced and recruit
ing officers will be governed accord
ingly. For the Twenty-seventh regi-
ment-Camp Meade Pennsylvania
tn state Of Connecticut, the portion of
the state of New York south of the
And degree of latitude, the states of
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
North Carolina and the District of
Columbia.
For the Twenty-ninth regiment
Fort Mcpherson, Ga.-the states OF
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama. Mississippi and Louisiana.
The term of service will be for the
period ending June 30th, 1901, and these
enlistments may be made without re-
striction as to citizenship or education
al qualifications" In other respects
they will be governed by the rules and
regulations prescribed for recruiting
the regular army.
OFFICERS APPOINTED.
The following officers have been ap'
pointed by the president as colonies fol
the new regiments: Twenty-sixth reg.
iment, Major Edmund Rice, Third in
fantry; Twenty-seventh regiment, Ma
jor James NJ. Bell, First cavalry
Twenty-eighth regiment, Captain
James S. Petit, First infantry, better
known as colonel of the Fourth i'm
munes; Twenty-ninth regiment, Cap
tain Edmund E. Hardin, colonel OF tn
Second New York Volunteers in The
war with Spain; Thirtieth regiment
Captain Cornelius Gardiner, Ninth in
fantry; Thirty-second regiment, Cap
tam l.. "A. craig, SlXtn cavalry, Iulr'
ty-third regiment, Captain Luther X
Hare, Seventh cavalry; Thirty-fiftf
regiment, Major William A. Kobbe
Third artillery. There are two colo
nels yet to be appointed who will be as
signed to the Thirty-frst and Thirty
fourth regiments. The man designatet
for lieutenant colonel Of the Thirty
fifth regiment will organize it and TAX
it to the Philippines when Colone
Kobbe will assum command.
: The following were appointed a.
majors: First Lieutenant Harry I
Hawthorne, Sixth artillery: First Lieu
tenant Walter c.. Short, Tenth cavalry
First Lieutenant Ed. Anderson, Tent
cavalry; Captain F. M. Steele. Eight
cavalry; First Lieutenant Albert Laws
Hawthorne, Sixth artillery; First Lieu
tenant George L. Bryan, First cavalry