Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-07


mcnts OF Infantry. one engineer bat
talon. soycn troops OF cavalry and
eleven batteries " artillery. an aggrc-
gate OF about 1850 men. Nineteen yes
sells, with an aggregate OF 2s1 officers.
$3.50 men aud 1853 marines. make up the
naval contingent This II exclusive Of
the transport Soinco. with i62 officers
and men all told, which N constantly
passing back and forth from Manila.
There are about $500 army reinforce
mentH ON the way to Manila. making
as rapid progress MS possible. and there
are. roughly estimated. 1900 men In the
force undor orders to proceed 10 the
Philippines.
sIfiPs At MANILA.
The following are now at Manila or
Hong Kong. under the command OF Adj
miral Dewey! baltimore. Remington
Buffalo. callao. Charlcaton, Concord.
culgoa. In Juan de Austria, Helena.
1Hla de Luzon. Irln de cuba. Manila.
Monadnock, Mopocncy Monterey. Pet
rel, Olympia and Yorktown. These Vcs-
sells carry gg7 officers. 1880 sailors and
253 marines.
The transport soiacc does not 70.
main at Manila. The Castlne and
Princeton arr now on their way
through the He'd Sea TO Join Admiral
Dewey and the oregon and her at
tendant vessel. the Iris, arr travel
Ing through the Pacific TO the same
the naval force at Manila 90 officers,
s5y men and N marines.
The captured ships Don Juan de
Austria. lsln de Luzon and lHla
de cuba. are not available FOR Inn
mediate service as thcy are In need
Of repairs. The snlacc has taken out
number OF recruits and with these the
Isln de Luzon VIII be- manned. The
Wheeling will Join the Manila fleet.
hut II not a. be counted nH being
available In the Immediate future.
TROOPS on ISLANDS.
The regular troops now In the Phil
lpinc Islands under command ~ Mai.
Cen. Otis consist uf the following; The
fourteenth United States infantry.
Eighteenth United States infantry.
Twentieth United States infantry
(Which has but recently arrived there
consisting OK u officers and i.sis mem.
Tweniy.Rccond United States Infantry
and Twcntv-third United States ln-
fantry. a battalion of United States
engineers. companies g, y. q. I, II. l..
~ the Fourth United States cavalry;
batteries q, N. X. ana l.. Of the Third
United States artillery and batteries u
aud q. Sixth United States artillery.
Most OF the volunteer forces already
IN the field and most ~ whom have
borne the hiunt Of the engagements
with both the spanish army on the ISL
nndH and more recently the FiiipinoH
have been there since the beginning OF
the American occupancy Of the islands
They comprise fifteen regiments Of In
fantry. ono troop OF cavalry and I'VE
batteries N artillery, as follows
VOLUNTEERS on THE SPOT.
Tho First California. First Colorado.
tleth Kansas. Thirteenth Minnesota.
First Montana, First North Dakota.
First Nebraska, Second Oregon. Tenth
Pennsylvania. First South Dakota,
First Tennessee, First Washington.
First Wyoming, Flr't troop OF the Me-
Nadn cavalry, battery A and battery
u Utah light artillery. battery a and
battery u NJ the California artillery.
the First Wyoming light battery,
Tenth Wyoming light battery. Tenth
AMI Eighteenth companies OF the Unit
cd States signal corps.
In addition to these. another COM
nnny OF the signal corps has been
formed nj Manila. being recruited by
the transfer from the regular branch
OF the army. This means - making
M the new company was made ncces-
Hnry by the lnok Of time for dispatch
Of men from the United States.
REINFORCEMENT IN ROUTE.
Reinforcemcnts for tho Philippines
now ON the way aggregate In the
nclghborhood of 4, 500 men all told.
These are made M Of three general cS-
pedltlona M follows. The transports
Grant. with Gonerpl Lawton ana stan,
with total Of rlSty-four officers and
IiG men, Including one battalion Of the
Seventeenth Infantry and four COM
panies OF the Fourth infantry. This
expedition sailed from New York. jan
uary 10Th. was reported at Singapore
on Saturday, and Gen. Lawton cablcd
Gen. otis that his expedition viii reach
Manila In the early morning OF the 10Th
inst.
The transport sherman. Col. ]. II.
Page commanding. carrying a total Of
thiriy-four officers ana i,702 men. In
cluding the entire Third infantry regi-
ment and battalion Of the Seven
teenth Infantry. The sherman sailed
from New York February srd.
The transport Sheridan under COM
mand OF heut.-col. J. II. Smith OF the
Twelfth infantry, carries all Of the
Twelfth and battalion of tho Seven
tecnth Infantry, making "a total OF
nfty-seven officers and i,7s men.
Besides the Roanoke with fair-sized
detachment OF recruits for the various
regiments already In the archipelago
has gotten good start on the way 90
Manila and the transport Valencia
hnhtu rum nun flhNelHto TOT MhHlld
Via Honolulu with 100 recruits for the
Infantry. artillery ana scorpion and a
number Of West Point graduates as
signed 10 duty with various companies
In the Philippines,
MORE TROOPS TO GO.
To swell this formidable list OF men |
already on the field and enrouta i've |
resiments Of Infantry and the crack |
Sixth artillery with an Approximate |
strength. additional. NJ 1900 men in all |
are under orders to proceed TO Manila |
Mt the earliest opportunity. These re- |
Inducements which gO TO the archi- |
pelago under an order issued by the |
war department last week completes |
the roll OF troops ~ far as contem-
plated. for service In the islands and
are as follows.
The Sixth United States infantry, |
now at San Antonio; the Ninth United |
states Infantry at Madison barracks. |
the Thirteenth United states infantry |
~ New York State: tho sixteenth |
United states Infantry at Fort Cook |
ana neighboring points and the TWEEN
y-llrat Infantry ut Plattsburg, n. Y, |