Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-08-10
END RECRUITING SOON.
War Department. Anxious to &c,
the New Men Ready.

tuc NEW Wen c6Oy.
Washington, Aug. 1O.-In accordance
with the new policy inaugurated by
secretary Root to expedite the depar
ture of reinforcements for Genera
Utls' command, orders have been tele
graphed to recruiting offices by Col.
onel Thomas Ward, assistant adjutant
general. directing them to complete
the enlistment of men for the new vol.
unteer regiments by the end of the
present week. The regiments will then
be carefully drilled at their present
camps and will, department. officials
say, he ready to m the jour
ney to Manila by September /.
Quartermaster L%udington said thai
the transports Sherman and Grant
would be at San Francisco the latter
part OF the month, and they will be
able to accommodate two of the regi.
ments. Other ships will be at San
Francisco early in September. The
Logan and Thomas, which are being
converted into modern ships ut New
York and Philadelphia, will be com
pleted as rapidly as possible, and they
undoubtedly will be ready in time tC
convey two of the volunteer regiments
to the Philippines. BY the early part
Of November all the reinforcements
now under orders to join General Otis
will, it is stated at the department.
have reached their destination, and he
will have 10000 men under his com.
mand to engage in the fall campaign
OF the 1900 men required for the
country Colonel Ward said that 10.33s
how, hnar n,,1.e@o1 1,,,,c . -sS ,,%
to be mustered into service. AS enlist.
ments have been made in the past at
the rate of $40 per day, no doubt is eN,
pressed that the departments orders
directing that the regiments be filled
by the end of the week will be com.
piled with. The Twenty-seventh and
Thirty-hrst regiments now have more
men than they are allowed by tho
presidents orders. but over-enlist.
ments We're permitted in order that
they might work out some OF the un-
desirable men who have undoubtedly
entered the service.
Probably because of the sentiment
existing in the south against the war
in the Philippines the department has
found that it will be impossible to- fill
the two regiments being organized at
Fort Mcpherson, Ca, and Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, with southern recruits.
The recruiting officers at Mcpherson
have succeeded in enlisting only G35
men. while those at Sam Houston have
obtained but $40 men. Orders will
therefore be issued directing that
northern and western men be drafted
into these regiments until their entire
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ment has not obtained a more satisfac-
tory reason for the unwillingness of
southerners to enter the army than
the sentiment which appears to exist
against continuing the struggle to
suppress the rebellion.
There is reason to believe that Ma
ior General Miles is in favor of in
creasing the cavalry force in the Phil
ippines to 10000 men and the depart
ment is considering the advisability of
sending more cavalry to Manila. Gen.
Otis has reported that he is obtaining
a number of men for the volunteer
cavalry regiment he is organizing at
Manila, but the department is making
arrangements to ship cavalry recruits
along with the recruits for the two in
taAieAy Regiments oeiclui OliS mas or
ganiZed, SO that he will have an ample
number of men to fill up the several
organizations.
General Miles is anxious that the
new regiments shall be especially eff
cient with small arms and an order
was sen to the commander of each
regiment, directing hat target prac-
tice be the chief feature of the i%nstruc-
ton given the soldiers.