Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-08-24
WASHINGTON NEWS,

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ready and waiting for him ns soon ~
lie II mustered in. The or,inanc. and
other departments arr also preparing
To meet the demands OF the Increased
army.
The official report Of III. mineral pro,
dnciion OF the United States for ths
calendar year ISIS was made puhiL.
"Wednesday hy the geological survey.
II shows that since issO III. total value.
of the mineral production OF the United
states has Increased TroIn DrDiiiD.,..D
To- S'S' '.ssJ.sE- In ls:ss. nearly - Ter
cent. TIL. normal Increase ,i-.iuc..i
from this RECORD Of nineteen years il nj
til. rat. Of <iS6D.IbD annually. hut
during III. 1--WE years sInc- is;ei III.
rate of lncnras. has hcrn nearly ST..
6S1p annually. Will" III. normal
rate of Increase may lie som.whrr..
between ti-s. two figures. III. total.
arr marked 10y great irrrsninri,i.-.
From 1891 to is;t. III. incrrnE,. was
nearly xiOp6D.OIJ and Ia I'll. follow.
Ing year I'll" incr"ns. was only n iitii.
over Si.ssISp. while from is9s 10
1891 th.r. WIS decrease. owing To
tn. business depression. Of over Siai..
ODp.SS. From iS.-i To 1897 ID. Inrr.n -.
was about SS.Dno.O1S. nirout II per
cent. while 1897 To islS the In~r., -.
was S'p'.1IoSn. TIL. lsaS total pro.
iuciion was the largest In history. .x.
crc,iinc ihnt Of is.E.. which held the
record prior Ia ISIS. by nearly S-S.tspp
on. This was due tn Grncrni Incrcass
nll aion. the line Of mineral products.
nll OF the morc Important Of thc-,'
showing large Increases aud almost "v-
cry one shown. some gain. The value.
Of all metallic products In is,ss was
Slii.EG.i:n. ~ compared with S;tI:.-
1854 In 1897. a gain Of Sii.SJI .G:.s.
All OF the metals. except nickel. made
large gains: copper. lead. zine. niuinl-
mum and nniimony reaching their max.
imum In both production and vniG-.
In; while the amount of pis Iron rrn.
duc.i In 1s.sS WIS greater ilInn In nny
other year. the value of this product
wns considerably less thnn In 1870. nr
1872. though II Increased S2i.iH.Ioi
over 1897. this hF'in: more than one
half of the inCr'nsr In the total metal
product from iS9. To iSaS.
An order has bcrn issued hy the see
rc,ary OF war directing that ten addi.
iioGnl regiments OF volunteers bc or
ranlzcd for service In the Philippine.
The regiments Will hc niImlcrSi from
ihirty.rishi 80 fnrty-s"vcn. and VIII b,'
organized NJ the following places In the
order named: jefferson Barracks. Fort
Crook. Ncbrns!sa: Fort Riley. Kansas:
Camp Meade. Pennsylvania 90: Fnri
Niagara. New York: Fort Irav"nworth.
Kansas: Fort Smelling. AMI Souti,
birmingham. Massachusetts. The
policy OF the War Department" says
secretary Root. ''is ~ .:.--::.!sh General
Otis with NIL til" troops and supplies
that he can usc and which are ncrcs-
sary to wind up the insurrcction In 'hr
Philippines In The shortest possible
time" The men already enlisted for
the Philippine service will he sent It
once and the new regiments will lie
forwarded ns fast MS they are organ
lied and needed. While there has been
some suggestion that the new rcgi-
mcnts will be used In n rcscrv" force IL
may he stated positively that these reg.
imcnts. as well ms more. II they can be
used. will be sent to reinforce General
Otis. The regiments will hc recruited
with the same care exercised In enlist
Ing the first ten regiments. The lis
tricts not thoroughly covered In rccruii-
ing for the first ten regiments will be
visited by officers Of the new OrgnEiIa-
tons The ten regiments are to he re-
cruitcd In the New England and West
rrn states. No special effort IL to I've
made to secure recruits III the Southern
states. To.day's action will add 13gD
men to the enlisted strength Of the
army and increases the total TO 93.ci1
men. The total number of volunteers
called into service Is 3O.1T0 men. being
only 1885 short of the total authorized
volunteer establishment Of $4,000. The
number called In service is regarded
ms amply sufficient and there l. no pos
sibility that the remaining i.S!g' volun-
tccrs will bc called for. The result of
the sccretary's decision will be 10 give
General Otis n fighting force of i2,i5l
men, distributed ns indicated in this
table: Regulars. 3O.i23: organizing in
Philippines. 3.SG!: ten infantry r"Gi'
mcnts, 1900: officers. i.9S:;.