The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-05
WILL REPLACE VOLUNTEERS.
REGULAR TROOPS TO BE SENT TO
THE PHILIPPINES.

Volunteer Army Will Have to De
Mustered Out by June 30, 1901.
This Is a Tremendous Task Be
fore the War Department-obIecf
in View Is to Send Enough ReGu-
lars to Leave Macarthur n Force
of 10000 Men.
Washington, June Ain order to pre-
vent misrepresentation as to the future
policy of the war department respecting
the military forces in the Philippines,
Adjt. Gen. Corbin made a brief statement
of the facts in the case to-day. He said
there had been no change of policy since
the departure of Gen. Otis and chat none
was contemplated.
Under the law the entire volunteer
army now serving in the Philippines will
go out of existence June 30, 1901, and the
problem before the war department is
how to get the 81 600 men of that army
home from the Philippines before the date
named, at the same time relieving them
with other troops of the regular estab-
lishment so far as possible, without loss
of military prestige in the Philippines and
ent military organization.
Gen. Corbin says it is proposed to main
tain an army of 10000 regulars in the
Philippines so long as required and to do
this it will be necessary to draw upon
the troops now in Cuba. The army in the
Philippines at present numbers about g.
900 men equally divided between regulars
xy1lt,
to be brought home and mustered out at
the place of enlistment, June 80 of next
year, and in order to accomplish this with
certainty and with the least embarrass-
ment, the homeward movement wild be-
gin early in the coming November.
As was the case with the volunteers for
the Spanish war they will be brought
home so far as possible in the order of
their departure from the United States.
To do this will tax the transport service
to its utmost and a good margin of time
will be allowed so as to guard against
any possible disarrangement of plans by
unforeseen and unavoidable delays. The
plan is 20 have all the men at their homes
and their accounts with the government
closed on the last day of their term of
proportions and will tax the powers of
the entire military establishment to the
utmost from now until 1t is fully accom-
plished.
VIII Send Regulars There.
In order that there may be no imme-
diate reduction of the force under Gen.
Macarthur il has been arranged to send
regular troops 10 the Philippines as rap
idly as possible to take the places of the
departing volunteers. Orders have been
issued for the assembling of the Sixth
Cavalry al San Francisco for Transports
ton to Manila. One detachment of that
regiment will leave about the 18th instant,
and another about the FIRST of July. 1t is
believed that many of the troops in Cuba
can be relieved from duty in that country
soon after the elections there, which take
place on the 18th instant In case the con-
ditions justify it these troops will be
brought home and assigned to home sta
tons in order that these garrisons may
be utilized in recruiting the army in TIE
Philippines.
Gen. Corbin says 1t is incorrect to state
that time of the volunteer army is to be
extended or that reinforcements are to be
sent to the Philippines, the fact being sim
ply that the volunteers are to be brought
home for disarmament and enough regu-
lars sent there to take their places to give
Gen. Macarthur 1000 men to assist in
maintaining the supremacy of the United
States and to carry out the plans for civil
government determined upon by the Taft
Commission