The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-08
hAY Be SENF TO CHINA
Orders for the Transfer of Troops
IRON the United States.
UavaIry nnd Infantry Snid to BE
Destined for Service in the Philip
pines - Admitted. However, That
They Arc to Go First to NnEasnii,
japan The Commands selected.

The decision reached Friday night by
Secretary Rcot not to withdraw any troops
from the Philippines for service in China
was adhered to yesterday, when a! order
was issued transferring over 5000 troops
from the United States to the Philippines.
There is no indication in the order that
any of these troops are to go to China,
but il is admitted that all of them will
first go to Nagasaki. Japan. from which
place they can be sent to Taku if they are
needed This action of the War Depart
ment makes between 6.000 and 1000 troops
Immediately available for service in China
and over two-thirds of this force will
reach Nagasaki before the end of Sep
tember
The troops ordered consist of 4.20S in
fantry and 2.0?6 cavalry. y statement pre-
pared for the information of the Secre-
tary of War says:
"The five squadrons of cavalry, by rea-
son of mobility of cavalry, are equal 10
nearly five regiments of infantry, at least
10 ten battalions of infantry, or equal to
5.l20 infantry troops. which, added to the
4.2OS infantry makes the effective con-
templated force equal to 1928 infantry
troops.
should this entire force of infantry and
cavalry be sent to China and added to
the Ninth Infantry, consisting OF l,3e0
men. and the Sixth Cavalry, consisting
of 500 men, it will make the entire Ameri-
can force in China aggregate about s.oVo
troops exclusive of the marines. Based
on the estimated mobility of the cavalry
this force would be equal in effectiveness
sy,fa Mt
In selecting these troops from the United
States the Secretary OF War. together with
Lieutenant General Miles and Ad1utant
General Corbin, have not only preserved
the Philippine force intact. but they nave
rarried out the home battalion system IN
Dugurated a year ago of keeping at home
D battalion of each regiment in foreign
service. The only deviation from this rule
SIS the ordering of the home battalion OF
the Third Cavalry to the Philippines, the
pther two battaiions being already in the
islands 1t is the intention of the Secre-
tary of War. however, to order home one
of the battalions of the Third Cavalry as
soon as the home battalion reaches Ma
nila. The order promulgated yesterday
met with the approval of Lieutenant Cen
eral Miles and General Corbin and was
then presented to Secretary Root for his
signature. The troops ordered to the East
are as follows:
Headquarters, band, and two battalions
of the Fifteenth Infantry, to be selected
by the department commander from the
Department of the East; Company E. Bat
TALON of Engineers. from the Military
Academy. West Point. n. Y: headquarters.
band and two battalions of the Second In
fantry; headquarters and bagd and two
battalions of the Fifth Infantry; headquar-
ters. band. and two battalions of the
fxvhs I,,ro ~
First Cavalry. from the Department OF
Missouri; Troops and L. First Cavalry.
from the Department of theNColorado;
Troops ID. l. and NJ. First Cavalry. from
the Department of Dakota: band and
Troops B. G. H. and l, Third Cavalry. from
the Department Of the East: headquarters.
band. and First and Second Squadrons.
Ninth Cavalry; Troops A, B. C. ID. E. F,
G. and H. from the Department of Colo
RADIO.
With reference to the Second Fifth, and
Eighth Infantry the headquarters and two
battalions of each OF these regiments are
ordered home from Cuba to take station in
the United States as follows: Secoad In
fantry TO Fort Thomas. Ky; Fifth Infan-
try TO Fort Sheridan. Ill, ard the Z ghth
Infantry to Fort Smelling, Mnn. The work
of recruiting two battalions to their full
strength will then proceed and the de-
partment commander in which the reg-
ments are located will select two battal-
ions from the regiment for service in the
Philippines. and one battalion to remain
in the United States as the home bat
talon.
Quartermaster General Ludington and
Col. Charles Bird have made careful plans
for the transportation of these regiments
to the Philippines. They calculate that
transports are available for the transpor-
tation of over 1900, SO that they viii
reach Nagasaki before the end OF Septem- |
ber The following schedule of transports
has been prepared for the consideration Of
the Secretary of War:
Transport Sumner. sails July IS from San
Francisco with about 500 men, consisting of |
part OF the Fifteenth Infantry and re-
cruits. Transport Hancock, sails from San |
Francisco August !. capacity 50 officers |