The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-25
MOVING TROOPS FROM MANILA.
QUITE INTERESTING DISPATCH
FEoE GENERAL MACARTHUR
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distractions Of the Secretary Of Wa
Of July General Macarthur cable.
the adiutant-general the following. IN
! der date Of July 3. 1910 p. m:
Daggettls Regiment lFourteentl
United States Infantry and Reilly.
Battery tFifth Artillery Ein leave OF
the 18th for Taku on the transports
Indiana. FIintShire and wyefeld. The
Taylor is in Samar. not available. For
the other infantry regiment for Chi
nese service recommend first one leay-
ing the States. Manila can be nicely
cared for until arrival Of new troops
without drawing on Mcpherson, Bull
lard ami Sargent, which is now imprae-
tieable. - In addition to one
months subsistence supplies with
troops, l send with Daggett TO estab-
fish depot for three months subsis-
tenee for $500 men. The regiments
have 500 rounds of ammunition per
man and the Crozier carries one mil
lion reserve and such miscellaneous
ordnance supplies as can be spared
from here. With view TO a medical
supply depot, stores for three months
for 5000 men go with Daggett; there
will be eight medical officers in China
from the Philippines. / send three
months forage for $50 animals and
partial supply of winter clothing for
Ninth Infantry. Shall keep Indiana
and Flintshire in China waters for To-
cal service therein. VIII order all
transportation home to expedite the
transfer of troops here.
THE foregoing arrangements are
easily changed if the department so
wishes and cables quickly. Seven COM
panies of Hardin's Regiment and Tay-
lor's Battery have been sent to Samar,
replacing Hughes troops therein,
which have been concentrated in Leyte.
Request authority to per-
manently transfer Samar to the De-
partmont of Southern Luzon.
MACARTHUR"
The publication of MacArthur's ca
bic is the first official admission of the
purpose of the administration to with
draw additional troops from the Phil
ippines for the purpose of aiding in the
suppression of the rebellious conditions
of China Outside of the sailors and
marines of Admiral Kempff's fleet the
only United States forces now in China
are the 1850 officers and men of the
Ninth Infantry, which, according to
press dispatches, arrived at Taku from
Manila last Saturday.
The additional troops ordered to the
scene from Manila, according to Cen
eral MacArthur's dispatches, will add |
q little over 1000 to that force. The re-
consist of two battalions
OF four companies each of the Four |
tenth Infantry, amounting to about
900 men, and Captain Reilly's battery |
OF the Fifth Artillery, numbering 1SS
men with six guns. The Third Battal- |
ion of the Fourteenth Infantry is now |
in the United States, posted at Fort |
Brady and Fort Wayne.
The Philippine reinforcements
should arrive at Taku by the goth inst. |
The transports used for this movement !
are large freight boats, and while
somewhat slow are well adapted for |
the purpose. They will carry supplies
and stores OF all kinds sufficient for an |
army of 5000 men for three months.
A depot of supplies will be estab-
lished at Taku and will be provided
with everything necessary for the |
of the troops in active
field service, including well-stored |
medical supply department.
General MacArthur,s dispatch is in
terpreted TO mean that no more troops |
of his command can be withdrawn from |
his force without detriment to affairs
in the Philippines. 1t also shows that |
he was unable to send as many troops |
to China as the War Department de-
sired This is shown by his statement |
that Taylor's battery of the Fourth Ar
ullery in Samar was not available for |
service in China and by the further |
statement that it is impracticable to
draw upon the Thirty-eighth, Thirty |
ninth and Twenty-ninth Volunteers, |
respectively by Colonies
Anderson, Billiard and Sargent. In re-
Spouse 10 his request he was urged by |
the Secretary of War to transfer the |
troops in Samar to the Department of |