Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1900-01-10

RECENTLY IN ACTIVE SERVICE
IN THE WAR AGAINST SPAIN.
Washington. Jan. 9.-The War De-
partment has issued luminous and in
structive exhibit OF the strength OF the
volunteer forces called in the United
States service during the late war with
Spain and in the Philippines, with the
losses they suffered from all causes. II
was prepared under direction OF the adj
jutant general, In whose bureau there
Is division which deals exclusively
with the records relating 70 the mus
tering of troops, returns OF strength,
losses in battle and from disease, and
all analogous details. This division Is
is charge Of an expert who has long
been an authority on all such statistics
as well as concerning the commission
ed personnel OF the army.
For more than thirty years this clerl-
cal division he's been struggling with
the heterogeneous and unsatisfactory
records of theicivil war in the hercu-
lean efforts to bring order out of chaos,
and with measurable success. Prac-
tice, therefore, had thoroughly quail
fed IL for the similar work which must
necessarily follow the Spanish war and
all other wars in which volunteers par
ticipated. In the very outset. as the
outgrowth of the divisions experience
with the civil wars wreck of records.
preparation was made for this job by
not only improvising improved sets OF
blanks for certain kinds OF returns al
most wholly neglected during the war
OF the rebellion, but by insisting upon
the fling of proper and complete re-
turnstuhder the various heads by the
commanding officers. Then, upon
their receipt from the field they were
arranged with care and precision for
their preservation, and to be available
for reference at a moments notice. In
these requirements the division Of re-
turns was insistently and effectively
supported by the adjutant general, and
the result Of its wise provision is sci
out in this exhibit. II is satisfactory
because it is obviously accurate and
complete, and particularly because Of
its comprehensiveness. which is dis.
closed by its various headings. These
figures are final
VALUABLE STATISTICS.
1t shows the number of regiment.
and commands furnished by each STAT,
and territory: the date and place al
muster in and Of muster out. th,
total number accounted for on the mus
ter out roll. and losses while in service
grouped under the following headings
Promoted or transferred, resigned o
discharged dismissed, killed in action
died Of wounds, died OF disease, by &C
cident. drowning suicide, murder an,
I..r uIr ola I ].
number of officers and men wounde,
in action. Under the general heading
OF memoranda the place OF service be
yond the United States is shown, to
gether with the date Of leaving home
arrival in the foreign country, the timi
of leaving it and arrival again In thu
United States These are valuable ant
useful data for various purposes, bu
particularly 10 historians and pres
chrOniclers
NUMBER OF TROOPS FURNISHED
BY EACH STATE.
FROM this exhibit 1t appears that tn
several states furnished the following
organized bodies Of troops. under tn
presidents call for volunteers Ala
bama, three infantry regiments. one O
which was negro; Arkansas. two infan
try regiments. California, six infaatr
regiments and four batteries OF artil
lery: Colora do. one infantry regimen
and one bait cry; Connecticut, two in
fantry regiments and three batteries
District of Columbia, one infantry reg
ment. Delaware. Florida. iiih3. Mainl
Montana. Now Hampshire. North an
South Dakota Oregon. Rhode lslan'
Wyoming and Vermont, one infantr
regiment each, besides which Main
sent four batteries Of artillery. Orego
two, Rhode Island. two, and Wyomin
one: Georgia, three infantry reg
ments and two batteries; illinois, nil
infantry regiments, Of which one WI
negro, one cavalry regiment and o.
battery; Indiana, five infantry res
ments, two companies of negroes M
two batteries; Iowa, four infantry reg
ments and two battalions; Kansa
four infantry regiments,
which one was negro; Kentucky, fo
infantry regiments and two compa
les OF cavalry; Louisiana, two infant
regiments and three batteries; Mar
land, two infantry regiments; Mass
chusetts, five infantry regiments a.
one regiment. of artillery; Michiga
five infantry regiments; Minneso
four infantry regiments; Mississip
three infantry regiments; Missouri, Il
infantry regiments and one batter
Nebraska. three infantry regiment
Nevada, one infantry battalion and O
troop Of cavalry; New Jersey, fc
infantry regiments; New York, fife
infantry regiments, two troops OF C,
airy and three batteries; North Ca
lima, three infantry regiments, one
which was negro; Ohio, ten infan
regiments, one being negro. one cav
ry regiment and one battalion of ar
lery; Pennsylvania, fifteen infan
regiments, three troops OF cavalry Z
three batteries. South Carolina, two
fantry regiments and one heavy
terry. Tennessee. four infantry r,
ments; Texas. four infantry and
cavalry regiments; Utah, three bat
les and one cavalry troop; Virgil
four infantry regiments, one Of WI
was negro; Washington. one regim
knd one battalion OF infantry; v
Virginia, two infantry regiments; Y
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