The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-31
UNCLE SANS
NEW ARMY
Orders Received
at Honolulu
Post.
SCHEME OF
REORGANIZATION
The Artillery Will Be Brought at
Once to the Full Contem-
plated Strength.

/ The Honolulu garrison of Coast Artii-
lery has received the text of the follow
| ing general order, issued from the War
Department which provides an establish
ment for the first time capable of being
rapidly expanded in time of emergency
to a force able fully to protect American
interests The limits fixed by the Presi-
dent closely conform to the announcement
OF April q. when it was decided not TO
take full advantage of the law allowing
the maintenance at present of the 100. eGg
maximum, but to MI the -.rullery at
once instead Of postponing its completIonI
for five years.
The organization ordered will not ba
perfected before next fall on account of
the difficulty of securing artiIlerymen,
VINO are necessarily soldiers of superior
qualifications, but at the present rate of
recruiting the other arms of the service
may be filed in about six weeks. 1t is
explained that discharges are almost as
numerous now as enlistments on account
of the facts that the terms of recruits
received three years ago at the outbreak
of the war with Spain are expiring
The order is as follows:
Headquarters of the Army,
Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington, May 10, 1901,
General Orders No. SC.
By direction of the Secretary of War,
the following order from the War De
partment is published to the Army for
the information and guidance of all con
cerne6:
War Department,
Washington, May s, 1901.
BY direction of the President. the or
ganization of the enlisted strength of the
Army under the Act of Congress ap-
proved February 2, 1901, entitled AN Act.
to Increase the Efficiency of the Perma-
nent Military Establishment of the Unit
ed States is established as follows:
CAVALRY
Twelve troops of IS enlisted men each,
loo; regimentaI and squadron non-coIn-
missioned staff, 8; regimental band %
Total number of enlisted men in regi--
ment, 1056. Number of regiments 10.
Total number of enlisted men in cavalry
Is $40
Each troop of cavalry will consist of 1
first sergeant, 1 quartermasteE sergeant,
Is sergeants. corporals, 2 cooks, black
smiths and farriers, L saddler, l wagon
er, trumpeters, 81 privates total, So.
Each cavalry band will consist of chief
musician, 1 chief trumpeter, l principal
musician, 1 drum major, sergeants,
corporaJs, 1 cook, II privates; total, IS.
ARTILLERY CORPS.
Sergeants major, senior grade, 81; ser
geants major, junior grade, q. Ten bands
organized as provided for cavalry. of Is
men each, $50. Total non-commissioned
staff and bands, 32S.
Coast artillery, 126 companies, of 100
enlisted men each, 13.734.
| Field artillery, so batteries CT 100 en-
listed men each, 1850.
Total nunnber. of enlisted men in arti1-
lery corps, 1852.
Each company of coast artillery will
consist of / first sergeant l quartermas-
! ter sergeant, sergeants. u corporals, .
cooks, 2 mechanics, musicians. 81 priz
Yates; total, 109. a
| Each battery of field artillery will con-
sist Of first sergeant, l quartermaster
sergeant, l stable sergeant, sergeants,
! Il corporaIs, ? cooks, artificers, 9 must
clans. Isl privates; total, 100.
| INFANTRY
| Twelve companies of 104 enlisted men
each, 1,24S; regimental and battalion nom
commissioned staff. S: regimental band,
| Is; total number of enlisted men in regi-
ment, 1854 Number OF regiments, 80
Total number OF enlisted men in infan-
| try, $500.
Each infantry company will consist
| of first sergeant 1 quartermaster SER
geant, 6 sergeants. 10 corperals 2 cooks,
artifcer, musicians. 81 privates; to-
tai, 1e4.
Each infantry band will consist Of /
chief musician, l principal musician,
drum major, sergeants. corporals, l
cook, IL privates; total. q.
ENGINEERS.
Four companies of 104 enlisted men
each. 416; battalion on-commissioned
staff, 2; total number of enlisted men in
battalion, AIS Number of battalions, 8.
Total, 1,254 Engineer band torganized as
provided for infantry, g. Total number
of men enlisted in engineers, 1.2s2.
Each engineer company win consist of
first sergeant, l quartermaster sergeant,
s sergeants, 10 corporals, cooks, mu-
sicians, 40 first-class privates, 40 second
class privates; total. 104.
Total enlisted in line of the Army.
"A. 5o4
STAFF DEPARTMENTS, ETC.
| United States Military Academy. 2SS;
Signal Corps, go; ordnance department,
700: post commfssary sergeants. 30; post
quartermaster sergeants. $50; electrician
sergeants. 100; Indian scouts, rs; recruit
/ ing parties and recruits. 500. Total staff.
etc, 2,7Ss
| Total Army, T7,2ST.
| AS rapidly as the increase of the en-
| listed force of the artillery makes the
appointment of officers under the Act of
February .. 1902. possible, fourteen addi-
tionaI batteries OF field artillery and thir
ty-two additional companies Of coast ar
tillery viii be organized, under the direc-
ton of the division and department COM
manders, in the manner prescribed by
General Orders No Is. Adjutant Gener-
| ais office. February q, 1901, by making
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