The Washington times., 1902-01-19
TROOPS ASSIGNED STATIONS.
Orders Promulgated Yesterday b,
the War Department.,

Orders assigning stations to troops both
in this country and in the Philippines
were issued late yesterday afternoon.
They read as follows:
BY direction of the Secretary of War
The following troops are designated for
| service in the division of the phiIin-
pines: Second Squadron. First Cavalry;
Second Squadron, Fifth Cavalry: First
battalion. Second Infantry; headquarters,
band. and Companies A, B. E, f. G.. /.
X, 2nd L, Seventh IrfaEtry; First Bat
talon, Eighth Infantry: headquarters.
band, and First Battalion. Tenth Infantry:
Second Battalion. Eleventh Infantry; Sec
ond Battalion, Fifteenth Infantry: Com
pany L, Twcnty-fourth Infantry Twenty
| ninth infantry.
THE Second Battalion. Fifteenth Infan-
try. and the Twenty-niDth Infantry will be
placed en- route to San Francisco, Cal.
and reported to the commanding general
department cf California for embarkation
respectively, on the transports sailing
February 16 and March /, 1902.
Orders for the movements of the other
organizations named viii be duly issued
from this Office
The troops which are directed to move
by this order will be recruited to the max
imum and fully clothed, armed, equipped
and supplied and provided with not to
exceed fifty rounds of cartridges per man
to be carried on the person. The baggage
to be transported for tie troops Will be
reduced to the lowest practicable lrlit:
lockers. table ware. post exchange fix
lures. billiard tables and similar bulky
property. libraries excepted, tcntage cx-
cept shelter tents, Will not be taken. The
soldier will not be allowed to have trunks
or boxes rs baggage: his personal ef-
fects will be limited to what he carries
in his full marching kit. and in one tele-
scope valise to be furnished by the Quar-
tcrmAs sters Department
Baggage to accompany the troops by
rail will be limited to $50 pounds per man,
any excess of this weight Will be shipped
b. freight in advance. Baggage left at
stations will be securely packed, and
listed in duplicate.
Enlisted men. exclusive of non-com-
missioned officers. who have six months or
less to serve, and who have not expressed
their intention to re-enlist, will be trans
ferred to regiments not designated in this
order for service in the Division of the
Philippines. Company commanders will
make every proper effort to induce their
men to make allotments of pay for depen-
dent relatives, as provided in paragraph
1881 of the regulations.
The Quartermasters Department will
tence Department suitable subsistence,
and the Medical Department proper medi-
cal attendance and supplies.
The Ninth Infantry Except Company
b. on duty as legation guard, Peking
China), will be relieved by the command
ing general. Division of the Philippines,
from duty in his division, and placed en-
route to the United States, next after the
departure of the regiments whose return
has been previously ordered. This regi-
ment IS ordered home out of its turn in
recognition of its arduous service in the
Chinese and Philippine campaigns.
The following regiments. which have
been ordered relieved from duty in the
Division Of the Philippines will, upon ar
rival at San Francisco. proceed to sta
tlons to be designated by department
commanders. as follows: Fourth 1nfan-
try. to the Department Of Texas; Seven I
teenth Infantry. to the Department of the
Columbia; Twentieth Infantry. TO the De-
partment of the Lakes; Twenty-second |
Infantry to the Department of the Mis-
souri,; Ninth Infantry. to the Department |
of Dakota.
department commanders will, by con-
cert of action, arrange the details of the |
herein ordered and report to |
this office by telegraph hours of de- |
partures and arrivals. a>d the strength OF |
organizations; they will also report to |
the Adjutant General of the Army the ar |
they recommend for relieving |
from duty in their respective departments |
at the earliest practicable date the |
troops herein designated for service in |
the Division of the Philippines"