Drader for Troops Recruiting Ten New Volunteer Regiments
President announces recruitment drive starting next week for ten new volunteer regiments. He names seven colonels and confirms appointments of high majors to lead the effort.
07 Jul 1899
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1899
Page
1
President announces recruitment drive starting next week for ten new volunteer regiments. He names seven colonels and confirms appointments of high majors to lead the effort.
The July 6 1899 notice outlines enlistment of ten new infantry regiments to serve in the Philippines with stations nationwide. It lists colonels and majors appointed to command and organize regiments numbered from Twenty-sixth to Thirty-fifth. Officers travel to regimental rendezvous for training.
The commanding general of the department will receive reports from regimental commanders by telegraph on arrival at their rendezvous. Ten infantry regiments will be organized with locations at Plattsburg Barracks New York Camp Meade Pennsylvania Ft McPherson Georgia Ft Sherman Illinois Ft Thomas Kentucky Ft Leavenworth Kansas Ft Sam Houston Texas Ft Logan Colorado Vancouver Barracks Washington with Secretary of War R A Alger.
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler was ordered to report to General Otis at Manila for service in the Philippine Islands.
Special Dispatch reports General Wheeler stating the Administration is hurrying troops to Manila to replace volunteers whose terms have expired. He offers to serve in a subordinate role under the current officers and urges bipartisan support to restore peace and order in new possessions.
Rioting continued in Barcelona last night with shops pelted by stones and rioters firing on gendarmes who answered with gunfire. Three gendarmes and many rioters were wounded. eighteen arrests were reported. Martial law expected to be declared today.
An explosion wrecked a frame building housing T. M. Weirs druggist and the Whitehead Laundry in Indianapolis. Six injured, two possibly fatally. cause believed gas buildup. Boy Frank Lawler burned after entering cellar with a lighted candle. Mrs. Alice Ford crushed. others named Hattie Ryan Clifford Walters Edward Stickelman Lottie Averly. Loss around 8000 dollars.
Firemen and Chicago police kept 800 workers calm as a six story Illinois Can Company building caught fire on the third floor. Three hundred escaped down ladders through smoke while others crowded windows awaiting rescue. A powerful blast followed, walls held, loss pegged at 150000 with 125000 insured.
Maud Grayson, a Springfield burglar, died in the state prison hospital shortly after a pardon was issued. Dying of consumption, he was brought home on a hospital stretcher with the pardon papers in hand, but did not leave the prison before his death. He had been admitted last February for burglary and larceny and was to serve a year.
A Sofia report claimed a revolution began there with mobs in the streets and troops joining. It said Prince Ferdinand fled and telegraph wires were cut. Belgrade dispatches today report no confirmation and Bulgarian officials dismiss the Belgrade claims.
An afternoon quake was reported in San Francisco with vibrations felt across many parts of the state. No damage was reported. The tremor appeared to move from east to west.
Secretary of State Hay orders investigation into A. P. Richards claim of mistreatment in Guatemala. Secretary Alger emphasizes physical qualifications over education for ten new regiments to the Philippines. Speaker Loudenslager rebuts delays to gold standard in currency bill and urges immediate enactment. A Washington Bar Association push seeks a resident DC judge appointment.
Richmond Indiana July 6 Coroner Watts investigates Sylvester Patridge death after autopsy shows heart paralysis. Patridge died while under treatment by Lydia W Hazlitt a metaphysical healer who claimed no illness. Coroner notes proper medical care might have prevented death and health authorities consider action.
In Belgrade Servia on July 6 former King Milan father of King Alexander narrowly escaped four shots fired by a would be assassin who was captured. A bullet grazed Milan and Adjutant Lukitch was wounded in the hand. Milan rode in an open carriage on Michael street. later King Alexander toured the same street to an enthusiastic reception.
Frankfort Ky July 6 movement to withdraw Stone and Pratt and substitute John W Yerkes against Attorney General Taylor nears collapse Taylor supporters claim Taylor will be the only name before the Lexington convention Washington influence expected for Yerkes failed Internal Revenue Commissioner Wilson stayed out to avoid national political entanglement Stone and Pratt backers vow to fight while Taylor gears to organize the convention Contested delegates and primaries shape the outcome 262 delegates elected in 23 counties anticipate Taylor reaching about 1200 votes Goebel joint debates with the Republican nominee possible and Taylor hints at limited debates with the Democratic nominee
The transport McClellan reached New York from Santiago and is under quarantine after three passengers display yellow fever symptoms. Miss Clendenin, daughter of the late surgeon in charge at Santiago, is among the ill, with two other identified cases including Miss L C Clendenin and Mr Lackey. Disinfection and five days’ detention follow, with transfers to Swinburne Island Hospital for care.
Two yellow fever cases are reported in Havana on July 6. An old Spanish woman in Cuba for two years has a mild case. an American shows doubtful symptoms but is suspected to have yellow fever. Surgeon Major Davis sees little spread risk. troop health is notably good.
Editor Charles C. Moore of the Bluegrass Blade returns from Columbus penitentiary to Lexington July 6. A brass band and friends greet him at the depot and escort him to the Phenix Hotel for a banquet. Warden Coffin and Dr. Wilson expected, with Mrs. Josephine K. Henry and other speakers at the reception.
War Department reports Lieutenant Mc Laughlin of the Volunteer Signal Corps died at Santiago de Cuba from yellow fever. The officer succumbed amid duty in the Cuban theater.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports Governor Roosevelt sent a 25 dollar check to the Dewey fund, confirming support from New York.
The President approved the court martial sentence and ordered Captain John M. Neall of the Fourth Cavalry dismissed from military service. Convicted of violations tied to the mess fund and financial matters, he was at the Presidio in San Francisco when suspended.
London July 6 Mrs May Wright Sewall president of the United States Council of the Woman's International Congress has been chosen to succeed the Countess of Aberdeen as president of the congress whose next meeting will be held in Berlin.
The revised proposal to establish a permanent Court of Arbitration contains fifty six articles. Clause 23 allows each signatory power to designate within three months up to four competent arbitrators ready to serve. The bureau keeps a nominations list and reports changes to signatories. Members serve six years and may be re nominated, with vacancies filled by the same nomination process.
American prisoners held by the insurgents have been moved to Vigan in Ilocos Sur. The Spanish garrison of Baler, which surrendered after a siege, was with the commissioners who could not secure a general release. The captured captain’s attempted surrender led to his death by his own sword and the soldiers faced starvation before surrender.
Eleven year old daughter of E F Crawford a farmer near Grant Ohio was thrown from a horse in a hayfield when the horse bolted. Her foot became caught in the harness and she was dragged. A physician diagnosed a fatal concussion.
Dr Lambert Lack of London reportedly makes a breakthrough in cancer research. The article notes a creative discovery that could influence future treatments and mentions institutional support. Further details and verification are pending peer review.
The London Pathological Society declares cancer no longer a mystery and credits Dr Lambert Lack with a breakthrough that identifies injury to the basement membrane as the cancer’s origin. Lack believes a serum cure may follow, after experiments producing cancer in animals and presenting findings to the society.
John P F Brushart a leading Portsmouth capitalist and business man was found dead at a private outing camp seven miles from the city. He had a bullet wound to the brain and indications point to suicide. Brushart had been in poor health and went to the camp for recuperation.
Becker a Stockyards butcher was found guilty of murdering his first wife. The jury fixed death as punishment after a brief deliberation. He confessed to killing in a rage and dismembering the body by boiling pieces. He initially claimed his father-in-law committed the murder.
Work began today on a large steel cage at the Columbus penitentiary to confine dangerous and incorrigible prisoners. The initial occupants include convicts Hurley Marlatt Atkinson and O Neill of Cleveland.
Trustees learn the estate of the late Judge Lawrence of Bellfontaine will add several bound volumes to the university library. The donor, a former Trustee, contributed his personal collection to Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware Ohio.
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