Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 1 | To Do Garrison Duty

ToEio HARRISON t DUTY Work For the Recruits to Be Sent In September t I COLONEL KENNON TO GO I LITTLE DOUBT THAT S REGI MN WILL BE ETRST I War Department Thinks Garrison Dut37 Will Give Me Chance to Be com Acclimated For Active Cam pag WorkWi Have Plenty of Chance to Do ightng Special to The Herd I WashIngton Aug 2Colonel Ken non has mad n report to the adjutant general in whIch he speaks of the condition con-dition or his regIment as excellent and is fully prepared leave for the Pe sidle There seemsto h no doubt that this regiment will be the frt of the new volunteer organizations to reach San Francisco I Is stated on good authority that the war department has suggested to General Otis that the recruits to be sent to Manila in September be first assigned to the duty of garrisoning grisoning such places as may be taken by the army In the campaign Colonel Ken I nons regiment would come in this category cate-gory and it therefore seem unlikely that the men will see any service on the firing line for some months to come The Idea of the department in making I this suggestion appears to be that garrison gar-rison duty will Siva the new regiment an opportunity to perfect their drill and also to become somewhat acclmat ed before undertaking the active work of campaigning This does not mean however that the troops will have no opportunity to do any fighting for the experience of the American forces in the Philippines has shown that the natives na-tives have not hesitated to attack towns garrisoned by American troops and have fought some lively engagements engage-ments The departments present pro gramme Involves the active employment ment of the entire military force as soon as it can beadantageousl used in a literal roundup The mountain boys will no doubt see plenty of service before they leave the Plujlippines even if they are not ordered or-dered to the front at once