Show BOYS ST4AT MANilA t Forty Thous Volunteers tQ Be I ltlustered Out BUT UT AH lEN ARE NEEDl3h = CANNOT LEkVE PflIriPPiES UNTIL PLACED i Force at IYranila Will Be Reduced When Gene41 Otis Reports That the Tslands Are Qriietli any fn tended For Cuban Service Will Ba Sent1Iome rt Washington Ny 8he war de piiitment in vie of the assurances thati peace trety will be signed is arrangihg to muthr out mord troops I t + + + + + + + + + 0 + + + + + + + + + + 1 0 m It isprobable that from 30000 to 40000 olunteerswill be mustered out as soon as selections of regiments can be made There has been quite a demand for the return of volunteers from ManIla but no troops will be brought from the Philippines unless they are replaced by others Many of the volunteer regiments regi-ments in Manila have asked through the governors and congressmen of teir states to be returned ItO the United States but the war department has not been able to make any definite promises prom-ises pending the peace negotiations With the acceptance of the American terms by the Spanish commissioners any further possibilities of renewal of hostilities with Spain are at an end and the only neoessity now for troops is to garrison the islands and preserve the peace of our own possessions It is probable that the 30000 or 40000 men mustered out will include a large number num-ber organized for service in Cuba and the force at Manila will be reduced whenever General Otis reports affairs in a quiet state in the Philippines |