Show SOLDIERS COiIINQ nOME Volunteers Will Be Mustered Out hi Practically Practi-cally the Same Order as They Arrived L i J I I P Ar-rived in the Philippinesr I I ItfhirlySeventh infantryWill V Be the F4rst to Sail and Will Embark on New Years BayThe Eleventh Cavalry Follows Sailing on I January I5thTemporary Depletion of Posts Likely to t Result in Renewed Rebel Activity Manila Dee 18he announcement this afternoon of the early commencement commence-ment of transportation homeward of thevolunteers caused surprise The volunteer regiments proceed to the United States to be mustered out Jn practically the same order as they arrived In the Philippine islands They will be replaced by regulars provided by the army bill TIIIRTYSJEVJENTH COMES FIRST The Thirtyseventh volunteer regIment regI-ment which IB to begin the homeward movement by embarking on New Years day was brought from the Laguna bay district and will start on the transport Sheridan The women and sick soldiers who were to sail oii thc Sheridan Avlll leave on the Warren Saturday ELEVENTH CAVALRY SECOND The Eleventh cavalry wfilch Is to follow the Thirtyseventh volunteer regiment wi be transferied here from Camarines proince and will sail January 15th on the Meade The Thirtysixth which began ser vice the earliest In July 1SOO is in i the province of Iloilo butwill i be transported here soon RELIEVING OFFICERS The officers of the regular army holding commissions in volunteer regiments regi-ments will be retained in the Philip Philp pines and volunteer officers on special duty will bo I relieved only on the autnority or headquarters Volunteers desiring to leave the service ser-vice and remain in the Philippines will be allowed to do so Enlisted natives will bo discharged natves REBEL ACTIVITY I Is believed that the temporary depletion of many posts and the checking of operations wi result in denowed insurgent activity Gen Hughes reports that 21000 per sons In the Island of Panay have sworn allegiance to the United States FIGHT WITH INSURGENTS Lieut Herbert L Evans of the FOIt fourth volunteer infantry i with fifty men attacked pocember 12th several hundred bplomen and fifty lft insurgents armed with rifles wih ries occupy lug an Intrenched position at Tonoxl I gan Island of Cebu The Americans had three men wounded 11irlcns the enemy lost twelve Jellied and Jtled many wounded |