Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-04-07 | Page 1 | New Cavalry Regiments

NEW CAVALRY REGIMENTS I War Bureau Has Directed Organization Organiza-tion of Five 1 Washington April SrAn i order warP war-P Issued by the War dcparinient today directing that the five new lyunf cavalry rog I mcntK except the J < lfUonth cavalry iindei l orders to the Philippine may be organized on a basis 1 of eighty mi mcn per troop Under the lab piuvisluns of the army reorganization act reorSllllon troopa of cavalry may uon < ljr Cf from SXv ne to 10 men The War department 1 after a full consideration of the sub ject IKIH concluded that a strength of eighty men per troop will mefrt nil military requirements No change HISM Ixjon made In the organization oI r the regiments In the Phlllppjnea and rnr ht l contemplated for the present Tho Fifteenth cavalry which Is one or the nrw regiments ordered to the Philip pines will have the maximum strength of 100 men per troop t The other new 4 cavaLry regiments will he stationed In come the United SLate for many months to