Show MORE MEN FOR FOH OTIS FIVE REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY ORDERED TO MANILA when vi lien they arrive at manila it if conditions condition are r satisfactory the I 1 olun volunteers now there IV 11 lie be sent seat home washington march 4 the secretary of war has just ordered the natt of general otla otis by six regi menta these lire are the sixth arli ULry now moi at san antonio the sixth infantry at san antonio and the sixth sini artillery Beatt scattered ered along the atlantic coast stations the ninth infantry fau try bt at madison barracks thirteenth infantry in new mcw I 1 ork state twenty first lit at plattsburg Platts burg N Y and tho the infantry at I 1 lorac ort crook and neighboring posts in tile the middle west these regiments have been ordered to make ready to prowled to han san I 1 ran blaco and thence to manila tn la answer to direct questions as to whether or not these regular troops aro are intended to a corresponding num berot berof volunteer baldier g at manila it was said bald at the war dt pat ament that while tills this probably would be the case it was not nob possible to make a positive statement rills dils irleand that if N when lien the rein reinforcements for cements arrive at manila the conditions nie file satisfactory the will bo be bi ought homo home but if general otis his have need for all of the hie combined force then they must wait ilie 1 he rein foi csulen cements ts aio aie made tip of troops who are not only regulars regu lais in the full sense of the term but who have been through the cuban or porto rican campaigns ahey know what it is to bo be under ire fire how to hunt indians and also liow how to ight fight in tropical singh m with them replacing the same number of volunteers IL nerol otis will have a majority of regulars ngu larfa I 1 in a his command sonn thang the war department haa has earnestly desired to bring about at tile the earliest possible moment iha 1118 position of tie 1 Am amu cilLan lean commander at man manila la a also also wilt will be safeguarded 11 fe carded 11 I 1 the effit effi t of a sudden and ford of by the ratification of tile peace treaty |