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Show REGULARS ORDERED OUT. rio Itrslim nt. Notified to Frepare to Start For Mnotla. Washington, Dee. 17. Orders havo been Issued for tho Immcdlnto prcpara-tlon prcpara-tlon of tho following named regiments of regular Infnntry for eervlco in tho Philippines: Twelfth nt Jefferson barracks; bar-racks; Twenty-second nt Fort Crook, Nebraska! Third at Fort Snolllng, Minn.; Seventeenth nt Columbus bnr-racks, bnr-racks, Ohio, and Fourth nt Fort Sheridan, Sheri-dan, 111. In each case tho order states that tho dato for embarkation and point of snlllng havo not yet been decided de-cided upon, nnd depend upon tho transportation fncllltlcs which may become available. "It Is Impossible," tho order reads, "to state the duration of the tour of servlco of this character at this tlmo, but preparations should bo mado with a view to nt least two or threo years' servlco before returning to tho United States. "It is not the intention of the department de-partment to send any wagon transportation." |