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Show MORE MEN F0H OTIS. FIVE REOIMBNTS OF INFANTRY ORDERED TO MANILA. When They Arrive at Mnlt. If Condition. are SatUfartnry, the Volnuteer Now There W.ll be Bent Home. Washington, Mareh 4. Tho secretary secre-tary of war has just ordered the reinforcement rein-forcement of General Otis by six regiments. regi-ments. These aro tho Sixth artillery now at San Antonio, tho Sixth Infantry Infan-try at San Antonio, Texas, and tho Sixth artillery, scattered along the Atlantic coast stations; tho Ninth infantry in-fantry at Madison barracks, Thirteenth Infantry In Now York stale, Twenty-first Twenty-first Infantry nt Plattsburg, N. Y., and tho Sixteenth Infantry at IVrt Crook and neighboring posts in the tnlddlo west. These regiments havo been ordered to mako ready to proceed to San Francisco Fran-cisco and thenco to Manila. In answer to direct questions as to whether or not these regular troops arc intended to relievo a corresponding number of volunteer soldiers at Manila, it was said at tho war department that while this probably would be the case, It was not possible to mako a posltlva statement. This means that If when tho reinforcements arrivo at Manila, the conditions aro satisfactory, the volunteers will bo brought honic; but if General Otis shall have need for all of tho combined force, then they must wait The reinforcement' tro mado up of troops who aro not July regulars In the full scpso of tho term, but who havo been through tho Cuban or Porto Rlcan campaigns. They know what It is to bo under fire, how to hunt Indians In-dians and also how to fight in tropical jungles. With them replacing tho same number num-ber of volunteers, General Otis will havo a majority of regulars In his command, com-mand, something the war department has earnestly desired to bring about at tho earliest possible moment. Tho position of the American commander at Manila also will be safeguarded against the ollect of n sudden and forced dlschargo of volunteers by tho ratification of tho pence treaty. |