Show I 1 FIGHT ON ISLAND OP bollmen Bo lomen set upon the california regiment as it was preparing aj to depart easily driven off though one american was killed and wounded another IL war department has the enlargement of the army well under way and will furnish otis with the necessary number of troops manila july 3 p m reports have been received here ot an outbreak in the island of negros incident upon the departure of the california regiment tor home some hostile natives seeing a company of soldiers at one ot the small posts preparing to depart thought the americana were evacuating the island and a party of rebels mostly bollmen Bo lomen attacked the coops and killed on man and wounded knotner belonging to company E the were easily driven off the sherman will brine the cali araia troops to manila before starting tor san francisco the transport arant will soon embark the colorado egl meni washington july 3 the war de has nearly perfected the de ills ot the project lor the enlistment t volunteers under me terms or the ct 01 the last congress there is to be nothing in the nature ot a call but ais heretofore stated the soldiers will IDO obtained in the regular method ot ret forts ot recruiting fincers stationed in the various large cities to this end the department has already sent these lull instructions tor otheir suld ance tor enlistments and everything is now in shape to begin recruiting at the word washington it was stated by the adjutant general today that the department contemplates raising nine regiments in all and instructions td the recruiting are based on this figure each regiment will have a strength ot 1326 men making a total ot men this will be al twice the number ot men which len oils reports will be necessary to ive him the force 0 effectives velch he requires the recruiting or the regular army has brought that establishment up to within ot its maximum strength fhe force that will be at gen als dosal when the new troops now in this antry reach aim at the beginning ot he fall campaign may be summarized is follows seventeen regiments ot regular infantry men three new volunteer regiments tour batteries third artillery ten batteries of the sixth 1230 the fourth cavalry 1230 an engineer battalion signal corps total KILLED AND WOUNDED washington july 3 the war de lart ment has received the following casualties from gen oils fourth cavalry KILLED at june 6 company C william nolan seventeenth infantry near san fer fanlo company E john mc luner WOUNDED twelfth infantry company E wm H dingey elbow slight company P A C wise wrist slight company K edward brown nates moderate manila july 2 the transport han cock which left yesterday with the first nebraska infantry and batteries A and B of the utah light artillery and the transport senator which carries t the pennsylvania troops will remain H several days at nagasaki and toko ill hama japan washington july 2 tho nebraska pennsylvania and utah which ibave been on duty in the philippines lave started on their homeward jour aey the following dispatch from gen on the subject was received by the war department today manila july 2 transports hanock and senator with nebraska pennsylvania enn and utah troops left for at lan nebraska t a officers enlisted men pennsyl ania 34 officers enlisted men i etab enlisted men r nebraska left in manila one sick arl IF gouterman Lou terman company 11 30 als s iha reed pennsylvania seven als gl barged utah 29 discharged washington july 3 A statement waa today given out by the adjutant Gea eraVa office based on cable advises advices from gen regarding the number of troops required to fill vacancies in ho regular regiments now in the philippines ip the transports available for the return of volunteers and the of troops to the philippines and to abo estimated time it will take to complete the work ot enlistment according tri gen figurea men are required to fill up the regular regiments and there are now volunteers to be returned to the united states the quartermasters department reports arc now at manila ran having a capacity ot boffl accra and enlisted men there are now on the sea en route for manila tour transports with a capacity of officers and enlisted men at francisco are two transports which will aall this month with a capacity of 55 officers and 2300 enlisted men six transports are en route to san francisco with a capacity of officers and enlisted men the department part ment confidently believes that the last of the volunteers will leave manila not later than september there are now at sea en route to gen recruits and are awaiting at san francisco thia leaves only 1274 men to fill gen otis estimate and the department thinks they will be secured by the close of this week |