No. 122. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, July 5, 1899. I--The following orders have been received from the War Department: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, July 5, 1899. By direction of the President, the following general rules are prescribed for recruiting, from the country at large, United States Volunteers, as provided for by the act of Congress approved March 2, 1899, published in General Orders, No. 36, of 1899, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, and for organizing the same into regiments: The strength of regiments, officers and enlisted men, will be as provided for by sections 4 and 12 of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1899. The regiments to be organized in the United States will be designated 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 34th, and 35th Regiments of Infantry, United States Volunteers. Of the commissioned officers to be appointed for each of these regiments the field and staff officers, including medical officers, and captains of companies, will be assembled at regimental rendezvous, as hereafter designated, for the purpose of theoretical and practical instruction in organization, military administration, drill regulations, discipline, hygiene, camp sanitation, etc. Daily instruction in the nomenclature, care and assembly of parts of the rifle, and target practice will be a special feature of instruction of both officers and men. Applicants for commissions, except officers of the Regular Army, will be required to pass a satisfactory examination as to age, moral, mental, and physical fitness, and capacity to command troops, and must have had service during the Spanish-American war. The recruiting service of the Regular Army will be charged with recruiting from the country at large men for service in these volunteer regiments, whose enlistments will be made for the period ending June 30, 1901, unless sooner discharged, and without restrictions as to citizenship or educational qualifications, but in all other respects under the same rules and regulations as are prescribed for recruiting the regular service. Except in special cases only unmarried men will be enlisted for these regiments. In view of the probable severe service of these regiments and the climatic conditions to which they may be subjected, the physical qualification of both officers and enlisted men is of first importance. Only those fully qualified will be appointed or enlisted. The lieutenants and two of the medical officers of each regiment will, as far as practicable, be assigned to duty as assistants to recruiting officers of the Regular Army. Upon arrival of recruits at the regimental rendezvous, the commanding officers of regiments will assign them to companies, and the appointment and reduction of regimental and battalion noncommissioned staff and company noncommissioned officers and other enlisted grades will be Each regiment so organized will, for purposes of discipline and supply, be subject to the orders of the commanding general of the department in which the rendezvous is located, and the regimental commander will report by telegraph to the adjutant general of the department on his arrival at the regimental rendezvous. Ten regiments of infantry, U. S. Volunteers, will be organized as follows: Twenty-sixth at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. Twenty-seventh at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania. Thirty-fifth at Vancouver Barracks, Washington. R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War. II. By direction of the Secretary of War, the following instructions will govern in recruiting and organizing the regi. ments of infantry ordered to be enlisted for the Volunteer service: Organization. Under sections 4 and 12 of the act approved March 2, 1899, each regiment of infantry shall consist of one colonel; one lieutenant colonel; three majors; one surgeon with the rank of major; two assistant surgeons, one of whom shall have the rank of captain and one that of first lieutenant; fourteen captains, two of whom shall be available for detail as adju tant and quartermaster; sixteen first lieutenants, of whom one shall be available for detail as commissary and three for detail as battalion adjutants; twelve second lieutenants; one sergeant major; one quartermaster sergeant; one commissary sergeant, who shall have the rank, pay and allowances of a regimental quartermaster sergeant of infantry; three hospital stewards; three battalion sergeant majors, who shall be senior to and have the pay and allowances of a first sergeant; one band, and twelve companies, organized into three battalions of four companies each. Each infantry band shall consist of one chief musician; one principal musician; one drum major, who shall have the rank, pay, and allowances of a first sergeant; four sergeants; eight corporals; one cook, and twelve privates. Each infantry company shall consist of one captain; one first lieutenant; one second lieutenant; one first sergeant; one quartermaster sergeant, who shall have the pay and allowances of a sergeant; four sergeants; twelve corporals; two cooks; two musicians; one artificer, and eighty-three privates. Total number of officers in each regiment...... Recruiting. 50 1,309 1,359 The enlistment of men for the ten regiments of infantry, U. S Volunteers, will be made by the regular recruiting officers at all city recruiting stations and military posts within the United States. The commanding officer of every post will, if not already done, immediately detail an officer of his command as post recruiting officer (A. R. 854). The men enlisted for this service will be forwarded to the respective regimental rendezvous in suitable detachments, each under the charge of an enlisted man of the recruiting service, or a reliable member of the detachment. In the matter of shelter, subsistence and transportation, recruiting officers will be governed by the orders and instructions prescribed for the regular recruiting service. Districts for recruiting designated regiments are announced as follows, and recruiting officers will be governed accordingly: For the 26th Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, Plattsburg Barracks, New York: The New England States, excepting Connecticut, and the portion of the State of New York north of the 42° of latitude. For the 27th Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, Camp Meade, Pennsylvania: The State of Connecticut, the portion of the State of New York south of the 42° of latitude, the States of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia. For the 28th Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, Camp Meade, Pennsylvania: The States of New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, and Delaware. For the 29th Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, Fort McPherson, Georgia: The States embraced in the Depart For the 30th Regiment of Infantry. U. S. Volunteers, Fort Sheridan, Illinois: The States of Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. For the 31st Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, Fort Thomas, Kentucky: The States of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. For the 32d Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: The States emraced in the Department of the Missouri, excepting Arkansas. For the 33d Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers. Fort Sam Houston, Texas: The States of Texas and Arkansas, the Territory of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. For the 34th Regiment of Infantry, U. S Volunteers, Fort Logan, Colorado: The States and Territories embraced in the Departments of the Colorado and Dakota. For the 35th Regiment of Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, Vancouver Barracks, Washington: The States embraced in the Departments of the Columbia and California. Qualifications for Recruits for Volunteers. The term of service will be for the period ending June 30, 1901, and, as provided in section 12 of the act of March 2, 1899, these enlistments may be made "without restriction as to citizenship or educational qualifications." In other respects they will be governed by the rules and regulations prescribed for recruiting the Regular Army. Applicants for original enlistment must be between the ages of 18 and 35 years, of good character and habits, ablebodied, free from disease, and must be able to speak the English language. Soldiers who have served honestly and faithfully a previous enlistment in the United States Army, Regular or Volunteer, may be reenlisted within three months from date of discharge without regard to the maximum age limitation. No person under 18 years of age will be enlisted or reenlisted, and minors between the ages of 18 and 21 must not be enlisted or reenlisted without the written consent of father, only surviving parent, or legally-appointed guardian. Married men will not be enlisted or reenlisted without special authority from a regimental commander, or from the Adjutant General of the Army in the absence of a regimental |