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61,275 officers and men were regulars and 50,002 

 volunteers. Of the total number, 019 were killed 

 in action and 219 died of wounds. The total per- 

 centage of deaths was less than 3.5, and that of 

 desertions 4.3 per cent. The number of non- 

 commissioned officers who received commissions 

 was 200. Of the soldiers mustered out 81 per 

 cent, made no claim for injuries received in the 

 service, and out of 4,168 claims only 485 were 

 allowed, of which 83 were found to be based on 

 injuries not received in the service. The claims 

 allowed amounted to only 3 per cent, of the total 

 number of enlistments. Of the soldiers in the 

 Philippines on Sept. 23, 1901, about half were 

 enlisted for terms that expire before July, 1902. 

 Adjutant-Gen. Corbin recommended the gradual 

 withdrawal of many of the troops in the islands, 

 but the recrudescence of rebellion in Samar and 

 other parts of the archipelago convinced Gen. 

 Chaffee, commander-in-chief of the military divi- 

 sion of the Philippines, that the strength of the 

 army there must not yet be reduced. The total 

 number of enlistments and reenlistments during 

 1901 was 30,622, of which 26,267 were of native- 

 born Americans, 378 of Porto Pvicans, and 3,977 

 of aliens. Of the applicants for enlistment, 74 

 per cent, were rejected. 



Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles was in chief com- 

 mand under the President of the United States 

 army in 1901. The department of the Philippines 

 was created into a division in 1901, under the 

 command of Major-Gen. Adna R. Chaffee. Major- 

 Gen. Loyd Wheaton commanded the department 

 of the north Philippines, embracing all that por- 

 tion of the archipelago lying north of a line pass- 

 ing southeastwardly through the west pass of 

 Apo, or Mindoro Strait, to 12 of north latitude, 

 thence east along that parallel to 124 10' east 

 of Greenwich, but including the whole of Masbate 

 island; thence north to San Bernardino straits. 

 The department of the south Philippines, con- 

 sisting of all the islands lying south of that line, 

 was commanded by Brig.-Gen. James F. Wade. 

 Major-Gen. S. B. M. Young was in command of 

 the department of California, embracing Califor- 

 nia, Nevada, and the Hawaiian Islands; Col. 

 J. M. J. Sanno commanded the department of 

 Colorado, embracing Colorado, Utah, and the 

 Territories of Arizona, and New Mexico; Brig.- 

 Gen. G. M. Randall commanded the department 

 of the Columbia, embracing Washington, Oregon, 

 Idaho, and the Territory of Alaska; Brig.-Gen. 

 Leonard Wood commanded the department of 

 uba; Major-Gen. J. R. Brooke commanded the 

 department of the East, embracing the New Eng- 

 land States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Colum- 

 bia, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis- 

 sissippi, Louisiana, and Porto Rico; Major-Gen. 

 Elwell S. Otis commanded the department of the 

 Lakes, embracing Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, 

 Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee; Brig.- 

 ( Gen. J. C. Bates commanded the department of 

 the Missouri, embracing Iowa, Nebraska, Mis- 

 souri, Kansas, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, 

 and the Territory of Oklahoma; and Col. J. N. 

 Wheelan commanded the department of Texas, 

 embracing the State of Texas. The officers at- 

 tached to the War Department were Major-Gen. 

 Henry C. Corbin, Adjutant-General; Brig.-Gen. 

 Joseph C. Breckinridge, Inspector-General; Brig.- 

 Gen. M. I. Ludington, Quartermaster-General; 

 Brig.-Gen. John F. Weston, Commissary-General 

 of Subsistence; Brig.-Gen. George M. Sternberg, 

 Surgeon-General; Brig.-Gen. A. E. Bates, Pay- 

 master-General; Brig.-Gen. George L. Gillespie, 



Chief of Engineers; lirig.-CJcn. William Crozier, 

 Chief of Ordnance; Brig.-Gen. George W. Davis, 

 Chief Advocate-General; lri^.-( Jen. Adolphus W. 

 Greely, Chief Signal OHieer; liri^.-^en. F. C. 

 Ainsworth, Chief Record and 1'en.sion Ollicer; 

 Col. T. A. Bingharn, Superintendent, of I'nildings. 

 The general officers on regular service ;l ic Lieut. - 

 Gen. Nelson A. Miles; Major-Gens. .John R. 

 Brooke, Elwell S. Otis, Samuel' B. M. Youn. Adna 

 R. Chaffee, Arthur MacArthur, and Loyd \V heat- 

 on, and Brig.-Gens. James F. Wade, Jo! m C. 

 Bates, George W. Davis, Samuel S. .Simmer, 

 Leonard Wood, Robert P. Hughes, Georgo M. 

 Randall, William A. Kobbe, Frederick D. Grant, 

 J. Franklin Bell, Frederick Funston, and W. H. 

 Bisbee. The regular army is recruited by enlist- 

 ment for three years. It is composed of 30 regi- 

 ments of infantry, including 2 negro regiments, 

 each regiment containing 3 battalions of 4 com- 

 panies; 15 regiments of cavalry, including 2 negro 

 regiments, each regiment containing 3 sections, 

 each having 4 troops of 100 men; 1 corps of 

 artillery containing 156 batteries, of which 30 are 

 mounted, mounted batteries of 6 3.2-inch breech- 

 loading guns, having 162 men, the others 109 

 men; 3 battalions of engineers; a hospital corps; 

 a detachment of mechanicians; and the detach- 

 ment of the United States Military Academy. 

 The infantry weapon is the Krag-Jorgensen re- 

 peating rifle of the model of 1892, with a caliber 

 of 7.62 millimeters, or the Lee model of 1893. 

 The cavalry carry sabers, Krag-Jorgensen car- 

 bines of 7.62 caliber, and Colt revolvers. The 

 army in 1900 consisted of 863 officers of the gen- 

 eral staff, including 129 engineer officers, 11 offi- 

 cers of the signal corps, and 192 officers of the 

 medical department; 1,420 men attached to the 

 staff, including 250 serving at the Military Acad- 

 emy, 700 of the mechanical detachment, 100 com- 

 missary sergeants, 105 telegraphist sergeants, 75 

 electrician sergeants, and 863 on recruiting serv- 

 ice; 1,530 officers and 55,080 men in 360 com- 

 panies of infantry; 765 officers and 18,540 men in 

 180 troops of cavalry; 663 officers and 18,920 men 

 in 126 battalions of foot-artillery and 30 mounted 

 batteries; 2,002 men in 12 companies of engineers; 

 760 men attached to the signal service; 3,203 

 men in the hospital service; and 75 Indian scouts, 

 making a total of 3,821 officers and 100,000 en- 

 listed men. 



Every male citizen of the United States between 

 the ages of eighteen and forty-five is by law a 

 member of the militia of his State. The organized 

 militia of the several States is composed of men 

 who join voluntarily, and these are obliged to 

 drill, usually weekly in the armories, and some- 

 times to go into camp annually, and are liable to 

 be called into service by the Governor for the sup- 

 pression of internal disturbances or in any mili- 

 tary emergency. The State of New York in 1901 

 had enrolled in the National Guard 14,410 men,- 

 besides 650 in the naval militia; Pennsylvania, 

 9,387 men, besides 109 in the naval militia; Illi- 

 nois, 6,690 men, besides 59 in the naval militia; 

 Massachusetts, 6,249 men, besides 536 in the naval 

 militia; Indiana, 4,140 men; New Jersey, 4,017 

 men, besides 361 in the naval militia; California, 

 3,732 men, besides 405 in the naval militia ; Mich- 

 igan, 3,061 men, besides 225 in the naval militia; 

 Alabama, about 3,000 men; Texas, about 3,000 

 men; Ohio, 1 division; Mississippi, 1 division; 

 Wisconsin, 2,758 men; Connecticut, 2,688 men, 

 besides 211 in the naval militia; Iowa, 2,475 

 men; Virginia, 2,400 men; Missouri, 2.460 men; 

 South Carolina, 2,173 men, besides 224 in the 

 naval militia ; Minnesota, 2,079 men ; New Hamp- 

 shire, 1 brigade; West Virginia, about 2,000 men; 



