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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



and Portugal 2,439, France 1,094, Switzerland 1.320, 

 Netherlands 1,029, Belgium 1,101, the rest of Eu- 

 rope 4,019, China 1,000, the rest of Asia 7,312, the 

 West Indies 2,585, British America 1,322, Mexico 

 161, Central America 159, South America 89, 

 Africa 51, and. other countries 1,027. Of the -im- 

 migrants in 1900, 114,847 came from Austria- 

 Hungary, 1,196 from Belgium, 2,920 from Den- 

 mark, 1,739 from France, 18,507 from Germany, 

 3.771 from Greece, 100,135 from Italy, 1,735 from 

 tin- Netherlands, 9,5*5 from Norway, 4,234 from 

 Portugal, 0,459 from Roumania, 90,787 from Rus- 

 sia, 355 from Spain, 18,050 from Sweden, 1,152 

 from Switzerland, 2S5 from European Turkey, 48,- 

 237 from the United Kingdom (of whom 9,951 

 were from Kngland, 35,730 from Ireland, 1,792 from 

 Scotland, 704 from Wales, and 110 not specified), 

 :;!io from British America, 237 from Mexico, 42 

 from Central America, 4,056 from the West Indies, 

 124 from South America, 1,247 from China, 10,699 

 from other parts of Asia, 30 from Africa, and 

 441 from all other countries. 



Education. The estimated number of children 

 in the United States between the ages of five and 

 eighteen was 21.572,114 in 1898. The number of 

 enrolled pupils in the public schools was 15,103,- 

 874; the average attendance, 10,356,458; average 

 duration of school, 143 days. There were 410,813 

 teachers 132,257 men and 278,556 women receiv- 

 ing in salaries the aggregate sum of $124,192,270 

 out of a total expenditure of $194,292,911 on the 

 public schools of all the States and Territories. In 

 1899 the total population of school age was esti- 

 mated at 21,830,774; enrollment of public schools, 

 15,138,715; average attendance, 10,389,407; aver- 

 age duration of school, 143.2 days; number of 

 teachers, 415,660, comprising 131,793 male and 

 283,867 female teachers; salaries of superintend- 

 ents and teachers, $128,662,880; total expenditure, 

 $197,281,603. The number of public high schools 

 in 1899 was 5,495, with 9,239 male and 9,479 fe- 

 male teachers and 197,127 male and 279,100 female 

 pupils. The number of private secondary schools 

 was 1,957, with 3,940 male and 5,470 female teach- 

 ers and 51,900 male and 51,938 female teachers. 

 The number of public normal schools was 166, with 

 839 male and 1,218 female teachers and 11,543 

 male and 33,265 female pupils; and the number of 

 private normal schools was 165, with 633 male and 

 403 female teachers and 11,829 male and 11,743 

 female pupils. The number of universities and col- 

 leges, both coeducational and for men only, was 

 IS4, with 8.209 male and 1,679 female professors 

 and instructors and 31,156 male and 15,071 female 

 preparatory, 54,760 male and 17,757 female col- 

 legiate, and 3.707 male and 1,191 female graduate 

 students. The total income of these institutions 

 was . > r20.242.<i:{9. The number of colleges and semi- 

 naries for women which confer degrees was 145, 

 with 073 male and 1,768 female professors and in- 

 structors and 5,089 preparatory, 14,985 collegiate, 

 and 474 graduate students; total income, $3,236,- 

 110. The number of schools of technicology and 

 schools conferring the degree of bachelor of science 

 was 43, with 1,110 male and 100 female professors 

 and instructors and 2,357 male and 732 female 

 preparatory, 8,858 male and 1,279 female collegiate, 

 and 180 male and 60 female graduate students. 

 The number of theological seminaries was 163, 

 with 990 instructors and 8,261 students; number of 

 law schools, 90, with 900 instructors and 11,874 

 students; number of medical colleges, 151, with 

 4. US' i instructors and 23,778 students. 



The Army. The strength of the regular army 



as provided in the armv reorganization bill ap- 



"1 on March 2. ls'<i<>. la 2,587 officers nnd 



05,000 enlisted men, of whom 581 ollicers and 2,093 



men are attached to the general staff, 1,177 offi-- 

 cers and 34,450 men compose 2.") regiments of in- 

 fantry, 472 officers and 12,340 men 10 regiments 

 of cavalry, 357 officers and 11,970 men 7 regiments 

 of artillery, 752 men are in 5 companies of en- 

 gineers, 720 men in the signal corps, 2,600 in the 

 hospital corps, and 75 are Indian scouts. Each 

 infantry regiment contains 3 battalions of 4 com- 

 panies. The weapon is the Krag-Jorgensen maga- 

 zine rifle of 30 caliber. The cavalry regiment con- 

 sists of 3 sections of 4 troops of 100 men each. 

 The cavalrymen are armed with the saber, the 

 Krag-Jorgensen carbine of 30 caliber, and the Colt 

 revolver of 38 caliber. There are 2 infantry and 

 2 cavalry regiments composed of negroes with 

 white officers. The artillery consists of 84 foot and 

 14 mounted batteries of 6 pieces, the guns having 

 the caliber of 3.2 inches. The regular army is 

 recruited by voluntary enlistment for three years. 

 All citizens capable of bearing arms are liable to 

 be called to arms in war time, between the age* 

 of eighteen and forty-five. The organized militia, 

 which is required to drill once or twice a week, 

 especially in winter, numbered 7,521 officers and 

 98,818 men in 1899. There were 328 cavalry offi- 

 cers and 4,155 men, 391 artillery officers and 5,068 

 men, 5,918 infantry officers and 87,894 men, and 

 884 other officers and 1,701 men. The male popu- 

 lation available for the defense of the country is 

 estimated at 10,149,184. The regular army officers 

 are 1 lieutenant general, 6 major generals, 16 

 brigadier generals, 77 colonels, 98 lieutenant colo- 

 nels, 271 majors, 813 captains, 777 first lieuten- 

 ants, and 532 second lieutenants. The President 

 was authorized in 1899 to raise a volunteer force 

 of 35,000 men organized in 27 infantry and 3 

 cavalry regiments. There were 24 regiments of 

 infantry enlisted for service in the Philippines, 

 having a strength of 1,200 officers and 31,410 men. 

 and 1 regiment of cavalry consisting of 50 officers 

 and 1,234 men. A regiment of natives of Porto 

 Rico has 31 officers and 400 men. Native troops 

 have been raised in the Philippines, including a 

 squadron of cavalry. The Hawaiian regiment has 

 407 men. The strength of the regular army at the 

 end of 1899 was 405 cavalry officers and 12,083 men, 

 322 artillery officers and 10,978 men, 1,078 infantry 

 officers and 35,428 men, and 497 officers in the 

 general staff, signal corps, hospital and ambulance 

 corps, naval brigade, cadet corps, etc., and 9,732 

 men; total, 2,302 officers and 68,221 enlisted men. 

 At the end of 1900 the total strength of the United 

 States military forces was 103,150 men, 2,534 offi- 

 cers and 68,221 unlisted men in the regular estab- 

 lishment, and 1,548 officers and 31,079 enlisted men 

 of the volunteer service. Under the act of March 

 2, 1899, the volunteer force was to be discharged 

 and the regular army reduced to 2,447 officers and 

 29,025 enlisted men by June 30, 1901. The garri- 

 son in Porto Rico was reduced before the close of 

 1900 to 1,636 men, including 879 native troops. 

 In Cuba there were nearly 6,000 troops, and in 

 the Philippines nearly 60,000 men. Secretary Root 

 proposed to recruit a force not to exceed 12,000 

 men among the natives of the Philippine Island-. 

 to be organized and commanded by officers of tin- 

 regular army, some of the lieutenancies to be given 

 to such natives as show fitness for command. 

 A regiment of Porto Ricans also is authorized. 

 The Secretary of War and Lieut.-Gen. Miles both 

 recommended a permanent army of 100.000 men. 

 An artillery corps is to be organized, divided into 

 coast artillery and field artillery. 



The Navy. The battle ships Oregon, IU.i 

 clmsetts, and Indiana, launched in 1893. of lO.i'ss 

 tons, are protected above and below the water line 

 for over halt their length by a belt of 18-inch 



