Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES. [ARTICLE]

FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

More than 70,000 Men Will Be There in December. The combined military and naval forces of the United States in the Philippines,

when all the troops and ships now under orders reach their destination, will aggregate more than 7Q.000 men and forty-five war vessels. The last of these forces will arrive in Manila early in December. This statement shows the strength in detail of the military and naval forces assigned to duty in the Philippines: 1 ArmyCombatants 03,872 Non-combatants 1,500 ' NavyBlue jackets.... 4,907 SEMrta 1,184