Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1899 — More Troops for Manila. [ARTICLE]

More Troops for Manila.

Five more-companies of infantry have been ordered to Manila by way of the Suez canal. The troops selected to make the Journey are: Four companies of the Seventeenth infantry, stationed at Columbus barracks, Ohio, and one company of the Third infantry, stationed at Fort SneHing, Minnesota. The men will leave for New York within a few days and l there board a transport for the Philippines. Scientists say that the orange was formerly a berry, and that it has been developing for over 7,000 years.