The United States Regular Army in the Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection, and China Relief Expedition, February 15th, 1898, to July 4th, 1902

The United States Army

In The Spanish American War, February 15th, 1898, to July 4th, 1902

The following information is about the Regular Army of the United States of America during the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and China Relief Expedition, February 15th, 1898, to July 4th, 1902. If you have any additional information, photographs, artifcats, etc., that you wish to contribute, feel free to submit the information to the Webmaster.

Brief History	Statistics	Departments	Staff Corps
Artillery	Cavalry	Infantry	Resources

A Brief History

To Be Added

Statistics

The following is a breakdown of the strength of the United States Army, by department and branch, from 1898 to 1903, and was compiled from the Official Army Registers for those years.

Rank 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903

General Officers 9 9 9 9 22 22

Adjutant Generals Department 15 17 17 17 28 28

Inspector Generals Department 7 10 10 10 17 17

Judge Advocate Generals Department 8 8 8 8 12 12

Quartermaster�s Department 253 163 163 163 246 246

Subsistence Department 112 112 122 222 244 244

Medical Department 902 189 2,792 4,502 4,321 4,321

Pay Department 26 26 26 26 53 53

Corps of Engineers 617 883 880 882 1,442 1,442

Ordnance Department 661 669 767 767 772 772

Signal Corps 60 212 731 811 845 845

Record & Pensions Office 1 1 2 2 2 2

Post Chaplains 30 30 30 30 57 57

Regiments of Cavalry 6,611 12,602 13,212 13,212 15,010 13,370

Regiments of Artillery 4,313 16,926 12,327 12,327 18,393 18,393

Regiments of Infantry 14,025 33,267 38,659 37,956 32,050 26,845

Military Academy 378 379 389 489 500 500

Unattached Enlisted-men 164 239 325 879 942 942

Indian Scouts 75 174 75 75 75 75

Grand Aggregate . . . . . . . . 28,267 65,917 67,944 68,077 75,031 68,186

Retired Officers 663 719 753 767 800 808

Retired Enlisted Men 1,298 1,433 1,477 1,648 1,876 1,950

Military Departments

Department of California	Department of the Colorado	Department of the Columbia
Department of Dakota	Department of the East	Department of the Gulf
Department of the Lakes	Department of Missouri	Department of Texas
Department of Porto Rico	Division of Cuba	Division of the Philippines

Major General Wesley Merritt, U.S. Army, with staff aboard the transport 'Newport' heading for the Philippine Islands, ca. 1898

Staff Corps

General Officers	Adjutant Generals Department	Chaplains Corps
Corps of Engineers	Inspector Generals Department	Judge Advocates Department
Medical Department	Ordnance Department	Pay Department
Quartermasters Department	Signal Corps	Subsistence Department

Artillery

1st Artillery Regiment	2nd Artillery Regiment	3rd Artillery Regiment	4th Artillery Regiment
5th Artillery Regiment	6th Artillery Regiment	7th Artillery Regiment	Artillery Corps

Cavalry

1st Cavalry Regiment	6th Cavalry Regiment	11th Cavalry Regiment
2nd Cavalry Regiment	7th Cavalry Regiment	12th Cavalry Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment	8th Cavalry Regiment	13th Cavalry Regiment
4th Cavalry Regiment	9th Cavalry Regiment	14th Cavalry Regiment
5th Cavalry Regiment	10th Cavalry Regiment	15th Cavalry Regiment

Infantry

1st Infantry Regiment	11th Infantry Regiment	21st Infantry Regiment
2nd Infantry Regiment	12th Infantry Regiment	22nd Infantry Regiment
3rd Infantry Regiment	13th Infantry Regiment	23rd Infantry Regiment
4th Infantry Regiment	14th Infantry Regiment	24th Infantry Regiment
5th Infantry Regiment	15th Infantry Regiment	25th Infantry Regiment
6th Infantry Regiment	16th Infantry Regiment	26th Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment	17th Infantry Regiment	27th Infantry Regiment
8th Infantry Regiment	18th Infantry Regiment	28th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment	19th Infantry Regiment	29th Infantry Regiment
10th Infantry Regiment	20th Infantry Regiment	30th Infantry Regiment

Troops on the March (Collection of the Library of Congress)

Resources

Books & Published Material

- "The Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898." D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1899.

- "Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1898.

- "Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1899." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1899.

- "Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1900." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1900.

- "Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1901." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1901.

- "Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1902." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1903.

- "A Brief History of the Volunteer Organizations in the Service of the United States during the War with Spain.." 2 Volumes, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902.

- Volumes I & II, "Correspondence relating to the War with Spain, and conditions growing out of the same, including the Insurrection in the Philippine Islands, and the China Relief Expedition, between the Adjutant-General of the Army and Military Commanders in the United States, Cuba, Porto Rico, China, and the Philippine Islands, from April 15, 1898, to July 30, 1902.." Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1902.

- Volumes I & II, "Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903.." Francis B. Heitman, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1903.

- "Images of the Spanish-American War.." Stan Cohen, Pictorial Historians Publishing Co., Inc., 1997.

- "Known Military Dead during the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1901.." Clarence Stewart Peterson, St. Augustine, Florida, Florida Department of Military Affairs, Special Archives Publication Number 146, 1958.

- "Official Army Register for 1898.." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1897.

- "Official Army Register for 1899.." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., January 1st, 1899.

- "Official Army Register for 1900.." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1899.

- "Official Army Register for 1901.." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1900.

- "Official Army Register for 1902.." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., July 1st, 1902.

- "Official Army Register for 1903.." Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D.C., December 1st, 1902.

- "Officers of Volunteer Regiments Organized Under the Act of March 2, 1899." Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899.

- "Official Register of the United States, Containing A list of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service, together with a list of vessels belonging to the United States, July 1, 1897." Government Printing Office; Washington, D.C.; 1897.

- "Official Register of the United States, Containing A list of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service, together with a list of vessels belonging to the United States, July 1, 1899." Government Printing Office; Washington, D.C.; 1899.

- "Official Register of the United States, Containing A list of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service, together with a list of vessels belonging to the United States, July 1, 1901." Government Printing Office; Washington, D.C.; 1901.

- "The Organized Militia of the United States." Government Printing Press, Washington, D.C., 1900.

- "Powell's Records of Living Officers of the United States Army.." Major William H. Powell, United States Army; L.R. Hamersly & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1890.

- "Report of the Commission appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain.." 1899.

- "Statistical Exhibit of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called Into Service During the War With Spain; with Losses From All Causes." Adjutant Generals Office, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1899.

- Volumes XXXV (1897-98), XXXVI (1898-99), XXXVIII (1900-01) & XXXIX (1901-02), "The United States Army and Navy Journal, and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces." New York City, New York.

- "United States Military Reservations, National Cemeteries and Military Parks." Government Printing Office; Washington, D.C.; 1910.

- "Wright�s Official History of the Spanish-American War.." Marcus J. Wright, War Records Office, Washington, D.C., 1900.

Documents, Papers & Non-Published Materials

- General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who served During the War with Spain. Microfilm publication M871, 126 rolls. ARC ID: 654543; Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94; The National Archives at Washington, D.C.

- Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1900, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served. (NARA T289) National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C.