The New York herald., 1876-07-31
OFF TO THE FRONT.

FOUR COMPANIES OF ARTILLERY LEAVE FOR
THE INDIAN FRONTIER by SPECIAL TRAIN.
Yesterday morning, in pursuance OF special orders
No. l40 issued July IS by command OF Major General
Hancock, from the headquarters Of the Military Dvi-
sion of the Atlantic, a battalion, consisting OF four
companies OF the First Artillery regiment, United
States Army loft by special train over the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad for Fort Leavcnworth, Kansas. Tho
battalion was composed Of Companies and, f, from
Fort Adams, Newport, r. l. Company A, from Fort
Warren Boston Harbor, and Company G, from Fort
Trumbull New London, Conn., The requirements OF
the order had brought the number OF each
paGy up fifty by OF the following trans ers
Eleven prvates from Company 10 Company Z !;
eleven privates from Company b to Company +; ten
privatcs from Company and thirteen from Company
l. to Company A, and nine privates from Company
to Company c. Twenty-four recruits attached at Fort
Monroe had been conducted by FIRST Lieutenant John
W. Dillenback, Of the First artillery to Fort Adams
where they apportoned TO companies and by
the regimenta commander
THE ENTIRE COMMAND, y
which left the Jersey City depot yesterday morning,
consisted OF the following officers and mem
COMPANY
Captain-Brcvet Major f. +. Taylor. First Lieu
tenants-lsaac Webster and W. +. Reynolds. Second
L,eutenant-x Ebert Wheeler Scrgeants-Gcorge
Sutherland, orderly; Daniel Brown. John Lane,
James Taylor and John Andrews Corporals-
II. J. Pitt and Patrick McCuc Musicians, 2. Total
number enlisted men, 81; officers, l.
COMPANY c.
Captain Brcvet Major Tully McCrca First Lieu
tenants-Alen Capron and II. W. Hubbell Jr. Scr
gcants-M. O'DonnsIl, orderly; John McCafrey ana p
Dunn. Corporas-John Broderick, Samuel Sawyer,
Henry Hill and John Murray. Musicians, 2 Total
number OF enlisted men, 81; officers, j.
COMPANY v.
Captain-Brevct Major e. Z. Eakn. First Lieu
tenant. W. MacMurray. scrgeants-s. II. Robinson,
orderly; G. W. Haock and August schreiber Cor
porals-C. O'Rourkc W. Nicholson, ID. Cooper and s.
Hail. Musicians, = Total number OF enlisted men, 90
officers .
COMPANY A.
First Licutenants-E, v. Andrews commanding; Eu-
gene Wells. ScrgeantsHcnry Barnet, orderly; Louis
Sigma, James wehrc George Hodne and J. A. Hill.
CorporalsCharles Rust, j. A. BuIlard, Edward Carroll
men, IS officers, ..
DIR. Alexander H. Hasson, from Fort Trumbul, Conn.
accompanies the command as full surgeon.
Az organized the battalion is commanded by
Brevct Major +. f. Taylor; Lieutenant +. Wheeler is
acting adlutant and Lieutenant f. Copran is acting
commssary. Tho entire command consyts OF 232
officers and men,
MOVEMENTS or TROOPS.
Company lett Fort Warren Boston, at six o'clock
on Saturday evening. They took the Fall River boat
seven O'Clock and reached Newport at nine, where
companies and + were taken board The three
Companies arrived IN New York at little alter
O'Clock yesterday morning. The government steamer
them to tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company's depot
at Jersey City. Company came direct from New
London, Conn, reaching the depot at about eight
o'clock yesterday morning. Major McCrea. the COM
nandng officer OF this company, has been suffering
from severe fever Tor several days past but preferred
nevertheless to accompany his command. AT the time
oil leaving Jersey City ne was lying quite ili in the
sleeping car.
Companies A and + will be remembered as those who
suffered SO severely from the ravages OF yellow fever
while stationed at Fora Barrancas Pensacola, last fall
The former three sergeants ono officer and "A num-
OF men, while the latter lost sixty per
full number from the dreadful disease. The remnants
OF The companies returned from Florida In December
last
None of the companies OF the First Artillery regi-
mcnt have had any experience IN lighting Indians 1t
Is not supposed by the commanding officers that they
will go into active service la the indian war though
they not positive upon this point. The presump-
tion is that they Will garrison the orts In the Indian
district to winch they src assigned allowing the pres
ent garrisons oil infantry aLd cavalry tV take the field
They take no horses with them.
The special orders under which they also
mand the departure Tor Fort Leavcnworh OF four
pancs of the Second Artillery, :CompanIcs and
II, rom Fort McHenry, Maryland; Company q, from
Charleston, 5. c., and Company l. IRON ForI Macon,
y. G. The orders 10 not give any intimaton Of the
duties to which tho two commands will be assigned
Fort Lcaycnworth, Kansas. 10 report the COMMAND
ing General OF the Department OF the MissourLi
THa DEPARTURE FROM JERSEY
The Uniied states Quartcrmasters Department ncgo-
tated on Saturday win Mr.. samuel Carpenter pas
sengcr agent OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
Tor the immediate transportation OF the troops TO he
indian frontier Tho result the departure OF Il
special tram from Jersey Guy yesterday morning,
which Will carry the troops direct LOUIS without
change. At ten O'Clock the companies Dreakfastcd
upon the wharf and directly afterward archcd
board the train Each man carried with him Jour
days ratoIs, aud will be provided different stations
upon the route with two quarts OF coffee per diem.
While upon the transfer from the boat
OF the men had managed to procure liberal sup
ply OF whiskey. and considerable hilarty
noticeable among them. The special train CON
sisted OF one Pullman car, six coaches and
two baggage cars. AS these coaches capa-
bic OF carrying lfiy-two passengers each. II
will be seen tnat the soldiers not uncomfortably
PROVIDED Tor. The ony lady board Mrs.
Wheeler wife Of Lieutenant Wheeler, acting adjutsnt.
Al precisely seventeen minutes past eleven O'Clock the
started from The depot, AMID cheers songs
the soldiers and the farewell shouts OF the crowd
tho depot The tram will not schedule timc
bu make as last tmc as Is possible over the different
rOais BRIDE rs being repaired upon Scbaiks larm,
between Paiosburg and Monmouth junction, which
nrcesstatcd their travelling over the Somerset branch.
This will hot cause tho loss OF over halt an hour.
Mopdsy and from thence proceed TO Kansas City
VIA the Missouri Pacific road Sir. J. B. Holmes, pas
scngcf agent OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
viii accompany the train to 81 LOUIS and see that
every possible comfort is provided lor the