The New York herald., 1878-08-18

GENERAL MACKENZIE PLANS THOROUGHLY UNs
pEgsTooD At wAsHINaroN-ExAor STRENGTH
OF HIS FORCE.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
WASHINGTON, August IL, 1s7a
The movement OF General Mackenzie into Mexico
10 the subject OF much Interest hsre. Tho War De-
partment has 10 ofloiai Information whatever OF
the troops undor General Mackenzie ana Colonel
shaitsr having crossed the Rio Grande. This 10 Tho
reason :Beforo General ord left here last month u
was understood that his retura to Texas General
Mack cnzis would iorce sufficient
reason for doing ano thero was In be ne
Official report whatever IRON him TO General Ord
or from Ord to department until Macksnxie had
something decisive 10 report General Mackepze
10 colonel Of the Fourth cavalry and commands what
is known as ''tho district OF the Nsucss' IN South
western Texas. HIS force is composed Of
six companies OF bis own regiment four Of
the Eighth cavalry, one battery and section
Of aposher battery, both mounted Of tho second ar
tii,evy SIX conipSnies OF the Tenth nsntry. Tour Of
The Twentieth ana three Of the Twenty fourth
infautry-mskinx ten of cavalry and thirteen OF In.
fsntry. besides the iiRht artillery.
VA . - coxYosITiox or rHS yoncx
OF these troops he now has with him In hts column
s-acid all the cavalry and all Of the infantry. except
three companies Of infantry two ut Fort Clark and
one a, Fort Duoo.n), and the artillery.
The following Is the composition Of the command:-
FousrH CAvALKL --company A, cap,aia Eugene b.
Beaumont; Company d, Captain John Lee; company
y, captain David Airwin; Company X, Captain
Edward n. Heyic; Company L., Captain Theodore j.
wint, and Company N, Captain William 0Counci.
EiGuru CAvALHY. COMPANY A, Captain Almond n
Wells; Company X, First Lieutspant James ~
sxooSD AKriLLgRY.-Bat,cry y, Captain Edward B.
wiihscn, and section OF Battery H. under Lieutenant
TKsrn IsvASrxy.-Company A, Captain Francis Il.
Lacy; Company B, captain Edward G. Bush Com
pany y, Captain Robert II. Hollis Lisutenant Joel l.
Craig; Company II, Captain william l.. Kellogg. aud
Company X. Captain Jesse A. r. Hampton.
rwrsTrTn ap''V wn hoa
Fletcher; Company " CAPTAIN John =. Men aughisnd,
aud COMPANY n. Captain John \. Coo.
TWENTY vorRru SrASrRY-CompaEy A, Captain
Fred. NJ Crspdci; Company ID, Captain John IL
Nixon, ana Company y, Captain Charles G. Hood
TBE surgRioR opricEws.
The infantry column ~ commanded BY Lieutcnsns
Colonel william r. shelter, rwenty-tourth infantry,
70 we'll known from former raids, wnils the cavalry
force 10 commanded by Captain Young, Of the Eshth
| cavalry. The artillery Is uudcr Captain Willis.
ton, who commanded q flying battery with
sherdsn's cavalry In the Shenandoah during the var.
ana consists Of two rinsd three Inch guns, two isnt
| lve-pounaer Napoleon guns and two heavy neid
| Ga,iiug guna Companies OF cavalry and fourgun
| ngbt batteries viii nov average about seventy mon
esob and companies OF infantry on the Texas frontier
| have from forty TO nity mon.
| ABoCT HUNDRED MN
| General Msckenzics command would thus number
| over twelve hundred and atty men, exclusive Of tho
three con panes OF ipfsntry left ~ the pos,s allow
nesiv. servie. (Which reduces the sGeo,ivs
fovcel he would stili havc over eleven
hundred IN ms columns, exclusive o. omcers aud
| more. The rcsson for this iormldasls array, " IL
ssd At the war Department Istc make ~ TN possible
| umns and thus avoid the prohs ~,iv~ >olp
! by tho show VI iores