Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-09-22
ARMY ORDERS.
Extensive Changes Made in the
 Location of Troops.
A Large Number of Posts Will be Abandoned There Will be 119 Companies, Occupying 31 Pc sts, East of the Missis-
 sippi River.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-The order anxiously awaited in army circles pro viding for extensive changes in the To-
 cation of the United States army was issued today and is as follows: Cavalry-First regiment, troop A, from Fort Myer. Virginia, Department
 of the East, to the department of Col
 orado.
 Second regiment The junior major and three troops from Colorado to
 Fort Riley, Ka. 1sas, and troop F, from
 Fort Worth to Fort Riley. The lieu
 tenant colonel nd troops B and from Fort Bowie, Arr zona, to Fort Logan, Colorado.
 Third regimei IE-Ths senior major and troops c, E. F and G, now tempo rsrily at Fort s meridian, Illinois, to Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. The move ment to take place October 1. Head quarters and two troops. one of them troops D, from Okla homa territory by October l, and the junlor major to Jeffer- son Barracks Missouri.
 Sixth regiment-From the Depart ment of the Platte to the Departments of the Missouri and East. Headquar- ters, junior major 0: 1d troops A, E, G
 d H, now temper arily at Fort Sheri- dan, Illinois, to Fort Myer. The lieu tenant colonel at Jefferson Barracks and the three remaining troops to Fort Leavenworth. The movement to con- mence October l. Indian troop E will remain at Fort Niobrara.
 Seventh regiment-Senior major and troop F from Fort Myer to Fort Stsn- ton; the lieutenant: colonel to Fort Riley.
 Eighth regiment H troop Fort Myer and troop D from Fort Leavenworth to the Department of Dakota.
 Ninth regiment--Trook K from Fort
 Myer to the department of the Platte. Tenth e9iment--Troop I from Fort Levenworth to the Department of the
 Dakota. The troops of the Seventh,
 Eighth and Ninth, regiments as in the foregoing, will move on the arrival of the incoming troops, for Fort Myer. Artillery, Third regiment-The jun for major and two batteries to Jackson Barracks, La.
 Infantry, First regiment-One con- pany from San Francisco harbor to San Diego Barracks to relieve company C., Tenth infantry, without unnecessary delay.
 Fifth regiment-To be concentrated at Fort McPherson, Ga. Companies A, at Fort Lesvenworth, Kans., and F at Sam Houston, Texas. Sixth regiment-Companies A from Fort Wood, N. Y. and E from Newport Barracks to Fort Thomas, Ky. Seventh regiment The companies H, now at Fort Leavenworth and G at Camp Pilot, Butte, to Fort Logan. Eighth regiment-Headqua and three companies from Fort Mckinney to Fort D A Russell. TentE regiment-The Department of the Missouri, headquarters and four companies to Fort Reno; four compa- nies to Fort Sill; the distribution to in- clude the two companies now at Fort Leavenwortb.
 Twelfth nt-Headquarters and
 companIes ti and H from Fort Leaven-
 worth and companies B, c, D from
 Fort Sully to Fort Niobrsrs. Fourteen regiment Company Ii from Fort Leaveuworth to Van Couyer | Barracks.
 Seventeenth regiment - From Fort D. A Russell to Department ofthe East; headquarters and companies A, D, O E
 and G by Oct. l to Colum bus Barracks,
 Ohio, the lieutenant colonel, major and
 remaining three companies to the same station.
 Nineteenth regiment-Company o
 from Fort Mackinac to Fort Braddock, | Mich.
 Twentieth regiment-From the De partment of Dakota to Fort Leaven-
 worth. Indian company I will remain ! at Fort Asslnaboine. In connection with the foregoing, the following posts will be abandoned under