The morning call., 1894-09-18
MILES GOES EAST.
Ruger Succeeds Him at
Chicago.
CHANGES IN THE ARMY.
Grand Shift of Almost the Entire
Force.
ALL THIS Has BEEN EXPECTED.
The Policy of the Department to
Concentrate Troops Near the
Large Cities.
ALL THIS HAS BEEN EXPECTED.

Howard on November s. 1t Is said Gen.
eral Ruger will succeed General Miles as
major-general of the Department of the
Missouri.
WASHINGTON, Sept. II. - The order
snXiously awaited in army circles provid-
ing for extensive changes in the location
of the United Stares army was issued TO-
day and was as follows:
Cavalry-First egiment-Troop A from
Fort Myer, Ia. Department of the East.
to the Department of Colorado.
Second Regiment-The junior major and
three troops from Colorado to Fort Riley,
Kans.. and Troop T from Fort Worth to
Fort Riley. The lieu.enant-cOlonel and
troops 3 and l from Fort Bowie, Ariz.. to
Fort Logan, Colo.
Third Regim ent-The senior major and
troops C. E. and G. now temporarily
at Fort Sheridan. H., to Fort Allen, Vt.
The movement to take pltce October /.
Headqua ters and two troops. one of them
Troop D, from Oklahoma Territory by
October and the junior major to Jefferson
Barracks, Mo.
Sixth Regiment-From the Department
of the Platte to the departments of the
Missouri and East. Headquarters Junior
major and troops a. E, G and 81, now tenn
porarily at Fort Sheridan, H.. to Fort
Meyer; the Northumberland from Jeffer-
son Barracks and three remaining troops
to Fort Leavenwortb. The movements to
commence October l. Indian Troop l.
will remain at Fort Niobrara.
Seventh Regim ent-Senior major and
Troop F from Fort Meyer TO Fort Stanton,
n Mex. The lieuten ant-colonel to Fort
Riley.
Eighth Rsgiment-Troop Fl from Fort
Myer and Troop D from Fort Leaven-
worth to the Department of Dakota.
Ninth Regiment-Troop K from Fort
Meyer to the Department of the Platte.
Tenth RegimeGt-Troop ] from Fort
Leavenworth to the Department of Da-
kota.
Troops in the Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth regiments. as in the foregoing, will
move upon the arrival of the incoming
troops for Fort Meyer.
Artillery: Third Regiment-The junior
major and two batteries to Jackson Bar
racks, Louisiana.
Infantry: First Regiment-One CON-
pany from San Francisco harhor to San
Diego Barracks to relieve Company G.
Tenth Infantry, without unnecessary de-
lay.
Fifth Regiment to be concentrated at
Fort Mcpherson, Ca; Company A at Fort
Lesvenworth, Kans., Company F at Sam
Houston. Tex.
Sixth Regiment-Company A from Fort
Wood, n. Y, aud Company E from New
port Barracks to Fort Thomas, XIV.
Seventh Regiment Company Fl, now at
Fort Leavenworth, and Company G at
Camp Pilot, Butte, to Fort Logan.
Eighth Regiment - Headquarters and
three companies from Fort Mckinney to
Fort D. A. Russell.
Tenth Regiment-The Department of
the Missouri headquarters and four CON-
panies to Fort Reno. four companies to
Fort Sill, the distribution to include the
two companies now at Fort Leaven worth.
Twelfth MISUNDERSTANDING and
companies E and II from Fort Leaven-
worth, and companies B. C and ID from
Fort Sullivan to Fort Niobrara.
Fourteenth Regimeut-CompanyH 81, from
Fort Leavenworth to Vancouver Bar
racks.
Seven tenth Regiment-From Fort D. A.
Russell to Department OF the East; head
quarters and companies A. D. Z and G, by
October 1 to COlum bus Barracks, o.. The
lieutenan t-coIonel, major and remaining
three companies to the same station.
Nineteenth Regiment-Company &, from
Fort Mackinac to Fort Braddock, Mich.
Twentieth Regiment-From the Dakota
TO Fort Leavenwor,h. Indian Company
will remain at Fort Assina boine.
In connection with the foregoing the
following posts will be abandoned under
usual orders, to be promulgated hereafter
Fort Marcy, n. Mex; Fort Bowie. Ariz. :
Fort McKinnie. Fort Sullivan, s. ID. :
Fort Supply. o. T.. Fort Mackinac, Mich. /;
Newport Barracks, KY; Mount Vernon
Barracks, Ala.
Accompanying the new order the War
Department makes public this statement;
The order for the discOntinuance of three
recruiting pOsts-Davids Island, Columbus
Barracks and Jefferson Barracks-cou.
tanned the announcement that troops to
occupy these stations would soon be desig-
mated. The orders now issued by the War
Department and which have for some time
been under consideration by Secretary
Lamont and General Schofield provide
garrisons for the old recruiting depots
and also contemplate a concentration of
the troops. Several Of the smaller stations
east of the Mississippi, as well as few
in the Western country, are given up as
10 longer necessary.
The regiments which are TO be brought
East. in whole or in part, are the Third
and Sixth cavalry, the Thirteenth In
fautry and the Seventeenth Infantry,
and the whole Twentieth Infantry,
now stationed at Fort leavenworth. The
Tenth Infantry that has heretofore been
scattered between five posts from the Pa
cifc Coast to the Mississippi Valley will
now come together at Sill and Reno, while
the whole Fifth Regiment, formerly occu-
plying five stations, will be assembled at
Fort Mcpherson, Ga.
As soon as some changes are made in the
quarters at Jefferson Barracks and Column
bus Barracks, the two troops of cavalry
now ordered to the former will be joined
by four other troops and the remainder of
the Seventeenth 1nfantry will be sent to
Columbus Barracks, making the latter a
regimental post. Davids Island will beloc-
cupied by the artillery, as modern forti-
fieation that has been constructed there to
command the sound entrance to New York
harbor is now receiving its armament
and requires an artillery garrison. Fort
Columbus on Governors lis and will here
after be an infantry post. to be ultimately
increased to full regiment.
The total number OF companies now