The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-09-18
ARMY ORDERS.
Several Changes Made In the Locs,Ion of
Troops.


Several Changes Made In the Loos,Iou of
Troops.
WAsHrsdrox. Sc !. 17.-By a general or
der issued to-day from the department the
following military poots nrs 10 be Aban-
doned; Fort Wood. Bvdlos's island. New
York barbor; Fort Onssrio. Oswego. N. Y;
Newport barracks. KJ.i Mount Vernon bar
racks. Ala; Fort Msckinac. Mich.i Camp
Pilot. Butte, Mont; Fort Bowie, Ariz.;
San Carlos. A'iz.; Fort Narcg. New Mex
leo; Fort Mckinney. wyc.. and For. Sup
ply, d. Il.
The Third and Sixth cavalry and Thir.
teonth aud Seventeenth caval'y will be
brought east md the whole twentieth ina
fsntry Is placed at Lsavenwotth. Tao
whole Tenth iufantry goes 90 Fort Sill and
Reno snd tho whole Fifth infantfy 10 Fort
Mcpherson, Got. four companies OF In
fRntry Rrs added TO Jefferson and Columbus
barracks. and the remainder OF the Seven
tesnth infaptry also goes 20 Columbus
which will 10 rsRimental post. David's
island, N. r., will be occupied by artillery.
hnd Fort Columbus. Governors island. will
DO an infantry pous with q full regiment.
Tbs total number OF companies east OF
the Mississippi river will be I'D. at thirty
one rointa, instead OF 100, while forty Inc
Toiuts remain west with Pas companies, in
cludlnR Iadianp, 30 not moe than two
,hifda OF tho army T0mains vest
Accompanying the new or Ter the war de-
partment makes public The statsmsnt; The
order Tor the dhronsinnnnos OF tbrss 70.
cruitlnR posts DAyid's 10 add. Columbus
bairaoks, aud JeffsI son barracks contains
tho Announcement ~, the troops TO occupy
these stations would coon bo designated.
Orders bow iasned by the wa department.
which hgvo Tor some tilnO been under oon.
uidsration bV sscrotarf Lamont and Con.
sehodsld provide garfisons for the old re-
G uiting dspols. aud also contemplate n
considerable concentration of tho troops.
Several OF she smaller stations east OF the
Missitsiypi, Ms we'll hs fov IN tbs western
coont ', arc given NJ Hs no longer nooss.
cary.
Regiments which Ars 10 ha brought enst
In whole or In part arc tho Third and Sixth
cavalry. 1hiTtaenth ana Hsyentssnth In
fantTy. and the whole Twpntieth infantry,
now stationed at For, L,AyenwoFth. Tie
reath infnntTf, that hhs heretolurs been
scattered umoug fve post. from the Pacific
coast to tho AiAslasipii vsliey, viii nov
come tngothe' AZ Sill and Reno. while tho
whole Flith regiment, form rly occupying
ava atstions will bs nHpomDle1 at Fou
Phorson, Ga.
40 coon ~ eomo changes arc made in the
Quarters al Jefferson bAfraoka aud Colum-
bus fiaoka, tho Two t.oopa of HnvAlry
now ordered 10 The former will be Joined
BY four other troopa ani ths remainder OF
the Seventeenth infantry will bs sont 10
Columbus barracks, making the lattor
rseimsBial poaL DAvd's island will bo 90.
cupioa Ivy artillery ~ tho modern ioFtlH-
cation that haa bean eonat uotsd there 20
oommAnl tha sound entrance 10 Now York
harhO' Ia now receiving Iva armament, and
requires en- artillery garrison. Fort Co
iumbaa. on OoveraO.'s Island, will boreaf.
tgT be an infnntfy post 90 be ultimately
iuo eaaed TO full regiment.
Congress has ordefsd ,he building Of two