The San Francisco call., 1898-04-22
Troops Being Assembled~ at the Famous Old
 Battlefield.
Destination of Infantry Started for New Orleans Changed
 Somewhat Suddenly.
Enlisted Men and Officers Now Eager for the Early Invasion of
 Cuba.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

1 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 21.- Five and perhaps more of the infantry regiments now en route to the encamp- ments at New Orleans, Mobile and Tampa will pitch their tents on the Chickamauga battlefield. Acting on orders received from Washington, Ma 1or-General Brooke late this afternoon telegraphed to the commanding officers of all the regiments which have not al- ready gone by Chattanooga, ordering them to proceed here at once. Arrange ments were also entered into with diff ferent railroads entering at this point for the prompt moving to Chattanooga of the infantrymen who arrived at ju ction points. The Twelfth Infantry, from Fort Niobrara. Neb., on it's way to New Orleans, was diverted at Nash vile, and will arrive here late tonight and will be the first white infantry reg iment to be camped on the Chicka- mauga battlefield.
 The Second Infantry, from Forts Keogh, Harrison and Yates, Mont, which passed through St. Paul to-day on the way to Mobile, will be diverted at Nashville and come through to Chat tanooga without stopping. probably reaching here Saturday morning.
 The Nineteenth Infantry from Forts Brady and Wayne, the Twentieth from Fort Leavenworth, Kan, and the Twenty from Fort Crook, all bound for Mobile, were both communi- cated with, and by Saturday a good sized army will have gone into camp at Chickamauga. It is net yet certain whether any regiments besides those mentioned will come here, as 1t is un- f% { n the infantrymen who have already reached their Southern rendezvous or have so nearly reached there that turn ing them back would entail an extra loss of time.
 But all troops that have not proceeded that far on their journey will be brought here. No reason for this sud- den change of plans as regards the placing of regular troops were Vouch- safed at headquarters. It is believed, however. that facilities for the accom- modation at that Southern camp ground of such large bodies of troops as it was at first contemplated send ing are inadequate at present. By night nearly 1500 of the 5000 cav
 airy and artillerymen who have been ordered to Chickamauga were camped on that battlefield. Late this evening the number already encamped there was sweIled by the arrival of detach- ments of the Second Artillery and the First Cavalry. By tomorrow night it is expected that large proportion of the troops now on their way to ChicTa- mauga will have arrived.
 Major General Brooke to-day put Major Dillenback in command of the artillery at Chickamauga, while Colonel $. s. Sumner of the famous Sixth Cav airy took command of the cavalry forces.
 The news of the ordering of the North Atlantic squadron to Havana created a good deal of commotion among the sol diers, who discussed eagerly the pros poets of early orders for departure to the seacOast. Among the officers a good deal of quiet satisfaction was manifested. It was apparently the general opinion among them, however, that no forward movement of the Chickamauga troops would be given for some time, as the gathering and equip ping of the large force of militia neces- sary for the contemplated Cuban in- vasion would necessarily consume sev- eral days.