New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
MORE TROOPS FROM CAMP THOMAS.
BROADER GENERAL GRANT AND THE
THIRD KENTUCKY UNDER WAY TO
NEWPORT NEWS

THIRD KENTUCKY UNDER WAY TO
NEWPORT NEWS.
Chattanooga, Tenn. July 90 Especially Only A
part OF the Third Brigade left Camp Thomas to-
day The 1st Kentucky Regiment. with General
Grant. started about o'clock for Newport
News The other two regiments will follow to-
morrow and next day.
The 1st Kentucky Regiment broke camp at
noon to-day and marched to Rossville where
they loaded their wagon trains and boarded cars
for Newport News. The regiment Is command
ed by Colonel J. B. Castleman, and numbers
1900 men and forty nine officers The regiment
required seventy-seven cars to move H. ana IL
was divided into three sections.
There were thirty-nine tourist sleepets. one
palace stock car seven ordinary stock cars, SIX
teen fatcars and fourteen boxcars. In the wagon
train there were over thirty wagons. The men
arrived at Rossviile about two hours after they
left camp and Immediately began to load the
equipments This work lasted during the great
er portion Of the afternoon. The men will reach
Newport News time on Thursday Ac-
companylng the 1st Kentucky Regiment were
brigade headquarters. with all the baggage
In the party were Brigadier-General Grant
and seven brigade officers. Like all the regl-
merts that have preceded the LIST Kentucky the
once got started. they feel pretty Of going
to the front The 1st Kentucky Regiment orig
inally occupied the place Of the first regiment Of
the First Brigade, First Division. First Army
Corps and under this arrangement should have
been the first regiment out of the park but it,
with the Sd Kentucky, transferred to the
Third Brigade on account Of being poorly
equipped at the time the removal began.
TO START THIS MORNING.
Tomorrow morning the 9th Illinois, the Sd
Battalion of the 10th Pennsylvania. the Sd Ken
lucky and the brigade hospital and ambulance
corps will break camp and start for Rossve
in the order named. Colonel Lee has arranged
all railroad facilities, and they will start at
hour in the morning yet to be named.
Colonel Lee said this morning that he had
completed all his work In connection with this
brigade, and II remained with the regl-
ments themselves to get away. The sd Bat
TALON Of the 10th Pennsylvania will be attached
to the 9TH Illinois on its trip to Porto Rico The
9th Illinois is commanded by Colonel Culver.
and numbers 1,252 men forty seven officers and
sixteen civilian employees.
Following the Jth Illinois and the detached
Pennsylvania boys viii. go the Sd Kentucky
Regiment. together with the brigade hospital
and ambulance corps The ID Kentucky has
LILO men, forty-seYen officers and sixteen civ
ian employees 1t VIII be late Wednesday af-
ternoon before this regiment will get away from
Rossve. and II VIII not arrive at Newport News
until some time Friday afternoon
With this last regiment. the movement will
have been competedUofS the First Division of
the First Army Corps THE next move will
break into the Second Division. This division
is stationed over near Jays Mil, on the Broth
erton Road. It is composed of nine fine and
we'll equipped regiments The First Brigade OF
this division includes the 1'i0th Indiana 31st
Michigan and LIST West Virginia. 1t will he the
first to go. and VIII start on Friday
General Grants brigade will go by the
Queen and Crescent route. but by the Southern
Railway through Atlanta. The row between
the roads was taken up In Washington. and the
result is that the contracts will be divided.
The Southern Railway stated to the Govern
ment officials that 1t had gone to expense of
$4,000 to bring cars and transportation for the
Army here and had been forced to keep them
at great loss, and then turn them over to a
rival road
General Boynton. president of the Chcka-
manga Park Commission. recently made a briga-
der general will not so to Porto Rico or into
active service. account of mis- health. He
will now devote his entire time to keeping the
park In a perfect sanitary condition.