New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-23
TROOPS FROM NEWPORT NEWS
FIRST DETACHMENT TO 60 WITH GEN
ERAI KE-TRANSPORIS 10
CARRY THEM.

Nownort News Va July 22.-The first detach-
mon, ~ troons from Camp Thomas Chickarnau-
ga. comprising 1919 officers and men, Will ar
rive here tomorrow night over the chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad. and will so in camp just
outside the corporate limits. on blif over
looking the James River. This will comprise the
body Of the frs; expedition which IS to san from
Newport News to join General Miles al PORTO
Rico.
II e Parker terminal superintendent oil Inc
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. this evening
gave TO The Tribune correspondent correct
lis, of the troops which are nov on their way
here oyer his road and those which are to leave
Chickamauga tomorrow and SUNDAY for New
port News
81 Il o'clock tomorrow evening the I'd III
nois. .th Ohio and 18th Pennsylvania Infantry
coroprisjng 144 officers and $50 men viii ar
rive in the city. The trains bearing these men
will be accompanied 10y another. carrying o.
horses and 10000 pounds Of freight. but no
wagons
Tomorrow the second detachment will leave
Chickamauga and the following men VIII ar
rive Sunday evening: The reserve hospi'al ana
ambulance companies Of corps. and the hosp'a'
and ambulance companies Of briGadcS, CONSIST
ing Of Is officers and 900 men with Is horses
IS mules II wagons. 20 ambulances and t6ooo
pounds of freight: corps headquarters with /"
officers ~ men. A. horses. GS mules IL wagons
and 10000 pounds Of freight. Headquarters
guard with officers l2i men, 40 horses ="
mules. = wagons. and 10000 pounds of freiGht'
Signal Corps. with II officers. Ia men, 43
horses 81 mules. 1S wagons and 10000 pounds
Of freight.
Monday is the time set for the arrival OF the
artillery here. the start from Chckamauga be-
will consist of four batteries Of artillery. with
10 officers. 200 men, $40 horses - mules, ~
guns. 16 caissons Is wagons, and GO.Wo pounds
OF freight in addition TO the foregoing This
gives total of nearly 6000 wel-traned men,
who are considered TO be the best equipped OF
any volunteers now in the several camps THESE
men, however. comprise only the first expedition
to sail from Newport News.
OTHER EXPEDITIONS TO FOLLOW
II is stated on unquestioned authority that
other expeditions will so from this port. New
port News being regarded as by far the best
port for embarkaton Of troops OF any on the
coast The men and equipments to arrive mere
in the next three days will be taken TO Porto
Rico on five transports. as follows: 81 LOUIS
1900 men; the Harvard 1900 men; the fou-
manian. 500 men and 800 hundred horses the
MASSACHUSETTS. leo men and hm horses the
City of Washington. 500 men. Each OF these
transports will also carry the equipments anh
subsistence for the men on board. which VIII
occupy considerable space.
The St Louis. IL is officially stated, VIII be
Headquarters Of General Brooke and staff, and
quarters for them have been set apart. whether
or not the General commanding VIII arrive To-
morrow is not known officially although is
stated by one of the Army officers here that ne
will come with the main body.
fafor q
terry b. 9th Artillery, arrived in the city from
Baltimore this morning. and entered upon his
tion. which is to sail from here Monday or
Tuesday He spent the morning in consuita-
ton with Superintendent Parker and later
drove out to the camp site. where tne troops VIII
live until they embark. This site is an admira-
BILE place for camp. the city water main run
ming through 1t, thus giving the men i.es oi
water Major Wilson declared II 10 be an ideal
camp site and has laid ii off for the three regi-
ments and artillery batteries to come.
This afternoon forty cars. loaded with sab
sistencc for the army In Porto Rico came over
the Chesapeake and Ohio from Philadelphia
The Roumanian arrived about the same time
from York, and tonight the work 81 put
ting supplies aboard the transport was begun.
GEN BROOKE TO GO ON THE ST LOUIS.
The cruiser St Louis arrived al Old Point this
afternoon and will come here early in the morn
ing for supplies. General Brooke, II is stated
tonight will go aboard the cruiser and estab-
lsh his headquarters as soon as he arrives the
auxiliary cruiser Yosemite entered Hampton
Roads about the same time the 81. Louis came
H. and is now anchored below the city she
will not carry troops. The transport Glacier
arrived at old Point this morning This ship
will await the second expedition. which is ex-
pected 10 start from here in the next ten days
The transport BreakWater. which brought the
eecond detachment OF wounded from SibOney.
mas slated 10 sail with the first expedition, but
this afternoon she ordered 10 proceed 10
New-York for thorough tumisation and sailed
at o'clock Five hundred mattresses from the
ship were taken t. the rip Raps' this morn
ing and burned. Five hundred new mattresses
were ordered for the ship but they were not al
lowed aboard. The crew Of the ship are not
allowed to 80 in any Of the stateroons. The
cruiser Harvard and the transports Massachu-
setts and City OF Washington are reported as
having entered the Capes tonight but this can
not be confirmed.
1t Is believed here that the Yosemite and the
MINNEAPOLIS VIII be used 10 convoy the troop
ships TO Porto Rico, and that they VIII he ac-
coInpaned by the fleet Ct ten cOlliers now here