The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-06
WILL GET MORE TROOPS.
GEN. LEE NOTIFIED THAT CAMPS
WILL CONTINUE TO DE Used.

seventh Leaves Tor CuDa-Ofuefs
From Washington for the Entire
Corps to Be Put in Readiness to
Leave for the Isiand-The Panama
Designated for the Headquarters.
gen. Lee and Four Regiments Ex-
pected to Get on This Week.
First North Carolina Goes ON
Hoard the Michigan Tomorrow
Afternoon.
Next Monday will probably find four
regiments of the Seventh Army Corps in
Cuba. Gen. Lee, his staff and their cleri-
cal forces, will doubtless also be there by
that time. Gen. Lee win he the military
governor of the province Of Havana, the
most important in the island, and the
Seventh Corps Will maintain the peace
and preserve American control until such
time as the government sees fit TO sur
render it to the Cubans, If ever.
Yesterday dispatches were received from
Washington directing that the transport
Panama, now in port here, and which was
being held for a corps of engineers, should
be used for the transportation of the corps
anu htANAl AOAeOH st' otils A~Nt
might designate to go on her. The Pana-
ma is listed as having accommodations
for but ten officers and 400 men. While
small she will be comfortable for the
short voyage to Cuba.
The opinion is generally entertained that
Gen. Lee will decide to go on her in time
TO reach Cuba by the fore part of next
week. He is waiting on certain matters
before announcing his final decision. Yes
terday the announcement was made that
the First North Carolina should so aboard
the Michigan on Wednesday afternoon,
the transport to sail Thursday morning
early. The Second Illinois is to so on the
Roumanian Thursday, and the One Hun
dred and Sixty-frst Indiana and the
Fourth Virginia are to board the Mobile
as soon as she is ready for them. The
Roumanian is expected in to-day or to-
morrow, and the Mobile is scheduled TO
leave Philadelphia for Savannah this
morning, having been delayed there by
the storm. The four transports will get
off by Friday night. OF that there seems
20 be no question just now. With the four
regiments will go, it seems, the corps
headquarters, the Division Hospital and
the Signal Corps.
Other transports are expected in this
week and early next week the remaining
two regiments of the Second division will
get off. They win be followed as soon as
possible by the six regiments of the First
division. Yesterday Gen. Lee received in
structions from the war department to get
his entire corps in Cuba as soon as posi-
BILE. The necessary orders viii be issued
and the several regiments will be in readi-
ness as soon as the transports reach port
il would not be surprising if the end of
next week found the entire corps out of
Savannah Among the transports coming
are several that carry regiment or more
each and as all preliminary arrangements
have been made there win be no delays
once the steamships are in port.
After the Seventh corps leaves, and, in
fact. probably before ali of 1t has departed
from Savannah, troops of another corps
also bound for Cuba, will be camped out
on Dale avenue and near Avondale range
Gen. Lee received word from Adjt Gen
CoEoin yesterday that other troops would
succeed his corps on the camp grounds
here. This is the most gratifying news
Savannah has had since the announcement
of the decision TO make this the point of
embalkation and remove the Seventh from
Jacksonville. 1t is believed that either
the First or the Second corps, and perhaps
both, viii be camped here, doubtless keep
ing Savannah supplied with an army OF
soldiers for weeks to come after Gen
Lees forces have left The headquarters
of the First corps, from the latest army
circular are at Macon, where the follow
ing regiments are reported stationed:
Seventh and Tenth United States Volun-
teer Infantry, Third United States Volun-
fPaFE EpUippprE
Virginia. At Columbus, the One Hun
dred and Sixtieth Indiana, Third Kentucky.
FIRST West Virginia; at Athens the Third
New Jersey and Fifteenth PENNSYLVANIA;
at Albany the Third Mississippi Second
Missouri and First Territorial; and at
Anericus the Eighth Massachusetts.
Twelfth New York, and Third North Caro-
lima. IL is regarded as safe to say that
all OF the regiments at these places win
come 70 savannah 10 camp preparatory to
embarkatlon for Cuba or Porto Rico
Augusta has been the Headquarters of
the Second Corps. with Companies C and
II of U. S. V. Engineers. the First Mary
land, Thirty-fifth Michigan Fifteenth
minnesota, Tenth Ohio Eighth and Thir-
teenth Pennsylvania Regiments in camp.
At Summerville are the Third Connecticut
Fourteenth Pennsylvania and battalion of
the Ninth Ohio. At Columbus are the
AASS ANhONo ASldHu anu second IeXaS. AT
Greenvihe are the Fourth New Jersey, Two
Hundred and Third New York, Second
West Virginia, Fifth Massachusetts
Fourth Maryland and Two Hundred and
First New York. Charleston is pulling to
get TINS corps shipped through that port
The transports, when loaded, all draw
twenty-five feet or more, and so II Is
among the probabilities that they will find
their outlet through Savannah At Hunts
vile is the Fourth Corps. and if It is de-
ctded to send it to Cuba its natural point
Of embarkation would also be Savannah.
The Third Corps has regiments at Annis-
ton and other points. Two, and perhaps
three, corps are apt to come to Savannah
for embarkation after the Seventh Corps
has bid the city good-by.
The Signal Corps men are in readiness
TO go whenever the order is given them.
They have left a wire to the First Divi-
sion headquarters, but all of the wires to
the Second are said 10 be down and their
instruments packed.
Yesterday Gen. Lee is said to have re-
ceived cables from Cuba stating where
the regiments should disembark and v,hare