The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-17
TROOPS FOR poRro RICO.
Large Part of the Men Vow in Flor
ida to Be Sent.

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New York, June 16.-According to es-
Inmates made by Adjt Gen. Corbin. says
the Washington correspondent of the
Times, the Total number OF troops left at
Tampa after the sailing of the Santiago
expedition, is in the neighborhood of %. co.,
This includes the portion of the Fourth
Corps remaining at Mobile, which is re-
garded as a sub-station of the Tampa
camp.
AT Jacksonville, it is estimated by the
adjutant general, that there are about
5000 men.
Ihis would make the entire strength of
the forces most eligibly located for en-
barkation to Puerto Rico 30. 900 men. Lit
Tie doubt is harbored that out of this it
would be possible to organize by the time
the other preparations for the expedition
are completed an army of ., 600 men thor
oughly equipped. The latest official re-
turns TO the war department show the fol-
lowing as the composition of the Fourth
army Corps, commanded by Maj. Gen
Sopplhger' which is expected to take part
IN the movement on Puerto Rico:
AT Mobile-First Division. commanded
py Brlg' Gen. Schwan, five regiments, the
first and Second Texas, First and Second
Louisiana and First Alabama.
AT Tampa-Second division, commanded
by Brig. Gen. Snyder, nine regiments. the
Eleventh and Seventeenth Regular Infan-
Try FIRST District of Columbia, Second
New York, Fifth Maryland. Third Penn
sylvania, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh
lnoiana, First Ohio and First Illinois.
Also the Third division. commanded nv
briS. cen Henry, six regiments and cav
airy and artillery detachments, Fifth Ohio
FIRST Florida, Thirty Michigan.
Sixty ninth New York, Third Ohio. and
second Georgia, provisional cavalry
brigade made up of the Fifth Regular Cav
airy, attachments from the Second Third
and Sixth and Fourth troops of the First
volunteer Cavalry, six batteries of light
artillery and f from the Third B and
f from the Fourth and D and F. from the
Firth, two batteries of heavy artillery. NJ
and K from the Fifth
AT Observation-Disclosures of the First
and Tenth Regular Cavalry.
Only one division of the Seventh corns
under Gen. Lee at Jacksonville has been
organized; the. Second, commanded nv
Brig. Gen. Arnold, and made up a S follows:
tlrst North Carolina, Second Illinois SEQ
ond New Jersey, First Wisconsin. Fiftieth
Iowa, Fourth Illinois, Second and Fourth
Virginia
The provisional division organized to ac-
SOAhpdHy Geu smarter ana commanded by
Brig. Gen. Snyder was intended TO be the
First division of the Seventh. but has now
been attached to the Fourth corps under
Gen. Coppinger.
The Third division of Gen. Lees CORPS
has not yet been formed, but the Second
mississippi Regiment has been ordered to
Jacksonville and it will enter that divis-
ion.
The war department has begun an in
vestigation into the state of preparedness
of the troops at Tampa, Mobile and Jack
sonville, with view to selecting the reg
ulars for the Porto Rico forces, but it bv
no means is certain that the companies
for the enterprise will be taken from these
camps. In fact it seems well assured that
selections of specially well equipped
and well trained regulars from the camps
at Chickamauga and Washington will be
made in organizing the new expedition.
There is some reason to suppose that a
portion of the force left at Tampa may yet
be sent on to Santiago as a second division
of Gen. Skaters army. Should the
Spaniards prove more numerous and for
midable about Santiago than is expected
reinforcements will undoubtedly be hur-
ried There. Several of the transports en-
gagged for the Santiago movement were
not used in the first expedition and these
would be available for a second should it
be found necessary.