The Lamar register., 1898-10-12
ORDERS TO THE ARMY
lTs REORGANIZATION EFFECTED
rhrc~ Corp. Dbsssnaed and Mary esesrsi
oncer. Diseh.rged-fiassf for oerary
ing Cubx-c4mps tn the South

The Third. Fifth and SKID cofl~ my
discontinued. The First. seSond anu
Fourth corps reorsanized. They are To
be commanded respectively by Major
Generals Brcckinridge, Graham ana
Wheeler. The headquarters OF sach
corps win hss; First corps, Macon
Georgia: Second corps. Augusta, Ssef-
gia: Fourth corps. Huntsville. Ala
hama
The next order gives Instructions 20
officers designed to secure good ae'7oin-
modations FOR the men and closes as
follows;
"It will be borne in mind that the
troops who are TO occupy the camps
herein provided for are To t'e prepared
and held in readiness for servtce ia
Cuba. They may b. ordered 10 that
island on short noticc. either by reEi-
uents or by hrlgadesl-
The War Department to-sisy isSiird
the long expected order Tor the honor-
able discharge from the volunteer ser
vice OF the United States Of thTee Hia-
jor generals and twenty-si1 hriEadier
generals OF volunteers.
This heavy reduction was urade nee
eSsary by the fact thai thc volunteer
army itself has already been rtsiues,d
by fully ~ per cent and there j. con-
httAtAAAl alb u1A1 HtAAAHAAAA- ~
officers 10 discharge The officers who
were promoted from the regular artny
VIII r~turn 10 their formsr dulles TIE
lis; Is as follows:
Major Generais--John CoppinEer,
@ tpiss'r ~, isslS. Hamilton :. Hawk
NoVember ~. issgS: Jacob y. Kent.
tnbcr ~. ISIS.
Brisadier eenrraiS. to take eject oc-
tOher II. iS:sS-E'rancis l.. tsufnihef-
Alfred T. Bates. George l. Gillespie.
Lurirs r. Hubbard. James r. watie--
Charles T. Matiocks. Marx ". sheafe-
James H. Barkiey. Joseph W Pianae,
Thomas l. Rosser. Joseph n. Hufson-
ss===szsss-s z=zi=Tss So tssss' 10
vcmhcr 10 iSsgS-Iohn l. Rodgsrs. An-
dr,sw x Burt. Pcter G. HalurS. GeorEe
A. GarrefSon. Henry NJ. Duf1sJ- IA
cob b. Rat-cock, Roy stone, Maiiao.
r. Randolph. Henry Carroll, Edward
r. Pearson John II. Fas' william N
Wherry. Charles u. Ntelr. Aaron =
Daggott. John n Patterson
BriEadler genersls-Alfrci + Bates,
George l.. Gillespie. John u, RsiscV-E
and Peter Haines WI continue their
present duties.
The War Department has een-
pleted lis plans Cor the departure OF
the scrond expedition % troops ta gar
siSon Cuha
The nrst division + ALREADY under
orders and should be started within
few days frnm The southern ports
near ibeir camping grounds. The
FIRST division starts under command of
Brisadier General Carpenter. who
commands the cavalry brigade com
posed OF the seventh and Elghth
United States cavalry.
IL is the Intention of the War De-
parfinefit that Major General Wade.
now president Of the military evacua-
tiGn commission shall -omuiand ihe
entire force or l'biied States troops
assigned 10 duty In Cuba, but he VIII
scIrcsly take active command until
be has completed his duties with The
commission,
The second division win comprise
all the troops now under tie cunl-
mand Of Major General FitzhuEh Lee
These troops arr stationed at lack
sonville and the force comprLses the
following regiments, all yoluntecr
troops:
second. Fourth and Ninth Illinois
Infantry. Rhode Island. sixteenth In
fantry. Second Louisiana infantry.
Sixth Missouri infantry, Third Nchras.
ka infantry fBEyan's regimenu. First
North Carolina infantry Second
South Carolina Infantry. First Texas
Infantry. Fourth Virginia infantry
and the Second Volunteer cavalry
The general orders which Will be IS
sued to this division are TO begin the
movement the last of this month. ar
as soon thereafter as practicable The
indications arc hased ON the proceed
ines Of the military commission at
Havana, that the troops VIII be sent.
not in body. but in small regimen
tai and brigade commands. aud that
these VIII be landed first ON the west
erR ccast and perhaps In part on the
south. probably at Batabano
The aninating purpose is 10 reduce
the chances of hostile ciashing be-
tween the retiring Spanish troops and
the incoming American forces. by
keeping back the latter until the
Spaniards have been deporied.
About the time the movement uf the
Lee command begins. troops now In
the middle states Will move toward
the southern camps. which have heen
selected by the Schwan hoard. lying
In Georgia. South Carolina and Ala
hama. This viii result iii The aban-
dnnment of camps at Afiddletown.
Pennsylvania, Lexington. Kentucky.
and Knoxville.
The southern camps are TO he laid
out in the best form, with all the i'm
Iiroyements that the experience Of last