The record-union., 1898-05-10
VOLUNTEER TROOPS.
War Department Announced the
Places OF Concentration.

WASHINGTON, May 9-In answer
| to repeated requests from all sections
OF the country for information as to
where the various organizations of
State troops which are being mustered
into the United States service are to
be sent, Secretary Alger to-day fur
nished the Associated Press the follow
ing statement, showing the destination
of the volunteer troops. The list is
subject to correction. It will be noticed
that, generally speaking, three points
are to receive the greater number of
troops.
1t appears that the purpose of the
department in making the assignments
was to divide the volunteer forces in
such a way as to be available for three
distinct purposes. The first regiments
raised in each State. mustered and
found ready for service are to be sent
to Chickamauga, TO be clicked into
shape" and thence sent to Tampa and
other Gulf ports, including New Or
leans and Galveston, preparatory to
embarking for Cuba. The second d.
vision of regiments goes to Washington,
where they are to form grand reserve
ready to reinforce the Cuban army at
any moment, to man the coast defenses
or for other purposes. The third d.
vision is to remain for the present in
the States in which their organizations
are mustered, subject to call for duty
| in the Philippines or for general re-
serve purposes. Possibly they may
never be called upon to leave their ma
! tive States.
! The official list is as follows:
To Washington, D. C.-District Of
| Columbia, one regiment of infantry;
Arkansas, one regiment of infantry;
Illinois, two regiments of infantry; In
diana, one regiment of infantry and
one battery of artillery; Iowa, one regi-
ment of infantry; Kansas, one regiment
of infantry; Kentucky, one regiment of
infantry; Massachusetts, one regiment
of infantry; Michigan, one regiment Of
| infantry; Minnesota, one regiment of
! infantry; Missouri, one regiment of in
| fantry; Nebraska, one regiment of in
fantry; New Jersey, one regiment of
infantry; New York, two regiments of
| infantry; Ohio, one regiment of infan-
| try and one light battalion of artillery;
Pennsylvania, four regiments of infan-
! try and one troop of cavalry; Tennes-
| see, one regiment of infantry; Texas,
one regiment of infantry; Virginia, one
regiment of infantry; Wyoming, one
battalion of infantry; North Dakota,
one battalion of infantry.
To Camp George H. Thomas, Chicka-
mauga-Illinois, two regiments of in
fantry one battery of artillery and one
regiment of cavalry; Indiana, two reg
iments of infantry and one battery of
artillery; Kentucky, one regiment Of
| infantry and one troop of cavalry;
! Michigan, two regiments OF infantry;
! Missouri, one regiment Of infantry ana
one light battery; New York, four reg
iments of infantry; Ohio, three reg1-
ments of infantry, three batteries or
light artillery and eight troops of cav
airy; Pennsylvania, six regiments OF
| infantry; South Carolina, one battalion
of infantry; South Dakota, one battal-
ion of infantry; Idaho, one battalion OF
| infantry; also one regiment of infantry
from the following States: Colorado,
Iowa. Kansas Maryland, Massachu-
sets Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jer-
sey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Yer
mont, Virginia, West Virginia anu
| Wisconsin.
To San Francisco-California two
regiments Of infantry and two batter
les of heavy artillery; Oregon, one regi-
ment of infantry; Washington, one
regiment of infantry: Idaho, one bat
talon of infantry; Utah, two light bat
teries of artillery and one troop of cav
| airy.
! To San Antonio. Texas-Texas. one
regiment of infantry; Arizona, two
troops of cavalry: New Mexico, four
troops of cavalry; Oklahoma, one
troop of cavalry; Indian Territory, two
/ troops Of cavalry.
To New Orleans-Arkansas one regi-
ment of infantry: Louisiana, one regi-
ment of infantry; Mississippi, one regi-
ment of infantry.
To Mobile-Alabama, one regiment Of
| infantry.
To Tampa-Georgia, One regiment of
infantry.
To Department Commander for coast
defense and reserve-Kentucky, one
regiment of infantry and one troop OF
cavalry; Louisiana, one regiment Of in
fantry; Maine, one regiment of infan-
try and one battery of heavy artillery;
| Massachusetts, two regiments OF lnfan-
try and one of heavy artillery; Michl-
gan, one regiment of infantry; Mime
sofa, one regiment of infantry; Missis-
sippi, one regiment of infantry: Ala
| bama, one regiment and one battalion
of infantry; California, two battalions
| of infantry and two batteries of heavy
artillery; Connecticut, one regiment of
infantry two batteries of heavy artil-
| lery and one battery of light artillery
Delaware, one regiment of infantry
| Florida, one regiment of infantry
| Georgia one regiment of infantry and
two batteries of light artillery; Illinois,
! three regiments of infantry; Indiana,
one regiment of infantry: Iowa, two
regiments of infantry; Kansas, one
regiment of infantry: Missouri, two
regiments of infantry: Montana, one
regiment of infantry; New Hampshire,
one regiment of infantry: New Jersey,
one regiment of infantry: New York,
six regiments of infantry and two troops
! of cavalry: North Carolina, one bat
TALON and one regiment of infantry
Ohio. four regiments of infantry; Penn
| sylvania, five regiments of infantry,
two batteries of light artillery and two
troops Of cavalry; Rhode Island, one
regiment of infantry; South Carolina,
one regiment of infantry and one heavy
battery; Tennessee, one regiment of in
fantry; Texas, one regiment of infantry
and one regiment OF cavalry; Virginia,
one regiment of infantry; Wisconsin,
one regiment of Infantry: Maryland,
| two battalions of infantry.
CHICAGO NAVAL RESERVE.
Senator Mason Urges the Accept
ance of Their Services.
| WASHINGTON, May 9.-Senator Ma
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