The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-28
SEVENTH ARMY CORPS.
Gen. Lee Issues an order for the
Brigading of the Troops.


BriGading of the Troops.
Tampa, Fla. May 27.-Maj. Gen. Lee Is
sued an order to-day for the brigading of
the troops at Tampa and Jacksonville en-
braced in the Seventh army corps.
The order made no changes from Gen.
Skaters general orders of last night.
Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry will take
command of the First division, and Brig.
Gen, A. K. Arnold of the Second division.
The organization of the corps viii be
completed in later orders, as other volun-
teer regiments arrive and so into camp.
This viii not be for several days, as the
corps will be made up of twenty-seven reg
iments when completed. while only third
of this number are now in camp here and
at Jacksonville.
Il is ordered that the general officers of
the troops already in camp select their
aides from the officers belonging TO their
respective commands.
The condition of some of the volunteer
regiments is sadly deficient as regards
arms and clothing, and so urgent have pc
come the requirements in this respect that
no supplies win be issued to the regular
troops until The volunteers are equipped
and in readiness for actual field duty The
lack of arms, especially, has been sadly
felt Volunteer brigade commanders have
been ordered to report 10 the chief quar-
termaster at once the tentage, clothing
and means OF transportation on hand and
what is required, and TO the chief ord
nance officer the character and quality or
arms on hand and what is needed for
complete equipment. The wants of the
volunteer regiments viii be filed as fast
as reports are made.
Mai. Gen. Lees staff was announced to-
day as follows:
Personal Staff-First Lieutenant Alger-
non Sartoris, First Regiment Volunteer
Engineers; First Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee,
Jr., First Regiment Volunteer Engineers,
First Lieutenant Carlos Carbonet, First
Regiment Volunteer Engineers.
Corps Staff-Lieut. Col. J. II. Dorst, as
sistant adjutant general; Capt r. e. L.
Niche. assistant adjutant general; Lieut.
Col. William r. Livermore, chief engineer;
Lieut.. Col. Curtis Guild, Jr., inspector gem
eral; Lieut.. Col. j. n. Morrison, deputy
judge advocate general; Lieut., Col. l.. M
Maus, chief surgeon; Lieut.. Col. G. T.
Miller, chief quartermaster; Lieut. Col. O.
l. Wood, chief commissary.
Pending the arrival of Lieut.. Col Miller.
Lieut.. Col. Wood is appointed acting chief
quartermdster Of the Seventh Corps and
Lieut.. Col. Guild is temporarily assigned
10 duty as chief ordnance officer of the
Seventh Corps.
Maj. Gen. Skaters staff was also an.
nounced as follows:
Personal staff: First Lieutenant r. II.
Noble, First Infantry, aide; First Lieuten-
ant j. d. Mley. Second Artillery. aide.
Corps Staf-Lieut. Col. +. j. McClern-
and assistant adjutant general; Capt. j.
c. Gilmore, Jr., assistant adiutant gen
eral, United States Volunteers assistant
20 the adjutant general; Maj S. W. Groes-
beck. judge advocate. acting judge advo-
cafe; Maj. j. W. Jacobs, quartermaster.
acting chief quartcrmaster; Lieut. Col.
b. +. Pope. chief surgeon. United states
Volunteers chief surgeon; First Lieut..
Frank Greene, signal corps, signal officer.
The First Florida Regiment of volun-
teers. which has been camped on the old
Fort Brooke reservation, broke camp to-
day and marched to the new volunteer
camp at Palmetto Beach, where the Tbir-
y-second Michigan, Third and Fifth Ohio
ana Second Georgia are located This.
however, is but a temporary arrangement