The times., 1898-06-17
ARMY ORDERS.

Secretary Alger has ordered the follow
ing movements in connection with the or
ganization and recruitment of the bri-
grade of volunteer engineers:
The headquarters of the First ReGi
ment of United States Volunteer Engi-
neers are Professionally established at
New York city. at which point the colo
mel, lieutenant colonel and majors will
take station.
Majors John S. Sewell, 5uis Duncan
and James D. Ferguson; Captains Ira A.
Shaler, Eugene Enicott, Merit II. Smith,
Azel Ames. jr.. Arthur Hayiland. Charles
Parker Breese. and First Lieut.. Joseph
A Steinmetz will act as recruiting officers.
Recruiting offices will be established at
Boston, Mass; New York city. n. Y;
Philadelphia Pa; Baltimore. Md; Nor
folk, Va, and the following assignments
Of recruiting officers is made: To the Bos-
ton office-Major John S. Sewell and Capt
Azel Ames, jr.; to the New York office,
Major James d Fergerson and Capt Ira
A. Shaler: TO the Philadelphia office capt
Eugene Ellicott and First Lieut.. Joseph
A. Steinmetz; 10 the Baltimore office
Major Louis Duncan and Capt. Arthur
Haviland; to the Norfolk. office, Capt.
Charles Parker Breese.
The rendezvous for the regiment will be
at Camp Townsend, near Peekskill. n. Y.
the governor Of the State of New York
having assented TO its use.
Major JAMES Il! Burbank Fifth Artil-
leTy. had been detained as mastering Off
Ger for the regiment He will also act
as quartermaster and comTnissary
The subsistence department has been
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the men, at Camp Townsend, at a price
not to exceed forty cents per day per
man, until the muster-in of the regiment
has been completed, after which it will
be regularly supplied with rations in kind
The headquarters of the Second Regi-
ment United States Volunteer Engineers
are professionally established at Chicago.
H., at which point the vo.onel lieutenant
colonel Major Savage and Major Pinck-
ard will take station.
Recruiting offices will be established at
Springfield, Ohio; Cincinnati. Ohio; Indi-
annapolis, Ind; Chicago. H.; St Paul.
Mimi; Omaha, Neb. Denver, Col: Salt
Lake City, Utah; San Francisco. Cal. and
Portland. Ore, to which recruiting Off
GERS or agents will be assigned by the
regimental commander.
The rendezvous for the First and Sec
ond Battalions of the regiment is estab-
lished at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago.
ILL.,. for the Third Battalion at the Presi-
dio of San Francisco, Cal.
Major Richard II. Savage will proceed
from Chicago. ILL.,, to Springfield, Ohio:
Cincinnati Ohio; indianapolis, Ind, and
Fort Sheridan III; Major Edward L.
Pinckard from Chicago, H., to St Paul.
Mimi; Omaha, Neb., and Fort Sheridan.
H.; Major William c. Langfftt. from
San Francisco. Cal, to Portland, Ore
Salt Lake City. Utah; Denver. Col, and
return to San Francisco; Capt Robert P
Johnston, from Key West, Fla, to Salt
Lake City, Utah; and thence to San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Burr will
proceed to Fort Sheridan. H., and report
to the regimental commander.
First Lieutenant Charles w Parker.
quartermaster, will proceed from Wash
ington, D. c., to Fort Sheridan. H.. and
report to his regImentaI commander for
duty.
Captain c. NJ. Rockefeller, Ninth In
fantry, is hereby detailed as mastering
officer for the companies recruited at
Springfield, Ohio. Cincinnati Ohio. and
indianapolis, Ind, which will form the
First Battalion; First Lieutenant C. c.
Ballou, Twelfth Infantry for the COM
panies recruited at Chicago, ILL.,. St Paul.
Mimi, and Omaha, Neb which will form
the Second Battalion: First Lieutenant
John M Barber, Seventh Infantry, for the
company at Denver, Col; First Lieuten-
ant w. r. Dashiel Twenty-fourth In
fantry, for the company at St Lake CITY.
Utah; First Lieutenant D. J. Rumboueh.
Third Artillery, for the company at San
Francisco, Cal. and Second Lieutenant
Kenneth Morton, Third Artillery. for the
company at Portland, Ore, which four
companies will form the Third Battalion.
They will also act as quartermaster and
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the recruits from the time of their en-
rollment to the time of muster-in and for
their transportation from the place of en-
rollment to the place of RENDEZVOUS.