Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-11-12
OCCUPATION OF CUBA
Orders Issued by Secretary of
War Alger.
TROOPS THAT WILL GO.
Gen. L.. ". Carpenter VIII he I'm Command
Stations st Suevitas and Puerto
Principe pe-Preparations for supplies
Tho Order Says the Movement is TO 1sgin
at Once.

Washington. ID. c.. Especial. Secretary |
Alger issued the FIRST order looking 10 the |
military occupation OF Cuba by the United
states troops. The order was issued only |
after very careful consideration OF tho re-
ports OF the military officers now In Cuba
and OF the Hecker board aud other expert
commissioners which have been Ia the aeld.
The order looks to the occupation OF two
points 20 begin with, namely. Nuevitas and
Puerto Principe. but the occupation will oe
extended "a rapidly as the Spanish evacua-
tion proceeds. The order directs the move
ment 10 begin at once. but. according TO the
calculations OF the Department II will be
scarcely feasible 20 make the first landing
before November p. Headquarters OF the
new corps. which has been created FOR the
purpose OF beginning the occupation. will
be ST Nuevitas. under the command OF Gen
l.. II. Carpenter. lie is now in command OF
the cavalry brigade, composed % the sixth
and Seventh Cavalry. at Huntsville. Ala.
| The order is as follows
The OmciaI Order.
The headquarters OF six troops OF United
/ states cavalry and the Third Georgia Vol
unteers will be at Nuevitas.
! six troops OF the Eighth United States
Cavalry aud the Fifteenth Infantry 70 Puerto
/ Principe.
"The regiments will be prepared for ON
/ tarEation AZ once. and the Subsistence De
partment will arrange for the necessary
rstions. Tho command Will DO equipped
/ and rationed for CD days.
Tho Quartermaster- Generals Depart
ment will furnish tho necessary wagon
transportation FOR use az their new sta
tions.
"The Surgeon General will make pro-
vision for hospital and medical supplies.
ffrNrr f.a-t Iaa..I
States Volunteers, Is assigned To command
these troops. with headquarters at Nuc-
vitas.
THE cavalry brigade. composed Of the
Seventh and Eighth United States Volun-
teers, Is discontinued. The seventh Is as
signed to the First Army Corps and th,
Eighth to the Second Army Corps.
Tho Fifteenth United States Infantry /.
detached from the Fourth Army Corps. and
an infantry brigade created, composed o
the Third Georgia Volunteers and the Fif
teenth United States Infantry. and desis AteC
as the Second Brigade. Third Division, sec
ond Corps.
"The orders sending the Second brigade
Third Division, Second Corps, TO Athens
Ga, have been revoked"
General Carpeuter's Stan.
The stan OF General Carpenters brlgad
, will consist OF the following officers:
Captain John T.. Mcmahon. assistant al
lutant-generRl OF volunteers. adjutAnt-gen
: eral; Capt. William k. Alexander. assistan
! quartoriuaster OF volunteers, quartermastel
, Capt. William NJ. Loveland, conmissaTy q
subsistence OF volunteers. commissary: Ms
William f. De Neidman, United States No
unteers, surgeon.
Nueyitas Is seaport at the eastern en-
on the northern shore OF Cnba. Puert
Principe Is located IN about the central POI
tion Of the province OF the same name. Tn
general order has nothing 10 do with the a
sumption OF control OF the island by tt
United states, no change being made fro
January !, the date agreed upon.
Preparations have also been made for Il
embarkation OF other troops which may
ordered 10 Cuba. These orders may I
directed 10 the corps commanding, AID NJ
by general order such as just issued.