The record-union., 1898-04-29
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
Regulars Ordered to Start Immedi-
ateIy for Tampa, Florida.

| CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK
(Ga.), April 2S.-The two companies Of
the Ninth (colored) Cavalry, which ar
rived in Chattanooga late this after
noon, We're stopped after having started
to Chickamauga and switched into the
| Western and Atlantic yards. Orders
are said to have been received to have
the troops proceed as rapidly as pos
sible to Tampa, Fla, to which point
troops from Mobile have also been or
dered, and they will leave before morn
ing. 1t is currently reported that the
companies of the Ninth Regiment now
in camp here, will be shipped at once
to Tampa, as we'll as the twenty fourth
Infantry (colored). officers Of the Ninth
have hidden good-by to their wives and
are making every preparation for de-
parture.
The movement of troops to Tampa is
believed to embrace not only the col
ored troops, but all the Inilitary sta
toned here as we'll The shipment of
the Ninth Cavalry following the sud
den departure to-day of two batteries
of artillery for Tampa has produced
fever of excitement among the soldiers.
Two batteries of light artillery, E and
K of the First, 40 men with six guns,
in command of Captain Capron, left
here to-day for Tampa, Fla. The horses
of the batteries were not taken, so
great was the haste to get the guns to
the southern destination, but will fol-
low as soon as they can be loaded. The
train will run to Tampa on passenger
time, and upon arriving there, it is
said the men and their grim looking
will ha
Edgemont Key, at the head of Tampa
Bay, the key commanding the harbor
of Havana, where Notifications have
recently been erected, but have as yet
been poorly supplied with guns.
Whether it is the intention of the
authorities at Washington to order any
more of the Chickamauga artillery
south is not known. 1t is positively de-
MED at headquarters that any such or
ders have been received, and the gen.
eral order issued to-day forming the re-
naming batteries into brigade of two
battalions, each composed of four bat
teries, goes to substantiate this claim.
Among the more experienced cavalry
officers. however, it is believed that this
first shipment will be followed by others
very soon. It is known to be part Of
the plan of cooperation agreed upon
at Washington between General Miles
and representatives of the Cuban in
surgents for the line of communication
with the insurgent army with some
well fortified seaport. 1t will not be
surprising if a good part Of the artil-
lery now at Chickamauga, together
with some of the cavalry and infantry
here, is ordered south in short time
with this purpose in view.
Major General Brooke to-day receiv
ed a telegram from the War Depart
ment ordering him at once to put the
army in his command on a war foot
ing. and authorizing him to enlist ev
cry eligible man until the regiments
are filled. This will result in increased
number of troops at Chickamauga, close
to %. 900. Hereafter / 200 troops will
constitute a regiment of cavalry, 100
hundred men for each troop. A regi-
ment of infantry will consist of twelve
companies, 106 enlisted men for each
company The field artillery will con-
sist of 173 enlisted men. Authority has
been given to Major-General Brooke,
who has conveyed to the various Off
GERS. for enlistment up to the strength
of eligible men between the ages Of Is
and 35, but all minors must have the
consent of parents or guardians.
Hundreds of applications for enlist
ment have already been made to the
officers of the four colored regiments
stationed at Chickamauga. and these
regiments, now that authority to enlist,
has actually been given will undoubted-
ly be filled in short order. All appli
cants who pass the required examina
tions will be accepted as fast as they
present themselves. acquisitions have
already been made on the War De-
partment for company and garrison out
fits and ordnance equipment for these
troops Adjutants of regiments and of
artillery battalions will be designated as
recruiting officers.
CHATTANOOGA, April 2S.-1O:30 a.
NIT is now positively known that all
of the Ninth Cavalry the Twenty
fourth Infantry and the entire eight
batteries of artillery now centered at
Chickamauga. will leave for the south
as soon as they can be loaded on the
cars. which are in readiness for them.
By tomorrow night, it is thought, all of
| the trains will be on their way to
Tampa Shortly after 10 o'clock bug
| Ter of the Ninth Cavalry, with the two