The herald., 1898-05-09
NO CHANCE TO Be TAKEN
UNTIL THE ARMADA HAS BEEN
aDIsPosED OF
TROOPS NOW AT CHICKAMAUGA
To Be Mobilized as Soon as Forty
Thousand Men Have Been
Mustered in

Associated Press Special Wire
TAMPA, Fla, May S.-Captain ]. H.
Miles. senior aide de camp to Major Gen
eral Shaftsr. left Tampa very quietly last
night foN Washington to report to General
Miles,
Captain Miles visit to Washington has
an important bearing on the future course
of events here, as it is said on good au-
thority that he bears with him the report
of Captain ]. H. Dorst as to the results OF
the latter's meeting last week with Gen.
eral Delgado, of the Cuban insurgents
near Havana. Captain Miley also has
Lieutenant Colonel Lawton's report on
his meeting at Key West on Friday with
officers of the American blockading squad
ron, Major General Skaters recommended
ton as to the plan Of campaign in the con-
templated Cuban invasion, and plans OF
Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow, chief OF en-.
gineers, regarding fortifications, etc., at
the point of landing in Cuba.
Captain Miley will return to Tampa i'm
mediately after his mission is accomplished
The work OF preparing the transports has
been delayed a good deal by the non-ar-
rival of material, and 1t will be Wednes-
day, perhaps later, before this work is ac-
complshed. But, outside of the delay IN
the preparations, no American troops will
be landed on Cuban soil until the question
of superiority in the Atlantic is settled be-
tween Admiral SIMPSONS squadron and
the Spanish fleet, and settled decisively.
High army officials make this statement.
They say it would be taking needless
chances to send an army into Cuba before
70 nj ic of mi
the meeting of the American and Spanish
fleets takes place, no one here believes that
orders to move will be received.
Services were held at both Tampa and
Port Tampa grounds today by the regi-
mental chaplains. There was no drilling,
and thousands of soldiers attended the SER
vices. The sermons in every case were
of an intensely patriotic character.
Reports of the breaking out of yellow
fever at Key West among the prize crew
of the Argonauta have caused some I'M
easiness among the soldiers here, probably
in view of the fact that two companies of
the Twenty-fifth regiment arrived from
Key West yesterday, and are now in camp
here. Should these reports prove true, it
is very probable that a rigid quarantine will
be established.
The Volunteer Army
CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK,
Ca, May SIT was given out officially
today that 10000 of the volunteer army will
be modified just as soon as they have been
mustered into the government service.
With the ten regiments of regulars now
here filled to war strength, the army at
this point will number $4,000. 1t was also
NH,;o
Lee, Major General Joe Wheeler and Major
General James H. Wilson would be in
commandS the purpose being to form the
volunteer men into three army corps. The
following recently appointed brigadier
generals, ex-colonels of the regular army,
have been assigned to the volunteer army
here:
A. s. Burke, late of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry; Gen. Sumner, late colonel Third
cavalry; Gen. Snyder, colonel Ninth IN
fantry.
Other assignments can be expected at
any moment.
The first installment of equipments for
recruits arrived today and were distribut-
ed. Recruits are now coming in rapidly
One hundred reached here today, and in
formation from recruiting officers Is to
the effect that all the recruits required will
be obtained In comparatively short time.
1t has been decided to locate the camp Of
the volunteer army on the west side Of
Lafayette road near Chickamauga creek,
and a force of men has been at work pre-
pairing the ground and getting it ready for
occupancy. The railroad company will
begin tomorrow putting in an additional
spur and erecting additional depots for
the purpose of handling recruits and their
equipage.
Offers to Regulars
WASHINGTON, May S.-Secretary AL
ger has in preparation a letter to Gen.
Brooke, commanding the regiments mob,l-
lied at Chickamauga. in which he says that
soldiers re-enlsting in the regular army
during the war may be informed that they
would be granted their discharges If de-
sired, at the close of the war, upon their
individual application. This action was
taken because of the news which has come
from Chickamauga that very few of the
men whose terms of service are expiring
are re-enlisting, because they profess a
preferment for the volunteer service.
At the Preside
SAN FRANCISCO, May s-This was far