The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-26
AT cHICKAMAUGA PARK.
Army Corps to BE Organized-DriIl-
ing ON HistOric Ground.

Army corps TO he OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
inG ON Historic Ground.
CEICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK.
Ga. April REORGANIZATION Of the troops of
the United States regular army at Chicka-
manga into an army corps has practically
been decided upon No general order has
been issued to this effect, nor will such an
order be issued until such time as the vari-
Gus regiments of infantry and the artillery
now on their way to the park are actually
encamped here. The corps will be made
up of two divisions Of cavalry, of threa
regiments each, general order for the for
nation Of which was issued Saturday by
Major General Brooke, two divisions of in
fantry of four regiments each, and ten bat
teries of artillery, to be formed into a regi-
ment. It is quite probable that other regi-
ments which have been telegraphed for
but which have not yet been heard fron.,
will arrive here within the next day or two,
possibly enough to form another division.
AS it stands now, the cavalry division is as
follows: Colonel A. K. Arnold, First Cav
airy commanding; first brigade, composed
of the First Cavalry, Second Cavalry and
Tenth Cavalry; second brigade, Colonel S.
S. Sumner, commanding, composed Of the
Third Cavalry, Sixth Cavalry and Ninth
Cavalry. All the infantry regiments which
viii be embraced in the first brigade OF
infantry are already on he ground and in
camp. This brigade will be made up Of the
Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth and Twenty-ifth
infantry regiments, and will be placed in
command of Colonel Andrew Burt, of the
IWenty-nrth tcolored, veteran Of the
clvll war and the hero of many a hard
Iougnt Indian campaign. The second in
ianlry brigade win be composed of the
First, Second, Sixteenth and I'Wenty-fourth
regiments these
ored). ana Second, are the only ones actu-
any on the ground, the latter arriving late
Tonight Both the First and Sixteenth have
Deen heard from, however, and VIII be here
by tomorrow night. Colonel J. c. Bates, OF
the second infantry. will be given this COM
mand VINO the infantry division command
er VIII be mas not yet been decided on. OF
the ten batteries of artillery which il is
AnoMn Wiii rendezvous at Chickamauga
batteries, 1t is expected, will have arrived
Delore another tWentyfour hours elapse
Inc artlllery VIII be placed in command Of
Colonel Randolph, who is expected to arrive
IN a day or SO. By Wednesday it is thought
the formal order for the forma ton of The
DfigadeS and divisions will have been issued.
1he troops in camp at Chickamauga were
augmented to-day by the arrival of The reg
lments OF infantry, Second Regiment OF in
yates, 469 men and q otncers, in command
of Colonel Hunt. This regiment did not
arrive until after dark and in consequence
spent the night in the cars in the railroad
yards. They will be moved out to the park
Ill the morning. Another colored cavalry
regiment also arrived, the Tenth, from Forts
<ASSinaDolne and keOgh, in command of
Col. Guy v. Henry Part of this regiment
arrived last night. 1t was assigned a camp
ing place In the open field southeast Of
Snodgrass hill. Troops A and f. of the First
Cavalry from Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Ter,
were switched to the park during the after
n nc a. and were put in camp with the rest
or that regiment in the Brook field, west OF
the Lafayette road Battery 3 of the
Fourth Artillery, from Jackson Barracks.
Anderson, which arrived last night, came
out over the government road to the park
and went into camp in Mcdonald field, near
the north entrance of the park, where all
the artillery is stationed.
Capt w. A. Glassford, chief signal officer
of the department. Of Colorado brought in
a party of sixteen signal men to-day from
geants BeSsell and j. b. mclaughlin. Ser
geants Kennedy, Bradley. Griffin, Young,
Lener, and other members of the signal
corps are also under orders to report. 1t is
expected the signal detachment will en-
brace about thirty men by tomorrow.
Nearly all the men are euipped with bicy-
cles.
Skirmish drills by many OF the cavalry
and infantry regiments were INDUCED III
to-day. The broken nature of the grounds
in the park the hills, densely covered with
woods and in places filed with underbrush,
the ravines and wide stretches of cleared
spaces make them ideal for drilling, and
the men from now on will get plenty of it.
One of the most interesting was a dismount-
erS, leading their horses. This was done
in the Kelly field and the woods along the
west side Of the Lafayette road. Around
the base of Lyle hill and up its southern
slope covered with trees and underbrUsh
there was skirmish drilling by infantry,
firing and advancing.
A rather laughable incident occurred in
the encampment of the TWenty-fifth Infan-
try during the afternoon. While the regi-
mental band was playing in front of Colonel
BurtS headquarters a pet coyote brought
from the wildS of Montana by some of the
troopers got Loose and, coyote like began
foraging at once. Suddenly it spied q dog
one Of the ordinary yellow cur variety, and
in an instant there was q connection. With
mouth wide open, snarling and showing his
teeth, the coyote made for the dog, who in
turn made for the band and a beautiful
mix-up followed. Before the coyote could
be captured and the dog kicked vigorously
four of the musicians had been upset and
much bad language spilled.
Colonel Sheridan, Major General Brooke's
adiutant general, to-day moved his head
quarters to this park. This was the first
time in thirty>five years that he had been
on the battlefield and for an hour or two he
wandered around seeking out familiar spots.
BY a strange coincidence the place where
his camp is situated is in almost identically
the spot where, as a member of the staff of
his brother, the late Gen. Phil Sheridan,
he was located during the battle of Chicks-
manga. Its an interesting spot" said the
griZzied old veteran, turning to a group Of
reporters, "but I tell you, boys, it's a good
deal more interesting now than it was then.
There We're. LOO men killed. out of my