The evening times., 1898-04-19
TROOPS LEAVE NEW YORK.
Guns and AmmuDition Continue 90
Arrive From England.

New York. April 19.--Goyernment troops
will leave the harbor forts this afternoon
bound for the South. A Pennsylvania
Island at noon to await the embarkation
of the three companies of the Thirteenth
regiment. which form the garrison there.
The soldiers. with their supplies. VIII be
taken over to Jersey City.
Their places will be filled by two COM
panies of recruits from the Seventh ar
tillery, who will leave Fort Slocum. Da-
yid's Island. at o'clock this morning.
Two batteries from Fort Hamilton will
start for Chickamauga over the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad this afternoon.
Colonel Daniel Appleton and members
of his staff visited Governors Island yes
terday afternoon. This again started the
rumor that the Seventh regiment would
be sent temporarily TO garrison Fort Co
lumbus. Colonel Appleton said that he
had received no orders and had gone sim
ply to pay call upon Lieutenant Colonel
Worth. of the Thirteenth regiment. who
| was a personal friend of many officers of
the Seventh regiment Lieutenant Colo
mel Kip and Adjutant Weever spent an
/ hour on the island.
| Governors Island, ordinarily such a
peaceful spot. showed many signs of ac-
| tivity today. At the officers club. in the
| barracks and about the dwellings on the
( island there was the same appearance
| of preparation. Most of the soldiers had
| a brief leave. in which they might say
I good-by to friends and relatives.
There were many passengers on the new
| ferryboat, the General Hancock, which
made her first official trip yesterday The
| last man had returned home by o'clock
| last night.
Everything was practically in readiness
: for the departure last evening. The men
/ will wear the regular field or fatigue uni
| form, with canvas leggins and campaign
| hat They will carry Krag-JOrSensen
| rifles, knife bayonet and cartridge belt.
/ Each man will carry the heavy equipment
| for a campaign.
| On the same train with the soldiers will
| be carried rations for thirty days. con-
| sisting of canned meats, beans and hard
| tack.
| Lieutenant Colonel Kimball the depot
! quartermaster. yesterday afternoon open
| ed bids for the transportation of the reg
| uIar troops in the neighbOrhoOd of New
! York. Twenty railroad companies COM
peted. and the corridors of the Army
| Building were thronged with passenger
| agents and there was the keenest rivalry
4 among them
| Here is what II will cost the Govern
ment to send each soldier TO the places
| of rendezvous in the South:
! Infantry. $50 officers and men from Sackett's
Harbor to Tampa. West Shore Railroad.
/ Infantry. 40 officers and men, from Pafts
| burg to Tampa, West Shore Railroad. each 2 L
| Infantry. 300 officers and men. Fort Porter 70
| Tampa. Nickel Plate Railroad. each 36 8
Cavalry, 2S0 officers and men, from Fort
/ Ethan Allen 20 Chickamanga. West Shore.
each ...............-.-.----.-. q
, Light battery. 3 officers and men, from Fort
! Adams 20 Chickamauga, Old Colony steam
boats sl46 for all, and Pennsylvania Rail-
| road. from New York To Chickamauga.
each ...........-.........- 10 ~
! Light battery. - officers and men, from Fort
! Hamilton 20 ChickamaHga, Baltimore and
! Ohio each .......................... Il g
/ Infantry. l53 officers and men, from Govern
| or'- Island to Tampa. Pennsylvania k3ii-
| road, EACH -......---..----.--.-. " :
| Many changes may take place on Gov
| ernor's Island in the event of hOstilities
| The recruits of the Seventh Artillery are
| rated as only a temporary detail They
will be sent South 10 man some of the
4 heavy batteries. They will drill in
/ fantry on Governors 5 Island The fami-
/ lies of officers who will leave today will
remain on the island for the present. II
| is likely if there are protracted hostili-
| ties that they will have 10 seek homes
/ elsewhere.
I Major +. Van A. Andrus. of the
Fourth Artillery. who mas been assign
! ed to the command of the coast defense
I at Philadelphia. visited Governors ISL
| and yesterday. where h0 had COnsulta-
| tiou with Lieut.. Hale. Lieut.. Hale is IA
| miliar with the defenses of Philadelphia
| Fourteen 47-inch rapid fire HOtchkiss
| guns. from the Armstrong works at
| NewCastle which arrived recently on the
| Wilson line steamer MarengO. were deliv-
| cred at Governors Island Yesterday.
| They will be distributed among the forti-
| fications at Delaware t1ty. Fort Tybee
| Long Island Head and Fortress Monroe
| The steamer Mississippi. of the Allan
| tic Transport line arrived last night
| from London with a large consignment
| of arms and ammunition from the Arm
| strOngs. The supplies consisted of fifty
| tons Of ammunition. eighteen guns anC
| twelve cases of castings for gun car
/ riages.
| They were consigned TO the command
! ant of the Brooklyn navy yard. On III,
/ steamer Mohawk which is due today
| are forty-four rapid fire guns. twenty
! six cases of gun carriages and fourteen
| cases of machinery.
| The General Meigs. the ordnance boat
/ took a large consignment Of ammunition
| to Sandy Hook Yesterday.
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