The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-19

/ OF the Movement of Troops In the
/ Event OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I'm
| Motion Under TIE Mobilisatiou
| Orders Issued by the War De:
/ partmcnt Lutte Last Week.
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 49,
President Frank Thomson, Of the Penn
| Sylvania road, has been called upon to
act as special aide to Secretary Of War
Alger. and in this capacity will take
charge OF the transportation branch Of
the military service in the event Of
active hostilities.
The selection Of President Thomson
for this duty has been favorably COM
mented upon, in view of his experience
during the Civil War as assistant to the
assistant secretary of war, Thomas A.
Scott, with duties similar to those at
present entrusted to him.
CHICAGO, April 1S.-Tomorrow will
probably find the -garrisons Of the regu-
lar army in the department Of the lakes
deserted, save for the post quartermas-
tiers and a guard of half a dozen pri-
Yates. At noon Tuesday, the railroads
are under contract to have the trains
in readiness for embarkation. The con-
tracts for transportation were awarded
to the following roads:
Fourth regiment. Fort Sheridan to the
Pennsylvania
Battery A. Second artillery, Fort Sheridan,
Illinois Central.
Squadron of cavalry Fort Sheridan Illinois
Central.
Sixth regiment, Fort Thomas, Newport KY,
Louisville & Nashville
seventeenth regiment, Columbus barracks,
Pennsylvania
First battalion and headquarters Nineteenth
regiment, Fort Wayne, Detroit, to the Wa
lash.
Second battalion Nineteenth regiment Fort
Brady Sault Ste. Marie, Chicago & North
western railroad.
The Pennsylvania line will take the
Fourth regiment by way Of Louisville;
the connection beyond there to Tampa
will not be determined until tomorrow
morning.
The Wabash line will take the troops
from Fort Wayne to East st. Louis,
and by the Mobile & Ohio road to Mo-
bile.
The Chicago & Northwestern will
bring the Fort Brady troops to Chicago
and over the Illinois Central to the Mo-
bile &, Ohio to Mobile.
The Pennsylvania will take the Co
lunlbus barracks troops to Cincinnati
Whether the road to Tampa will be by
the Southern or Louisville & Nash
Vile has not yet been determined.
OMAHA, Neb., April 1S.-It was
nearly s O'Clock this afternoon before
the trains bearing the Twenty second
Infantry got away from Fort Crook.
The rains Of Sunday and Monday in
terfered seriously with the loading of
the freight train.
The troops at Forts Robinson and
Niobrara will take the trains tomor-
row and will likely be on the road by
noon. A hitch with the Elkhorn road
ociO oil tn, hi
The Rock Island has the contract for
moving the infantry from Forts Sill
and Reno, and will have it's trains
ready to be loaded on Tuesday morn
ing. The contracts for moving the
cavalry from these posts and the in
fantry from Fort Logan A. Roots has
not been let yet.
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., April 1S-
The twentieth infantry, four troops of
the Sixth cavalry and a detachment of
the hospital corps will leave here to-
morroW morning, the infantry for Mo-
bile. and the cavalry for Chickamauga.
Not a soldier in Troop F, of the Sixth.
would volunteer to remain behind as
garrison guard, and a detail had to
be made.
DENVER. Col, April .2Telegraph-
ic orders were received from Washing
ton today by Col. Volkmar. adjutant
general of the depa rtment Of the Colo
RADIO, directing that a detachment of
thirty picked cavalrymen from the Sew
enth cavalry, stationed at Fort Grant,
be dispatched at once to Fort Sill to
guard the Apache prisoners of the
government. 1t is said that since the
issuance of the mobilization orders the
Indian prisoners have displayed con-
siderable uneasiness, and that an out
break among them 10 feared
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 1S.-The
Eleventh infantry, stopping temper
arily az Jefferson barracks ard the
Third cavalry, regularly on post there.
today received positive orders to move
Immediately to Mobile, Ala and Chic
kahnauga park respectively. Several
trains were furnished by the Missouri
Pacific, and the work of enbarking the
troops was carried on until a late hour.
Gen. Coppinger and staff arrived here
and left Immediately fer Mobile where
he will assume command of the infan-
try division to be assembled there
CHICAGO, April 1S.-The Illinois Cen
trail will take the troops to Fort Riley.
Kan, and Fort Leavenworth from ST
Louis to Chickamauga park Tuesday
or Wednesday,
iii1AAIINA, lo.-COmDan-
les ID and G, Second infantry, have re-
ceived orders from department head
quarters to be prepared to start for
the regiments new station at Mobile
Ala. Wednesday. The regiment is sta
toned at Fort Keogh, where. Col. Bates
has his headquarters; Fort Harrison.
this city. and Fort Yates, N. D.
DENVER, Col, April 1S.-Contracts
for the transportation of troops of the
department OF the Colorado We're let
today. The Burlington, with connec-
tons, carried those from Fort Russell.
Wyo.. the Union Pacific those from
Fort Washable; the Santa Fe those
from Fort Logan, Col, and Fort Win
gate, N. NJ, and IN connection with the
Denver & Rio Grande and the Rio
Grande Western, those from Forts
Douglass and Duchesne, Utah.
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