The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-13

Headquarters of the Army,
Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington, ID. c., March IL, 1885,
The folhGwi.:g orders have been re-
ceNed from the War Department. and
are published for the informat tion and
guidance of all concerned
War Department,
Washington, d. c.. March II, 1895
by direction Of the President, the fol-
lowing changes are made in the terri
torial limits, designation and head
quarters of geographical departments:
l. The Department of the East will
embrace the New Eagland States
New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
l'elawdwc, Maryland, DISTRICT of Column
Dia. West Virginia, Virginia aEld North
Carolina-with headquarters at Gov
ernor's Island, New York
Z. y department is hereby establish
cd to be known rs the Department OF
uhe Lakes, 10 consist CT the States OF
Wisconsin, Michigan, lli1ois Indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, with
Headquarters at Chicago, ILL.,
3. The Departments of Dakota will
embrace the States of Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and So
much t0f Wyoming and Idaho az Is en-
bInced in the Yellowstone National
Park, with headquarters at ST. Paul.
MINI.
I. The Department of the Columbia
Will embrace the States of Washing
Ton, Oregon, idaho Except so much of
the latter as Is embraced in the Vel
lowstone National Iark) and the Ter
riuHry OF Alaska, with headquarters at
NaCrouvcr Barracks. Washington.
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embrace the States OF California and
Nevada. with headquarters at Sary
FrunciscO, Cal
&. The Department of the Colorado
Will embrace the States of Wyoming
teXcepu" so much thereof es is en-
braced in the Yellowstone National
Park). Colorado and Utah and the
Territories of Arizor:a and New Mexico,
with headquarters M Denver, Cal
L. The Department of the Platte will
embrace the States of Iowa, Nebraska,
Missouri. Kansas ami Arkansas, the
Indian Territory and the Territory of
OklamHha, with headquarters at Omu-
ha. Neb.
s. y department. is hereby establish
Ell, to he known as the Department
of The Gulf, 10 consist Of The States
of Scmth Carolina Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana ans
Texas, with headquarters al Atiann,
Georgia.
The departments of the Missouri and
Texas are hereby atnlished.
The records of ths Department of the
Missouri Will be transferred to the De-
laH'.mcmt Of the Lakes. man those OF
''hs' Department. Of Texas to the Deparf
m'2nt OF the Gulf
Major General John r, Rrr,.I,, is &c
signed t'-' the command CT the Dapar,-
ment of the Lakes. and Br:gadiar Gen
eral William M. Graham to che com
mand OF this DsTGrtmert of th., Gulf
Ihe officers of the several sraff de-
partmo"ts now rr.' duty in the Depart
mens Of the Missouri and OF Texas ara
assigned to lilns' du..es in this, DsDnr,-
ments of the Lakes and .C,f the Gulf. re-
Spcd.lvely.
The ir2wel required uSmer these or
dsrs is necessary for the public SER
vice.
r. y. ALGER,
Secretary Of War.
BY command of Major General Miles.
H. c. Corbtl, Adjutant G:r,aral.
General Graham telegraphed the War
Department. u-rday that he would go
10 Atlanta on Mcuday nswt ta estab-
liSh his headquarters there
senator Bacon. of Georgia. was at the
NEr Department to-day and expressed
his qualifications that Georgia had besn
made the c.C.t'rc OF the n=w department,
with headuu2%tcrs at Atlauta This
step, Mr.. Ba%on said. was due entirely
TO military G;nsiden2ti,rs. and nc, par
sonal m~;ives had figured in this trans
action. Heretofore ther. had been c,,,ly
one military centre along the Atlantic.
namely, that at New York. but the
present conditions Of affairs made i,
APPARENT frcm Il military stand,, fi...:
that K was desirable 10 have another
centre on the South AtIamsic. AS a re-
suit the interior military cir.tre. hare
tofore know"t as ;hs' Department CT
Texas m2d been moved eastward and
ccntored a.. Atlanta.
Bnigaiier General John NJ Wils-m
chief OF engineers OF the War Dspart-
ment, returned :o-day after a trip of
'wer thr:a thousand milss. which he ac
complished inside of cns, wesk. Sn-
iurally his visit to Southern coast
points, wheNa extensive pr.,tic2tion
work IS in pr.gress, has excited much
comment. Gt@nral Wilson declh.,:sl.
howevar, 10 discuss IN arg |,y this
phrase CT his trip. /: is understood
that he visited Cumberland river, st.
Sohn,s r!nar, and the works al Tampa
and Key West, Fla