The herald., 1898-04-19
TRANSPORT OF TROOPS
CONTRACTED FOR BY RAILWAY
COMPANIES
A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Found Not Single Man at Leaven.
worth Willing to Join the
Home Guard
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
DENVER, Colo, April 1S.-The Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe railway company
has secured the contract for transporting
two regiments of infantry and all Of tn,
cavalry in the department of Colorado. Th
Burlington with connections carries tn,
| Eighth infantry from Fort Russell, Wyo.
| to New Orleans. The Union Pacific carrie.
a small force from Fort Washakie The
| Santa Fe, in connection with the Denver
| and Rio Grande Western. takes the troop.
at Fort Douglas, Utah, and the troops from
| fort Duchesne, Utah. The Santa Fe also
carries the Seventh infantry and troops
and of the Second cavalry from Fort Lo
gan, and the cavalry from Fort Wingate
New Mexico.
The cavalry at Fort Logan will leave fol
Chickamauga at 2 pm. tomorrow, load.
ing at the post and not Coming to Denver
The infantry, If they do not also leave to.
morrow afternoon, will go early Wednes.
day morning.
No Stay-at-Homes
LEAvENWORTH. Kan, April 1S.-The
Twentieth infantry, four troops Of the Sixth
cavalry and a detachment of the hospital
corps will leave here tomorrow morning
the infantry for Mobile and the cavalry for
Chickamauga. The Twentieth consists OF
twenty companies and is commanded by
Col. Hamilton s. Hawkins. Lieutenant.
Colonel Carroll is in command Of the cav
airy. Two men were detailed from each
company to remain behind to care for COM
pany property. Not soldier In Troop +
of the Sixth cavalry would volunteer for
u - ~
Tho field telegraph outlets have been
shipped already. The Eighth infantry from
Fort Crook passed through the city tonight
en- route to Mobile.
The Cowboy Troop
PHOENIX, Ariz., April Ex-Governor Nc
Cord is deeply interested in the formation
of Colonel Brodie's regiment of Arizona
rough. riders Today he telegraphed the
president as follows: II beg you to remem-
ber that Arizona was the first to offer to
the government a regiment of cavalry re-
cruited from the cowboys of the southwest.
The regiment can be ready for muster In
ten days and will be an honor to the terri
tory and to the nation. Please give me au-
thority to raise such regiment outside OF
our quota of volunteers to be called for"
ond instant asked the secretary of war for
authority to recruit regiment of cavalry
from the cowboys of Arizona. You know
what such a regiment would be. 1t can
be ready to muster in ten days. Please
give us authority to raise such a regiment
outside of our own quota of volunteers"
The organization of twelve troops of the
command. mastering one thousand men, is
practically complete.
Forces Moving
OMAHA, Neb., April 1S-It was nearly
s o'clock this evening before the trains
bearing the Twenty-second infantry got
away from Crook.
Mules in Demand
ST. LOUIS, April 18.-A telegram from
Washington states the war department
has just ordered the purchase of 1900 pack
mules in addition to the 1000 ordered last
week.
Call for Volunteers
WASHINGTON, April 1S--Representa-
tive Hull of Iowa, chairman of the house
committee on military affairs, will tomor-
row introduce an administration bill au-
thorizing the president to issue a call for
volunteers to the number Of $1,000 or TO-