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AN ARMY AT CHICKAMAUGA.
FORCE OF FIFTY THOUSAND voLuN-
TIERS ORDERED THERE

THE TROOPS TO DE ASSEMBLED A SOON ~
THEY ARE MUSTERED IN-PREPARINd
FOR THEN ar THE CAMP.
fpY rELtosApH 70 TIE rniBrxEl
Chattanooga. Tenn, May S.--Fifty thousAnd
volunteer troops have been ordered to ChickA-
mauga to come as quickly az they can be mus
tered into service This information is onhcial
and was given to The Tribune correspondent BY
General Brooke himself this afternoon This In
cIudes thirtv-reven regiments Of infantry two
regiments ~ cavalry and nine batteries Of ar.
tillery
can we make public that little bit OF infor.
nation. GcncraI?" said Colonel Sheridan to Gen.
eral Brooke this afternoon, as The Tribune cor
respondent stepped into the headquarters' tent
After studying minute. General Brooke said:
I'm round numbers. 10000 volunteers have been
ordered TO Chickamauga. to come as quickly ~
they can he mustered into the service OF the
United States"
Further than this General Brooke would say
nothing When asked for list OF the regiments
coming from the several States, General Brooke
said: You will have to get your further infor-
nation elsewhere" and walked away
PLANNING TO RECEIVE THEM.
The orders were received In message NJ about
hvc hundred words by General Brooke this az
ternoon about o'clock. He at once summoned
General p v Boynton. who was on the ground.
and showed him the dispatch General Boynton
said that he aid not note the exact number of
regiments 10 be sent from the different states.
hut that It would be in round numbers nifty
thousand men. and that General Joe Wheeler
General Ftzhugh Lee and General Wilson would
command reporting 70 General BROOKE VINO
will be the ranking Major-General. Generai
Wheeler telegraphed 70 General Boynton last
night that the matter OF just where he would
command would be definitely settled by Mon
hay at the latest. and this bears out his pre-
dcton.
General Boynton In the course Of An inter.
view said The troops will come from Massa.
chusetts the Central States and further West,
to the best Of nv recollection: IN all from about
fourteen or fifteen States They will begin ar
irving as quickly as the railroads can bring
them here"
All the volunteers will. as far az possible. b
encamped east OF the Lafayette Road in the
woods the fields being needed for drilling.
TO BE ORGANIZED.
General Brooke says they are being brought
here for the purpose Of organizing them into
corps divisions and hrgades. The opinion pre-
walls from the information now at hand that
the volunteers will he used to I'LL up the brigades
now below basis. and Will be therefore
merged into separate bodies The reason for
encamping the troops east OF the Lafayette Road
is that 1t is on the Chickamauga Creek. where
lots OF good and pure water can be had Win
little trouble.
full and today sent to Nashville McMinnvills
and a half-dozen other places for drills ana
machines 10 be used IN sinking more wells
The coming hosts will tax our capacity 70 the
utmost but we VIII lose no time in preparing
for them. as We have been doing for some
weeks past"
Ever aimee his return from Washington three
days ago General Boynton has urged upon his
subordinates the necessity for rushing all work
under way at Chickamauga. The volunteers
coming will be organized into three corps.
which together with the Regular Army now
here. will form four separate and distinct corps
at Chickamauga.
SUPPLIES FOR AN ARMY.
Hundreds Of carloads OF supplies are now on
the way" said Colonel Lee tonight. and we
will be kept busy for some time"
These supplies coming for the volunteer
army expected 1t is also understood upon
regulars will be taken from Chickamauga 10
Tampa early next week before the arrival OF
the volunteers begin The officers at Camp
Thomas were ignorant OF the orders received by
General Brooke until late tonight. when tho
news leaked out. and the camp was thrown
into state OF wild excitement. and much
speculation was INDUCED in az 10 the probable
disposal OF the regulars here.
Camp sites In high dry and healthful locall-
ties sufrcent 70 accommodate $4,000 more men
have already been selected and made ready for
troops Railroad authorities here have been
deluged with inquiries tonight as TO the num-
her OF cars which can be selt from here 10 tho
connecting lines There are now several hum
dred empty cars In the railroad yards here. ana
they will doubtless be taken away tonight
General Brooke Is hard at work tonight. ara
kilograms are pouring In upon him. Governor
wolcott Of Massachusetts. and other Governors
have sent messages nauiring where their troops
are II be camped. Many Of these want their
men ~ occupy the same ground upon which
their gallant troops fought in 1863