New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-16
FORCES AT CHICkAMAuGA.
GREATEST ARMY ASSEMBLED SINCE The
CIVIL WAR TO BE THERE.
VOLUNTEERS BEGAN TO ARRIVE fEsIEhDNi
PREPARING FOR sIxTY-FrvE THOUSAND
MEN-rAMPA TROOPS NOT LIKELY
TO RETURN.
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TO RETURN
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 15.-Generai BROOKE
has been Informed of the intention 81 the wal
Department TO send $1,000 troops 10 'hlcA"-
manga The first OF the volunteers arriVeu w.
day They were the LIST Ohio Cavalry colsls.,
inc of 400 men with full equpage. and 'oo
horses These troops arrived at lo'6o oc'oON
this morning. and were at once taken to 'hcNa-
manga Park. They pitched camp this afterhoo'
not far from General Brookes haulua''ei' ~
the foot OF Snodgrass Hill.
The Nashville. Chattanooga and St Lou's
Railroad received word tonight that twenty
four trains OF troops and baggage are III signt
over their line They will begin arriving De-
tween midnight and daylight in the morning
and continue all day Monday. These are all
Western troops including the Illinois INDIANA
Missouri Iowa and Wisconsin troops. Inc
Southern Railroad tonight received WORD tha'
the volunteers from the East WOULD peG!h III
irving over their line on Tuesday morning
General Brooke expects between twelve thou-
sand and fifteen thousand troops on the sr""'iu
by tomorrow night. Everything has oeeh '"'u
aside by the railroads to handle the troops anu
they will not be delayed in their movements III
the least Uniforms for - O,n men were or
dered by the Quartermaster Department TO-
day also several thousand pairs OF SHOES All"
other supplies These orders are all rush ones
and the utmost haste will be required TO get the
supplies here at once.
SO GREAT A FORCE NOT EXPECTED
General Brooke did not expect 80 large
force to be concentrated here and was Some
what surprised at the Information \ s''''
officer in talking. said that the chahge III 'He
plans of the War Department, In dec'ding 70
postpone the Cuban invasion was responsible
for the concentration Of so large BODY ~ VOL
unteers here.
Ftfty-three regiments OF Infantry. thirty
troops OF cavalry and eleven Hight batteries oi
artillery will come 10 Chickamauga. While inc
handling Of this number OF troops VIII tax the
capacity Of the railroads centring here To their
utmost. yet they are preparing themselves for
the work. and say they Will be able 10 handle
the trains with dispatch as they arrive.
The officers In camp to-day seem TO be Of
I the opinion that the War Department VIII de-
eide to move the regulars now al Tampa TO
some higher climate until an invasion Is about
to take place This Information comes to Gen
eral Brooke's headquarters direct from tine en-
campment AT Tampa Tho men are all under
stood 10 he more or less sickly there. go
ing from high and dry climates. This is espe-
ciallv true Il the Western troops. General
Roynton says that not the slightest difficulty
will lie experienced in accommodating any num-
Der Of volunteers that nay be sent here after
they arrive NJ Chckamauga
The new order OF tho War Department sends
two regiments Of Tennessee infantry to Chicka-
manga instead OF one. as first announced
These troops viii come In tomorrow. Governor
Taylor has succeeded in settling oll diTcultes
existing in the ranks OF the Tennessee vclun-
teers
Elaborate preparations being made by the
quartermaster to handle the supplies constantly
pouring in. Eleven new side tracks being
constructed into the warehouses; In the city.
Extra crews and engines are being brough, In
by every railway line entering here and are
awaiting orders
GREATEST ARMY SINCE 1855
The largest army gathered in the United States
since the Civil War Will within less than two
weeks. be at Chckamauga. General Brooke.
General Boynion and others have to-day mapped
out general plan ~ organization ana encamp-
ment for the different grades OF the service
They were greatly aided by Major General VII
son. Of Delaware. who reported to Genera!
Brooke for duty. General Wilson arrived this
morning At an Early hour and was met rs Gen
eral Brooke the hotel. who wen, with him
rode over the field alone this afternoon and
Will enter upon active duty to morrow morning
For the present his headquarters will De at
CO neral Br )oke's tent system has been OBJ
| served in arranging the big enCampmen'. the
cavalry forces being placed on the running
streams or adjacent TO them. and tho infantry
mostly IN the woods The artillery VIII be near
the Mcdonald Fed In the open plains
Tho Ohio troops that arrived to-day poor
elIUpe1 4. m.u 81
zens clothes. General Brooke says this - only
n specimen ~ what viii come. and Of the i'm
mense amount 81 work that is now before him
In organizing and equippng the volunteers
1t Is NOT believed 10y General Brooke or Cen
tral Roynton. WHO j. in very close touch with
the War Department. that the troops at Tampa
will. any OF them, be returned to Chickamauga.
but they seem inclined 10 the opinion that the
troops Will be taken to Mobile elsewhere.
However, their information Is al from private
sources. Several hundred mountainous passed
through to-day on the way 10 Nashville 10 en-
list In tine Tennoss-e regiments.