New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-16

The aggregate strength or this force ~ foot
soldiers is II 132 officers and men. made up n
follows: 1st Regiment 80. 2d. 547 3d. 80,
4th So. 9Th. 55f: 9Th. $50: eth. 557 s,h. 537
9th. 5G1: l0th. sol; 11;h. 552: 12th. so. 18Th.
547: 10TH $50. l7th 800; 18th 55i. 19,h 900.
20th. $40: 2lsf. 554. 22d $40: 23d 5ij. oath. 80
In addition 70 these the 25ih Regiment which
has already reached Chickamauga, with the ex-
cep,lon Of two companies now NJ Tampa on
their way to Key West numbers 553 men.
WHERE THEY WILL COME FROM
The present headquarters and the command
ers Of these regiments are:
First Infantry Preside. Cal. Colonel Y. Miles.
Second For, Keogh. Mont. Colonel J G Bates
Third Fort Smelling. MINI. Colonel J. n. Page.
Fourth Fort sheridan. H.. Colonel n. II. Hall.
Fifth Fort Mcpherson. Ga. Colonel II. G. Cook
Sixth Fort Thomas KY. Colonel VI A. Cochran
seventh Fort Logan. col. Colonel y " Benhsm.
Eighth Fort - A. Russell. Wyo. Colonel J. J.
Vanhorn.
Ninth. Madison Barracks. ". Y. Colonel W H.
Powell
Tenth. Fort Reno. Okla. Colonel F. p Pearson.
Eleventh. wh,pple Barracks. Ariz Colonel l. D
Derussy.
Twelfth. Fort Niobrara Neb. Colonel J. n. An
drews.
Thirteenth. Fort Porter. N. Y. Colonel A T
Smith.
six,oen,h Fort Sherman. Idaho Colonel X. A.
Thicker.
Seventeenth. Columbus Barracks Ohio. Colonel
J. 6. Poland.
r,pb,e.nth Fort Bliss. Tex. Colonel d D. Van
Valzah.
Nineteenth. Fort Wayne. Mich. Colonel S sny-
der.
twentieth. Fort Leavenworth Kan, Colonel II. s
Hawkngs
rwenty-nrst Plattsburg Barracks. N Y. Colonel
L. Kline.
Twentv-second. Fort Crook. Neb.. Colonel c. A.
Wikor
Twcntv-th,rd. Fort Clark. Tex. Colonel 8 Oven
shine.
Twenty fourth Fort Douglas. Utah, Colonel D. r
Kent.
COMMANDERS ASSIGNED.
Rr,eadier-General w. r. Shafter. commanding
the Department Of California at San Francisco
baa been ordered to proceed at once 10 New-Or-
leans to command the division there. Brigadier-
General J. J. Coppinger. commanding the De-
partment Of :he Missouri at Omaha. Is direc'eu
TO assume command al Mobile and Brlgadier-
General j. F. Wade commanding the Depart
ment Of Dakota at st. Paul. will command the
Tamna division. Brigader- General Merriam
will relieve General Shafter OF the command of
the Department Of California In addition to his
duties in the Department Of the Columbia. and
,viI hereafter control the entire Pacific slope
while Maior-General Wesley Merritt. retaining
command of the East. will control the Atlantic
Coast The force at Chckamauga Will be under
the Immediate command Of Major General J. r.
Brooke. who has been directed to remove his
headquarters from Chicago to that place.
THE CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY
The cavalry regiments which ordered to
Chickamauga. with their present locations. their
commanders and aggregate strength. are as fol-
lows:
First Cavalry Fort Riley. Kansas Colonel A. X.
second. Fort wingate. New-Mexico; Colonel G.
G. Hunt: 6S
Third. Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont: Colonel S. p.
NJ. Young 633
Fourth. Fort Wala Walla. Washington; Colonel
G. T.. Compton: GN
sixth. Fort Myer Virginia; Colonel s. 8 Sumner:
662.
Ninth. Fort Robinson. Nebraska: Colonel D.
Perry: SO.
Tenth. Fort Assiniboine. Montana; Colonel G.
" Henry; GIT.
The total strength of this cavalry force is
4533.
Al Cbickamauga there will also be assembled
,o,r,aen light batteries Of artillery, averaging
..,,.rtv men each. or a total OF $50 men. These
batteries are f and X. OF the LIST Artillery at
1Uashington Barracks. District OF Columbia ana
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