The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-27
RESTLESS ACTIVITY.
Camp Thomas Is Excited Over an
Order to Move Troops.
FIFTEEN REGIMENTS ARE TO GO.
Understood They Will Is. Moved to
Tampa for Cuba.
THE ORDNANCE DISTRIBUTION
IL In Expected That the Force Will
lie Ready to Move by Wcdnes-
THE ORDNANCE DISTRIBUTE,
II In Expected That the Force VIII
lie Ready to Move by Wcdnes-
day or Thursday.

Chickamauga Chattanooga National
Park Ca, June 26.--It is no longer a
} question that the larger force of troops are
about to. be ordered from Camp Thomas
TO the front. An order was issued by com
mand of Major General Brooke today which
virtually amounts to an order for the
movement OF fifteen regiments.
In accordance with tins order, the First
division OF the Firat corps, and two brig
corps, will form an expeditionary force and
are ordered to be Immediately prepared
and made ready for the field.
The following brigades are included in
this order:
First brigade, commanded by General
Earnest. and composed OF the Eighth Mas
sachusetts, Third Wisconsin ana Fifth IL
nnols
Second brigade, commanded by General
Sanger, ana composed OF the Fourth ONO,
Third illinois and Fourth fennsylvania.
I bird brigade, commanded b. General
| Wiley and composed OK the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania, Second Wisconsin and First
| New Hamps hire.
Second division, Second corps, First
brigade. commanded by Colonel Gardner,
| composed of the Thlrtyfrs Michigan,
one Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana and
| First Georgia.
Second brigade, commanded by General
Mckee, ana composed OF the First West
| Virginia, one Hundred and fifty-elghth
InaIana and Twelfth New York.
In order to effect the eXpeditionary force
as above stated the following transfers OF
officers and regiments are ordered:
General John a. Wiley and Captain L.
Il. Robbins to the First brigale OF the
First DIVISION Eighth Massachusetts, from
the Third brigade, Third division, TO the
| Firat brigade; First division to the Second
brigade, Third division.
| First New Hampshire from the Third
b. gade to the Thru division, First brig
ade.
Twelfth New York from the Second
| brigade, Third division, to the Second
brgade, Second division.
Brigadier General Wiley was ordered to
report to Major General Wilson for in
structons.
The commanding officers of regiments
| were ordered to report to the brigade COM
mandefs tor Instructions.
While the changes enumerated are to take
| place, the order does not contemplate that
camp will be broken until the eXpsdi
| tionary force moves.
| The order does not specify just when
these troops will 80 forward or 10 what
point they will be sent for emberkation but
| it is understood they will go to Tampa for
| direct departure for Cuba.
That the order means an almost mme |
date movement was sighified by the gem |
| eral rush this afternoon. The ordnance de- |
pertinent received large stores, including |
Springfield rifles and other equipments sui |
ficient TO complete filling out the twenty |
regiments.
AS soon as these stores arrived rush Or
| ders were sent to the various regiments for |
which they were intended. and in a little |
while long trains of wagons poured into |
the open space about the ordnance depart |
ment.
| Captain Rockwell, who handed out these |
| equipments was busy man all the aftcy-
neon, and by his untiring efforts carried |
the work OF distribution quite far along by |
nlghtfall. With the exercise of equal push |
tomorrow it will not be surprising If the
force IS ready to move by Tuesday or |
Wednesday,
The ORDER was received with enthusiasm
among all the regiments affected by it,
IN some OF the camps the widest sort OF |
enthusiasm was manifested among all the
troops, and accordingly the regiments to re-
main IN camp feel a sense of disappoint-
ment that they were not included in to-
days order.
IT VIII require at least forty-five trains
or twenty cars each to carry the fifteen
regiments TO their point of destination.
The railway officials state that with their
facilities the Western and Atlantic and
southern railroads can put the troops on
board the cars within four days under or
binary circumstances. and ii necessary,
trey can each carry four regiments.
outrageous and mischievously false state
ments have been sent out from hore so fire.
quently as TO the condition of the mark
the supplies afforded, number and condition |
OF the sick, by special newspaper CORE
spondents. chat General Brooke has issued
an order forbidding any one TO be admitted
to the various camps without regular cor
respondents pass. signed by the war de-
partment. The order went into effect TODAY
anu number OF sensational mongers found
themselves excluded from the reporters
privileges.
me local branch of the National relief
committee Is in receipt of check from
mrs; H. l." Quayle of the American Master
Mechanics' association for $1,000 TO ne an
piied 10 the relief Of the sick in the hos
pitals OF Camp Thomas.
General Howard arrived here tonight for
Ihe purpose of inspecting the New York
regiments here.