The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-29
HAVE STARTED TO JOIN MILES.
A Kansas and Missouri Regiment VIII Go
to Porto Rico.

W
CBicKAMAUeA, July 25.-General
Brooke and staff left this afternoon
on a special train for Newport News,
whence they 90 10 Porto Rico. The
train was made up OF a private car
occupied by General Brooke, two Pull
man sleepers and two baggage coaches.
II will go over the Queen & Crescent
routc by way Of Lexington, KY, and
Richmond, Va. The departure OF
General Brooke leaves Major General
Wade In command Of Camp Thomas.
At an early hour to-day the reserve
hospital corps, reserve ambulance
corps, the signal corps, Troop II, Sixth
United States cavalry and Company +,
Eighth United States infantry, left on
special trains for Newport News. The
several commands marched five miles
TO Rossvillc, where they were loaded
On special trains. Tomorrow morn
ing four light batteries of artillery,
A OF Illinois, Il Of Pennsylvania, A Of
Missouri, and the Twenty-seventh In
diana will leave for Newport News.
The whole OF the First corps, with the
exception Of two brigades of the First
division which are now OF the way,
will leave next week for Porto Rico.
The regiments are as follows: Twen-
ty-first Kansas, Second Missouri, Fifth
Illinois, Third Wisconsin, First Ken
lucky, Sixteenth Pennsylvania, Second
Wisconsin, Third Kentucky, Thirty
first Michigan, One Hundred and Six.
tieth Indiana, First Georgia, Sixth
Ohio, One Hundred and Ffty-eighth
Indiana, First West Virginia, Second
Ohio, First Pennsylvania, Fourteenth
Minnesota, First South Carolina, Fifth
Pennsylvania, Eighth Massachusetts,,
Twelfth New York, Ninth Pcnnsylva-
uia and First New Hampshire.
1t Is announced here that immcdi.
ately after the several corps have left
Chickamauga park the organization Of
the Sixth corps, to be commanded by
Major General James II. Wilson, will
be begun and completed. The corps
will consist OF twenty-scven regiments
from the second call for volunteers,
numbering in all $1,000.
WASHINGTON, July o5.-Major Gen.
eral Coppinger, commanding the
troops al Tampa, has telegraphcd Sec
rotary Alger that the Eleventh and
Nineteenth regiments, regular infan'
try, Troop b Of the Second cavalry and
Light Batteries NJ and of the Seventh
artillery are embarking to-day for
Porto Rico. These troops, General Cop
pinger states, totally exhaust the ca
pacity of the ships now at Tampa
General Grants brigade received
orders to-day to Immediately follow
General Haine's brigade to Porto Rico
Orders were sen yesterday by the sec
rotary of war to General Graham
commanding the troops at Camp Alger
to send troops under his command t.
Newport News for transportation I,
Porto Rico.
Commissary General Egan'is rapid,
making his arrangements for sending
supplies TO the Porto Rican army. TIL
transport ship Massachusetts, will sal
in a few days from Newport News wit
n large amount of provisions. The yes
sci will go directly to Porto Rico.
General Egan has received a cable
gram from Colonel Weston Mt Santiag
in regard to the commissary supplies
This is the dispatch In full: 18Th
Mississippi came in yesterday. TIL
beef is delightful. We issued to on
|. troops and hospitals $4,000 pounds
About $4,000 pounds Is the dali
average consumption. We have light
!, cred IL ashore. Ships holding on
stuff should not draw over fourtec
feet of water. Stuff should not be O
i, ships with troops aboard where the
r~ations are mixed with ours. causin
loss to us. Our losses from this sour,
are large. Full rations are issue
and fresh bread to two divisi A
, will have fresh bread in a few day
: Smith writes me concerning q lot
! bacon and hard bread, parts of 1900
:, ~rations bacon and 500, 900 hard bres
= sent by your orders for Cubans, We
a ton, Chief Commissarv."