The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-05-14
TROOPS ORDERED 70 CUBA.
IN COMMAND or GEN. NILES.
Thirty ships wtsh capaeify 81 81
600 Men Have bees Chartered 90
Carry FeFees 20 ths Philippines
~ Well ~ % cuba--Iee 20 Beesnse
military nietaass.

Washington, May General Miles
and his entire staff will leave Washing.
ton tonight for Tampa 70 accompany the
first military expedition TO Cuba.
Unieas present plans are changed BY
Friday morning Miles will have assen-
hled his staff around him At Tampa.
II h expected here that tae arst troops
viii be on the way TO Cuba within q
week. The only delay probable win be Ia
securing sufficient number Of trans
ports.
Movement PFea chieAamaaga.
Chattanooga, Tenn, May i0.-At Chic
kainauga Park today the officers and men
Of the regular army regiments we're rush
Ing A. they have not been called upon to
do since the war began The entire army
= ordered 70 pack up and 60 to the
front.
This was announced at 0 o'clock and
since thea things have been moving at =
Tremendous pace. Railroads have been
running all available cars 10 the park
and, ~ rapidly a. they arrive, are load.
ed with camp equipment and horses, sup
plies. etc.
The work of moving the big command
during tho next few days as they are
expected 70 do. d an immense job for the
Of the ssdden orders and had made no
adequate prsparationa.
The hEst troops 70 get away will prob
ably be The infantry division composed q
the Second. Seventh, Eighth. Sixteenth
and Twelfth BegimentA Five hundred
paasengsr coaches 10 carry the men TO
Tampa will be available tonight.
The First and Tenth cavalry 20 10 New
Orleans. the Second cavalry 10 Mobile,
The Third and Sixth 10 Tampa.
II u announced that General Brooke
will rrInAin al Chickamanga In command
n tho volnntecFs coming. Chiekamauga
viii BE- continue 10 be the headquarters
II the department.
Generals Lar. Wheeler and Wilson are
eXPecied 10 arrive the latter part Of the
uesk.
Command at Ta@pa-
Tampa. May IO.--Command Of the
troops at Tampa was today turned over
TO Major General Wade by Major General
ShnfieT In Conformity with the orders re,
ceired from Washington yesterday. II Is
stated that no change in the plans re-
RardinR the movement Of troops frum this
paint toward Cuba are contemplated.
shafter viii command the army on Cuban
soil and direct The campaign against Ha.
eana.
lee 60 Govern Cuha.
New York. May l0.--A special 10 the
Journal from Washington sya;
Major General FitEhugh Lee will be the
hnt military governor Of Cuba. For the
neat two works be will ara a. the o.
acial adviser Of Secretary Algcr. He will
have q private Office and desk near the
secTrtaTy's ofIice and will either remain
here OF visit ths various mobilization
pointA.
When Hayana Il taken General Lee will
Be arnt 20 Cuba and with headquaEters
81 Havana. will assume Temporary die.
tatorship a the island until q republioan
form Of government is established by
the CahAna.
metes IN Personal Command.
New York. May lO.--TAe military
movement 10 end the war with Spain by
q prompt and decisive aggressive cam.
paiga In Cuba Il In fan swing throughout
the country. orders having been issued
fSOm the war department. with a mpidity
similar 20 the Continuous rattle Of an au.
tomato machine gun, says the Washing
ton correspondent Of the Tines
The force Of expert military Telegraph.
ers scnt hundreds Of messages In ciphcr
and hundreds Of otheFs In ordinary Ian.
guage 10 commanding generals, TO rail.
way supeEintendenta 20 quaTteFmaslers
and commiasAFics, 20 state governors and
mastering oficcsa and 10 all tho units
in the vast mechanism which IL relied
upon 10 unite In q crushing blow 10 Span.
ish authority In Cuba and the PHILIPPINES.
General Miles having secured the pre-
idents permission 10 take the iield In
peFNon and command the invading army,
completed bic anal arrangements TO start
for Tampa, where he will assume active
control q the toece concentrated there
and at Mobile and New Orleans, dividing
u into divisions under Generals Wade.
COppiagcr and shafter.
The plan 20 have General Shafter head
an army Of 5000 to establish a base Of
communication with the insurgents was
completely ct aside. Generals Wade.
Ooppinger and Shafler, respectively, in
the order Of their rank, Il Il now deter.
mined, viii lead equal divisions Of the
army Of occupation under General Mica
General Brooke. now at Chlckamanga,
has been definitely selected 70 command
the entire volunteer force OF 5000 men,
which IL dcslkned to support the regu.
lars In the campaign. Most Of the regu.
lar forces now In camp under him win
DO sent 10 Mobile and New Orleans a.
quick as possible to depart from Tampa,
and their places on the Chickamauga
BATTLE field viii be speedily occupied 6y
% regiments Of infantry. ak light batter.
les Of artillery and two regiments Of cav.
airy.
ships Are Chartered.
Washington, May lo.--Asalstant socre.
taTy Meikellohn today chartered about 80
ships with capacity for 5000 men. They
are TO be used 10 convey the troops TO
the Philippines and Cuba.
Gables 60 Rtalisax.
Washington, May l0.--Sincs the war
begun The Spanish government has been
cut OF from its former means Of cable
communication with General Blanco and
the Cuban authorities by way Of che
cable 20 the United States and through
Key West but Il deveiopes that new
link Of cable connecting Halifax with