The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
FIRST REGIMENT TO LEAVE
ORDERED TO JOIN THE SECOND
 ARMY CORPS

At Falls Church, VIrglnIa-Tho Conn panies to Rendezvous at Mantle Be- fore Starting.
 Hartford, July 12.-The First regi- ment, Connecticut Volunteers, Colonel Charles l.. Burdett commanding, has received officials orders to report to Major General w. w. Graham, com- manding the Second Army corps, at Camp Russel A. Alger, at Falls Church, Virginia, near Washington.
 The following was received to-day at the office of the adjutant general in this city:
 Headquarterqs Department of the East,
 Governors Island, New York City, Special Order No. 152.
 (EXtract of V.) Pursuant to telegraphic or ders from the war department of the 9th instant, the companies of the First Connec- ticnt United States Volunteers, infantry, Will proceed from the present stations in this department to Camp Haven, Mantle, Conn, reporting upon their arrival there to the reSimental commander When the regi- ment shall be assembled at Camp Haven 1t
 
 glnia, and report to the commanding gen. eral, Second Army corps, for duty.
 The troops will take their entire equip ment and be provided, with not less than five days rations on leaving their present stations: Property pertaining to the post of BGrt Brt, IAI, Knox, Me- Great Gull Island, and garrisons are to be withdrawn, will be disposed of under the direction of the chief quartermaster and the chief commissary of subsistence of the department, previous Otii- cers
 The quartermaster's department will fur nsih the tranSporta ton.
 The subsistence department will arrange for the necessary subsistence. The travel enjoined is necessary for the public ser vice.
 By Command Brigadier General Gillespie,
 George Andrews.
 Assistant Adjutant General. Official; Heman c. Johnson, First Lieuten-
 ant Second Artillery. Aide-deC Camp.
 Supplementing this order was a formal re-. quest upon the state of Connecticut for per mission to use the state military re9dez. e tn First regiment. This permission was given at once by telegraph
 The adiutant, generals office has notified Company M of Danbury to go to Mantle, and it is expected that this company will reach Camp Haven about the time the other companies of the regiment arrive. Tele- phonlc communication has been had with Colonel Burdett in Maine, and he states that in his opinion it will be possible to get his entire command back to Mantle by Thurs day.
 Major General Graham, commanding the Second Army corps, was informed by the war department Monday that the First Gamp Aiger The Second Osem souR Carolina regiment will shortly be added to the Sec ond Army corps. The two regiments will De assigned to the Tst dvI0F ana @ be brigaded with the Third Virginia regi- ment. The new brigade will take the place of the second brigade, comprising the Sixth setts regiments, which left under Brigadier General G. A. Garretson on July 5 for the front Only those i'll were left. According to the reports the full strength of the Sec ond Army corps irrespective of the squad rons of New York and Pennsylvania cav airy, is 23,745 officers and enlisted men: division 11,375. The cavalry are under the immediate orders of Major General Graham, commander of the corps.
 Companies A, F. c, and and |, sta; tioned at Fort Knox Me, with Colonel Burdett and staff, Companies F and K, at Fort Preble, Portland, Me, and Company will leave tomorrow for Mantle. Compa- nes D and l. on Plum Island, and Com pany B, at Gull Island, will be taken to Niantic on lighters. The Danbury company (ND, now undergoing medical examination. will be mustered tomorrow Or Thursday and go direct to Camp Haven.
 OFFICIAL ORDER FROM HART
 FORD.
 A general orded was issued from the adjutant generals office at Hartford to-day. It reads in part:
 I. Tn accordance with chapter CCC- XXXIII, section 16, militia law, public acts. 1885 "* The command er-in-chief shall have power in case of war, invasion, insurrection, riot, or imminent danger thereof, to increase said force, and organize the same as the exigencies of the case may re- quire.
 The maximum strength of companies in the Third regiment, Connecticut Ma tional Guard, is hereby increased to one hundred and fifty (150) officers and enlisted men.
 II. The Third regiment Connecticut National Guard having been increased to a twelve company regiment, consist ing of three battalions of four com panies each, and said regiment having been mustered into the United States service, is hereby designated as the Third regiment Connecticut Volunteers infantry.
 V. Leave of absence for the commits stoned officers and furloughs to the en- listed men, Third regiment, Connecti- cut National Guard, are hereby granted during their term of service in the vol 11nteer army of the United States.
 VI. Upon recommendation of the cornmander-in-chief to the honorable secretary, United States navy, the fol- lowing officers of the naval battalion, Connecticut National Guard, have been appointed in the United States navy with rank from date of their muster in to the volunteer service of the United States:
 Commander Edward Grant Buckland, New Haven, lieutenant, June 15, 1898.
 Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. Dav, New Haven, lieutenant, June 15, 1898.
 Lieutenant Edward Villette Ray holds, New Haven, June 15, 1S98
 Lieutenant junior grade) Nathaniel w. Bishop, ordnance officer, Bridgeport, lieutenant (junior grade), June 15, 1898. Lieutenant Daniel Mussey Goodridge, First division, New Haven, (junior grade) June 15, 1898.
 Lieutenant Felton Parker, second di-