The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-05-19
10000 Volunteers
,lUSIERED N.
Larger Portion Ready to
Start for MObaIiz=
ing Points.
STEADY STREAM GOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Hoped that all Will be Mustered
In by the End of the Week.
GEN. GUENTHER TAKES SEHELL'S PLACE.

WASHINGTON, May 16. = Seventy
thousand volunteers have now been
mustered into the service of the Uni
ted States Government, and the larger
portion of these are ready to start inn
mediately for the mobilizing points
A great many are already on the way
and from now on there will be a steady
stream of soldiers travelling across the
country and toward the Gulf until
the entire movement has been com
pleted.
The changes in the assignments of
many of the volunteers as originally
determined upon has caused more or
less confusion, and a large number of
Senators and Representative were at
the War Department to-day endeav-
Orlng to ascertain the precise status
of the troops of their States and to see
that their equipments and transpor-
tation were provided for 1t is conf
IDENTIFY hoped that by the end of the
WYNN pIoSIISdllg al Vi Tie NOiullccIS
will have been mustered into the
service and arrangements for the
proper division of the combined regu-
lar and volunteer troops into corps,
brigades, etc. will then be we'll under
way.
General Guenther Will Command.
The $4,000 or more troops who are
to be concentrated at Washington
will be commanded for the present by
Brigadier- Francis L. Guen-
ther, who has just been promoted
from colonel of the Fourth Artillery.
His assignment, however, is only tenn
porary and for the purpose of putting
the soldiers in a thoroughly organized
condition. General Guenther is now
commandant at the Washington Bar
racks, and will take the place to
which Senator Sewell, of New Jersey,
was originally assigned.
The regiment of infantry which the
District of Columbia will furnish to
the volunteer army is nearly all mus
tered in. Some of them are now en-
camped across the Potomac river in
Virginia, and as soon as the entire
regiment is ready all will leave for
Chickamauga, where the greater por-
tion of the volunteers are to concen-
trate.
Extraordinary Activity.
Extraordinary activity prevails in
every branch of the War Department,
and one of the best evidences of the
increased business is an order Just
issued which provides for keeping
the telegraph office, located in the de-
partment, open for the transaction
of business during the night. The
office has accommodation for over a
dozen men, all of whom are kept busy
the entire time.
1t is said to be the intention of Sec
retary Alger not to fill the vacancy of
quartermaster in charge of the trans
portation of the volunteers, to which
Chairman Blanchard of the Joint
Traffic Association was appointed.
but who declined the honor conferred
upon him.
Pouring into Chickamauga.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 16.-
Chickamauga Park, left vacant by
the departure of the regulars, is now
rapidly filling up with volunteers.
From all parts of the country the
volunteers are now pouring into the
park in trainloads, and the work of
getting them camped and properly
accommodated is an immense job.
The first Regiment of Ohio Cavalry,
600 men, under the command of Col
onel Day, which arrived yesterday, is
now well located on the spot formerly
occupied by the Sixth Regiment, reg
ulars, close to the Lafayette road.
The First Ohio Infantry, 500 men,
under the command of Colonel T. NJ.
Milliken, which arrived last night,
went to the park over heChattanooga
Rome and Southern at an early hour
and has spent the day fixing its camp.
The Third Wisconsin, /, ,206 men, un-
der the command of Col. M. Il. Moore,
arrived at an early hour this morning
on three special trains and were taken
to the park at Z o'clock. The Third
Illinois regiment of infantry, twelve
companies, 1 ,070 men, under command