The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-16
ARMY ORDERED OUT
War Department Issues Order Concentrate -Four Points IN the
South TwentyEgh Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry,
and Five Regiments of Artillery and the Ligt Battery

raj w. b. Shafter, now at San Francis
co, in command of the department OF
California, was dcsignated; for that ut
Tampa, Brigadier General ]. f. Wade,
now in command of the Department of
the Dakota at st. Paul, Mimi; for
Mobile, Brigadier General J. J. Coppin-
GER who is in command of the Depart
men of Missouri. at Omaha. Neb.; while
for the post at Chickamauga, Major
General ]. II. Brooke, in Command of
the Department of the Lakes, with
headquarters mt Chicago was chosen.
These officers have authority to take
with them to their commands their en-
tire staff of officers and a Quarter Mas
ter. The latter however. presumably
will proceed to their prospective assign
ments for the purpose of making all
necessary arrangements for camp
grounds and many other requirements
incident to the presence and operations
of an army.
1t is expected that short notice adyer-
tisements inviting proposals for all camp
necessities and grounds will be issued
i'll the local newspapers with "A View t"
having everything in readiness for tic
army when it arrives
The command of the army will de-
volve upon Major General Nelson n.
Miles, who is now at the head of the
military branch of the government His
temporary headquarters, it is said, pro-
badly will be at Atlanta, where General
Graham. who has command of the De
partment of the Gulf, is now located
General Miles permanent headquarters
will depend entirely upon the eXigencie
,lnx ,f,.Ik1 1fNtaf
of the campaign. He will leave the
city soon for his new duties.
The following are the present stations
and commanders of the cavalry. artil-
lery and infantry regiments ordered to
the South according to the latest Army
Directory.
First Cavalry, Fort Kansas, Col \.
*. Arnold: Second Cavalry. Fort Win
gate, \. M. Col. G. G. Hunt; Third
Cavalry, Fort Myer, Va, Col S. s. SuiT-
ner: Ninth Cavalry, Fort Robinson, Ne
braska Col, ID. Perry: Tenth Cavalry,
Fort Assniboine. Mont, Col G. Y.
Henry.
The artillery regiments from which
the light batteries are to 90 South are
located as follows:
First. Sullivan's Island, s. c.. Lieu
tenant Col. j. b. Rawles; Second. Fort
Adams, X. l.. Col A C. NJ. Pcnning-
ton; Third, Angel Island, California,
Col. NJ. =. Miller; Fourth. Washington.
c.. Col. r. l.. Guenther; Fifth Fort
Hamilton, \. Y, Col. J. l. Rodgers.
First Infantry. Preside, San Francis
60. Col. T.. Miles; 2nd, Fort Keough.
Montana. Col. j. c. Bates; 3rd. Fort
Sncllings, Minnesota. Col. j. III. Page;
ith. Fort Sheridan. Illinois, Col Il. III.
Hall; 9Th. Fort Mcpherson. Georgia,
Col. II. G.. Cook; 9th, Fort Thomas,
Kentucky Col NJ A. Cochran 9TH,
Fort Logan, Colorado, Col. W. ID. Ben
ham; Sth Forth ID. \. Russell, Wyom-
ing. Col. ]. j. Nanhorn; 9th, Madison
Barracks. New York Col. w. ii. Pow
ell; Tenth, Fort Reno, Oklahoma, Col.
II. l.. pierson; 11th Jefferson Barracks.
Missouri, Col. |. ID. Isussy; 10Th, Fort
Niobrara, Nebraska. Col. j. n. Andrews;
18th, Fort Porter, New York, Col. \. T..
Smith; 10th, Fort Sherman, Idaho, Col.
III. A. Thcaker; 18th. Columbus Bar
racks. Ohio. Col. j. $. Poland: 18th,
Fort Bliss, Texas. Col. ID. Van Nalzah
10th, Fort Wayne. Michigan. Col. s.
Snyder: Goth, Fort Leavenworth. Kan
sas. Col. X Klein; 22nd, Fort Crook,
Nebraska, Col G. a. Wikoff: 23rd, Fort
Clark. Texas, Col. $. OvenShine; 24th,
Fort Douglas, Utah, Col. ]. Il. Kent.
Three regiments of infantry and four
Of cavalry are not included in the mobil-
ization orders, for the reason that they
are either u great distance from the CEN
ire of operations, are needed in the seq
tions of country in which they are To-
Gated, or are already i'll location where
they can readily be summoned