Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-22
ISHAFTERIAcOMMAND
Members of His Staff An
nounced.
ACTIVITY AT PORT TAMPA
3 Important Developments looked for in
the Near Future. Prompt Action
to Follow Meeting ofthe
Hostile Fleets.
(By Telegraph.)

s5 TAMPA, FLA, May 2l.-In a general
" order today, Major General W. H.
Shafter formally assumed command .f
4s the fifth army corps, composed of The
United States forces Ut Tampa ana vi.
cinity. He also an.luInc:i the follow
! ing officers IS members Of MS star.
y First Lieutenant r. II. Noble first in
: fantry aide: First Lieutenant j. e. Mi
5 ley, second artillery aide: Major $ j
+ Grosbeck, judge advocate and acting
slo1utant general; Major J. W. Jacobs,
chief quarternaster: Colonel j. l..
Weston, assistant comE,issary general
of subsistence, chief comr,issary; Ma
jor B. II. Pope, chief surgeon: F:rst
Lieutenant j. Thompson. ordnance de-
partment. ordnance officer: First Lieu
tenant T. Green. signal officer attach
ed; Major w. G. Hayes, First Ohio vol
$unteer cavalry.
Major General Wade, with his staff
officers left for Chickamauga today.
IL Brigadier Generals Poland ana Bate
n also left for Chickamauga. where they
will report to Major General Brooks,
u OF the first army corps.
Renewed activity is noticeable at
4 Port Tampa, where fleet of trans
ports Is being put in readiness The
Plant Line boat Olivette. which, ii is
understood, will be the flagship of the
transports when the movement UPON
:. Cuba takes place. has been placed in
/ the slip and is in the hands Of the car
penters. undergoing alteration for her
work as transport. Other big steam
ers have arrived. including the Ward
Line boats Seneca and Saratoga.
Important developments Of Il highly
important character are looked for in
the near future. That any orders look
= Ing towards movement of the tro ,ps
" toward Cuba have been received is ex-
tremely doubtful Nevertheless, every
n rs
4 ing meeting between the fleets IF
Sampson and Schley and the Spanish
notliia. which again looms up rs more
than possibility. and news from Gu
ban waters is eagerly looked for
@ Under orders from General Greedy
chief or the signal department at
w. i. c. Feliers. of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
was today sworn in as government.
censor of all telegrapiic business ex-
cept the newspaper specials. These.
Will. for the present. continue to 20
through the hands OF Lieutenant MI
ley, of General Skaters staff The
: hours during which the newspaper cor
respondents may have their matter
passed upon are limited ON account o1
the short time Lieutenant Miley has TO
devote to his new duties and for this
reason a vigorous protest has been
made.
4 1t is very probable that an oiiica.
censor will be appointed within Il dny
or two and the delays unavoidable I'M
4 der the present arrangement done
away with.
VIII AStor Chandler. who was re-
Gently appointed II major Of volunteers.
was today attached to the staff of Ma
3or General Wheeler. He has turned
over the command OF his band OF vol
= uHLeerS TO MS urUCner, Nu.turul,
Chandler who arrived in Tampa from
New York.
General o. o. Howard, who for the
4 past week has been conducting reli-
gious meetings among the troops at
Tampa, will leave tomorrow night for
Mobile, thence to Kentucky. He will
be accompanied by Major d. w. Whet-
tie. .....