The herald., 1898-04-16
COMMANDERS NAMED
POSITIONS ASSIGNED FOR THE
INFANTRY
DENVER EXPERT AER0NAUT:
Ordered Forward for Service on the
Atlantic Coast-The War Prep
arations Are Progressing
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
| WASHINGTON, April 15.-The offic-
ers who will command will be Gen. Shaf-
ter at New Orleans; Gen. Coppinger at
Mobile; Gen. Wade at Tampa and Gen.
Brooke at Chickamauga.
| The War Department has revised its
assignment Of infantry regiments and
they will go as follows:
| To New Orleans: First, Seventh,
Eighth, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth.
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth in
fantry.
To Mobile: Second, Third, Tenth.
Eleventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth and
Twenty-second.
To Tampa: Fourth. Fifth, Sixth,
Ninth. Thirteenth, Seventeenth and
Twenty first.
The cavalry assignments remain un-
changed.
In the artillery all light batteries and
artillery regiments except in the Sixth
| and Seventh which were recently or
ganized under act of Congress go to
Chickamauga.
The regiments ordered to the Atlantic
Coast are stationed in large part in the
West, their headquarters being as fol-
lows:
Cavalry-First, Fort Riley. Kan; Sec
ond, Fort Wingate, New Mexico; Third,
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont; Sixth, Fort
Myer, Va; Ninth Fort Robinson. Neb.;
Tent, Fort Assinaboine, Mont.
Artillery-First, St. Augustine, Fla;
Second. Fort Adams. r. l.; Third, Angel
Island, CAL; Fourth, Washington, D. c.:
Fifth, Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
| Infantry--First, Presidio. San Fran
cisco; Second, Fort Keogh, Mont; Third,
Fort Smelling. Mimi; Fourth, Fort Sher-
idan, ILL.,; Fifth, Fort Mcpherson, Ca;
Sixth, Fort Thomas. KY; Seventh, Fort
| Logna, Colo; Eighth. Fort d. A. Russell.
Wyo.; Ninth, Madison Barracks, N. Y:
! Tenth, Fort Reno. Oklahoma; Eleventh.
Whipple Barracks, Ariz.; Twelfth, Fort
Niobrara, Neb. Thirteenth, Fort Mia
CARA, N. T.; Sixteenth, Fort Sherman:
Seventeenth, Fort Columbus Barracks,
O.; Eighteenth. Fort Bliss. Texas; Nine
teenth, Fort Leavenworth, Kan; Twen-
ty-first, Plattsburg Barracks, N. y;
Twenty-second, Fort Crook, Neb.
Twenty-third. Fort Clark, Texas; Twen-
ty-fourth. Fort Douglas, Utah.
The Balloon Branch
DENVER, Col, April 15.-Sergeant
Ivy Baldwin Of the Signal Corps of the
Department of the Colorado, has re-
ceived orders TO prepare for his depart
ure for Fort Wadsworth, New York har-
Dor. Sergeant Baldwin will leave to-
night. With him will go Sergeant Burn
ell Of Fort Logan. Sergeant Kennedy Of
Cooley's ranch, Arizona, has already
started and Sergeant Myers. stationed in
San Bernardino county, CAL, is also
probably on his way. These four will
| take charge of the balloon service, which,
in the event of war, will be utilized in
defense of New York harbor and city.
| Sergeants Baldwin, Burnell, Kennedy
and Myers are recognized as the most
competent quartette In the Signal Corps
service. The balloon and necessary ap-
paratus they will operate went to Fort
| Wadsworth over a week ago and tho
presence of the four Sergeants at the
fort is to assure that 1t will be skillfully
handled should 1t be needed.
1t is not improbable that permanent
balloon corps will be established at Fort
Wadsworth. Lieutenant Maxfield Of
Chicago will be given charge of the
corps.
The Army Movement
| WASHINGTON. April 15.-General Miles
said that under the present distribution of
the army it would hardly be possible to
assemble more than IL 900 or Is 900 soldiers
| in Florida under the orders to be issued
| today. The artillery regiments are already
distributed along the coast for the opera
| tion of the various fortitications and bat
| teries.
| The orders issued this afternoon there
fore apply only to the infantry and cavalry
| arms of the service. This action Is be-
| lieved to indicate policy on the part of
the administration for large naval and
military demonstrations in the vicinity of
Cuba with view to the immediate en-
forcement of the action of Congress for the
termination of the troubles in Cuba.
The Call for Troops
| WASHINGTON, April 15.-The question
of now many of the militia of the several
| States shall be called into service fbr
active duty when military operations are
decided upon is engaging the attention of
the President and the officials of the War
| Department.
| The opinion was expressed by one of the
| latter today that when an order is issued
concentrating the regular army at some
Southern point, the President will call for
| 5U,UU InllltldIHeH
The Flying Squadron
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, April 15.-
With the flagship Brooklyn. the Flying
Squadron, after forty-eight hours active
work in nasty weather, returned to anchor
age here at o'clock this afternoon, with
the exception of the Texas, which was left
outside to try her guns with solid shot.
Massachusetts, Militia
BOSTON. April Ex-Governor wolcott
sent a message to the Legislature this af-
ternoon recommending an emergency ap-
preparation of 5000, 900 to increase the eff
| cheney of the State militia.
A bill was framed promptly embodying
the recommendation of the Governor and
was referred to the proper committees and