The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
GENERAL WADE GOES TODAY
HE AND HIS STAFF WILL DE-
PART FOR FLORIDA
Lieut.. Col. McArthur, Adjutant Gen-
eral of the Department of Dakota,
Left Last Evening and Will Await
in Chicago the Arrival of the 9th
er Omcers-Busy Times Yester-
day at Army Headquarters.

Lieut.. Col. Arthur Macarthur, adju-
tant general of the department of Da-
kota, left for Tampa, Fla, last even
ing. He went on the $40 train over
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad, and will stop in Chicago I'M
til the arrival there Of Gen. Wade and
the other members of the party.
+ Gen. Wade will start this evening
for the seat Of war. He will be ac-
companied by First Lieutenants VIII
liam e. Almy and George w. Read
of his personal staff, and by Mai
Daniel D. Wheeler, chief quartermas
ter, and Capt. Richard E. Thompson
chief signal officer.
Yesterday was the first Sunday In
many years that army headquarters
remained open. Gen. Wade and every
and orders were sent flying over tele-
graph and telephone wires all the
morning.
Maj. Wheeler had requested the rep
resentatives Of the several railroad
companies to hand in bids for the
transportation Of troops by noon, and
promptly at that hour every agent in
the city was there with his bid. Be
SIDES the roads running through st.
Paul there were represented the Chi
cago & Alton, the Wabash, the Mo-
bile & Ohio, the Illinois Central. the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the
Louisville & Nashville railroads.
Maj. Wheeler was at luncheon when
the agents arrived at the army build
ing, and they waited for him to return,
thinking the awards of contracts would
be made immediately. But when Maj.
Wheeler saw them he told them they
would have to wait until the estimates
had been figured, and he would then
announce the awards to those who re-
ceived the contracts.
The agents then returned to the
building several times during the after
noon, but received no answer, and
finally Maj. Wheeler went to his home,
saying he would notify the successful
bidders by post.
1t Is expected that the award will
be known this morning.
1t is stipulated in the specifications
that the railroads securing the con-
tracts for transportation shall have
trains ready for troops within twenty
four hours after the contracts are
awarded.
Each bid put in was based on the
assumption that the Western troops
brought East by the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railroads will be
transferred at this point.
All the clerks in the quartermaster's s
department were busy all day figuring
on the railroad bids and on other mat
ters that came up for consideration
during the day. There was no rest
for any of them. Most Of them were
up until 2 o'clock in the morning, and
they were at the building again at s
o'clock, and last evening they were
very weary. An order was issued to
them early in the day to refrain from
talking to newspaper men, and it was
difficult for the latter to obtain much
information regarding the movements
Of troops. 1t is understood, however,
that the Western troops will arrive in
ST. Paul Wednesday or Thursday No
time will be lost in transferring them
to trains for Chicago.
There will be animated scenes at the
union depot when the troops arrive
here. The men are all eager to meet
the Spaniards and are filled with the
war spirit. The only thing that trou-
bles them is the prospect of getting
malaria and yellow fever. If the
weather were cooler, they would be bet
ter pleased.