The record-union., 1898-05-11
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
Those at Chickamauga Ordered to
Proceed to Tampa.

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CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK
(Ga), May 1O.-Major- General Brooke.
commanding the United States regular
provisional army corps at Chickamauga
Park, to-day received orders from the
War Department directing him to send
all the cavalry and infantry troops now
in camp at Chickamauga Park, about
5000 in all, to Tampa without delay
The order is accompanied with instruc-
lions to provide the men with a full
supply of ammunition for sixty days.
There are five regiments of infantry
now in camp, the Second, Seventh,
Eighth, Twelfth and Sixteenth, all of
which are ordered to Tampa under COM
mand of Colonel G. v. Henry and Col
onel A. r. Chaffee.
Two regiments of cavalry, the Third
and Sixth, will at once proceed to
Tampa under General S. s. Sumner.
The Second Cavalry, under Colonel
Hunt, has been ordered to Mobile. The
First and Tenth Cavalry will go to New
Orleans.
General Brooke and staff remain here
to assist in the organization of the VOL
unteer army, should it be ordered here.
The Signal Corps has also been or
dered to remain here until further or
derS
The medical corps of each regiment
was to-day provided with medical sup
plies for sixty days.
All recruits will be ordered to report
to Tampa, New Orleans and Mobile.
A large number arrived to-day and
were provided with the necessary
equipments.
Owing to the unexpected orders to
move received to-day General Brooke
made a hurried reorganization of the
infantry forces annulling the division
heretofore formed. An order immedi-
ately followed forming the Fifth
Twelfth and Sixteenth Regiments of
into a brigade. to be commanded by
Twelfth and Sixteenth Regiments of in
fantry into a brigade, commanded by
Colonel G. V Henry. Fred A. Smith.
Assistant Adjutant and Lieu
tenant Stafford of the Eighth Regiment
Brigade Quartermaster. This brigade
is ordered to proceed at once, fully
equipped for field service, to Tampa,
and report to the General commanding
at that point"
The same order also formed the Sec
ond and Seventh Infantry into a bril-
gade, Brigadier- General A. r. Chaffee
in command, who is also ordered to
proceed as early as possible with his
brigade to Tampa.
The Quartermaster's department has
been completely overrun during the af-
ternoon. as each regiment commander
had been ordered to report at once as
to the number of men in each command,
Of OF n
sixty days rations, ammunitions. sup
plies. etc, so that these might be issued
without delay
QuartermaSte General Lee stated to-
night, however, that he has everything
in his department in readiness for the
departure of the troops at once. In
reply to a query of the Associated Press
tonight, Acknowledgement Sheridan
stated that before Friday night all the
troops will have been moved South.
CHATTANOOGA, May lot is an
nounced that General Brooke will re-
main at Chickamauga Park in COM
mand Of the volunteers coming. Chick
amauga will continue to be the head
quarters of the department. Generals
Fitzhugh Lee, Wheeler and Wilson are
expected to arrive the latter part of the
week.
ORDERS TO VOLUNTEERS.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 1O-Secretary
Alger telegraphed Governor Mount to-
day. saying that the Indiana volunteers
who had been first asked to go to Chick
amauga would be ordered to New Or
leans instead. The Second and Third
Regiments and Battery A will probably
start tonight.
MILWAUKEE, May 1O.-The Third
Regiment has been ordered to Chick
amauga. Governor Schofield this at
ternoon received a telegram to this eff
feet from Secretary Alger, and replied
that the Third Regiment would be
ready to start Thursday night.
SPRINGFIELD Qll), May 10-Gov-
ernor Tanner has received orders from
Secretary Alger to move two regiments
of infantry, one regiment of cavalry
and a light battery to New Orleans
not later than Thursday Arrangements
have been completed to send the Third
and Fifth Regiments via the Illinois
Central on special trains. Battery A
will probably be ready to move at the
same time.
ALBANY On. W, May 1O.-Througn
the change of plans at Washington, the
four volunteer regiments from this
State that were to go to Chickamauga
will go to Tampa instead.
ST. PAUL. May 1O.-Captain Swigerr,
~. S. A., the mastering officer at Camp
Ramsay, whose work was completed
Sunday. and Colonel Robleton, senior
Colonel in command of the brigade, to-
day received kilograms from Washing
ton stating that the Minneapolis troops
will be sent to Tampa the instant they
are uniformed and armed. This is
probably the first State volunteers mus
tered in From present indications
Minnesota's volunteers will be en- route
south by the close of the week.
ST. LOUIS, May 1O.-Battery A AMI
the Second Infantry. now at Jefferson
Barracks. were to-day mustered into
the United States service. The Second
Regiment will be known as the First
Missouri Volunteers They will be
ready to start south tomorrow or
Thursday.
THE MOVE MAY BEGIN THURS
DAY
TAMPA (Fla), May 10.-By Thurs
day six of the big transports in Tampa
will be ready for actual loading Of
troops and horses. They have already
been fully equipped, supplied with coal
and water The work of building the
stalls for the horses and mules was
practically completed to-day and long
lines of freight cars filed with boxes
of ammunition for the rifles of the SOL
diers and for the Cuttings and Hotch-
kiss quick-fire guns were backed upon
the tracks along the wharves and the
work of loading them on ship was COM