New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-01
At THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMP.
GENERAL BROOKE STUDYING MAPS OF
PORTO RICO-PREPARING TO
PAY OFF THE MEN
rPY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l

c,,,anooga Tenn. juno 3O.-General Brooke
.getber with Assistant Adjutant-General Sheri-
40, and Major Glassford. chief of the Signal
Corps. have spent the day carefully stud lying
,,uitaly maps of Porto Rico. The maps are
,a,e ones Just received by General Brooke The
,nree went carefully over the routes and lines
of travel and did not lay the maps aside until
late this afternoon.
General NJ V. sheridan and General II. v.
1,,vntcn who have both been made brigader-
generals. bat not yet assigned to commands
viii in all probability he given brigades in the
First Army Corps before it moves To-day the
transportation was arranged for ten regiments
20 leave Camp Thomas in about six days. Just
which ten regiments they are cannot he learned.
In TO noon to-day Captain Rockwell. chief
Of the Ordnance Department. had issued over
FIVE hundred and cartridge belts and
thirty thousand rounds Of ammunition TO the
Missouri regiments and to the lst Illinois Cav
airy The last of the new saddles for the Grgs
hy cowboys were issued TO them this morning,
and the rough riders are happy
uainload Of supplies arrived at Lyle this
morning. and Major Nye chief depot commits
s2ry. and his large force of men went to work
unloading IT, As fast the shipments are
checked off they will be rushed into the ware
houses and issued TO the regiments.
FOUR HUNDRED RECRUITS.
About four hundred recruits arrived this
morning from New-YOrk Ohio. Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Indiana. Ten recruits Of the 14th
New-York We're treated TO an egg-sandwich
breakfast by their corporal after leaving the
train this morning
Now is the time to get clothing cheap here AS
fast as the recruits are furnished new uniforms
they are obliged to dispose of their citizens
oil Trnr
cents to 81. while hats and shoes are consid-
cred high at % cents each. The men are not
allowed TO send anything back home. their
clothing must be soil.
This morning at early hour all the reg
n1ents In the First Division. including the lst
Illinois Cavalry. assembled on the vineyard field
and went through grand battalion drill. being
reviewed by General Wilson and his staff.
General Nelson. now in command Of the First
Division. First Army Corps. will soon be trans
ferred to the Sixth Army Corps to organize a
division. Brigadier- General Holmes will he as
signed to the Second Division of the First Army
Corps.
Colonel Lee, Chief Quartermaster. believes
that within the next ten days every regiment in
camp will be prepared for the field.
TO BE ALL PAID OFF IN TEN DAYS.
The paymasters are at work on the muster
rolls arranging TO pay off the regiments Every
colonel has been appointed to assist the work
IN order to facilitate matters. The first regi-
ments will probably he paid tomorrow. and the
whole work completed within ten days. The
headquarters Of the paymasters are closely
guarded and no one will he admitted there.
Two million and more dollars in cash brought
INTO army encampment is no small matter.
and Is creating great interest.
The wife Of General Brooke IS still here ana
CONCENTRATES accomrapying her husband 20
Cuba OF Porto Rico. when the expedition II owes.
General Frederick Grant is busy preparing his
grand problem for next week. and has already
issued several orders regarding it.
No more stores Of any kind VIII he allowed TO
be erected within the park hereafter. General
Brooke issued orders 10 this effect to-day. The
park was becoming crowded with cheap shops
OF all descriptions The provost guards have
never yet been removed from the town {: Lytlc,
but the volunteer guards. which have been sta
toned there. were relieved to-day by detach-
ment OF Regulars
\ provost guard Of fifteen men from the sih
New-York Regiment, are searching the city
who have strayed off one member Of the 18th
is under arrest for stealing chickens. and an
other for stealing watermelons. The boys do
not consider the Seriousness Of the matter ard
merely DO Il as n Joke There is not much dan
ger Of their being punished for u beyond n hght
fine in the police court. General Poland prac-
tised mis- division In breaking camp to-day.
This will be kept up continuously until the corps
moves
A long STRING OF CARS TO CARRY TROOPS
when the actual order 70 move southwark
comes Il will take at least n week n get the
troops away. To move army corps II re
0uiros a thousand wagons and 1000 animals
Ordinarily ii requires three passenger trains
&C fifteen coaches each % move a regiment, ana,
o. twenty-seven regiments are 10 move II VIII
take 300 coaches 10 move them.
For the stock II will take about JV freight
cars and Tor tho wagons about 800 natcars, 80
that tho total number Of cars to be needed VIII
reach over 1000 To pull this number OF cars
g. will take seventy locomotives or more. ana
counting the distance between each train next
wo4k win see a string of cars reaching almost
from Chickamauga TO Tampa
The lat Ohio Cavalry. which does not belong
70 the First ARM Cops. VIII to-mOT'O" 80 10
lakeland Fla. This command received orders
10 this effect some days ago. but there was
hitch somewhere. and they were revoked tenn
porarIy Fifty recruits for the l1th New ork
arrived tonight The recruits Of tn" lfth We
to-day furnished with blankets and shelter
tents The raw recruits Of the l4ti are beng
drilled by Lieutenant Foley, OF Company B'
q West Point graduate:
William Book Of the 18th New YORK. was ar
.sted to-day for rObbing the regimcntal post
rficc He was caugh: in the act The recruit
ing officers Of the Sth New-York returned 10
thair regiment to-day. There were 81 recruits
Tor the Sth vaccinated by the surgeons inns
afternoon.
n.nDrr,T CIDRONS SEES THE PRESIDENT