The Elbert County tribune., 1898-10-13
ORDERS TO THE ARMY
irs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS EFFECTED
rhrs- corpr pisb.ndsd and Mary General
omeers Discharged Plane for oecapy'
ing Cuba--camps In fhe Mouth.

rhrs~ corps pisbanded and Mary Genera
Omesrs Discharged Plane for Oecapy
ing Cuba--camps In tlse soutii.
Washington. d. O., Oct. 7.--A genera
order was Issued to-day organizing
new army corps and designating vari
GUS points where the troops shall be
stationed.
The Third. Fifth and sixth corps arc
discontinued. The First, Second ano
\ Fourth corps reorgnnized They are e
be commanded respectively by Major
Generals Breckinridge, Graham and
Wheeler. The headquarters of encil
| corps will be: First corps. Macon
| Georgia: Second corps, Augusta, Gepr'
gia; Fourth corps, Huntsville, Ain'
bamn.
| The next order gives instructions 10
officers designed to secure good accom-
! mocations for the men and closes ~
| follows:
1T will be borne In mind that the
troops who are to occupy the camps
herein provided for are TO be prepared
aud held In readiness for service in
Cuba. They may be ordered TO that
island on short notice. either by regi'
mcnts or by brigndes."
| The War Department to-day issued
the long expected order for the honor
able discharge from the volunteer SER
vice of the United States of three ma
for generals and twcnty-six brigndier
generals OF volunteers
This heavy reduction was made nee
cssary by the fact that the volunteer
army itself has already been reduced
by fully 80 per cent. and there is CON
sequently no duty remaining for these
officers to discharge. The officers who
were promoted from the regular army
will return to their former duties. The
list Is ns follows:
Major Generals-I0hn Coppinger,
October 13. 1898; Hamilton $. Hawk
ins, November 80 1893; Jacob r. Kent,
November 30. 1898.
Brlgadier generals TO take effect Oc-
tober n. 1s9S-FrancIs l.. Guenther,
Alfred Il. Bates, George j.. Gillespie,
Lucius f. Hubbard, James X. Watles,
Charles +. Mnttocks. Mark w. Sheafe,
James II. Barklcy, Joseph w. Plume
Thomas l.. Rosser, Joseph X. Hudson.
Brigadicr generals, TO take effect No
vember 80, 1s0S--John I. Rodgers. An
drew S. Burt. Peter q. Haines. George
A. Garretson, Henry NJ. Dufiield. Jn-
cob b. Babcock. Roy Stone, Wallace
+. Randolph Henry Carroll, Edward
T.. Pearson. John II. Page, William NJ.
Wherry, Charles ID. Viele. Aaron 5.
Daggott, John II. Patterson.
Rrigndier generals-Alfred II. Bates.
George l.. Gillespie. John II. Babcock
and Peter Haincs will continue their
present duties.
The War Department has COM
plcted It's plans for the departure of
the second expedition OF troops to gar
rison Cuba.
The first division Is already under
orders and should be started within
few days from the southern ports
near their camping grounds. The
first division starts under command of
Brigadier General Carpenter, who
commands the cavalry brigade COM
posed Of the Seventh and Eighth
United States cavalry.
II is the intention Of the War De-
partment that Major General Wade,
now president OF the military evacuu-
ton commission. shall command the
entire force of United States troops
assigned to duty In Cuba. but lie will
scarcely take nctlvc command until
he has completed his duties with the
commission.
The second division will comprise
NIL the troops now under the com
mand of Inior General Iritzhugh Lee.
These troops are stationed MT Jack
sonvillc and the force comprises the
following regiments, all volunteer
troops:
Second. Fourth and Ninth Illinois
infantry. Rhode Island, Sixteenth in
fantry. Second Louisiana infantry,
Sixth Missouri infantry, Third Nebras-
kn infantry Organs regimcnD. First
North Carolina infantry, Second
South Carolina infantry. First Texas
Infantry. Fourth Vlrginn infantry
and the Second Volunteer cavalry.
The general orders which will be is.
sued to this division are to begin the
movement the last of this month, or
as soon thereafter MS practicable. The
Indications nre based on the proceed
ings of the military commission at
Havana. that the troops Will be sent.
not in II body. but In small regimen
tnl and brigade commands. and that
these will be landed first on the west
ern coast and perhaps In part on the
south. probably AT Batabano.
The animating purpose Is to reduce
the chances of hostile clashlng be-
tween the retiring Spanish troops and
the incoming American forces, by
xceplng back the latter until the
spaniards have been deported
About the time the movement of the
Lee command begins, troops now in
the middle states will move toward
the southern camps. which have been
selected by the Schwan board. lying
In Georgia. South Carolina and Ala-
bnma. This will result in the abnn-
donmcnt Of camps at Middletown,
Pennsylvania. Lexington, Kentucky,
and Knoxville.
The southern camps are TO be laid
out in the best form, with all the i'm
proyemenfs thnt the experience of last
summer has shown TO be advisable.
Wherever permanent buildings will
conduce TO the comfort and health of
the troops they must be erected, al
though the commanding officers are
to keep in mind Mt all times the pro-
priety of avoiding enervation of the
men by keeping them too closely in
doors and away from camp life.
THE INDIAN UPRISING.