Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-16

now I'm command Of the Department OF
Dakota. at st. Paul Mimi: for Mobile,
Brigadier- General J. J. Coppinger. who
Is in command of the Department OF the
Missouri. at Omaha. Neb., and for the
post at Chickamauga, Major-General j.
II. Brooke, In command OF the Depart
ment Of the Lakes, with headquarters at
Chicago.
These officers have been ordered to
take with them to their new commands
their entire staffs Of officers and a quar-
termaster each. The latter. however.
will presumably proceed TO their respec-
tive assignments for the purpose OF
making all necessary arrangements for
camp- grounds and many other arrange
ments incidental TO the presence of an
army.
II is expected that short-notice adver-
tisements, inviting proposals for all camp
accessories and grounds will be issued IN
the local newspapers, with view TO
having everything in readiness for the
army when IL arrives.
MILES IN GENERAL COMMAND.
The command of the army will devolve
upon Major General Nelson A. Miles, who
is now al the head OF the military branch
Of the government His temporary head
quarters. IL is said, will probably be At
lanta. where General Graham. who hes
command of the Department OF the Gulf,
is now located. General Miles's perma-
nent headquarters will depend entirely
upon the exigencies OF the situation, and
the developments OF the campaign. He
will leave the city soon. for his new
duties.
The following are the present stations
and commanders Of the cavalry, artii-
lerv and infantry regiments orders to
the South. according to the latest army
directory:
First cavalry. Fort Riley Kan, Colonel
A. X. Arnold; Second Cavalry Fort Win
gate. n. NJ. Colonel @. G. Hunt; Third
cavalry. Fort Ethan Allen. VT, Colonel
s b NJ Young, Sixth Cavalry. Fort
Mver. Va. Colonel $. 5 Sumner; Ninth
Cavalry. Fort Robinson, Neb, Colonel
n Perry. Tenth Cavalry, Fort Assinni-
bo,ne. Mon. Colonel G.. Y. Henry.
The artillery regiments. from which the
light batteries are to go South, are To-
Gated as follows
First. Sullivan's Island. :. C., Lleute-
nant-CoIonel ]. Il. Rawles: Second. Fort
Adams. r. l.. Colonel G. NJ. Pennington'
Third. Angel Island. Cal, Colonel NJ. L.
Miller: Fourth. Washington, ID. s., Colo
mel f. L. Guenther; Fifth. FoA Hamil-
ton. n. V. Colonel J. /. Rodgoss.
First infantry, Preside, san Francisco
Colonel Miles: Second. Fort Keogh, Mon.
Colonel j. c. Bates: Third, Fort Smelling
Mimi. Colonel j. n. Page; Fourth. Fort
Sheridan. H.. Colonel X. II. HALEY
Fifth. Fort Mcpherson, Ga, Colonel II
C. Cook: sixth Fort Thomas. KY. Colo
mel NJ. A. Cochran: Seventh, Fort Logan.
Col. Colonel d. w. Benham; Eighth, For'
D. A. Russell WyO., Colonel J. j. van
horn; Ninth. Madison Barracks. y. Y.
Colonel H. w. Powell: Tenth, Fort Reno
Okla. Colonel =. Pierson; Eleventh, Jef'
ferson Barracks. Mo, Colonel l. ID. Rus'
sv: Twelfth. Fort Niobrara, Neb., Colo
mol + n Andrews; Thirteenth, For
Porter. n. Y. Colonel A. T. Smith; SIX
teenth. Fort Sherman, Idaho. Colonel II
A. Theaker: Seventeenth, Columbus Bar
racks. O.. Colonel J. ;. Poland; Eigh
teenth. Fort Bliss. Tex, Colonel ID. var
Valsah: Nineteenth, Fort Wayne Mlch.
Colonel 5. snyder; Twentieth, FOR
I.evenworth. Kan. Colonel *. Klein
Twenty-second. Fort Crook, Neb., Colo
mel c. \. Wickoff. Twenty-third, Fort
Clark. Tex. Colonel s Ovenshine; Twen
ty-fourth. Fort Douglas, Utah, Colone
J. +. Kent.
Three regiments Of infantry and foul
Of cavaIr, are not included i'm the moplh
cation o ders. for the reason that thel
are eth a great distance from the cen
tire Of operations. are needed in the sec
tions OF the country i'm which they are
located or are already in a locauoi
where they can readily be summoned