The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-27
AT CHICKAMAUGA PARK.
Infantry Regiments Formed Into a
Division of Two Brigades.

CHICkAMA OGA PARK, April %
General field orders directing the for
nation of the United States infantry
regiments here into a division of two
brigades We're issued to-day by Major
General Brooke Colonel James A.
Van Horn Of the Eighth Infantry is
put in command of the division, he be-
ing the ranking senior officer.
The First Brigade is composed of the
Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth and Twen-
ty-ffth Infantry, with Colonel Andrew
S. Burt of the Twenty in COM
mand. The Second Brigade, according
to the general order, is made up of the
Second and Twenty fourth Infantry,
land such other infantry as may ar
rive here"
Plans in regard to the formation of
the Second Brigade were knocked awry
this evening by the definite announce
ment that the order for the First Regi-
ment from the Preside and Benicia
Barracks, Cal, to proceed to Chicka
manga had been countermanded, and
that the regiment had gone into camp
at New Orleans. This, also, for the time
being at least disposed of the plan of
the organization of the infantry into
three brigades of three regiments each.
AS it stands now, the Sixteenth, from
Forts Sherman, Spokane and Boise
Barracks, is the only regiment which
Major-G General Brooke is reasonably
certain of having incorporated in his
army. Detached officers of that regi
ment have already reported for duty
here. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Regiments, the former from Forts Bliss
and Sam Houston, and the latter from
Forts Brady and Wayne, it is thought
however, may have gone to Chicka
manga, in which case three brigades Of
three regiments each will be formed.
AS the Second Brigade now stands,
Colonel j. c. Bates of the Second Regi
ment is in command
Battery K of the First, from Texas
and Batteries c and F of the Third
from San Francisco, arrived to-day
This makes ten batteries in camp, and
completes the artillery concentration
here. 1t is the intention to organize
them into two battalions of five bat
teries each, with Majors Lancaster and
Dillenback as commanders. The Sec
ond Regiment Of infantry, from Forts
Keogh and Harrison, Montana. and
Fort Yates, North Dakota, 469 men and
y.
c. Bates, which arrived last night,
went into camp near the Twenty-fourth
in the Lafayette road
The cavalry arrivals consisted of
Troops A of the Third from Fort Hua-
chuca, Arizona, and Troops E and K of
the Second from Fort Wingate.
Field orders were issued for the rigid
policing of the camp
Daily inspections of the camps will
be made and every sanitary precaution
| taken. It is quite probable that the
entire body of troops located here will
be vaccinated.
BY next week the field maneuvers of
an army will begin.
Major Sharp, Chief Commissariat Of
| General Brooke's staff, has asked au-
/ thority from Washington to establish
provision depot in Chattanooga, such
as the Government has at ST. Louis
and other large cities. The provision
ing of such large force of troops as is
now gathered at Chickamauga Park
renders it absolutely necessary to have
base of supplies at a nearer point
than ST Louis. Major Sharp has made
his headquarters at the Park and a.
! local purchasing agent was placed in
charge Of the Chattanooga depot, who
will buy the supplies necessary.
Hundreds of applications for enlist
ment in the regular service have been
made since the encampment of the
United States troops at Chiczamauga,
and it is the intention to establish a re-
cruiting station at Chattanooga imme-
diately.
opinion among the army officers va
ries as to the length of time the troops
will be stationed at the national park.
Among those best informed the opin-
ion is freely expressed that no move
ment in the direction of Cuba will be
made for two months at least. and per-
haps not before fall The army reor-
ganiZatino bill now necessitates whip
ping into army discipline an extraor-
binary number of raw men, at best a
tedious job, but one necessary before
forward movement. BY that time the
weather will be fatal to the landing
of troops. 1t is believed by many that
should the occupation of Cuba by
United States forces be finally decided
on, it will not be ordered before au-
tumn.