The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-28
Col. Smiths and Col. Gunder's Men
Equipped with Rifles and Each Civ
en- 500 Rounds OF Ammunition.
BARNETT'S BOYS ALSO TO GO
THE 10th TO RECEIVE ITS COM
PLETE OUTFIT BY WEDNESDAY.
Courts-Martia1 at Camp Alger-
Charges Against Col. Barnett and
Adjutant Gebhart-Camp Gossip.
Special to thesIndianapolis Journal.

Special to thesIndianapos Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 27-Advices re-
ceived here tonight from Tampa state that
the regiments which have been encamped at
Tampa since the first expedition to Cuba,
are now being put on board transports. 1t is
also definitely stated that the One-hundred-
and-fifty-seventh Indiana received it's orders
Sunday to go aboard one of this new fleet of
ships gathered there by the government,
and that by this time Colonel Studebaker's
men are on the vessel only awaiting the
command to sail.
Orders were received at 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon by the Studebaker regiment es
follows: Troops of the brigade are to be
loaded as fast as the transports come The
conveys are expected to be here in four
days and the transports then ready must
sail Immediately Requisitions are to be
made for forty-five days rations, five days
travel rations, in addition to the ten days
travel rations on hand; enough additional
ammunition to make five hundred rounds
per man; an extra pair of shoes for each
man. Each man should have two pairs of
good Shoes AS the total travel rations will
be for fifteen days. it is believed in the regi-
ment that the destination of the Hoosiers is
Porto Rico, although it is more probable
they will be sent to Santiago to reinforce
Shafter. The order to go on board the trans
ports was reoeivod with oboor;~- ~, 49,
men from northern Indiana.
The War Department preparations for
hurrying reinforcements to General Shafter
and for the Porto Rican expedition are
progressing as fast as, possible. General
Shafter's orders are to end back to Tampa
as many Of the transports with his expedi-
ton as he can spare 1t was stated off,
cially to-day that General Miles, command
ing the army, would command the next ex
pedition which leaves the United States.
Just what this is to be and where II is to
go could not be ascertained. The number
of reinforcements which are to be sent to
Smarter will be an expedition nearly as for
mldable as that which left Tampa two
weeks ago. After Santiago has been re-
duced and captured by the American forces
there will be an ample number to leave in
the province to preserve order and hold the
place while the remainder may be used for
the Porto Rican expedition.
The officials at the War Department de-
clined to-day to indicate where the fifteen
regiments which General Brooke. command
ing at Chickamauga, has been requested to
have in readiness to move, would be sent.
Fernandina, Fla, has been put in readiness
Tor large number of men, and it may be
the Chickamauga men will go there At
Miami, further down the coast, there are
about six regiments, while at Tampa. on
the gulf coast, there are approximately 1900
men. 1t is possible that the department
may follow recommendations made to it
and keep the men at Chickamauga until the
transports are ready to receive them at the
embarking point. The movement of the
troops in the South necessitated some
changes in the makeup of several of the
corps. The division commanded by Brig.
General Schwan at Mobile and since sent
to Miami has been assigned to the Seventh
Corps while General Henry's division of the
Seventh Corps has been made a part of the
Fourth Corps.