The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-14
ARMY ON
THE MOVE
500 Members of the 25thI
Infantry on Its Way
. to ChiCkamauga.

Chicago, ILL.,, April 13-Five hundred
members Of the Twenty fifth Infantry. u.
). A, the colored regiment from Forb
Missoula. Montana, arrived here this coon
OH their way to the rendezvous at ChickA-s
mauga, Tenn. 4
| They came in three trains, tho first ar.
| irving at the Sixteenth street yards of the
Chicago Terminal Railway Company al
l2 20. In tie lrst train were 22i oolOred
infantrymen and eight white officers.
Crowds greeted the train at every stop
within tho city limits. All Sixteenth and
Canal streets, where 1t was switched across
the river to be delivered to the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois road. crowd Of sew
sral hundred persons waited for the trains
arrival for several hours, and when it ap-
peared around the bend the waving Of
trains was answered with shout from
those who had waited since early morning
to see the soldiers
Colonel Burts regiment has the rsputa-
tlon Of being ono of the f1dest In point Of
discipline in the whole army. To-day they
appeared TO be soldierly end determined
lot of men, Colonel Andrew Burt. COM
mander Of the troops. said: II am simply
pushing through to Chckamauga Park ~
fast as the railroads will take mo there.O
When told that the flying squadron would
put to soa this afternoon and that things
were beg ginning to assume warlike aepect.
he smiled, but said nothing. The younger
officers of the regiment were delighted
with the prospsct OF active duty and ex-,
pressed the hope and opinion that they
would soon be moving further South thsn
Chlckamauga.
Washington, April la-signs Of activity
for what now seems to be probable con.
filct were continued mt the War Depart
ment today. s
Complete arrangements have been made
for the immediate mobilization Of prao.
tically tho entire military force OF ths
Government at the Chiokamauga National
Park at tho first sign Of trouble. 1t Is OK 4
pecred that in eof necessity call will
preferably from the National Guard OF tho
different States and Territories. In the
event that the war policy contemplates
the invasion of Cuba, the army may be in.
creased to 100, COO men. or this the regu.
lar troops and the Nationali Guardsmen /,
will aggregate about 5000 men, and the
remainder will be made up Of volunteers.
D the event of a cali upon the National
Guard, attention will be directed first to
the organizations in the States Of New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio and tho
District of Columbia.
AN ARMIsTICE THAT KILLS.
Havana, April 18--Six Spanish col. Il
umns under General Pando are operating
In the province of Puerto Principe. Thir-
ty-dye insurgents have been killed in re-
cent engagements, while there have been
many wounded and three taken prisoners,
The Spanish loss was twenty-seven.
In the province of Matanzas the Span
sh forces at Cienaga and Hatibonioo Riv-
er killed three insurgents and captured
quantity of arms and ammunition. a
AT Buoy Vaca River the Spanish sur.
1risei the insurgents, killed ono and caps
;ured quantity of mail matter. The
ocal suerrillas at Bramales, province Of
Rio, have killed two Insurgents
AWAITING STAINS FLoTILLA.
st. Vincent, Cape 10 Verde Island, Apr.
3.--The second Spanish torpedo fotills,
accompanied by tho big transport chip
Cindad de Cadiz, is expected by the officers
VI the torpedo boats now in port.
Tho Governor Of the Cape Verde Islands
las arrived here from the capital Porto
'raya. He will remain here until he is
ween the Cnited States and Spain have
'een satisfactorily settled.
THE PROTECTION OF BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, Md, April 49, Fort McHen.
Y presents busy scene, as the Fourth J,
Artillery is preparing to man the forts at
hawkins and North Points, as well as
'ort Carroll. Battery D, in command of
'aptain Peter Leary, Will leave Fort Nc
lenry Thursday morning on the tug Son.
mel for Fort Carroll, where for the first
me since the war, 1t will be occupied by y
military body. Largo quantities Of ex.
losives are now stored there.
sHIPBUILDER ROACH MAY BID.
Chester, Pa, April 13.-John B. Roach,
10 shipbulldor, was among the callers ut
le Nary Department yesterda and hada
ilk with Secretary Long and Assistant
ecretary Roosevelt. Mr.. Roach has had
q business with the Navy Department.
nee his trouble with Secretary Whitney.