The National tribune., 1898-04-07
THE HRMY.
Uncle Sans Land Forces Ready for Rusi-
ness-Pians for Moving Them.

Uncle Sans Land Forces Ready for Busi-
ness-Pians for Moving Them.
The Regulars are all ready to move at an
hours notice. The railroads connecting
the army posts in The interior with points
along the coast, and especially with Tampa,
Atlanta and New Orleans, have been noti-
fled that the Government may require the
unrestricted use OF their lines on any cay
The siege rarid fire and field guns OF IN
iantry and cavalry troops have Eeen shipped
and are being delivered at designated places
along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
Gen. Miles has said that n force OF q. eco
men, adequately armed, properly sustained
by provisions, and well disc plinod, such as
our troops are said To- be. will he able to
drlYe the Spanish troops out Of (uha, leav-
ing, oi course, 10 the navy the defeat Of
the enemy on the sea This optimistic
view IS not shared by other advisers of
Secretary Alger, who have been recon-
mendng to prepare Tor force Of al least
10000 men who could he taken 10 Cuia in
transports from New Orleans and Tampa.
one high officer has estimated that in
addition 10 the 100 go men rcqu red for
service i'll Cuba. an almost cgu4ny large
force viii be required in coast defense work
II troops are sent 10 Cuba the transports
will lie under the protection Of naval YES
sells, and the men will be landed under
cover of the fire Of the guns OF Eattleships
The insurgent forces would prOba bly, rendcr
considerable hell in hslodging The Spanish
but il would be necessary to provide an
American force capable of accomplishing
that end.
The 1ltli INF, consisting OF seven officers
and i54 men, from The WhiDrlc Barracks
Ariz., and the 18Th L. S. Inf. consisting o}
six officers and 237 men, have been ordered
from Fort Apache, Ariz., To Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo. Troops from Fort Bayard. Ariz..
| Will take the place OF the men of the 18th at
| Fort Apache.
| Gen. Miles, commanding the Army. after
conferring with Secretary Alcer, has or
| dered 100 canvas uniforms, with a view to
! their general Introduction as q light and
! serviceabe field uniform Dy the United
| States Army. 1t is marked departure in
uniforming the army, and one in the in
| terest OF preserving the health Of the men
| while in active service. The sample uni
/ forms are OF strong canvas, OF fine texture.
| but durable material. The color is Il gray
| brown. said to bc particularly desirable in
| time OF hostiliticS. II is impeTvious 10 the
! rain. The final DESIGNS show the canvas
/ suit and nuchskna leggins with coored
! cloth cuffs, cellar, chcyIono. and National
coat Of arms above the chevronS
The National Guard.
The best means, leading Army officers
/ believe. of learning the actual condition
OF State troops and their capacity 30 take
! the field would be by encampmcnt. and
it is Secretary Aleer's plan TO ask the
| President 10 request that encampments he
| held.
The first Stctes TO be called on i'm this
event will be New York, Pennsylvania
! Massachusetts. Ohio, and Illinois. which
| arc regarded as the bcst-eGuippod oYeani-
zations in the country. Illinois ard Ohio
are the only bodies having complete camp
| outfits, both of these States having had
repeated occasions 10 deal with strikers
when IT became necessary to 20 into camp
for weeks at 81 time. Pennsylvania is also
well provided
/ Ihc Governor OF Virginia reports 5000
well drilled wcIl-eoupred troops ready TO
respond on six hours notice. The colored
companies are especially enthusiastic. add
] two new ones have been organized.