Evening star., 1898-04-16
Missouri. at Omaha. Neb: while for the

Missouri, at Omaha, Neb; while for the
post at Chckamauga, Maj. Gen. j. r..
Brooke, in command of the department of
the lakes. with headquarters at Chicago.
was chosen. These officers have authority
to take with them to their new commands
their entire staff of officers and a quarter
master The latter, however. presumably
will proceed to their prospective assigh-
ments for the purpose of making all neces-
sary arrangements for camp grounds and
many other requirements incident to the
presence and operations OF an army. III Is
expected that short notice advertisements
inviting proposals for all camp accessories
and grounds will be issued in the local
newspapers with aview to having every
thing In readiness for the army when II
arrives.
The command of the army will devolve
upon Major General Nelson A. Miles. who
is now at the head of the military branch
of the government. His temporary head
quarters. it is said, probably will be at At
lanta, where General Graham, who has
command of the Department of the Gulf.
is row located. General Miles permanent
headquarters will depend entirely upon the
exigencies of the situation and the devel-
opments of the campaign. He will leave
the city soon for his new duties.
Present Stations.
Tie following are the present stations
ard commanders of the cavalry, artillery
and infantry regiments ordered to the south
according to the latest army directory:
First Cavalry. Fort Riley, Kan, Colonel
A. X. Arnold: I'd Cavalry, Fort Wingate,
n. NJ, Colonel G. G. Hunt; Sd Cavalry,
Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, Colonel s. Il. NJ.
Young; 9th Cavalry. Fort Myer, Va, Col
orel S. s. Sumner; 9th Cavalry. Fort Rob-
inson, Neb, Colonel D. Perry; 10th Cavalry,
Fort Assinniboine Mont, Colonel G. V.
Henry
The artillery regiments. from which two
light batteries are to go SOUTH are located
as follows
First Artillery. Sullivan's Island 8. C.,
Lieutenant Colonel j. B. Rawles; I'd Artil-
lery. Fort Adams, R. l., Colonel A. G.. NJ.
Pennington: Sd Artillery. Angel Island,
Cal, Co'onel M. P. Miller: Washington, ID.
Fort Hamilton. N. z. Colonel J. /. Rodgers
First Infantry. Preside, San Francisco
Col E. Miles; I'd Infantry, Fort Keough,
Mont. Col. j. c. Bates; Sd Infantry, Fort
Smelling: Mimi. Col. J: H. Page; 4th In
fantry. Fort Sheridan. ILL.,, Col. R. II. Hall:
9th Infantry. Fort Mcpherson. Ca. Col H.
Z. Cook; 9th Infantry, Fort Thomas, Ky,
COL NJ. A. Cochran; 7th Infantry Fort
Logan. Col. Col. D. w. Benham; sth In
fantry. Fort D. A. Russell. Wyo.. Col j. ].
van Horn; 9th Infantry. Madison Barracks.
n. Y. Col. W. H. Powell: 10th Infantry
Fort Reno. Okla. Col. E. P. Pierson: 11th
Infantry. Jefferson Barracks. Mo-, Col. l.
d. Russy; 18th Infantry, Fort Niobrara.
Neb.. Col. j. N. Andrews; 18th Infantry,
Fort Porter, N. Y. Col. A. T. Smith: 18th
Infantry. Fort Sherman. Idaho. Col. H. A.
Theaker: 18th Infantry. Columbus Bar
racks Ohio. Col. ]. S. Poland: 18th Infan-
try. Fort Bliss. Tex. Col. D. Van Valzan:
18th Infantry. Fort Wayne. Mich. Col. 8.
Snyder: Goth Infantry Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. Col. K Klein; 22d Infantry, Fort
Crook. Neb.. Col. c. A. Wikoff 23d Infan-
try. Fort Clark. Tex. Col s. Ovenshine:
24th Infantry, Fort Douglas. Utah. Col. ].
F. Kent. Three regiments of infantry and
four Of cavalry are not included in the mo-
bilizatiOn orders, for the reason that they
are either a great distance from the center
of operations, are needed in the sections of
the country in which they are located or
are already in a location where they can
readily be summoned