The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-06-04
TROOPS FORMED INTO CORPS
UNDER AN ORDER BY MAJOR
GENERAL SKATER.
REGULARS FIRST TO INVADE CUBA.
The Seventh Corps, Under Gen. Lee, EN-
braces All Volunteers at Tampa
and Jacksonville.

The formation of the regular and
volunteer troops massed in Florida in
to corps, divisions and brigades was
completed Thursday in general Or
der issued by Major General Shafter,
commanding the Fifth army corps.
The Fifth army corps, which will
probably be the first to land on Cuban
soil, is made mp entirely of regular
troops, with the exception of two regi-
ments of volunteers at Lakeland, the
Seventy-first New York and Second
Mass chusetts. The Fifth corps also
embraces the cavalry division COM
posed of the First and Tenth regi-
ments at Lakeland. and the Third,
Sixth and Ninth at Tam pm, under
command of Major General Joseph
Wheeler; the artillery brigade, under
command of Lieutenant Colonel W.
F. Randolph, and the signal corps, in
all nearly $4,000 men.
The Seventh corps, under command
of Major Fitzhugh Lee, embraces all
the volunteer troops at Tampa, five
regiments in all, aud the troops OF
Jacksonville, or between 5000 and
5000 men.
The general order reads as follows:
Headquarters United States Forces,
Tampa, Fla, May 26, 1S9S.-General
Order No. 15.-Pursuant to instruc-
ton from the war department, the fol-
lowing is the assignment to the Fifth
and Seventh army corps:
"Fifth army corps, Major General
W. r. Shafter, United States volun-
teers, commanding.
"First brigade, Brigadier General
w. Il. Kent, United States volunteers,
commanding; Sixth United States in.
fantry, Sixteenth United States infan.
try, Seventy-6rst New York volunteer
infantry.
Second brigade, Col. E. P. Pear.
son, Tenth infantry, commanding,
Tenth United States infantry, Twenty
first United States infantry, Second
United States infantry.
"Third brigade, Col. A. T. Smith,
Thirteenth infantry, commanding
Thirteenth United States infantry,
Twenty 10 urth United States infantry.
"Second division, Brigadier General
A. r. Chaffee, United States volun-
teers, commanding First brigade; Col
onel J. Van Horn, Eighth infantry,
commanding Eighth United States in
fantry, Twenty-second United States
infantry, Second Massachusetts, volun.
teer infantry.
"Second brigade, Colonel r. n.
Hall, Fourth infantry. commanding
Fourth United States infantry, First
United States infantry. Twenty-ffth
United States infantry.
'Third brigade, Colonel 8. N. An
drews, Twelfth infantry, commanding
Twelfth United States infantry, Sew
enth United States infantry, Seven.
tenth United States infantry.
Seventh army corps, Major General
Fitzhugh Lee, United States volun-
teers commanding.
"First division, Brigadier General
H. 8. Hawkins, United States volun-
teers, commanding.
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thony, Third Ohio volunteer infantry,
commanding Third Ohio volunteer in
fantry, Fifth Ohio volunteer infantry,
Second Georgia volunteer infantry.
"Second brigade, Colonel William
McGuerrin, Thirty.second Michigan
volunteer infantry, commanding, Thir-
ty-second Michigan volunteer infantry,
First Florida volunteer infantry.
''Second division, Brigadier General
A. 8. Burk, United States volunteers,
commanding.
1.-THE First brigade to be command
ed by the senior colonel Second Illi-
nois volunteer infantry. First North
Carolina volunteer infsntry.
Second brigade, Colonel d. v.
Jackson, Fiftieth Iowa volunteer in
fantry, commanding, Fiftieth Iowa
volunteer infantry, First Wisconsin
volunteer infantry.
Cali organizations not herein pro-
vided for will report to the command