The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-11
A VERY SIGNIFICANT ORDER,
All Troops at Chickamaula to Be
Rushed to Tampa.
SIXTY DAY SUPPLY OF AMMUNITION.
All Are to BE Supplied with Enough
RatiOns and Other NecessRries
10 Inst Two Months.

the United States regular provisional army
corps at Chickamauga Park, today received
orders from the war department directing
! him TO send all the troops and infantry
now in camp at Chickamauga. about COCO
J in all, to Tampa without delay The order
. Is accompanied with instructions to pro-
vide the men with full supply of ammuni.
} ton for sixty days
On receipt of the order General Brooke
at once Issued orders to the division com
} manders instructing them to notify the
} resimental commanders to prepare at once
Tor departure. There are five regiments Of
infantry now in camp, the Second Seventh
Eighth, Twelfth and Sixteenth all OF
which are ordered to Tampa under COM
mand Of Colonel Guy V. Henry and Colo
mel Chaffee. Two regiments of cavalry. the
Third and sixth, viii at once proceed to
Tampa under General $ S. Sumner. These
. troops viii march from Tampa to Ringgold
tomorrow evening and take the Western
. Atlantic train at that point. The distance
is about eight miles and it has been de-
cided that this march could be made and
! relieve the Chattanooga, Rome and South
ern so that they could move the infantry
with more dispatch.
J The Second cavalry, under Colonel Hunt
has been ordered to Mobile and they will
march to Rossvile and be loaded on the
J Southern at that point.
The First and Tenth cavalry will go 10
New Orleans under command of Colonel
Baldwin marching to this city and taking
the Alabama and Great Southern railway.
All regiments are ready to move
} General Brooke and staff will remain
here to assist in the organization of the
volunteer army, The signal corps has also
heen ordered to remain here until further
orders
The medical corps of each regiment was
today provided with medical supplies for
sixty days.
The medical force is to be largely in
creased by adding from fifteen to twenty
nve men as soon as the regiments have
been increased to the war standing.
All recruits will be ordered to report t.
lampa, New Orleans and Mobile A large
number arrived today and were proylaed
with the necessary equipments There viii
be very little delay in the programme, all
the railroads having provided the neces-
sary cars in execution of hurry orders, The
loading OF the supply trains began this
afternoon ana number are ready for
shipment, The Second and Seventh in
lantry viii leave in the morning at &
O'Clock and the Eighth and Sixte NTH in
iantry tomorrow afternoon. The Twelfth
| infantry may not get off until Saturday
morning.
OWING to the unexpected orders to move
today, General Brooke made hurried re-
| organization of the infantry forces an
! huliih9 the division heretofore formed
rollowing this arrangement Colonel van
| morn, in command of he infantry division
issued the following order:
ny reason of new brgades having been
formed under orders from he war depart
nneht, the infantry division is abolished
Inc division Will report for duty
An order Immediately followed. signed
ny AdJutant General Sheridan. forming the
| bighth, twelfth and Sixteenth Regiments
OF infantry inlo a brigade to be command
60 py Coionel Guy v Henry. Frederick
1ii',.h' Assistant Adjutant General and
Lieutenant Stafford of the Eighth regiment
brigade quartermaster. This brigade is
ordered to proceed at once fully eouipped
| lor ileId service, TO Tampa Fla, and 10
| report to the general commanding at tbnt
| point" '' 'n"V
nv same ordef also formed the Second |
~n' , oeN,hth infantry into brigade, Bri- !
sauler General Adna h. Chaffee in COM |
hand' who is also ordered TO proceed ,,s |
| carry as possible with his brigade to Tam !
pa, iuily equipped for field service
| ms quartermasters department has
peeh completely overrun this afternoon as
| sne reslhent commanders had been order
| Ell 10 report ut once the number of mon in
| each command, estimates of thoir necoe
silieS etc. for sixty DAYS raiions. ammu
ni'ion, suppies etc, so that these nigbt
be issued without DELAY.
0Nartermaster General Lee has recent
~ sreatiy increased his clerical force. so
,hat he was able TO attend to the rush of
business promptly and without confnsio,,
ana IL is announced tonight that he has
| everything III readiness for the denarture
OF the troops at once. There viii NOT ha
me slightest delay in the transportntion
W W., army suppies, as the four leading rail-
ways OF The city to the South have nro-
immediate use "e''ou LOT
i.roiihaton was received tonight nj
oeherai Brooke's headquarters thar tho
volunteer army Will occupy the rrounds
, m1W vacated by the regulars. and that
,ni,,,,, ,neie WIN not be so many of the
volunteers mere as was at first rvnoctaa
a large number will be located heyo 20 ~
N reserve FOR the next move 10 ~, So
nuJ.'ahL "eneral Sheridan stated tonight
armt oetore Friday night all the troons
WIN nave been moved South N''p'
IL was announced tonight from hesdoror
,ers thet the TROOPS will leave tho mark
r m me following order: The three reai.
r' vi infantry OF the First brigade tha
hlshth Twelfth and sixteenth VIII ,ea ame
~, IN me morning the first section denartl
arg arg a rnl o'clock, going over the South.
ra,,,, ,"iIodu' me second will follow as
RAPIDLY as possible. The Third ana S, as
. va pi VIII leave in the afternoon, soinp
cars, vs." ohiu"rh ABOARD ,
me First and Tenth cavalry will, ,s.ro
~ nay morning., as viii also the Sew
un'h lp'antry This order may bs modined
IN case there should be any hit.h Of de,ap
IN securing prompt movement ~ 10.
, one hundred cars are being loaded {
, ms,,. on the railroad sidings al chicks-
manga and the railroad people saw ma,
aodilional cars will be ready before morn
a apS,, 10 be placed at the disposal Of The
At FALLS CHURCH..