Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-24
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. SUNDAY, APRIL "a, 1898

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IuS formation OF u Grant Army
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ml.A. nSeiuu uaI.erS Ut Lne lutee sun
vuils Is All evlue,iCe LnaL tue SoNctn-
...elll is " u1ONe upon CuUa
,yl.n TIE troops oL the regular ARMY,
.eaying the volunteers just called
10 y. u,sclpllneu anu worked lnlo shape
Tor IuLure use IN lnes campaign. Ine
lOrulil Oruer ZOE the Creation OF tnlS
FL rama army dlylSion issueu Ut the Wax
ue par lnenL at tue close Oh once hours
IS as iolloWs:
'.Adjutant-General's Office, Wash
ington, April %. 1898.
General Orders No. -
by direction OF the secretary of wal,
the orders OF the President are pub
lished for the information and guild
ance OF oil concerned:
Il. The United States troops as
sembled in the Chickamauga National
Park, will form an encampment, to be
! known as Camp George H. Thomas,
and will constitute, temporarily. an
army corps, under the command OF
Major General John r. Brooke. The
cavalry. one division OF infantry and
one brigade of light artillery. The
cavalry and infantry divisions Will
each be composed of not more than
three brigades, consisting of three or
more regiments each. The artillery
ions, each comprising five batteries.
The corps commander Will assign the
senior officers present for duty each
With arms to the command of divisions
and brigade.
~. The infantry regiments concen-
tituted at New Orleans, La: Mobile
Ala. and Tampa, Fla, are constituted
a division, under the command Of
Brigadier General William r.. Shafter
Brigadier General John ]. Coppinger,
respectively The division command
ers will form their divisions into
brigades and assign the senior officers
present for duty to command them.
BY command of
"MAJ.-GEN. MILES,
I'll. C. CORBIN, Adjt.-Gen."
The people of the District Of CO.
lumbia will see n great many soldiers
at the beginning Of next week. BY
direction of the President. the entire
National Guard Of the District, $500
strong. has been ordered into camp
Monday morning ut Soldiers Home.
under the command of BrigadierG Cen
eral Harries. The guard will not be
directly in the service of the United
I'D lp,noia but being In camp,
ii states ghara, -..-, VIZ 'e eos Sc
fully equipped and -. ;. ). . :
n q position for instant s<rs1ce AZ S0S>
OF demand.
: While it is the purpose OF the wa,
department to secure only Nationa
t Guardslnen, as far as possible uude.
!, this FIRST call for volunteers, yet "a
!, 4lstAtes&where there are no 3s Nations
\. m Guards, orswheres the nuEabersS@fai
:. below the quota fixed In the call. tn
= states will be expected to supply tn
u | volllntearS raPf3 rGIeSS Of their n
= organization. In fact this must b
done under the law. On the basis O
;. today's call for 125.000 men the variou
states and territories including tn
. District of Columbia, will be called up
on to supply each the following mum
Der of volunteers: Alabama. $500; Ar
kansas. 2,025: California, 2.23S; Colo
Q RADIO. l,29S; Connecticut 1907; Della
ware, 43l; Florida. $50: Georgia. 3,l74
Il IIddaaho, Idaho, 2a2; Illinois, 6,eos; Indiana. 4,
t lucky. 3407: Louisiana, 1910: Maine
1885; Maryland 1912; Massachusetts
e 4.721: Michigan, 1865; Minnesota. g.
S14; Mississippi. 2,257; Missouri 5,4li
Montana, 524; Nebraska 1909; Nevada
13S: New Hampshire. 725: New Jersey
2.962: New York, 12,513: North Carolina
a.5S4 North Dakota, 461: Ohio, 1884
: Oregon. s29 Pennsylvania, lO76s
Rhode Island, TO; South Dakota. L.
/ $40: South Carolina, TAI: Tennessee. g..
n fS4: Virginia, 2.913: Washington. Its
West Virginia. 1888: Wisconsin, 3274
|. Wyoming. 231; Arizona, ISL; Distric,
of Columbia. 449; New Mexico. $50
: Oklahoma, 143.
The navy department was consider
6 ably excited today over a vast number
of rumors which came from all source:
respecting the seizures of ships. At the
close of the day Secretary Long sale
: that he had notice of only one seZ
F.,,, @I,o
q already reported. 1t has not yet beer
determined what disposition to maxi
: of this ship. nor has it been decided t,
:, order her before prize court. No pur
chaSes of ships were made during tn
day. but all the energies of the depart
= ment are bent toward the speed
equipment of those already acquired
It is not believed that any official no
tice has been received by the depart
ment concerning the blockadin.
e squadron. although rigid adhesion t.
the rule of not giving any news as t
q the movements of ships might hay
prevented knowledge Of any such dis
patch from leaking out.
Word came during the day, in tn
: shape of a cable from Martiniqu
that the Spanish ships Alicante AM
o Montserrat had sailed today from st
Pierre for some Cuban port having OF
d board 800 men. 1t is likely that th
information will be speedily communi
n Gated to Captain Sampson.
There was little of interest in tn
Y State Department today connecte,
with the war. save the formal issl1
: there of the Presidents proclamation
calling for troops. The message re
IS commencing declaration of war
which is to go to Congress next Mon
day. unless there is change Of plans
has been under preparation during tn
, day and that In connection with tn
!. | study of some questions connects
. with the neutrality laws was about al
"a that the department had in hand con
y nccted with the war.
= .. WIRES TAKEN
" KT0Y WEST. FLA. April o2-Wire
: here taken by government. Press mat
y, ter censored. Havana connection
abandoned.
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