The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-23
MOBILIZATION Of TROOPS
The Army Ordered to ASSEMBLE a,
Southern Points Ready for a
Forward Movement.
A SCHEME TO ACCLIMATIzE THE MEN.
One Regiment Already at Chickam.,v.
fark-Others to Concentrate at New
Orleans. Mobile and Tampa -Infantr,
Cavalry and Artillery Included In IN.
Order.

WASHINGTON, April 49, Decidedly
the most warlike step taken by the de.
partment in preparing for the possibil-
ity OF an encounter with Spain was
inaugurated yesterday when orders
were issued for the concentration. a,
foar points in the south, of six reri
ments of cavalry, 20 regiments Of in.
fantry and the light batteries of five
regiments of artillery.
AT Chickamauga there will be six
regiments of cavalry and the light bat.
teries of five regiments of artillery, at
New Orleans. eight regiments of infan.
try; at Tampa. seven regiments OF in
fantry, and at Mobile, seven regiments
of infantry.
Since the civil war no such proper.
tfon of the army has been modified
and the movement itself is the best evi.
dence of the gravity of the situation As
looked upon by the president and his
advisers.
The intention to rendezvous the
troops in the south where they can be
acclimated To the conditions of "A more
tropical climate has been under con
sideration by the president and his
cabinet for some time. 1t was not
until yesterday that the president. in
view of the enormous expense which
will be entailed, felt justified in taking
this step,
When Secretary Alger returned from
the cabinet meeting he at once called
to conference Gen. Miles and Adit.
Gen. Corbin, and acquainted them with
the result of the cabinets deibera-
tions. There were hurried consulta-
tions, in which the quartermaster-gen
eral, who has charge of the Transports
ton of the troops; the commissary gen
eral, who looks after their subsistence,
and representatives in Washington Of
various railroads running to the south
participated. TIE orders, as finally
given, contemplate the movements OF
troops TO the places indicated as fol-
lows:
To Chickamauga battlefield: The
First, Second, Third. Sixth. Ninth and
Tenth regiments of cavalry and the
light batteries of five regiments OF ar.
tillery.
To New Orleans: The First. seventh,
Eighth, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth,
Twenty-third and Twenty fourth regi-
ments of infantry.
To Mobile: The Second, Third. Tenth,
eleventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth and
Twenty-second regiments OF infantry.
To Tampa: The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth,
Ninth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and
Twenty frs regiments of infantry.
The heavy batteries of artillery in
each of the five regiments mentioned
will remain at their present posts
The two new regiments of artillery re-
Gently authorized by congress have
recruited to their full strength. and in
addition are now well equipped with
horses and other necessares for
service and are, therefore, not included
in yesterdays order. The department
has so distributed the 90 regiments OF
infantry at convenient places on the
gulf that they will be accessible for
transportation to Cuba. Proposals
have been invited from steamship com
panies for chartering vessels to the
government for this work.
Instructions to the commanding Of
ficers of the regiments ordere to move
were sent out late yesterday. With d.
rections that they be put into effect as
soon as possible. 1t is the confident
expectation of the officials that the
movements in some places will begin