The evening times., 1898-06-16
ARMY ORDERS.

Secretary Alger has ordered the follow
ganization and recruitment Of the bril-
grade of volunteer engineers:
The Headquarters 6f' the First Reg.
ment OF United States Volunteer Engi-
neers are professionally established at
New York city. at which point the Colo
mel. lieutenant colonel and majors will
take station.
Majors John s. Sewell, Louis Duncan
and James D. Ferguson; Captains Ira A.
Shaler. Eugene Ellicott. Merit H. Smith.
Azel Ames, jr., Arthur Haviland. Charles
Parker Breese, and First Lieut.. Joseph
A Steinmetz will act as recruiting officers.
Recruiting offices will be established at
Boston. Mass; New York city. N. ":
Philadelphia. Pa; Baltimore, Nd: Nor
folk, Va. and the following assignments
of recruiting officers is made: To the Bos-
ton office-Major John s. Sewell and Capt
Azel Ames. jr.. to the New York office.
Major James ID Fergerson and Capt Ira
A. Shaler: to the Philadelphia office, Capt
Eugene Ellcott and First Lieut.. Joseph
A. Steinmetz; to the Baltimore Office
Major Louis Duncan and Capt. Arthur
Haviland; to the Norfolk office, Capt
Charles Parker Breese.
The rendezvous for the regiment will be
at Camp Townsend. near Peekskll. n. Y,
the governor of the State of New York
having assented to its use.
Major James B. Burbank Fifth Artil-
lery. had been detained as mastering OFF,
Ger for the regiment He will also act
as quartermaster and conmissary.
The subsistence department has been
ordered to contract for the subsistence of
the men. at Camp Townsend. at a price
not to exceed forty cents per day per
man, until the muster-in of the regiment
has been completed. after which 1t will
be regularly supplied with rations in kind
The headquarters of the Second Regi-
ment United States Volunteer Engineers
are Professionally established at Chicago
ILL.,. at which point the colonel lieutenant
colonel. Major Savage and Major Pinck-
ard will take station.
Recruiting offices will be established at
Springfield. Ohio; Cincinnati. Ohio; Indi-
annapolis. Ind. Chicago, Ill; St Paul
Mimi: Omaha. Neb.: Denver. Col; Salt
Lake City. Utah: San Francisco Cal. and
Portland. Ore. to which recruiting Off
GERS or agents will be assigned by the
regimental commander.
The rendezvous for the First and Sec
ond Battalions of the regiment is estab-
lished at Fort Sheridan. near Chicago.
III. for the Third Battalion at the Prest-
dio of San francisco. Cal
Major Richard II. Savage will proceed
from Chicago. ILL.,. to Springfield. Ohio:
Cincinnati, Ohio: Indianapolis. Ind. and
Fort Sheridan. III: Major Edward L.
Pinckard from Chicago. ILL.,. to St Paul.
Mimi: Omaha Neb.. and Fort Sheridan,
H.: Major William c. Langfitt. from
San Francisco. Cal. to Portland, Ore.
Salt Lake City, Utah: Denver. Col. and
return to San Francisco: Capt. Robert p
Johnston. from Key West. Fla, to Salt
Lake City. Utah: and thence to San Fran
cisco. Cal
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Burr will
proceed to Fort Sheridan. Ill. and report
to the regimental commander
First Lieutenant Charles W. Parker
quartermaster, will proceed from WASH
ington. D. c.. to Fort Sheridan. ILL.,, and
report to his regimental commander for
duty.
Captain C. n. Rockefeller. Ninth In
fantry. is hereby detailed as mastering
officer for the companies recruited at
Springfield. Ohio, Cincinnati Ohio. and
indianapolis. Ind. which will form the
FIRST Battalion: First Lieutenant c. c.
Ballou. Twelfth Infantry. for the COM
panies recruited at Chicago Ill, ST. Paul.
Mimi. and Omaha, Neb which will form
the Second Battalion: First Lieutenant
John NJ. Barber, Seventh Infantry. for the
company at Denver. Col: First Lieuten-
ant W. r. Dashiell. Twenty-fourth In
fantry. for the company at St. Lake City.
Utah: First Lieutenant d. ]. Rumbough.
Third Artillery, for the company at San
francisco, Cal, and Second Lieutenant
Kenneth Morton, Third Artillery. for the
company at Portland, Ore, which four
companies will form the Third Battalion
Ihey Will also act as quartermaster and
commissary for the purpose of subsisting
the recruits from the time of their en-
rollment to the time of muster-in and for
their transportation from the place of en-
rollment to the place of rendezvous.