New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-04
.rovEMENTS OF THE ARMY.
.uprr REGIMENTS ORDERED TO GARRI-
SON DUTY IN PORTO RICO.

,r SELECTION OF WINTER CAMPS
..h,rston. oct 3--The War Department has
Ia 20 send more troops to Porto Rico.
w. have been issued directing that the 4th
',or cavalry. now at Huntsville. Ala; the
NeeI-.,..d states Volunteer Infantry. now at
w. ",,.ranauga. and the Attn New-York. now at
~, Adams. shall proceed to such point in
80 Rico as may be desired by the command
100 general in that island. The Sth United
n ms volunteer Infantry and two companies OF
o.. Indiana colored volunteers, now at Fort
..~.,,os XIV. will relieve the 9Th Volunteer In
..,,-v at Chickamauga. The troops which nave
- ordered to Porto Rico will relieve like
,ber Of regiments now in the island. the or
",.ot,ons 10 be designated by General Brooke
generally expected that the 9th Massachu-
80 will be one of the regiments sent home.
An rho troops at Camp Meade will soon be
.-.ored 10 points in the South. Some OF them
80 % to Cuba, but the majority will for the
oson, occupy the new camps recently seie0'eu
;" Georgia and South Carolina 1t is thought
chat troops sent TO garrison duty IN Cuoa WIN
VIZ r.r,oin long. but will return to this coun-
,rv when they have seen service TOT i'"
". 7, Is also intimated that when the troops
n,.o II Is also intimated that when the troops
-. the volunteers will receive sixty days
ie, o,d no mustered out. BY that time
S,,viOi
c.,rress will have had an opportunity 10 deter
80, hat shall be done in regard TO garrison
49, enc new possessions. This determination Is
dopht due to the pressure that mas oeeh
.-orsbt hy members OF Congress FOR the NUS
...,c ont If the volunteers from their States
s,s,r,cts TIN, responsibility for FURNISHING
.,oons for garrison duty and for Army duty gen
euv will be upon Congress. The recommends
,tors Of the President and the War Department
,,,n have been made before the return OF the
ICONS from either Cuba or Porto Rico ana INC
necessities Of the case made known
PRESSURE FOR MASTERING OUT
.,.horcb there has been less pressure for the
,aring ont Of volunteers since the announce
-, was made that the troops could not pc
.r.d the demand continues with suff1cent
arsistence 10 convince the War department.
o@c,als that a reorganization of the Army VIII
no necessary. and that some arrangement VIII
have 10 be made to secure force Tor garrison
.orv,ce IN the islands and the States when VIII
-, no subject TO the difficulties experienced IN
Tho case of the volunteers. Although the pres
.prs for mastering out entire regiments Is not So
great the demand for the discharge or inoiVio-
rails has overwhelmed the Department lhere
Is hardly Senator or Representative VINO mas
not presented requests Of this KIND ana 'heie Is
a constant demand for the discharge OF one man
or another on some pretext which would not ne
deemed valid in the case of men IN the f'esuiai
Army Personal appeals are MADE by la'heiS'
mothers wives. sisters and sweethearts Every
man in the Department supposed 10 nave any
Influence is urged to secure the discharge OF ell
v,oa man who have become tired Of life in
,ha Army These requests and the demands for
-ors,erinp ont have no doubt had their effect in
making the War Department officials seek some
more satisfactory method of organization lor
the purposes for which the Army will be needeo
In the future.
To a number Of interested callers To-Day
President Mckinley had occasion 10 relterate HIS
determination to have no more troops mustered
out for the present In the course OF seVerai
Interviews he said in substance that II was the
n,ent,on Of the Administration to send fresh
,roons 10 Porto Rico to take the place or the
volunteers who will have to be returned home
and who will be given burroughs. He said that
there would be no general discharges until the
situation was cleared up. The President also
testified TO his appreciation Of the soldiers from
the South To a delegation he said that one OF
the results of the war which particularly graft
fed him was that IT seemed TO have effaced the
last vestige Of sectional feeling as between the
North and South. He referred to the hearty
responses from the South when the war broke
out and closed with the statement that II the
elimination of all difference Of feeling between
the North and South to continue perma-
nently he would be a happy man He also
spoke Of the evident willingness Of the Southern
troops to remain in service as long as they we're
needed
Secretary Alger to-day announced that Savan-
nah Ga. had been selected as the point or en-
barkation for all troops which may hereafter ne
sent 10 Cuba or Porto Rico 1t was said that
Savannah was selected because IL afforded the
best facilities.
STATEMENT FROM SECRETARY ALGER.
The following statement was given out at the
War Department to-day:
The Secretary Of War. being questioned as TO the
quarter Jg Of troops during tn w!ntcr, mas NAG
the matter under very careful cons Iteration, ana
welfare of the men, that they should De IN open
camps. in climate where. during the winter they
can drill and have free open-air exercise. To put
the troops in buildings in large cities IN the North
would in a measure deprive them Of the necessary
fitting soldiers for active service in the field. More
over. the discipline OF troops near small towns can
ally than near large cities the troops therefore
will be quartered in the middle Southern States
Of the ouartermaster- General. which gives stoves
10 each three tents Joined together-two sleeping
rooms and sittng-room.
The Secretary of War directed a board OF expe-
rienced Army officers to visit the different SITES s
for the purpose OF selecting these camps, ana mas
left that to their judgment. which however meets
with his full approval
1t has been decided to make Augusta, Ga, the
headquarters of the army corps which Is 10 be
stationed in Georgia and South Carolina. Au-
gusta is found to be the central point or the
places named for camps.
Fleet Captain Mason. who is detailed at the Army
Building in connection with the supervision of the
transport service said yesterday that the 47th Regi-
mont would leave this city Thursday on the
transport Manitoba for Porto Rico. The Manitoba
IS the regular transport leave for the South this
week and her departure will be delayed one day in
order 10 take the regiment.
GEN. WHEELER CALLS on THE PRESIDENT.