The age-herald., 1898-07-24
BROOKE LEAVES FOR PORTO RICO Housing Cheers Vent Up When the
 General Left ChiCkamauga. GOES TO NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Where He Will Embark to Join General Niles Expedition. GENERAL WADE IS IN COMMAND Of the Troops Who Will Remain in Camp on the Old Battlefield Corps
 Load Their Appliances Pre-
 paratory to Departure.
GENERAL WADE IS IN COMMAND

Chickamauga National Park, July 23. The most momentous event of the war, so far as the army at Chickamauga ParlkAis concerned, occurred this afternoon when General Brooke and staff left Camp Thom- for Newport News on the way to Porto Rico. The expectation of the event has kept the men in the army keyed up to high pitch of patriotic hopes for several weeks, the rumor that the movement was to take place having been current since that time The arrangements were con cluded by noon to-day. General Brooke's train was made up at Battlefield station and was composed of one private car for General Brooke two Pumans and one baggage car. The party was made up of the members of General Brooke's staff.
 General Brooke and his entire staff were dressed in their new kharki uniforms and they made a most impressive display as they entered the cars. Tbc excitement at the park was great, and every soldier who could get away from his camp was at the depot to see them off. And when the train pulled out of the little station at about 2:30 o'clock a rousing cheer went up that resounded throughout the entire camp. and was echoed from thousands of throats. The generals train reached the city about
  freight trains in the way. The generals train remained in the city on account of delay in getting equipments from the park to the city until D. m., when the start was made for Lexington on the Cincin- nati Southern, and thence to Newport News by the Chesapeake and Ohio. Mrs Brooke. Mrs Sheridan, Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Rich ards accompany the party to Newport News.
 Mrs Brooke will not go to Porto Rico with the general. Having reached New apert News, she will see the ships off and then go to New York to visit her sister. teas< Il Stay in Alabama -
 Later she will go to the WhrG ber brother-in-law Colonel ~R1(dSn. of the First New Hampshire, es...ssSark, accompanied by sCoionel Roi4 ns wife who will come down ,sir2R} Hampshire. Mrs. Brooke will Dthen return home with Mrs. Roloff, Gen eral Sheridans wife will also remain in Alabama. spending portion of the time ~ in New Jersey.
 Lieutenant Deans wife will return to the west after her trip to Newport News.
 Mrs w. V. Richards and daughter will go to their home after having waved good-bye to the ships which are to bear the brave officers to the front.
 The reserve ambulance company and hos Iftal corps under Colonel R. Huidekoper,a marched into Rossvile early this morning and loaded their effects. Then the signal
 
 headquarters guard, a detachment of the Fourth United States infantry under com mand of Captain Pitcher joined them and were off for Newport News early in the afternoon. taking the same route as the brigade that left yesterday.
 No othe organizations left the park to- day and no orders for further movement of troops have been issued.
 While no other troops have been ordered - out, the next brigade in succession which is the Third brigade of the Third division, First corps has been ordered to hold itself in readiness and will be ordered eout just as soon as the necessary transports can be arranged
 Lack Of Troops
 Colonel Lee said 1t was the plan, as he understood it. to move the force as rapidly as possible, and the only thing standing in the way of a more rapid movement was a lack of troops.
 General Wade, who assumed ,commani here today had not issued any orders up to a late hour this afternoon and his plans had mot been made public. The presump- ltion is that his staff will remain practically as it has been constituted
 IL issnow generally understood among the regiments of the First cosps that they are all to go to Porto Rico, and the matter is being exultantly discussed by both the otti- ,cers and enlisted men. While the men have all along been eminently satisfied with -Chckamauga us camping ground, they are at the same time tired of the routine of camp duty and are longing for more thrill- ing iinoidents, such as they expect will oc- cur when they stand face to face with the