Evening star., 1898-08-27
ORDERED TO MOVE
Second Army Corps Directed to
Abandon Camp Alger.
TWO BATFALIONS TO LEAVE MONDAY
The Final Reyiew to Take Place
This Afternoon.


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
CAMP ALGER, Va, August 81 1S9S
Acting under telegraphic instructions
from Major General Graham. now at Camp
Meade, Penr sylvania, General Goblin and
Adjutant General Strong are making ar
rangements for transportation of the
troops here to Middletown, the new camp
of the I'd Army Corps.
The telegraphic instructions simply state
that, beginning with Monday, the troops
will be moved as rapidly as practicable
Major Howard, the chief quartermaster of
this division, has notified Captain Brooks
the division quartermaster, that he will
provide transportation for two battalions
and their baggage each day until the move
me1t has been completed.
Headquarters is patiently awaiting for an
official order to move, so that their instruc-
tons to the eight regiments here can be
formulated
Order of Movements.
1t has been practically decided that the
1st and I'd Battalions Of the 65th New York
will be the first to move, and the other
regiments will go in the following order:
Ith Ohio, 1st New York, 18th, 18th and Sth
Pennsylvania, 1st Connecticut and Sd Vir-
gina. There are twenty one battalions
one signal company and division hospital
and headquarters TO be moved, and at least
the camp here
Pending the movement of the troops to
the Pennsylvania camp, the issuing of fur
Ioughs has been suspended except in those
cases which are proved to the satisfaction
CT the officers to be especially urgent.
Acti lg under instructions from Gen. Co
bin. Mayor Wright. the division subsist-
enee officer, will proceed to Camp Meade
Monday with the New York troops and will
see that they receive their proper care upon
arrival
The issuing of lumber to the various reg
inents with which to furnish porta BILE
floors FOR the tents in this camp. has been
suspended The lumber will be shipped to
the new camp and issued to the troops upon
their arrival there.
The Proposed Review
If the weather will permit Gen. Goblin will
review the 1st Connecticut and Sd Virginia
and the 1Ith Signal Company this after
noon al : o'clock. The former reviews have
taken place on the drill field of old Camp
Alger. 1t has been found, however, that
the drill field here is sufficiently large to
accommodate brigade, so Gen. Goblin has
given iI-struc tions to hold the review here.
The signal men will all be mounted and
VIII prove quite IN attraction, as this will
be the first time they have taken part in
per OF visitors are expected out from
Washington to see the soldier boys go
through their maneuvers.
Headquarters has rot received any in
structions yet relative to the mastering
out of any of the regiments of this di-
vision. The chances of the different regi-
ments being mustered out is the source of
much conversation and speculation. All
OF the men want to go, and the officers
want to stay. That is the way the question
stands in camp today.
A hospital car from the state of Missouri
is expected to reach camp tomorrow MOI i
ing to take back to that state ffty-three
soldiers of the I'd and 4th Missouri who
are patients in the division hospital. The
hospital train will be fitted out with Pull
man sleeping and dining cars, and a corps
attendance to look after the wants of the
sick soldiers.