The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-26
Quartermaster General Has Not Yet
Made Contracts for Provisions
to Supply the Troops.
TO CARRY ONE DAYS RATI0NS
THE BILL OF FARE PASSES UNDER
SURGEON GENERAL wRIG6Ts EYE.
Local Companies VIII March to Camp
Mount This Morning-FIags TO he
Presented by ID. A. X.

Indiana is now involved in the Spanish
American war. Her troops have been or
dered out and will go into camp to-day to
await the further orders of the War De-
partment. The message containing the or
der for the mobilization of the Indiana Ma
tional Guard reached the Office of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company at $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was laid
on the Governors desk ten minutes later
1t was as follows:
1.-The number of troops from your State,
under the call of the President, dated April
23 1898, will be four regiments of infantry
and two light batteries 1t is the wish or
the President that the regiments of the Ma
tional Guard or State militia shall be used
as far as their number will permit. for the
reason that they are armed, equipped ana
drilled Please wire as early as possible
what equipments, ammunition, arms blank
cts tents, etc., you have, and what addi-
tional you will require. Please also state
when troops will be ready for muster into
the United States service. Details to follow
by mail"
The order was signed by Russell A. Alger.
secretary of war. 1t had been momentarily
expected since noon. At $3.50 o'clock the
Associated Press bulletins announced that
the apportionment of troops TO the several
States had been made, and that the order
for the mobilization of the troops had been
sent to the Governors. From that time on
&I,a x1yae rod
and the Governor and other officers re-
mained at the Statehouse until it came.
The schedule for the movement Of the
troops had been perfected during the day
in anticipation of the order, and the Cow
ernor had prepared a proclamation to be
promulgated upon receipt of it. The proc
lamation is printed elsewhere.
The Governors proclamation was made
effective through Adjutant General Gore
and Brigadier General Mckee. The former
issued Special Order No. 46'' as follows
"In accordance with the proclamation OF
the Governor of this date, Brigadier General
viii ]. Mckee is hereby directed TO
mobilize the Indiana National Guard. fully
armed and equipped. at the fair grounds OF
the State Board OF Agriculture, near In
dianapolis, Indiana, at the earliest possi-
BILE moment, for the purpose of being mus
tered into the service of the United States.
THE necessary details for the transpor-
tation and subsistence of the troops will be
arranged by the proper departments. All
property in the hands of the companies and
bands will be brought to the rendezvous.
'rhe travel enjoined is necessary for the
public service. BY order of the Governor"
General Mckee at once prepared telegraph
messages which were sent to all companies
in the State and which will bring the en-
tire Indiana National Guard into Indianap-
oils and to Camp Mount to-day. There was
some doubt about reaching all the COM
panies at night on account of the fact that
some Of the Western Union telegraph of
fees were closed but they were reached
through the railroad offices.
THE TROOPS THIS MORNING.
Under the proclamation and the schedula
for the movement of the troops, the soldiers
will begin to arrive in this city before noon
to-day. They will be taken at once to Camp
Mount, where some arrangements have
been made for their care. Those coming in
over the Monon and L. E. & w. roads win
be unloaded at the camp and the others will
be transferred to the camp over the Monon
from this city. In most instances the
coaches containing the troops will be taken
around the Belt and out over the Monon
without entering the Union Station.
There were some slight changes made
yesterday afternoon in the schedule for the
movement OF the troops. and there would
have been more if certain railroad men who
have something to do with the movement
had not been interfered with by Governor
Mount. 1t was the intention to make such
changes as would give some roads unEat-
ural advantages over others. but Governor
Mount would not sanction it. A few changes
were absolutely necessary for the sake OF
economy and expedience. These were made.
r. B. Richardson. chief clerk TO f. G. Dar-
diana National Guard. spent all of yester-
day working on the schedule. 1t had for
merly been prepared by Lieutenant May.
who followed the natural and shortest
routes TO Indianapolis from all points. The
Governor insisted that the schedule had
been prepared without prejudice and with
out discrimination against any road, and
that 1t should be followed as near as possi-
BILE as prepared. Here and there II was
found that little better time might bs