The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-26
No Better Place For Soldiers Than
Chickamauga Park.
OLD "FIELD OF CONFUSION
THERE'S WHERE THE TWENTY
FOURTH ARE ENCAMPED.
This Regiment Will Be One of Those
Composing the Second Brigade of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Regiment
Vaccinated-Signal Men From
Denver Arrived-Army News.

Chattanooga, Tenn, April 25.-Ar-
rivals of troops at Chickamauga Ma
tional Park, both of those originally
destined there and those which have
been diverted from their first destina-
lions. are expected to be heavy for the
next day or so. 1t is probable that
nearly $1,000 troops of the regular ser
vice will be encamped at Chickamauga
by Wednesday or Thursday. 1t is es-
timated that the passage of the army
reorganization bill providing for an in
crease in the standing army to $4,000
VIII result in at least $4,000 troops be-
ing concentrated here. The Chicka-
manga battlefield is an ideal point for
drilling purposes, according to the gem
orally expressed opinion of army Off
GERS here, and it is quite probable that
this point will be the rendezvous for
nearly the entire augmented force of
the regular army.
Captain ID. Macarthur, of Washington,
d. C., who has been appointed assist
ant quartermaSter under Colonel Lee
has arrived and established his head
quarters at Battlefield station.
MORE COLORED TROOPS.
The Tenth cavalry (colored from
Forts Assinaboine and Keogh, Mont,
$50 men, in command of Colonel Guy
'. Henry, with Captains Hunt, Reed,
Woodward and Jones, arrived today.
The trains were sent out to the park
without much delay and unloaded. This
is the third regiment of colored cavalry
to arrive at Chickamauga.
A company of 16 signal men in COM
mand of Captain W. A Glassford.
chief signal officer of the department of
the Colorado, arrived from Denver to-
day and went at once to the park,
where they reported at Gen. Brookes
headquarters. The men under Captain
Glassford have been taking signal in
structions for a year and a half. By
tomorrow the signal detachment will
embrace nearly 80 men, Sergeants Ken
nedy, Young, Griffin, Bradley and
others being expected to arrive
AS soon as brigade headquarters are
esta bllshed, telegraph wires will be
strung to connect with General
Brooke's headquarters.
Most signal men have adopted cycles
in their department.
TWENTY FOURTH.
The Twenty-fourth infantry, which
arrived yesterday from Fort Douglas.
went into camp today in the south end
OF Mcdonald field, known to the vet
Grams of the Chickamauga conflict as
the field of confusion" This regiment
will be one of those composing the
second brigade of infantry.
All the regiments now in camp were
given regular drill work today.
SKIRMISH DRILLS.
All through the woods to the south
of Lytle hills there were skirmishing
drills by infantry, firing and advanc-
ing, while up through the Kelley field
and the underbrush, to the Lafayette
road, there was dismounted drill of
cavalry leading their horses.
In the afternoon, companies of the
Twenty fifth, Colonel Andrew Burt.
had a trumpet drill in which the Morse
telegraph alphabet is used. This is the
invention of Colonel Burt, and it is
supposed to be Of especial value in
battle
Giving the trumpet calls the tele-
graph letter of the company for which !
the signal is intended is blown, follow !
ed Immediately by maneuver call.
The Twentyfifth regiment was vac
cinated today
The men marched to the tent of Cap |
tain Spillock, the regimental surgeon. |
and one hy one barred their brawny |
arms to- the lance and virus points. !
No one escaped.
MORE TROOPS ARRIVED.
ne lIOOpS III camp dl O0lChdilduRa |
were augmented here today by the ar
rival of the Second regiment of infan-
try from Forts Keogh, Harrison and |
Yates. 459 men and 90 officers, in COM
nand of Colonel Hunt. Another col
)red cavalry regiment also arrived, the
Zenith, from Forts Assinaboine and Ke-
Ugh. in command of Colonel Guy V.
Henry.
Troops A and F, of the First cavalry,
rom Fort Huachuca, A. T.. were
switched to the park during the after
noon and were put in camp with the
est of that regiment. Captain W. A
ilassford. chief signal officer of the
department. of Colorado, brought in a
,arty Of is signal men today from Den
-er. 1t is expected the signal detach-
nent will embrace about 80 men by to-
morrow Nearly all the men are equip
led with bicycles. Skirmish drills by
many of the cavalry and infantry reg
ments were INDUCED in today.