The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-19
The MOVEMENT 6f TROOPS.
President Thompson Will Aid Score /.
tary Of Mar AIger.
TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS LEI.
BrIgadfcr General Wade Has Been
4 Ordered tn Take Command of
the soldiers mt Tampa.

Philadelphia, Pa, April IS. rroslden
/ Frank Thompson OF the Pennsylvania rail-
| road. has been called on 10 act as spcc.a
aide to Secretary OF War Alser and in Thu:
! capacity will take charge Of the Transports
| ton branch OF the military servfce in event
| Of ar.ive host!lities The selection OF Ptosi-
| Dent Thompson for this duty has been ia.
| yorably commented on IN Wow az his expert
ence during the cisil war as assistant 10 the
I secretary of war.
Denver, Colo, Arril fs.-Cor.racts for the
transportation OF troops for the department
Of Colorado were 10. today. The Burlington,
With connections. carries those from Fort
Russell. vhiie the Union Pacific those from
Fort Washington. The Santa Re those from
Fort Logan. Colo. and Winrnte, ~ NJ, and
In connection with the Denver and Rio
Grande and the Rio Graudc Western those
frcm Fort Douglass and Fort Ducnesnc,
Utah.
Cmaha, Neb., April is.--1t was nearly 5
o'clock this afternoon before the trains be,r-
Ing 200 infantry got away from Fort Crooks
The troops at Forts Robinson and Niobrara
viii be likely to be on the road b, noon to-
morrow. Troops fium Fart Sill and Reno
Will leave on Tuesday morning.
st. Paul. MINI, April 1s-Brigadler Gen
eral Wade, who has been ordered to take
command of the army headquarters at Tampa.
Fla, left tonight to select the locations for
the troops. His staff left last night for
Tampa
Contracts for transportation for the Second
and Third infantry and Tenth cavalry were
awarded today. The Third regiment will
leave for Fort Smelling at noon tomorrow
The Second regiment will come to 81. Paul
and thence 20 to Mobile. The four companies
OF this regiment at Fort Kcogh will leave
there Mt O'CLOCK Wednesday and 1.-TWO COM
panies at Fort Harrison will start at II A. M
Wednesday, joining the headquarters COM
pany ut Fort keogh. Two companies at Fort
Yates VIII join the regiment at that point
and reach st. Paul at . p. m. Friday. Five
troops OF the Tenth cavalry will reach Fort
keogh via the Northern Pacific Wednesday
Seven troops of cavalry will leave Fort ASSN
abone Wednesday and reach St. Paul at
p. m. Thursday
Leavenworth, Kan, April 1S.--The Twen-
ticth infantry, four troops OF the Sixth cav.
airy and the detachment OF hospital corps.
will leave tomorrow, the infantry for Mo-
bile and the cavalry for Chickamauga
st. Louis, Mo, April 1s.--The Ninth in
(antry and the Third cavalry at jefferson bar
Nks today received positive orders to move
imiN dately to Mobile. Ala. and Chicka-
mnuga<2Srk. respectively. General Coppinger
and staff|s here and left for Mobile. where
he will assuh command of the infantry d.
vision TO be assembled there.
Topeka. Kan, ApN lS.--The Santa Re
road has Just closed coN Eots for the move
ment of 1850 troops from q and Arizona to
Chattanooga and New orlea
St Paul. Mimi, April 1s.-General Wade |
and STAFF left ST. Paul tonight via the Chi |
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and will reach |
Chicago tomorrow. They will spend the day |
ip Chicago and go South that night. The |
troops at Fort Smelling will depart on the |
Milwaukee road Tuesday and reach Chicago |
Wednesday. leaving Immediately for Mobile. |