The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-10
! rE's MOVEMENT ON HAVANA.
,,r WILL. ARRIVE THERE BY THE
MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER.

MIDDLE W w
o,7crs Given Him to ReoFgnnize His
,,n,, and to Proceed to Savannah
and Go Into Camp-One Regiment
v.II Remain at Jacksonville.
committees Now in Cuba Selecting
Points of DebnrkatiOn and Camp
si+as-Secretary AIger Doesn't
rr5ul, There Is Need for So Many
Non in Cubn as at First COntem-
plated.
washington, Oct. 9.-Gen. Lee has gone
.o the mountains of Virginia for a week
or ten DAYS rest, prior to going TO Savan-
nah TO personally superintend the arrange
,,srts for embarka ton to Cuba 1t is said
+aat. Gen. Lee and his command will be in
Havana before the middle of November,
and t,v Dec. 1 American flags will be fly
ing from every custom house in Cuba.
The following is the official order to Gen.
Lee from Adjt. Gen. CoCbiu: by direction
of re Secretary of War the Seventh Army
Corps viii be reorganized under your d.
rect.on. making two divisions of two bri-
oades each. When so organized, the corps
will proceed by railroad to Savannah and
60 into camp near that city on suitable
grounds TO be selected In advance by or
under the instructions of the corps COM
marders. The sick in hospital at Jackson
Vile will be left with sufficient force for
guard and police purposes. The supply
departments will make necessary prepara-
tons for this movement. and the supplies
for the camp at Savannah"
One regiment, not yet determined upon,
will he left in Jacksonville.
These are now the troops composing the
Seventh Corps: Second, Fourth and Ninth
Illinois, One Hundred and Sixty-frst In
diana Forty-nnth Iowa, Second Louisia-
ma. Sixth Missouri, Third Nebraska (Col.
Bryan's regimenD, First North Carolina,
Second South Carolina, First Texas,
Fourth Virginia and Second United States
Volunteer Cavalry.
These are The troops composing the
Fourth Army Corps at Huntsville, Ala:
A and F, United States Artillery; Eighth,
Tenth and Sixteenth United States In
fantry, First Florida, Sixty-ninth New
York, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth and Tenth United States Cavalry
It is the plan of Secretary Alger, as
stated to the Morning News correspond
ent to-day, to find out the locations of
the l230OO Spanish troops in Cuba 1t
will then he the policy to determine upon
the points of debarkation and to place
United States troops at these places at
the time of such debarkation Thus two
committees bqVA hpan fn C11h
one for the purpose of determining the
availability of harbors, at the head of
which is Col. Hecker of the transporta-
ton department, and the other for the
purpose of selecting suitable camp sites,
al the head of which is Col. Lee, who Ia
expected to leave Washington in a day
or two.
Secretary Alger is now awaiting cable
adNces from Col. Hecker, who is now
IN cuba, and said to-day that lighters
would probably not be used in connection
win the landing of our troops; that there
must be deep-water piers at the points Sc,
lected. The committees will go through
NuDa together, but win report separately
ana frequently to the Secretary of War
Inese were the officers referred to
,HIS morning who were expected
70 Iand next week at Bahia Honda and
Mariel They have simply gone to pre-
pare the way in order that our troops
may De received suitably and that the
spanish troops may evacuate with expe-
dton.
secretary Alger strongly intimated to-
oey mat there would probably not be need
ol SO large force of United States troops
III CuDa as has been contemplated. The
troops Will not be sent in large commands,
ou' "H rather be sent to different points
as Ihey are needed. Their work will be
g,meuy garrison duty in cities and towns.
MS programme may be varied when it
~ consldered healthier to camp the troops
t'9'ue OF the city. They will, i'm brief,
" scattered in small commands over the
riouo lt has not been determined yet
"",.e tne headquarters of either Gen Lee
4 or Cen Wheeler will be. This will de-
4 .g"" upon the report of the committees
& s.p'e referred to- One reason for con-
a tt'eiIHS a smaller army of occupation is
,e uauser Of fever which they will con-
9l' m cuba. Moreover, ii is known that
eu LdWton has advised the department
q r.@S ne can spare three of the regiments
fo" IN Santiago and have enough left
~, ponce and other duties. Many of
me m troops at Santiago have been taken
r ~, No1doIy the men of the Third I'm
with fever. ~ Oe W" Il
lf N.' LaWton narrowly escaped with his
ilauq "uq mas been ordered home on sick
" During his absence Gen. Wood win
bo,i ~ Command, but he is in poor health,
T., "5' IL is said, wasted away almost
y" shadow
NJ l'e" OF these advices 1t is not thought
abso,o pht more troops in port than are
C,H1'1'eiy necessary for the garrison
o1s which are not expected to be oner-
Jus or extended.
NOV FyIENur mn