Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-21
A CONCENTRATIONS
Of United States Troops at Different
Points in the South Goin.S N.
Transport SI@tm "a in Er,dinr,S intl ~
the Boys IA B.ur Ia Cub, The i,i
of Havana hut "A Question of
Very Few Days.


Geographic messages were sent Satur-
day Ia the general offices of every rail
road connecting with the south. and
I-.linal points near the various gar.
ri~nu>. The post quartcrma>tcr> at
Fort Thomas, Columbus barracks,
Forts Brady and Naync were wired
la notify the railroad officials in their
vicinity of the invitation for bids
ouartcrmastrr General Lee, in an
ticipation of an order to move. has
been working on the question of
TRANSFORMATION for the past three
weeks. Railroad companies have been
kept in touch with the quartcrmaStcr
and had the order from Washington
been an urgent one. the regulations
would have been set aside and Col Lee
would have 1rcn in a position tn have
completed transportation with the
m,s 81 direct lines within AN hours
time and the troops could have been in
motion before noon SATURDAY.. Such
is the procedure in times ri war or riot.
While ten. Broollr il ordered Ia the
command of the cavalry rendezvous at
Chickamauga national park. he will
remain in Chicago until all details for
the TRANSPORTATION Of the dcpartm mt
troops are completed. Leaving Mun-
DAY night or Tuesday morning he will
reach Chicllamauga in advance Of the
cavalry regiments. II is probable that
his headquarters will bc at the Chick
amauga Park hotel, at Crawii>h
springs. on the border Of the park. IL
may hc that headquarters will be cs-
tabl shed in the commits ,ioners' build
ing ON the Davis farm in the central
PORTION of the park. One of the gem
erals aidcsdccamp. either Capt. Rich
ards ar Lieut.. Dean. will leave for
Chickamauga either Saturday night or
sunday.
1T. LoUIs. April lS-Maj W. II.
Vessels, jr., commandment of Jefferson
barracks. II miles south of this city,
where six troops of the Third cavalry
are quartered, received orders Satur-'
day from Gen. Coppinger To proceed to
Chickamauga park. \ telegram from
Lieut.. West adjutant at the barracks,
SAYS that the command will leave as
soon rs transportation can bc provided,
probably on Monday or Tuesday.
In the meantime tents are being
pitched at the barracks for the accom-
mediation of the headquarters, staff,
band and six companies of the Eleventh
infantry. which arrived here saturday
night from Whipplc barracks under
the command of Col. Isaac d. DE
Eussy. From here the infantry will
proceed Ia Mobile. Ala.
SAUIT STE. MARIE. Mich. April is
! The former telegram from deI art
mental headquarters To Fort BRADY
troops i rcscindcd. The troops arc
ordered To move at 10 a. ~ Monday in
stead of Saturday.
SAN FRANCISCO. April lS.-The troops
| preparing To go To New Orleans from
California, infantry and light artil-
lery combined, number about $50 men.
| As the orders To ten. Shafter instruct
him To lose no time. it has been deter
mined to start saturday afternoon or
| Sunday if possible.
For IFANINwcII kin.. April 1.
The Twentieth infantry, Col. llaw
llins, has been ordered to Mobile, Ala,
and will probably leave within a day 5
time.
WASHINGTON. April lS-The order
of the war department that the entire
army of the United States. consisting
of more than 81, 900 men. shall at once
be rushed to the Atlantic and gulf
coasts. is of the greatest significance.
1t anticipates action by the senate,
house and the president himself.
1t is not mere demonstration, but
in the language of Gen. Miles, COM
I IL
means business"
This distribution of the regulars
may be looked upon as the preliminary
movement of the war department for
the invasion of Cuba.
| Troop transport steamers will he
held in readiness at each point of con-
centration, and at given signal the
boys in blue will be carried across the
waves to the Pearl of the Antilles, to
be landed, probably, near Matanzas
and in the rear of Havana, where they
will be joined by the patriotic troops
of the Cuban republic.
Cuban Gen. Gomez has perfect knowl-
edge of the situation, and while. per-
haps, the attention of the besieged city
is distracted by the bombardment of
an American feet, the allied forces will
swoop down from the rear, placing the
tyrannical soldiers of Spain between
| traS