The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-22
MOST wARLlIkE STEP THAT HAS
YET BEEN TAKEN.
Army Department Issue. Orders for
tho Concentration Of Troops In
the south-ChickamnuE Tampa,
New Orleans and Mobile the
Points Mt Which the Troops VIII
observation-disclosures Issued by
Gen. Miles With Directions That
They BE Put Into Effect as Soon
MS Possible.

MS Possible.
Washington, April IL. - Decidedly
the most warlike step taken by the de-
partment in preparing for the posi-
bility of an encounter with Spain was
inaugurated yesterday when orders
were issued for the concentration at
four points in the South of the six reg
fmerts of cavalry, twenty-five regi-
ments Of infantry and the light bat
teries of five regiments of artillery.
At Chickamauga there will be six reg
iments Of cavalry and the light bat
teries Of five regiments of artillery; at
New Orleans eight regiments Of in
fantry; at Tampa, seven regiments Of
infantry, and at Mobile seven regi-
ments Of infantry. Since the civil
war no such proportion of the army
has been modified and the movement
itself is the best evidence of the grav-
ity of the situation as looked upon by
the president and his advisers. The
determination to rendezvous the troops
ill the South, where they can be ac-
cilmated to the conditions of more
tropical climate has been under con-
sideration by the president and his
cabinet for some time. 1t was not
until yesterday, however. that the
president, in view of the enormous eX-
pense which will be entailcd. felt JUS
titled in taking this step. When Sec
rotary Alger returned from the cabinet
meeting he at once called into confer
ence Gen. Miles and Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin and acquainted them with the re-
suit of the cabinets deliberations.
There was
Hurried Consultation
in which the quartermaster general,
who has charge of the transportation
of the troops. the commissary general,
who looks after their subsistence and
representatives in Washington of vari-
GUS railroads running to the South,
participated. The orders, as finally
given, contemplate the movement Of
troops to the places indicated as fol.
lows:
To Chickamauga battlefield. the
First. Second, Third. Sixth. Ninth and
Tenth regiments of cavalry and the
light batteries of five regiments of ar
tillery. To New Orleans, the First,
Seventh. Eighth. Twelfth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth, Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth regiments Of infantry. To Mo-
bile. the Second, Third, Tenth, Elev-
g enth. Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty
second regiments of infantry. 10
Tampa, the Fourth. Fifth, Sixth. Ninth,
Thirteenth, Seventeenth ana Twenty
first regiments of infantry.
The heavy batteries of artillery in
each of the five regiments mentioned
will remain at their present posts.
The two new regiments of artillery re-
Gently authorized by congress have
not been recruited to their full strength
and are not we'll equipped with horses
and other
Necessary Equipments
for service. and. therefore, are not in
Guided in the orders. The department
has so distributed the twenty-five reg
iments of infantry at convenient places
on the gulf that they will he accessi-
BILE for transportation to Cuba. Pro-
posals have been invited from steam
ship companies for chartering vessels
to tie government for this work.
Instructions to the commanding Of
ficerS of the regiments ordered to move
We're sent out With directions that
they be put into effect as soon as DOS
sible. 1t is the confident expectation
of the officials that the movements in
some places will begin at once. The
railroad facilities, the officials say, are
more than ample to meet the demands
of the occasion. and no trouble will
be experienced in mobilizing this large
body of men at the places designated
within a reasonably short space Of
time.
The command of the army will de-
volve upon Maj. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, who is now at the head of the
military branch of the government.
His temporary headquarters will prob
ably be at Atlanta, where Gen. Ora
ham, who has command of the de-
partnient of the Gulf, is now located.
Gen. Miles permanent headquarters
will depend entirely upon the exigen~
cies Of the situation and the develop
ments of the campaign. He will leave
the city soon for his new duties.