The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-17
WAR CLOUD HANGING Low
MILITARY CIRCLES IN ST. PAUL
VERY MUCH ALIVE
At Army HeadUuarters Every One
Busy Yesterday Arranging for the
Transportation of Troops ana
Equipment to the SOuth-FOrt
Smelling Officers and FriVates
Packing Up-NatiOnal Guard.

Smelling Officers ana IriNateS
Packing Up-NatiOnal Guard.
The war cloud hung heavy over st.
Paul yesterday.
All branches of the army and nation
al guard were alive to the latest phase
| Of the situation. The orders Issued
Friday evening left no room for further
! doubt as to the intentions OF the ma
| tional government in the Spanish
| American crisis. From early morning
| until late last evening army oH1cers
| were on the jump receiving and issuing
orders and carrying out lnstruG.iens, it. 90
were at the Army building at an early
hour and they plunged into the work OF
| arranging for the transportation Oh
| troops and camp equipments 10 tne
points of rendezvous. They kept the
wires hot between the department
headquarters and the several pos's III
| the department.
The first thing they did was to call
upon the several railroads running
from St. Paul for bids for carrying the
| troops and horses, with baggage, ra-
tions and fodder to the South, and di-
| rected that the bids be sent IN TO the
Army building not later tn 5nan inomsdiate- moIn @
ly. and by tonight every arrangement
| will be completed.
Mai Daniel D. Wheeler, chief quar-
| termaster Of the department, telegrapn-
ed to every post commander In the de-
partment Friday night, for statments
| covering the number of men IN each
command, the number OF horses, the
amount of baggage and food to be car
ried and other details necessary to ar
rangements for transportation and IN
! the morning he had received definite
| information on all such points. He I'M
| mediately prepared report 1or Geh.
| Wade.
The report in brief was as follows:
Seven troops of the Tenth cavalry from
| Fort Assiniboine. made up OF l9 omcsrs'
t3S enlisted men. eight employees, AL nopses'
10000 pounds of rations, $500 pounds OF
| grain 20 wagons ard four ambuiances.
Three troops of the Tenth cavalry alg IF from
! ed men, 5 employees, 1877 horses, "a mules,
5000 pounds Of pubc dne proPertyy 6y ba2 a13
seons poun1s end OF ra'tunf; smbuiance e p0DAN
Four companies of the Second inf antry
from Fort Keogh. made up OF II once =,
247 enlisted men, s employees, IL horses, AZ
| mules 29, coo pounds of public property, z3,-
coo pounds of rations, $500 pounds OF gra n,
3,7O0 pounds of hay, wagons and amou-
TWO companies of the Second infantry.
from Fort Harrison. made up Of . GIN cers'
| 119 enlisted men, employees, Sod non-coii, s
batants. horses, 3S mules. S,O0s pouna'
| of public property, II, 900 pounds OF ratlons,
4,sGO pounds of grain, $500 pounds OF haJ,
| s wagons and 1 ambulance.
Two companies of the Second infantry,
| from Fort Yates, consisting of 6 of1cers,
119 enlisted men. Z employees, + non-e2m-
batants. 81 mules 9e p9unas pc neFioOs Os pHpe
| pounds of grain, 600 pounds of hay. 8
| wagons and 1 ambulance
Eight companies Of the Third infantry,
| from Fort Smelling. This is constituted OF
26 officers. ass enlisted men, employees,
horses. 36 mules. $1,000 pounds of public
pounds OF grain, wagons and l ambulance.
Lieut.. Col. John j. Clague, chief COM
missary, was busy with arrangements
for feeding the men and horses.
The officers will travel South in first
class cars. the enlisted men in tourist
cars, and box and stock cars will be
provided for the horses and army
mules Each soldier will be allowed to
carry $50 pounds OF baggage free.
Gen Wade expects to start south to-
night. He will be accompanied by
! Lieut. Col Arthur Macarthur, adju-
tenant William E. Almy, of the Fifth
cavalry. and First Lieutenant George
| w. Read, of the same regiment, aids
, The party will go to Tampa, where they
will establish department headquarters
Some of the Western infantry troops
will be stationed at Tampa, and the
rest will go to Mobile. The cavalry
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will go to Chickamauga. The Eighth
| cavalry, however, will remain West for
| the present. Several troops of the
| Eighth will stay at Fort Meade, one
| at Fort Yates, and two Of the Fourth
| will guard Yellowstone National park
Fort Smelling Active.
| There was activity at Fort Smelling
yesterday From the moment the sig
nal gun greeted the rising sun until
long after it saluted the setting sun
| officers and men were busy preparing
| to move in expectation of not return
| ing to this post put the finishing
| touches to their packing. Carpets were
| rolled, furniture arranged for shipment
| to other points. and every preparation
| completed for vacating the fort perma-
| nently.
The ladies, who are to remain until
| they are directed by the government to
! go. packed their husbands trunks and
| assisted as much as possible in the
preparations to depart There were
| many heavy hearts among them, and
| they did not manifest much gayety.
The usual weekly company inspection
was held in the morning. Every COM
pany was lined up on the green in front
| Of the company quarters, and the cap
| tatns Of each passed criticism upon
| their appearance. There was nothing
! In the ceremony yesterday to indicate