The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-21

New Orleans, April 2O.-Part of the
Eleventh Infantry reached here today
over the Texas Pacific Railroad from
| Fort Logan, opposite Little Rock. ark
| They came under the command of
| Lieut. Col Burke, Col Darussey being
! in Mobile just now.
Part of the Twenty-third Infantry ar
rived over the Southern Pacific from
Fort Mcintosh, at Laredo, Texas,
The troops should have reached here
| yesterday, but were carried SEQ miles
out of their way. They left Fort McIn-
tosh in charge Of the Fifth Cavalry.
Lieut. Col Burke announces that he
4 has applied for the position of brigadier
| general of volunteers in event of war.
| He served throughout the civil war and
was wounded three times. The
! Eleventh moved on TO Mobile tonight.
/ The Twenty-thiTd are encamped along
side the troops already here at the
! Fair Grounds. Twenty-Five carloads of
troops viii arrive here tomorrow from
/ Camp Chickamauga, near Chattanooga,
and there Will be five trains of soldiers
/ from Texas. The Tenth Infantry pass
/ ed through here tonight en- route to Mo
! bile, the train bringing the garrison Of
Fort Sill and the troops from Fort
Reno.
The United States troops at the Fair
Grounds are rapidly getting used to
camp life There was great deal to do
at the start.
The Eighteenth, which arrived last
night. got to the camp so late it was
| unable to throw up tents and campad
in the betting ring of the race track,
where the ground is paved.
The work of erecting a hospital was
begun today and almost completed
Col. Clarke. associate surgeon general.
reached here from Atlanta to take
charge. The hospital viii have as at
tending physician all the medical force
in the various regiments and volunteers
from civilian ranks Will be accepted,
should the necessity arise. Col. Oven
shine expects some sickness among the
men. due 10 the sudden change Of eli
mate, indeed, several of the men COM
plain of being sick from drinking the
unfamiliar taste.
The hospital consists of several large
tents and a number of smaller ones to
be used as wards, the largest ones for
treatment stations built some distance
apart from the regular camps IT viii
be built sufficiently large to accommo-
date 1000 men. The Fair Grounds have
been provided with electric lights and
! the situation there is greatly improved.
. q a Z
racks, San Francisco, Will not leave
there until Saturday. The Eighteenth
Regiment enjoys the distinction CT haV-
ing three captains who fought in the
Confederate army during the civil war
Two members Of the Twenty-third. up
on their arrival here, were honOTably
: discharged from the service, their term
of enlistment having expired. One OF
them re-enlisted and the other left fol
his home, in Alexandria, La, where he
. will organize a company. An average
: ! Of seven men are absent from each
! company, being away on furlOugh
; They will rejoin their companies here
e as soon as the Burroughs are ended.
First Lieut.. Taylor, of Company +, is
a great grandson Of President Zachary
Taylor.
Sergt. Major Orr, of the Twenty.
third. was left at Fort Clark critically
i'll. When the boys were leaving, Orr
though weak and very i'll, rose up il
bed and did MS utmost 10 persuade hi!
superiors TO allow him TO go with then
to Cuba
Tell the boys he gasped, that II
be with them as soon as l can walk"
His condition is so serious that hi:
: life is deSpaired of. The tents of the
soldiers are in the center of the rae,
track at the Fair Grounds. These arr
supposed TO accommodate eight met
each. They are known as the cOnica
( wall tent being modelled after a plar
. of the Indian tepees. To the centra
/ pole is attached a rack for the krag
Jorgensen rifles of the inmates, belt
and ammunition hanging underneath.
All rations have been brought fo
thirty days. Ammunition has also beer
! included in an allotment of 500 rounds
, for each man. The food it what il
known as field rat;ons," and consists
Of bacon, potatoes, -four coffee, beam
and salt. The regimental larders, how
= ever viii be filled with a few Of thu
delicacies Of the local market, SO thu
: soldiers viii not fare 50 badly
The Third and Seventh battanons, /
:. N c., have united to form a regi
ment and have elected Major DUfou
as colonel. A company has airead!
been organized at Lake Charles, tw,
at Gretna, and two white and one col
;. ored at Shreveport. All will t5nde
= their services TO the United States il
the event Of war.
The shipping agent Of the British
;, steamship line in this city presented al
u appeal to the British consul, which viii
be laid before the British ambassado
asking Great Britain to assume protec
= ton of British property and British
vessels doing business here. The hom
government is asked to warn Spain no
TO injure the levees or do other injur
TO the harbOr that would be injurious t
the English steamship lines trading
: with New Orleans.
The Spanish steamer Carolina, noH
loading here, will carry 1000 tons o
coal TO Havana An investigation Wi
be made by the Federal officers. Sh
is also carrying a large number o
S mules and horses for the Spanish. He
st destination is CadiZ, but she will sto
ID at Havana en- route.
10 New York Men Volunteer.
Middletown. n. Y. April 20.-At dri
n Of the Twenty-fourth Separate Compan
! last night ninety per cent of the me
N volunteered to go wherever the Presl
!, dent desires.
RS Austria Reserves Liberty of Action
n New York, April pa dispatch froT
u Vienna 10 the Evening Journal assert
"a that the Austrian government has sent
- communication TO Italy announcing tina
IA it will reserve liberty of action in regar
to Cuba The Austrian fleet viii proba
n bly, start for Spain at once for the pro
lection of the queen regent.
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