The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-26
CalCKAMAUGA PARK.
Ttosps Be,sp nob'Iised to Be
Fsrmsd Isto q Corps.
1Hs FORMATION OF THE REGIMENTS
neven 81 enc Ten batteries NJ Are
cutlery nm the nd--sRirrsssh
Drills Have Been 1nauguratcd.
Second Edition,


Chickamauga National Park, Tenn. April
%. Organization Of the troops OF inc
United States army at Chickamauga into
3 an army corps has bhcn decided upon, The
order VIII not be issued until such time
on the various regiments OF infantry ana
the artillery now on their way to the pnrt
are actually encamped here. The corps VIII
be made I'D Of two divisions Of cavalry Of
three regiments each, general order Tor
+ the formation OF which was Issued satur-
day BY Major General Brooke. two divi-
sions Of infantry Into four regiments each
and ten batteries OF artillery, to be formed
into n regiment. II IS quito probable that
other regiments which have been tele-
grophcd for and which have not yet been
heard from win arrive here within the
next day or two, positively enough to form
another division. AS II stands now the
cayc,ry divisions is as follows:
Colonel Al. X. Arnold Of the First cav
dry commanding First brigade. composed
OF the First cavalry. Second cavalry and
Tenth cavalry,
Second brigade, Colonel s. s. sumner
\ commanding, composed OF the Third, sixth
and Ninth cavalry.
II Tho infantry regiments, which viii be
embraced In The brigados OF Infantry, are
already ON the ground and In camp. rms
brigade will be made UP OF the seventh
7 Eighth, Twelfth ana Twenty-fifth infantry
regiments and win be placed In command
4 OF Colonel Andrew Burt OF The Twenty
fifth tcolored) regiment veteran OF the
civil war and the hero OF many hard
fought Indian campaign. The Second In
fantry brigade will be composed Of the
First, Second. Sixteenth and Twenty-fourth
regiments. or these the Twenty-fourth
Z lcoloredl and Second are the only ones
actually on tho ground, the latter arriving
late tonight
Both the Second and sixth have seen
heard from and viii be here BY tomorrow
night. Colonel j. c. Bates OF the Seaond
infantry VIII be given this command. Who
the infantry division commander Will be
has not vet been decided or the ten bat
teries OF artillery which IL Is known will
rendezvous al Ghickamaugn seven are ac
tually hore. The other three, il is expected,
VIII have arrived before another twenty
four hours ciapres.
The artillery will be placed IN command
OF Colonel Randolph, who is expected 10
arrive In a day or So by Wednesday, II
is thought, the formal order for the for
nation OF the brigades and divisions will
have been issued
The troous In camp were augmented 20
day BY tho arrival Of the Second regiment
OF infentry from Forts Keogh. Harrison
and Yates. AGO men ana % officers, In conf
maudsof OplaurI A. NJ. Hunt.s rhhy spent
the night In the cars In the ratirSad yards,
They WIN he moved out to the park In Ire
morning,
Another rolored regiment also arrived
sthe Tenth from Forts Assinaboine and
Keogh. In command OF Colonel Guy Henry.
Part OF this regiment arrived i,at night.
II was assigned q camping place in. the
open field southeast of Snodgrass hill
Troops a and i OF the First
cavalry. from Fort Iiuaohuca. Ariy
We're switched Ns to the park during
the afternoon and we're put In camp With
tho rest of that regiment In the Brock
field west Of the Lafayette road. Battery
p Of the Fourth artillery from Jackson
barracks, Louisiana. arrived last night.
Skirmish drills by many OF the cavalry
and infantry regiments were indulged In
today. The broken nature OF tho ground In
the park. the hills densely covered viii,
wood and In places filled with underbrlsh
the rayines and with Wide stretches NJ
srace make them ideal for drilling and the
men from now on viii get plenty OF II.