The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-03
MILITARY MOVEMENT
Gen. Shafter and His Troops Ordered
on Board the Transports.
THEIR DESTINATION KEPT SECRET.
The Fifth Army Corps Gathering at Tampa,
Fla, for a Forward Movement-Rough
Riders Leave San Antonio,
rex, for Tampa.

NEW DIRK, May 5O.-A speclal ulS-
patch to the Tribune from Washing
ton says: Orders have at last gone
forward to Maj. Gen. Shafter, at
Tampa, to embark the greater portion
of his corps, including all the regulars
and few of the most efficient volun-
teer regiments, on board the trans
ports gathered at that place, and the
aggressive military movement which
has been so frequently predicted and
as often delayed, for one cause or an
other, will be an accomplished fact
before the end of this week. The
strongest units of Admiral SIMPSONS
recognized squadron will convoy the
expedition and cover its landing at a
point now definitely designated. Stimuli
taneously, the most rigid censorship
of press dispatches that has so far been
undertaken by the government will be
put into operation at Tampa and Key
West and no message relating to the
movements of troop or ships, or in any
way specializing upon the expedition,
will be permitted on the wires. If
this means of preventing publica-
ton of information which would be
exceedingly valuable to Spain is
not fully successful, the censorship
will be promptly extended to the
mails 1t can be confidently asserted
that, beyond the secretary of war and
the secretary of the navy, the presi-
dent will permit no civilian to enjoy
his confidence in this matter until a
landing on the foreign territory shall
have been actually accomplished, and
Gen. Shafter himself will have sealed
orders, whose contents will be known
only to Gen. Miles and Gen. CorbiE
until the expedition is safely at sea.
Admiral SIMPSONS sole instructions
will be to guard the expedition and to
cooperate with Gen. Shafter, under
the latter's directions.
ORDERED TO BREAK CAMP.
TAMPA, Fla, May 90.-The Second
Massachusetts volunteers, now en-
camped at Lakeland and, with one eX-
ception, the Seventy-irst New York,
the only regiment of volunteers in the
Fifth army corps, has been ordered to
break camp according to an order is
sued by Gen. Shafter, and will be
brought to Tampa. 1t will go into
camp near the Eighth and Twenty.
second infantry regiments, which,
with the Second Massachusetts, com.
pose the First brigade of the Second
division in command of Brig. Gen.
Adna K. Chaffee. 1t is said on good
authority that the removal of the Sec
ond Massachusetts to Lakeland will
soon be followed by the transfer To
Tampa of the Seventy-frst New York
and the Tenth regiment of cavalry.
The object is to have all troops of the
Fifth brigade together at this point
for shipment TO Cuba.
Calling guns may be used in con
nection with the cavalry during the
campaign in Cuba. Maj Gen. Joe
Wheeler, in command of the cavalry
forces, strongly advocates their use
believing they would be of special ad
vantage in breaking up infantry
formations when used with cavalry
Gatlings sufficient to arm the cavalry
regiments are already here, SHOULD
this plan be adopted. A war balloon
with all the accessories of telegraphs
telephones, etc, has arrived here and 1
drill in its use will be held in few
days.
ROUGH RIDERS OFF FOR TAMPA.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 30.-ThC
regiment of rough riders left fol-
Tampa yesterday evening and 100 carr
were required to transport them. Th'
officers expect to reach Tampa early
Wednesday morning. All the soldiers
are in good health and eager to get t.
the front. All surplus baggage ha
been discarded, and the soldiers lief
here in light marching order and viii
be ready to embark for Cuba imme
diately upon arrival at Tampa. Tn
regiment numbers l,055 men and 1928
horses and mules.