New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
MOVING FROM CHICKAM1U GA.
GENERAL BROOKE AND HIS STAFF CN-
DER WAY-WHOLE FIRST CORPS
EXPECTED TO GO.
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fny TELEGRAPH To THE TRIpUNEl
Cba,tanooga. Tenn. July 23.-General Brook"
and his staff left Camp Thomas AT 2:}o O'Clock
this afternoon for Newport News. and the com
Ynand Of the forces at Chickamauga was turned
ever to Major General J. F. Wade. The follow
ing composed the party Of General Brooke: Ten
.ro, sheridan chief Of staff: Major Dean. acting
aid: Lieutenant Mckenna. aid; Lieutenant Gas
Ole acting aid: Lieutenant Colonel Richards.
sdjutant- general; LieutenaN Nrooms' Inspector
.sneral. Lieutenant Coethals. engineer officer;
lieutenant Colonel Huidekopcr. cher surgeon
Lieutenant Colonel Rockwell chief ordnance Of
ncer. Lieutenant Colonel sharp. chief commas
sarv: Lieutenant Colonel Carson. chief quarter
master: Ileutenant-C Colonel Hunter judge-advo-
cate: Lieutenant C Colonel Glassford chief signal
officer. CAPTAIN Williamson. assistant quarter
master; Captain Campbell, assistant quarter
master and Major Mason. medical inspector
General Brooke and his staff boarded spe-
c;al train at Battlefield Station. The train con-
sisted OF one private car. two Pullman cars and
on> baggage car. General Brooke was accom-
panied by his guard to Newport News
A,o.45 o'clock Company +. Sth United States
Infantry. left camp in heavy marching order for
possville and later il was followed by Troop II,
9Th United States Cavalry These two COM
mands boarded cars at Rossvine and Followed
General Broole's train. The guard Is IN charge
OF CAPTAIN w l.. Pitcher. OF Company r. o'h
United States Infantry, and Iieutenants Ryan
and Heberg of the 9th United states cavalry.
They will constitute General Brooke's headquar-
ters guard in Porto RIO
The Signal Corps broke camp last night AFTER
dark and proceeded to Rossville, where the hleh'
was spent under shelter tents. This morning.
early It boarded and was off FOLLOWING
the Signal Corps came the reserve ambulance
and hospital companies. in charge OF Lieutenant
Colonel Huidekoper. which left Camp Ihomas a'
$50 O'Clock this morning. There were many
wagons and ambulances and much other freight
"a handle and II was not all loaded until late III
the afternoon.
Tomorrow morning the following commands
will go out. taking cars at RossvNe: BATTERY
p. PENNSYLVANIA Artillery: Battery a, Illinois
Artillery: Battery A, Missouri |>i"'O''' ~
9th InCiana Battery. 49,.
In answer to question as 10 wiener %, NO.
any more regiments had been really placer "II
der orders 10 go General sheridan chiei o,
stat, said that there had not been any moved
except those that left yesterday
WHAT GENERAL BROOKE SAYS.
"Uiu the whole of the First Corps. as it is
now constituted. he ordered 10 the 'front.'? was
asked.
Yes. I think it will go to the front replied
the General.
LAS a whole with one order or will the or
ders come at different dates was asked.
To this the General leaned his head lorWaIu
contidentially and said. The First Corps VIII 20
out on one order. III,
According to this the next troops to 90 VIII
be the LIST and 81 Kentucky and the ON Illinois:
This will complete the regiments OF the FIRST
Division. First Army Corps
The commands of the First Army Corps now
remaining here are as follows: First DlVlslon-
Third Brigade LIST and Sd Kentucky and 9TH
Illinois. Second Division-First Brigade. 16oth
Indiana 31st Michigan and lst West virginia;
second Brigade 9th Ohio l5Sth Indiana and "a
Ohio; Third Brigade. 1ith Minnesota, LIST Penn
sylvania and LIST Georgia. Third Dlvisi0n-FIst
Brigade 1st Carolina. 18th Minnesota ana o,h
Pennsylvania: Second Brigade. Stu Massa-
chusetts 10Th New-York and list Kansas:
Third Brigade LIST New Hampshire. "a missouri
and 9th Pennsylvania.
The Third Brigade is the only one left in the
First Division This is General Frederick D.
Grants new brigade. General Grant is now
sure to be pushed into the front Of the battle
and he will be the next General TO leave. with
one or two exceptions all these regiments are
entirely equipped. In cases where anything is
lacking il il only OC n minor nature, and VIII
not hinder the regiment going forward on the
expedition TO Porto Rico
As each brigade consists OF about four thou
sand men. and there are seven brigades TO
go out, this viii cause a removal from Chicka-
manga Of tWenty-Cight thousand men in ad-
dillon to those already gone. 1t will require
one hundred and Atty cars Of all kinds for each
brigade. or ten hundred and nifty cars FOR the
seven briga1es. Tn move one brigade a day is
big fob. and unless the troops embark at
number can be handled daily. Then it will re-
quire at least q day between TO collect cars
and il will take two weeks at the least 10 move
the seven brigades.