New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
c1oNc C1ANICA WIIERE MLESs EXPEDITION LANDED

ton arrives there The o. LOUIS VIII ''"S w
there in four days.
II was learned tonight from trustworthy
sources that the expedition which left Charles
ton several DAYS ago for Porto Rico Will not he
landed until the expedition from this point JOINS
IT, That expedition has a good start. ana VIII
he nearly there when the body Of this expedi-
ton starts, which will be on Thursday
SECOND EXPEDITION TO GO TUESDAY.
Private dispatches received here tonight state
that TIE sArssydetachmen; OF General Grant $
brigade The: rklrd Of the First Division First
Army Corps left Chickamauga tonight for
Newport News II is not probable. however,
according to Army officers in charge Of trans
portation that the second expedition will leave
before next Tuesday The Chesapeake and Ohio
officials have been informed that the five trans
ports which Pre- TO carry General Grants
brigade NH be here by Thursday or Friday, IN
order that the work Of loading item with SUD
sstence shall not he delayed
The railroad officials have already seNeral
hundred carloads Of subsistence for TINS eXPed'-
ton in sight and As soon as the road Is GEAR OF
troops and supplies for the first expedition THIS
will begin TO come in
Superintendert Parker tonight gave your cor
RESPONDENT the exact figures. which represent tue
full strength Of the expedition thai VIII san
from here THURSDAY morning The six ships Will
take in addition 10 men. horses and e1uipage
about four hundred carloads OF suosis'ehce
The expedition is divided among the vessels aS
follows: 49,,
Cruiser ST. Louis, First Army corps heau-
quarters Major Generai Brooke ana SIAN Oh zen
officers; Sd Illinois Regiment. 10 oihcelS anu
1a3 men: equipage. baggage and supplies Tor
Do,
Al officers and 121l men; men from oris""e
headauarters Is horses.
The transport city of Washington-Twen'y
,hroo oclcars and 6l2 men Of the 18th Pennsy-
vanla Reg.ten.
The transport Seneca-Twenty-fou- ohcers
and CT, men of the 4th Pennsylvania
Tho poumanian-F Four batteries OF artlllery-A
Illinois. 2Ith Indiana b Pennsylvania and Mis-
scuri. 10 officers. 100 men, 3l9 horses, - muies'
Il wagons. rs cannon ) dynamite guns, W Gals
sons. 90 900 pounds Of freight. battery wagons
60 regimerta horses carloads ammuhi-
t,or 81 wagons for hospital and ambulances, l.
wagons for corps headquarters wagons for
Headquarters guard, Is wagons for Signal corps
Tho Massachusetts-Corp and brigade Ambu-
lance Corps. IL officers 800 men, rs horses lio
mules: headquarters guard, 3 off1cers' Ia men,
20 horses. % mules; Signal Corps IL officers.
y
New-York Cavalry. officers, 200 men. 10
horses ~ mules corps headquarters, ~ men. ~
horses. GO mules
ARRANGING DETAILS OF DEPARTURE
From this statement 1t will be seen that the
three troops Of Pennsylvania cavalry are not
provided for and there is some talk OF holding
them over until the second expedition. unless
another transport Is sent here at once which Is
not likely a detachment Of the 80 Illinois ana
Attn Ohio WAS sent down to Old Point this evening
TO make arrangements to embark the troops
aboard the ST Louis and the st. Paul In view
of the fact that naval regulations will not per
nit the mooring Of warship at private wharves'
1t was found advisable TO lighter the men from
here to old Point. instead Of Tightening them out
into the river. which would otherwise have TO
he done TIE Pennsylvania troops. artillery.
cavalry and the auxiliary corps will embark
aboard the three transports at the piers early In
the morning.
The last detachment Of troops for General
R~ookes expedition arrived this evening Bat
,erv 4 Of Illinois Captain Phil Wager arrived
., 4 O'clock. bringing guns and horses. and was
followed two hours later by Battery No. p. OF
INDIAN. canta!n J. r. Curtis Battery II, OF
panpsvlysnis Captain A. L. Hunt. and Battery
. ~ Missouri Captain r. n. Humboldt. came
1, m close trains AZ s o'clock tonight All OF
Tho artIllerymen remain aboard their coaches.
Mater r Rodney commands the division OF ar
tillery. .,u ,at.,..,
The batteries arc from Plttsbuis, inSianapo-
lie Dan,tiIe III ard Ct. Louis. The Pittsburg
battery became famous in the Homestead riots,
i'm 1889 where IT served for n month. The Ind
lana battery has reputation IN ihh'anh LOT
rriza drill work The Danville battery Is vice
~ known because the men know how to handle
guns Batter A. Missouri Artillery. has the
reputation Of being the ;iTst TO get ready "heh
tbe call for volunteers was Issued II Is the
pride a st. Louis.
There are also AZ Chickamauga Park Tour
batteries from Ohio and enc from Georgia Inc
pina batteries form an artillery brigade. which
a" a. .1,,,,-ara - AZ tnr winston The Major