The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
Review of the Volunteers in General Wilson's
 Division.
From All Sections of the Union Troops Are Sent South to
 Join the Cuban Invaders.

ceed without delay to Vancouver Bar racks and take station. The battal ion, consisting of four companies, 416 men and officers, is expected to arrive here Wednesday or Thursday. Lieu tenant Colonel James N. Allison re- celved orders to-day relieving him from duty as chief commissary of the De partment of the Columbia and direct ing him to proceed to Falls Church, Va, and report to Major-General Ora ham, Second Army Corps, as chief commissary officer on his staff.
 Ell. PASO, Texas, May 23-Sixteen raw recruits passed here to-day on special coach attached to the passenger train. They were enlisted at Hous- ton, Texas, in Company K, Third h. fantry. This is the first westward movement of troops via this point since the massing at San Francisco Of Deweys endorsements commenced. Several regiments are expected to pass here tomorrow.
 NEW YORK, May 23-New York's contingent of cavalry, composed Of Troops A and c, started South early to- day. The troopers go to Washington and thence to Falls Church, Va. They expect to go through later to Chicka- mauga, and there expect to join squads from other States and form a regiment. Captain Badgley is the senior officer of
 
 GALVESTON, May 23.-Major Day, in command of the defenses of Calves ton, who recently inspected the steam lighters Bessie and Laura, the property of the Galveston Lighter Company, and recommended them as in proper condi- tion for Government service, has re- ceived orders to charter them. Major Day will put them In commission as soon as possible. The opinion is prev alent here that the lighters will be used for transporting the horses of the erough riders who are expected to embark here for Cuba.
 NORFOLK, Va, May 23.-The news that the Sixth Artillery has been or dered to Chickamauga caused the greatest surprise among the officers and men of the five batteries of the reg iment now located at Old Point. They had not expected to be sent South. These officers express the opinion that the order means the formation of a brigade of siege artillery which will be used in the operations on Cuban soil. The men are not averSe to forming part of the army of invasion. Many of them express pleasure at prospect of seeing active service.
 SALT LAKE. May 23.-Lieutenant Dashiell, at Fort Douglas, has been au- thorized from Washington to enlist 200 men for the Fourteenth Infantry, now about to start out for Manila. The Fort Douglas authorities nave also received word to muster in immediately fifty men for the Fourth Cavalry. U. s. A, now stationed at the Presidio, San Francisco.
 FARGO, N. D., May 23.-The official order for the removal of the North Da- kota volunteers from Camp Briggs, here, to San Francisco on their way to the Philippines, has been received, and the men will start Wednesday morn ing One battalion will go over the Northern Pacific and the other over the Great Northern. They will join each other at Portland, Or, and go to San Francisco over the Shasta route. The two cavalry troops have also received orders to leave Wednesday for Chicka- mauga to join the rest of Colonel Grigs- by'S regiment. The men from here are all rough riders and will be valuable addition to the regiment. They are ex- ceptionally well officered.