New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11
FEW TROOPSAT CAMP THOMAS
NOT AS MANY VOLUNTEERS TO GO
THERE AS EXPECTED.
REGULARS WILL, ALL BE CONE BY TOMORROW
THOSE TO TAKE THEIR PLACES En-
PECTED NEXT WEEK.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn May 10.-The entire army
Of r,hickanoura under General Brooke, will
soon be In action. and Will move south "I'"'"
the mex. three days Orders 10 this erect "e'e
received from Secretary Alger to-day IL "a'
not a rush order. In consequence TO co'iip"'
cations will arise in regard 10 ra!iroad trans
narration. The LIST and 10th Cavalry will go to
New Orleans the Cd TO Mobile, and the sd ana
9th TO Tampa The infantry division, includlng
the Cd 7th, sth. 10Th and 10th regiments, VIII
go to Tampa Headquarters are to remain a'
Chickamauga Park.
General Brooke will be In command OF the
volunteer army that IS coming His stan IS
made ND In this way: Captain W. '. Nchards'
senior aide-de- camp: Lieutenants DeA anu NC
Kenna assistant aides de-camp; Colonel VI y
Sheridan. Adjutant-General Of the corps Co'o-
mel j. VI. c. Lee. Chief Quartermaster: Lieu
tenant Colonel Edward Hunter Judge AdVo-
cate: Lieutenant Colonel Henry G. sharp Chiei
Corrrnissary; Northumberland Albert hart
suff. Medical Director Captain James Rockwell
tr. Chief Ordnance Officer: Captain William a.
Glassford. Chief Signal OfHcer: Captain Nc
Carthy. depot Quartermaster. and his two as
sistants are Captain Zalinski and Captain car
son
REGULAR TROOPS TO GO AT ONE.
OF the entire army now here those are the only
gin at once. probably some time tonight Inc
% and 10th Infantry will go first. and have
heen preparing all afternoon to start when
TRANSFORMATION is provided. Eleven new railroad
sjdjngs have been completed. and are being
Allied with empty cars which are being loaded
with baggage These are on the line OF Inc
Chattanooga Rome and Southern Railroad.
There are also sidings Of the same road at
Rossville Part Of the army VIII load us Dag
gage there and also he shipped from that point
Part too will go to Ringgod. seven miles lro"
the park limits on the Western and Auanuc
Railroad. The 9th and Sd Cavalry VIII march
70 Ringgold tomorrow for shipment The other
roads that will handle the troops are the Ala
hama Great Southern and the Georgia division
Of the Southern II may he that few reg'-
roents will have to march into Chattanooga, ana
here take the cars.
Colonel Sheridan. speaking for Generai bToohe'
to-day said. There are more than SIN 'iou-
sand men in the encampment al present At
will take several days to move them. Inc or
ders to move are not rush orders. and we shai
take our time about getting away. OF course
however we shall dispatch the matter a" quick
" as possible. The last OF the Regular ARMY
will have left Chickamauga by Thursday night
A STAFF STATEMENT OF SITUATION
A staff attache tonight gave out statement
20 some officers. just after leaving General
prooke's tent. where he remained half-hour
or more He said: I'VE have looked for such
move 10 be ordered after the first sea fight be-
tween the nations Naturally. we had no doubt
that the first fight would he victory Dewey
has settled the matter But he has not ended
the war. a. great many people seem 10 think
He has begun it. Now the land forces VIII
have a chance. 1t is their turn next There is
no question in my mind that these forces, no"
being ordered to Tampa, Mobile and New-Or-
leans will set foot Cuban soil WITHIN TWO
weeks after they reach the seacoast. Inc
army Of invasion WILL beyond doubt. be COM
manded by Major-General Shafter. 1t will con-
sist in round numbers Of $4,000 men.
Every one knows that the Regular Army
when ON a peace footing. consists of about TWEEN
ty-seven thousand men. But Of this force only
a pertion has been modified. The 9th Cavalry
is still at Fort Reno in the Indian Territory
The 7th Cavalry is quartered through Arizona
at Fort Huahuaca Fort Bayard and Fort
Apache The Sth Cavalry is at Fort Meade
South Dakota. The 10Th Infantry Is scattered
through the Indian country. in Southern New
Mexico and Arizona. The 14th Infantry is IN
Alaska Lieutenant Randall, Of the oth IN
fantry who has been made hrigadier' is also
in Alaska with twenty-five men OF his regl-
rnent The 4th Cavalry is at Walla Walla.
Wash The heavy artillery Of the Army is dis
trbuted along the coast. Recruiting has been
SLOW and IT will be hard TO get more troops
than eighteen thousand or twenty thousand TO-
gether
OF the newly appointed brgadiers. General
Guy V. Henry has been appointed TO the com
mand OF the First Infantry Brigade consisting
OF the Sth. 18th and 10th Regiments. General
Chaffee will command the Second Brigade for
merlv commanded by Colonel Burt. II includes
the "a and 1th Regiments. General Sumner
will command the First Cavalry Brigade, COM
posed Of the 9th and Sd Regiments. Colonel G.
G Hunt will command the Second made up OF
the 1st % and 10Th regiments. General Henry
and General Chaffee have been heretofore with
cavalry regiments. and have been transferred TO
infantry commands. They go to Tampa. Cen
eral Sumner goes TO Tampa and General Hunt
TO Mobile
General Arnold. who is cavalry division COM
msnder. will be succeeded in command OF the
LIST Cavalry by Lieutenant Colonel Viee. Cen
eral Henry formerly OF the 10th Cavalry (co-
ored) will be succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel
Theodore Baldwin.
VOLUNTEERS NEXT WEEK.
General Lee. General Wheeler and General
Wilson are expected 10 arrive at Chickamauga
the latter part Of this week. The volunteer
army will not begin to arrive before the begin
ming OF next week. In compliance with instruc-
tons from the War Department, the following
officers will proceed TO Griffin. Ga, and report
TO Captain s c. Mills. 18th Infantry. mastering
officer for that State Lieutenant G. w. Ruthers,
9Th Infantry. and Lieutenant w. G. Elliott. 18th
Infantry.
The commssary and quarternaster's depart
ments are the busiest Of the Army.
Thirty-eight carloads of ra,ions have arrived
from Chicago for the Chickamauga army. The
rat!ons which have arrived far consist Of
-four. bacon. beans. potatoes. bareback coffee.