The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-17
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Army Officials Make Disposition Of
Our Land Forces. .a
New Military Departments Are
FofmGd-senator Proctor RETURNS
and II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SUM
day In Warrington.

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Washington, March 1.-THE war de-
partment Saturday promulgated it's
order creating the departments of the
gulf and of the lakes and ubolishing
the departments Of the Missouri and
of Texas. The department of the east
will embrace the states on the Atlantic
coast to and including North Carolina;
the department Of the lakes will include
Wisconsin. Michigan. Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. with
headquarters ut Chicago, and the de-
partment of the gulf will comprise the
states Of South Carolina, Georgia, Flori-
da, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas, with headquarters ut Atlanta
Maj. Gen. John r.. Brooke will com
mand the department of the lakes and
Brig. Gen. William Graham the depart
ment of the gulf. 5,5e. + e..
Defence Of Pacific Coast.
Washington, March 14.-In making
preparations for the possibilities of the
future, the navy department has by no
means overlooked the st raj egic defense
of the Pacific coast. Tog,ard properly
this important seaboard it has been
found necessary to send Nv advanced
guard some distance down the South
ern Pacific ocean. The battleship Ore
gon, the sister Of the India ma, nd one of
the most powerful vessels in the navy,
has been selected for this work. Sec
rotary Long Saturday telegraphed or
ders to her commander through the
commandant Of the Mare Island navy
yard, to leave San Francisco and cruise
down the southern coast.
Ma~~inK War Forces.
Gen. Miles has matured plans for the
massing of all available troops, both
infantry and cavalry; at stations along
the Atlantic seaboard. His order to
this effect has already BEEN sent to
Secretary Alger.
Advices have been sent to command
ing. officers at interior ports to hold
themselves in readiness to move at a
moments notice. 1t is expected that
within a few days the line of defense
will be complete along the entire coast.
Private concerns engaged in doing
government work in the line of fur
nishing guns or ammunition have been
ordered to finish contracts with all DOS
sible dispatch.
Preparing to Move TroODs.
Washington, March 14.-The govern
ment is perfecting its plans tc make the
movements OF troops to the coast de-
lenses. orders for which y ere issued by
the war department on Friday and pub
lished at that time. A conference was
held here Sunday by representatives of
the following railroads. to arrange for
the transportation of light artillerymen
and their accoutrements: The At
lantic Coast line, the Southern railroad.
the Seaboard Air Line, and the Cheese
peake & Ohio. 1t was stated that COM
panies of artil!erymen, consisting of
about GO men each would be transferred
from Fortress Monroe, to the following
points: Fort Caswell, OH the Cape Fear
river, Ca; to Tybee, near Savannah: to
Fort Morgan, near Mobile, and tn Shcri-
dan S Point on The Potomac. It was
stated also that IA company would be
moved from Fort Mc1Ienry. Baltimore.
to some point on the Delaware river
near Philadelphia.
Quiet at the Capital,
Washington, March 14.-4Sunday was
comparatively quiet. There was no in
formation bearing on the doings of the
court of inquiry into the Maine ex-
plosion received during the day or any
other dispatches calculated to cause
conferences between the heads of the
various departments. There were 2
number of the experts of the war de-
partment ordnance office at their desks
for short time during the morning
to attend to some pressing matters.
while at the navy department the boar
on auxiliary cruisers held final meet
ing preparatory to the departure of the
special board to New York. Secretary
Long was at the navy department for
short while. He stated late in the after
noon that there was no news of any
nature for the press, and added in re-
spouse to a specific inquiry that moth
ing had been received from the court
of inquiry.
Senator Proctor Returns.
Washington, March Ex-senator
Proctor, CT Vermont, and his compan-
ion, Col. Myron NJ. Parker, who have
been spending some time in Cuba, re-
turned to Washington Sunday night at
1885. Senator Proctor was met at the
station by friends and was driven at once
to his residence. Senator Proctor said
that he did not desire to discuss his
trip at present and that further than to
commend the good work Miss Clara
Barton was doing in Cuba, he had said
nothing in the way of an interview.
The Post claims to have had an inter-
view with Senator Proctor, IN which the
latter said:
"Concerning the cause Of the Maine dis
aster, feel free to say that such informa-
ton as have obtained indicates that the
explosion was from the outside It does
not show that the Spanish government or
any of its officials in Havana were partic-
ipants In the crime. In the first place, do
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