The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-16
TROOPS MAY NOT GO TO TAMPA
VOLUNTEER CAMP MAY BE LOCAT-
ED ON THE EAST COAST.


TO-dRy-Four Brigades of Infantry,
Two of Cavalry and One of Light
Artillery Provided for.
Tampa, Fla. May l5.-Maj. Gen. ]. f,
Wade, accompanied by his aides, Lieuts.
Almy and Read. Capt. Gaillard of the en-
g.neer corps, DR.. Woodson Of the medical
department, and Col J. #. Weston, left
tonight, ostensib,y on a tour of inspec-
ton of the East Florida coast.
The trip is said TO be for the purpose of
selecting a suitable camping ground for
the thousands of volunteer troops which
viii soon begin to pour into the state.
Gen. wades party left on the Plant sys-
tenn trains tonight at $50 O'Clock, going
from here TO Jacksonville.
At Jacksonville, it is said to be the in
tention to take the Florida and East Coast
train, visiting st. Augustine. Pain
Beach, Miami and other places considered
available for the concentration of the
troops. st. Augustine is said to have been
favorably considered in this respect. The
harbor there is. deep enough for the ac
commodation of transports of medium
draught and as the harbor defenses II
that point are said to be complete. it Is
probable that several thousand volunteer
troops will be located there.
Two or three days, it is said, will be
spent in the examination of the eastern
harbors.
General orders for the organizing of the
army of Cuban invasion at Tampa into
seven brigades will be issued from head
quarters tomorrow. The cavalry viii be
divided into two hrigades, the infantry in
to four brigades and the artillery into one
| brigade. A battalion of engineers is also
formed.
The First Brigade of Cavalry will con-
sist of the Third, Sixth and Ninth Regi-
ments, all encamped at Tampa. It will
be commanded by Brig. Gen. s. S. Sum-
ner
The Second Brigade of Cavalry to con-
sist of the First and Tenth Regiments
now on their way to Tampa from Chcka-
manga, will be commanded by Brig. Gen.
! S. B. NJ. Young.
The infantry will be brigaded as follows:
First Br.gade-Brigl Gen. Jacob j. Kent,
| commanding, will be composed of the
Sixth, Tenth, Twenty-second and Thenty-
| fourth Regiments.
Second Brigade-Brig. Gen. ]. S. Poland,
commanding, Ninth, Thirteenth. Seven
tenth and Twenty-first Regiments.
Third Brigade-Brig. Gen. Guy V. Hen
ry, commanding, Eighth, Twelfth, Six
tenth and Twenty-fourth regiments.
Fourth Brigade-Brig Gen. A. R. Chat
fee, commanding, First, Second, Fourth
and Seventh Regiments.
The light artillery brigade, made up of
batteries E and K Of the First A and F
| of the Second; c and F of the Third; B
and F of the Fourth, and D and F of the
| Fifth will be commanded by Lieut.. Col
/ w j. Randolph.
The battalion of engineers, consisting of
/ Companies and E will be commanded by
Capt. James s. Lusk.
The order will go into effect at once.
When the United States troops at Tam
pa embark for Cuba they will be followed
soon after by some of the most famous
evangelists in the United States.
Gen. o. o. Howard, U. S. A, retired
now an evangelist, arrived at Tampa to-
day. accompanied by Maj. D. w. Whip
| pie.
l. A movement was recently inaugurated
by D. L. Moody. having for its object the
sending of noted speakers to the various
rendezvous of the soldiers and to hold
/ meetings for their spiritual instructions.
Gen Howard and Maj Whipple have Wis
! tied Chickamauga, Atlanta and Mobile.
| AS most of the regiments here are with
| out chaplains, the sending to Cuba of
several noted divines to work among the
soldiers is contemplated. 1t is hardly
| probable that they will accompany the
soldiers when the expedition moves out
but once the army is settled in Cuba and
the campaign against the Spanish forces
is fairly on, evangelical work will be ac-
| lively begun
Gen. Howard and Maj. Whipple spoke
at the Tampa flights camp grounds to-
night
Two regiments of infantry, the Eighth
| and Twelfth, arrived from Chickamauga
! to-day and went into camp in West Tam
pa. They were accompanied by Brig Gen
! Guy V. Henry, who commanded the Sec
/ ond Brigade of Infantry at Chickamagua.
| These two regiments make a total of nine
teen regiments, sixteen of infantry and
three of cavalry, now In camp ready for
/ the movement on Cuba.
! Most of these regiments have been large
| ~ augmented by recruits during the past
three weeks, so that now close to 700 men
are carried in each regiment.
In the ten batteries of artillery are $50
men.
With the engineer and signal corps there
are about 1900 troops of the United
States army now here
t The carrying capacity of the transports
| at Port Tampa is altogether Inadequate
! for such large force. At the outside not
more than 5000 troops and 1000 horses
and mules could be loaded on the ten boats
! gathered here.
That force, however, could be sent awav
| on very short notice, as all the supplies
have been put on board and everything
m Ide ready for a hurried enbarkation.
A party of about 125 recruits from the
| North arrived here to-day and were distri-
/ buted among the various regiments
DR.. Lemen, a well known physician of
Alton, ILL.,, and surgeon in the Japanese
navy during the war with China. was
among the number. DR.. Lemen. who en-
listed as a private. brought with him a
number of others from Alton.
/ Mai. Webb Hayes, quartermaster of the
Fourth Ohio Cavalry arrived here to-day
to arrange for camping grounds for his
regiment which has been diverted from
| Chickamauga to Tampa.
Just where the volunteer regiments will
he located has not as yet been fully deter
| mined upon. Some Of them will probably
go into carnp on the old Fort Brooke re-
servation, where the Florida state guards.
about 1900 in number, have already estab-
| lished themselves.