La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-10-15
ORDERS TO THE ARMY
ITS REORGANIZATION EFFECTED


washington, ID. u. oct. "a Sener'ii
order was issued to-day organizing
new army corps and designating vari-
Gus points where the troops shall be
stationed.
The Third. Fifth and sixth corps are
discontinued. The First, Second and
Fourth corps reorsanized. They are to
be commanded respectively by Major
Generals Breckinridge, Graham and
Wheeler. The headquarters of each
corps will be: First corps, Macon,
Georgia: Second corps, Augusta. Geor-
gia; Fourth corps. Huntsville, Ala
bama
The next order gives instructions to
! officers designed 10 secure good accom-
modatons for the men and closes as
follows:
at will he borne in mind that the
troops who are to occupy the camps
herein provided for are to be prepared
and held in readiness for service in
Cuba They may be ordered to that
Island on short notice. either by resl-
mcnts or by brigades.''
The War Department to-day issued
the long expected order for the honor
able discharge from the volunteer ser
vice of the United States of three ma
.tor generals and twcnty-siN brigadicr
generals OF volunteers.
This heavy reduction was made nee
essary by the fact that the volunteer
army itself has already been reduced
by fully 10 per cent. and there Is con
sequently no duty remaining for these
| officers to discharge. The officers who
| Were promoted from the regular army
| will return to their former duties. The
list Is as follows:
Major Gencrals-John Coppinger,
| October H. 1898: Hamilton $. Hawk
ins. November 30. 1888; Jacob +. Kent.
| November 30, 1898.
Rrigadlcr generals, 10 take effect DC
| tobcr 81. lS9S-Francis l.. Guenther.
| Alfred T.. Bates, George l.. Gillespie.
Lucius f. Hubbard, James X. Watles,
| Charles L. Mattocks. Mark w. Sheafe.
James II. Barkley, Joseph w. Plume,
| Thomas L. Rosser. Joseph Il. Hudson.
Brlgadicr generals. to take effect No
vembcr 10. ls9S-John |. Rodgers, An
drew $. Burt, Peter G. Huines George
A. Garretson, Henry NJ. Dutticld. Ja-
| cob h. Babcock. Roy Stone, Wallace
+. Randolph. Henry Carroll. Edward
p. Pearson. John II. Page. William NJ.
Wherry, Charles ID. Niele, Aaron ;.
| Daggott. John II. Patterson.
BrgadIer generals-Alfred Il. Bates.
| George L. Gillespie. John Il. Babcock
| and Peter Halncs will continue their
present duties.
The War Department has com
pleted It's plans for the departure OF
| the second expedition of troops to gar
rison Cuba.
| The first division Is already under
orders and should be started within
| few days from the southern ports
near their camping grounds. The
a-x-t Itt,ts Stl ltfG Int
Brigadier General Carpenter. who
/, commands the cavalry brigade COM
| posed of the Seventh and Eighth
! United States cavalry.
1t liz the intention of the War De-
partment that Major General Wade,
now president of the military evacua-
tion commission, shall command the
entire force OF United States troops
/ assigned to duty in Cuba, but he VIII
scarcely take active command until
he has completed his duties with the
commission.
The second division will comprise
all the troops now under the COM
mand of Major General Fitzhugh Lee.
These troops are stationed at Jack
! sonville and the force comprises the
following regiments, all volunteer
troops:
Second. Fourth and Ninth Illinois
Infantry. Rhode Island. Sixteenth in
fantry. Second Louisiana infantry.
Sixth Missouri infantry. Third Nebras-
ka infantry Organs regiDient. First
North Carolina infantry. Second
South Carolina infantry. First Texas
infantry, Fourth Virginia infantry
| and the Second Volunteer cavalry.
The general orders which will be is
sued to this division are to begin the
movement the last of this month. or
ms soon thereafter as practicable. The
Indications are based on the proceed
ings of the military commission at
Havana. that the troops will be sent.
not In body. but in small regimen
tai and brigade commands. and that
,, these will be landed first on the west
ern coast and perhaps in part on the
south. probably at Batabano.
The animatng purpose is to reduce
the chances OF hostile clashing be-
! tween the retiring Spanish troops and
the incoming American forces, by
keeping back the Inter until the
Spaniards have been depOrted.
About the time the movement Of the
Lee command begins. troops now in
the middle states will move toward
the southern camps. which have been
selected by the Schwan board. lying
III NeOTHm. sSOutu tiTOllUu aUu All
bama. This will result In the aban-
donment OF camps at MiddletOwn.
Pennsylvania, Lexington, Kentucky.
and Knoxville.
The southern camps are to be laid
out In the best form, with all the i'm
provements that the experience of last
summer hns shown to be advisable.
Wherever permanent buildings will
conduce to the comfort and health of
the troops they must be erected, al
though the commanding officers are
to keep In mind mt all times the pro-
priety Of avoiding enervatiOn of the
men by keeping them too closely In
doors and away from camp life.
THE INDIAN UPRISING.