The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-24

teered only under condition that they may
serve as now organized.
The second consideration which influ-
enced the department in postponing the
certifcation of the call until Monday is
a desire to make sure that adequate ar
rangements can be completed by quarter
masters and the commissary department
for transporting and feeding the large
number of men called for. This is no light
task, as the volunteers must be taken by
the government at certain point in every
state where they are to be collected by
the governors.
GUARDS ARE MINUTE MEN.
kilograms have been coming from al
most every section of the country to Sec
Rotary Alger from governors and militia
officers conveying information as to the
length of time, surprisingly short in many
cases, that would be required by them
to gather their forces ready for muster.
The men, as fast as mustered in by regu-
lar army officers, in the various states,
will be brought to one OF three great de-
pots, namely Washington, Richmond and
Atlanta, where they will be organized to
meet the requirements of modern army
tactics.
LEE MAY GET A GENERALSHIP.
The fact that Richmond is named as
one of these points is taken in some quar-
ters as an evidence that Fitzhugh Lee
is to receive a volunteer commission, eth
er as one of the four major generals or
one Of the nine brigadier generals pro-
vided for in the volunteer bill, for it is
believed to have been largely at his in
stance that Richmond was selected as one
Of the points Of concentration.
MISGUIDED VOLUNTEERS.
In anticipation of the certihcation Of the
Presidents call, a vast number of letters
and kilograms have begun to flow in upon
Secretary Alger, offering the services of
the senders as volunteers in the army.
So numerous are these communica tons
that the secretary has asked the press to
notify the people that such communica-
tons should be directed to the governors
of their respective states and territories,
as he had no authority under the law 10
accept volunteers directly
ARMY CORPS FORMED.
The formation of grand army corps in
quarters at the three gulf ports, is an
evidence that the government is to move
upon Cuba with the troops of the reg
ular army, leaving the volunteers just
camped for discipline, and worked into
shape for future use in the campaign
The formal order for the creation of this
grand army division, issued at the war
department at the close of office hours,
was as follows:
Quarters Of the Army, Adjutant Generals
Office.
Washington, D. c.. April %, 1898
General Order No. -
BY direction of the secretary Of war
the following orders of the president are
published for the information and guild |
ance Of all concerned:
1.-The United States troops assembled |
in the Chickamauga National park will |
form an encampment to be known as |
Camp George H. Thomas. and will con- |
stitute, temporarily, an army corps. I'M
der the command Of Major General John |
r. Brooks. The corps will consist of one |
division of cavalry. one division Of in |
fantry, and one brigade OF light artillery. /
The cavalry and infantry divisions win /
each be composed of not more than three |
brigades, consisting of three or more regf-
ments each. The artillery brigade will !
be composed Of two battalions, each com
prising five batteries. The corps COM
mander will assign the senior officers
present for duty with ca - arm. to the
command of divisions and brigades.
The infantry regiments concentrated at
New Orleans, La, Mobile. Ala. and Tam
pa. Fla. are constituted divisions under
the command of Brigadier General Will
lam r. Shafter. Brigadier General John c.
Coppinger, and BriGadier General James
+. Wade. respectively. The division com