The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-08
ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
Gen. Lees Command Ordered to Saw
annah at Once.

AMMAN at Once.
Washington, Oct THE war depart
ment has completed its plans for the
departure of the second expedition OF
troops to garrison Cuba. The first di-
vision is already under orders and
should be started within a very few
days from the southern ports near their
camping grounds. The first division
starts under command of Brigadier
General Carpenter, who commands the
cavalry brigade, composed OF the
Seventh and Eighth United States cav
! airy. He will hold his command of the
entire division simply by reason of
1 seniority over Brigadier General Snyder
! and Brigadier General Williston, and
] In the end q permanent. designation
must be made of a division commander.
1t is the intention of the war depart
ment that Major General Wade. now
president of the military evacuation
commission. shall command the entire
force of United States troops assigned
to duty in Cuba, but he will scarcely
take active command until he has COM
pleted his duties with the commission.
The second division will comprise all
! troops now under the command Of
Major General FitZhugh Lee These
troops are stationed at Jacksonville
and the force comprises the following.
Second, Fourth and Ninth Illinois in
fantry; Sixteenth Rhode Island in
fantry, Second Louisiana infantry:
Sixth Missouri infantry, Third Ne
braska infantry Organs regimenO,
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
. N he
movement the last of this month. or as
soon thereafter as practica BILE. The in
dications are based on the proceedings
Of the military commission at Havana
that the troops will be sent, not in
body, but in small regimental and
brigade commands. and that these will
be landed first on the western coast and
perhaps in part on the south, probably
at Batabano. The animating purpose
is to reduce the chances of hostile
claShing between the retiring Spanish
troops and the incoming American
forces by keeping back the latter until
the Spaniards have been deported.
About the time the movement of the
Lee command begins another move
ment viii take place of troops now in
the middle states towards the southern
camps, which have been selected by
the SchWan board, lying in Georgia,
South Carolina and Alabama. This will
result in the abandonment of camps at
Middletown. Pa, Lexington, Ky. and
Knoxville. Tenn.
The southern camps are to be laid
out in the best form, with ali the inn
provementS that the experience of the
last summer has dictated. Wherever
permanent buildings will conduce TO the
comfort and health of the troops they
must be erected, although the COM
handing officers are to keep in mind
at all times the propriety Of avoiding
enervation of the men by keeping
them too closely in doors and away
from camp life.
LEE RECEIVES ORDERS.
Washington, oct Major General
Lee received an order from
the war department today directing
him to move his command from Jack !
Fla. to Savannah, Ga. and |
get it in readiness to embark for |
Havana the last of this month. Gen |
eral Lee leaves tonight for Savannah |
t. make preliminary arrangements to |
carry his orders into effect.