The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-30
FIRST 70 CO FORWARD.
Orders to Be Ready Sent to
a Brigade at Tampa.
ARRIVAL OF ARTILLERY.
Two Batteries Come in From
ChlCkamauga.
GUNS TO Be SENT TO GOMEZ.
Two Armies 10 Form a Junction at
MatanzaS.

Tampa, Fla, April 29.-Early this morn
ing the infantry forces IN camp were rein
forced by the arrival of two batteries of
light artillery from Chickamauga Park.
They came in on a special train, after
making fast run.
One OF the batteries was formerly sta
toned at Washington. d. c.. and the other
at Galveston, Tex. Both batteries belong
to the First Artillery, and are commanded
by Capt. Allen Capron
The two batteries consist of eighty men,
with hospital corps of eight men at
tached. The batteries have with them
eight modern field pieces carrying bali
three and two-hundredths inches in diam,
eter. This is the first artillery that has
been seen in Tampa since the war.
A large number of the infantrymen were
at the depot to meet their comrades OF
the artillery branch of the service and an
ticipated escorting them out to camp but
in this they were disappointed. as the ar.
tillerg companies went to Port Tampa,
nine miles away. where they went into
camp with the Fifth Infantry. under com
mand OF Lieut.. Col. Cook.
The artillery companies will be sent to
Egmont Key and Mullet Key 10 assist In
mounting the three-gun batteries that are
now being constructed on each of these
keys.
The naval militia from Tampa and Port
Tampa already have signal corps detach.
ments stationed on the keys to watch for
the approach Of foreign vessels. and ca
BILE line win be laid from the signal stations
to Tampa as soon as possible Each de-
tachment of the signal corps has a tele-
graph operator, and II Is believed that sew.
eral other detachments viii be sent out
shortly on the same kind of duty.
Active preparations for the departure of
the troops from Tampa on the first mill
tary expedition to Cuba are now going on.
SO far only the first brigade, commanded
by Col. NJ. A. Cochran, formerly stationed
at Fort Thomas, KY, has received any
orders and the orders received were only to
prepare for immediate departure. There
was stir In camp when. the orders were
promulgated from brigade headquarters.
This brigade consists Of the Fifth, Sixth,
Ninth and Thirteenth Regiments of Infan-
try. The Fifth, now stationed on Picnic Is
land, Is not included in the order for de-
parture, as only four companies of that
regiment have as yet arrived.
Two more regiments of infantry and two
troops of cavalry are expected TO arrive
here tomorrow. As soon as these arrive.
and the troops are moved to Port Tampa,
the work Of embarkment will begin.
The officers around headquarters are be-
tKo "A k1 ~.
ing whatever Is given out for publication.
An attempt was made to prevent
the newspaper men from learning
that train of Is car <loads
of ammunition for the army had arrived
here before daylight this morning. The
usual Danger" labels were torn from
the cars, but the story leaked out, and now
the cars are on the side track at Picnic
Island guarded by a detachment from the
Fifth Infantry This lot of ammunition
consists almost entirely OF ball cartridge,
and Is the first installment intended for
the use Of Gen. Gomez's army In Cuba.
The ammunition ana a large supply OF
arms will be shipped from Tampa on one
Of the ships now en- route here from New
Orleans, and will accompany the troops
which will sail on the Plant Line steamers,
Ollvette, Florida and Mascotte. The two
former are now being gotten ready for this
work. IL Is very probable that each ves-
sci Will have a small gun mounted for pro-
lection The feet will be escorted by one
OF the large cruisers and two. gunboats
when ready TO start. While no one can
say exactly what point on the coast OF
Cuba has been selected for landing, II is
generally believed that Matanzas Is the
place and that already Gen. Gomez has
been communicated with and ls now en-
route with a strong forco 70 protect the
landing Of the expedition.
II is no longer a secret that the Cuban
and American forces are working IN har-
mony 10 whip the Spaniards.
Col. Emilio Nnnez. head of all the inn
portant Cuban flibustering expeditions
arrived here this morning from Washing
ton and was met by a member Of Geff
Wade's staff who escorted him to Gen.
Wade's headquarters. whore a lengthy
conference was held. Information from
authentic sources substantiates the state
ment that this government Is co-operat-
ing with the Cuban leaders and that the
first Invasion made on the Spanish forces
will be under tho direction OF Col. Nunez.
ma backed by men and artillery from
this government
Already there Is a large number Of Gu
ban volunteers here. who are well sup
piled with Winchester rthes. and other
war equipments who have been waiting FOR
the arrival of the Cuban leader before
they Join OOmezs forces.
Nine car loads Of guns and ammunition