The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-20
TROOPS LEAVE NEW YORK.
Gums and Ammunition Continue to
Arrive From England.

Guns and Ammunition Continue to
Arrive From England.
New York, April 19.-Government troops
will leave the harbor forts this afternoon
bound for the South. Pennsylvania
railroad ferryboat will go to Governors
Island at noon to await the embarkation
Of the three companies of the Thirteenth
regiment. which form the garrison there.
The soldiers, with their supplies. VIII be
taken over TO Jersey City.
Their places will be filled by two COM
panies of recruits from the Seventh ar
ullery. who will leave Fort Slocum. Da-
vid's Island. at 3 o clock this morning.
Two batteries from Fort Hamilton will
start for Chickamauga over the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad this afternoon.
Cnionel Daniel Appleton and members
of his staff visited Governors Island yes
terday afternoon. This again started the
rumor that the Seventh regiment would
be sent temporarily to garrison Fort Co.
lumbus. Colonel Appleton said that he
had received 40 orders and had gone sim
ply to pay call upon Lieutenant Colonel
Worth, of the Thirteenth regiment. who
was personal friend OF many officers of
the Seventh regiment. Lieutenant Colo
mel Kip and Adjutant Weever spent an
hour on the island
Governors Island, ordinarily such
peaceful spot, showed many signs of ac-
tiyity today. At the officers club, in the
barracks and about the dwellings on the
| island there was the same appearance
! of preparation. Most of the soldiers had
| a brief leave, in which they might say
| Good-by to friends and relatives
There were many passengers on the new
| ferryboat. the General Hancock, which
made her first official trip yesterday. The
! last man had returned home by clock
| last night.
| Everything was practically in readiness
] for the departure last evening. The men
! viii wear the regular field or fatigue uni
| form, with canvas leggins and campaign
| hat. They will carry Krag-Jorgensen
| rifles. knife bayonet and cartridge belt
Each man will carry the heavy equipment
| for campaign.
On the same train with the soldiers will
be carried rations for thirty days, con-
sisting of canned meats, beans and hard
1 tack
Lieutenant Colonel KimbalI the depot
quartermaster yesterday afternoon open
| ed bids for the transportation of the reg
ular troops in the neighborhood of New
4 York Twenty railroad companies com
peted. and the corridors of the Army
Building were thronged with passenger
agents. and there was the keenest rivalry
among them.
Here is what it will cost the Govern
ment to send each soldier to the places
| of rendezvous in the South:
Infantry, $50 officers and men from SaclSett,s
Harbor TO Tampa, West Shore Railroad,
| each .......-...-.--.-....----. 80 z
| Infantry. $50 officers and men. from Platts
burg to Tampa, West Shore Railroad, each q L
Infsntry, 800 officers and men, Fort Porter TO
Tampa. Nickel Plate Railroad each -. 26 3
Cavalry, 230 officers and men, from Fort
Ethan Allen TO Chickamauga. West Shore
each .-----.-----.----- ------- - - L.
Light battery, u officers and men, from Fort
Al. ,fsl-a Sf
boats. sl46 for all, and Pennsylvania Rail
road, IRON New York 10 Chiekamauga
Light battery. IS officers and men, from Fort
Hamilton TO Chickamauga. Baltimore and
ONO. each 49,. -, ~ o
Infantry. 15S officers and men, from Govern
or's Island TO Tampa Pennsylvania Rail
road, each----.-----. -.---------------.------ 70 o
Many changes may take place on Gov
ernor's Island in the event of hostilities
The recruits Of the Seventh Artillery ar
rated as only a temporary detail The!
will be sent South to man some of tn
heavy batteries. They will drill as in
fantry on Governors Island. The fami
lies of officers who will leave today viii
remain on the island for the present.
is likely if there are protracted hostili
ties that they will have to seek home
elsewhere.
Major z. Van A Andrus, of TIL
| Fourth Artillery, who has been assign
> I
: | at Philadelphia. visited Governors Isl
; | and yesterday. where he had consulta
! | ton with Lieut.. Hale. Lieut.. Hale is IA
| miiiar with the defenses of Philadelphia
| Fourteen 47-inch rapid fire Hotchkis
: | guns from the Armstrong works a
| Newcastle. which arrived recently on tn
| Wilson line steamer MarengO. were deliv
: | cred at Governors Island yesterday
| They will be distributed among the forti
fications at Delaware City. Fort Tybet
| Long Island Head and Fortress Monroe
The steamer Mississippi, of the Allan
| tic Transport line arrived last nigh
( | from London with large consignment
of arms and ammunition from the Arm
! | strongs. The supplies consisted of fft
r tons of ammunition. eighteen guns an
twelve cases of castings for gun car
riages
They were consigned 10 the command
ant Of the Brooklyn navy yard. On th
steamer Mohawk. which is due today
Il are forty-four rapid fire guns twenty
six cases of gun carriages and fourtee
r | cases of machinery.
! The General Meigs. the ordnance boa
took a large consignment of ammunitio
! to Sandy Hook yesterday.