The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-23
Four Light batteries, Including the
dered to Move Sunday Morning.
ALL OF THE FIRST CORPS
STILL BELIEVED TO BE BOOKED
FOR PORTO RICO.
Gen. #. ID. Grant Assigned to the Third
tatiOns of Studebakcr's Men.

CHICKAMAAUGA PARK, Ca, July o.
The actual movement of troops from Camp
Thomas for the Porto Rican expedition be-
gan this morning, when General HainsS
brigade, the Second of the First Division,
First Corps, broke camp and marched to
RossvilleL The regiments included were the
Fourth Ohio, Fourth Pennsylvania and the
Third Illinois. The Fourth Pennsylvania,
the last to load, did not leave Rossville until
tonight. Their route is to Cincinnati, over
the Cincinnati Southern, and thence to New
port News via the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-
way. These troops will be followed to-
morrow by General Brooke and staff the
reserve ambulance company, the reserve
hospital corps, the signal corps and Gen
eral Brooke's guard. consisting of Troop H,
of the Sixth United States Cavalry and
Company F, of the Eighth United States
Infantry. A special train will carry Gem
eral Brooke and staff from Battlefield sta
ton at 2:S0 tomorrow. They will go to
Newport News to embark. The following
four light batteries of artillery will follow
breaking camp early Sunday morning: Bat
terry A, Illinois; Battery B. Pennsylvania;
Battery A, Missouri, and the Twenty-sev-
enth Indiana Battery.
II was conceded at headquarters this
AFTERNOON to be the plan to take the whole
of the First Corps to Porto Rico, and it is
the understanding that other regiments are
to leave as rapidly as transportation can be
provided, the brigades leaving the park in
regular turn until the last brigade of the
Ihlrd Division has been ordered out Count
ing the recruits and taking into considera-
ton the hospital corps and other organiza-
IONS 10 be included, the force will fall but
little short of 10000 officers and men, 1t will
require from twelve to fifteen days to move
the corps
Gen. j. f. Wade will assume command at
Camp Thomas tomorrow
One carload of ammunition was distrib-
uteo to-day among the regiments of the
second and Third Divisions of the First
corps. considerable quantity of ordnance
stores arrived for the Third Corps
A party of fifty-five experts for the signal
corps from Washington. reported this morn
ing to General Brooke for assignment in the
Third Corps.
Gen. Fred D. Grant to-day took formal
command OF the Third Brigade of the Sec
ond DIVISION, First Corps, to which he was
assigned by the War Department. Two
prisaoes OF this division are already as
signed for duty with the Porto Rico inva-
slon' General Ernst's having left Charles
ton' and General Hains's going from Chick
anauga to-day for Newport News. Cen
eral Grants command, according to the
present assignment, will include the First
ana Ihlrd Kentucky and the Fifth Illinois
Inc Third Division of the First Corps.
commanded by General Sanger was re-
viewed to-day, the nine regiments forming
battle lines and engaging in other maneu-
Vers General Sanger was satisfied with the
review and he believes the men viii make
good showing in an actual engagement.
AN examining board is to be appointed at
once 70 look into the physical condition of
a large number of men in various regiments
VINO have been Sinking drills on the plea of
SICKNESS the purpose being that If they are
NOT aDle 10 undergo the hardships of the
nelo they are to be discharged from the
service. This board will be appointed to-
morrow, and the work of wedding out the
regiments will be pushed forward as rapidly
as possible
The Chattanooga police have received
from General Brooke descriptions of a num-
Der of soldiers who have deserted from vari-
GUS regiments at Camp Thomas, and they
are doing all they can to assist the army
officers in apprehending them.
The notorious Midway at Lyle was
cleaned. A large force of hands to-day
shoveled out trash and immense wagon
loads of rubbish This was not because of
any scruples sense of duty on the part
of the occupants of the street, but because
they were forced to clean up. General
Brooke, commanding at Chickamauga, is
sued an order which there was no way of
evading. He ordered the place to be cleaned
up and at once. He gave the occupants UNI
til tonight to have the rubbish removed,
and the ground in front and behind their
premises in a perfectly clean condition. If
by tonight the Midway was not cleaned
up General Brooke said he would place a
provost guard around the entrance to the
street and soldiers would be allowed to
enter. The Midway for some time has
been in bad condition and has doubtless
caused considerable sickness.
Capt. w. G. EDDIE, detailed by the Nor
wegian government to witness the move
ments of United States troops during the
war, is at Camp Thomas. He has just re-
turned from Santiago, where he witnessed
the attack on the city. He will accompany
General Brookes expedition to Porto Rico.