New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-28
MOVING TROOPS At CHICKANiUGA'
AN INDIANA REGIMENT SUBSTITUTED TOR
THE FIFTH ILLINOIS-%O ORDERS
FOR MORE MEN TO co.

FOR MORE MEN TO GO.
Chattanooea. Tenn July - GspcciaD.-Sur-
pr!sts have been the order OF The dOy at Camp
Thomas Tho 9Th Illinois Regiment wcs nearly
away But at the last moment when the reGl-
men, was partially loadeG. an order came to
General Wade from the war Department -
leave tho 9TH Illinois at ChlckamauSa. Later
an order cano 20 substitute the lGnth Indiana
for tho 9Th Illinois. The LIST South Carolina
RcCir,ent has been ordered to JacksonVil!e tn
toin General Lees Seventh Corps. II VIII pro
ceeed there Immediately. The 9th Regiment at
Knoxville which s an immune regiment. has
been ordered to Chickamausa.
All Yesterday afternoon tho camp Of the Ith
Illinois Regiment was the sccre Of hustle. ana
tents were struck in a binding ranstorn Bag
gage was packed and some Of it shipped nome
and some stored Other supplies were FOR
wardcd yesterday afternoon 10 Rossvill". III"
heavy wagon train was loaded and started 10
the station The men kept nothing save the
shelter tents in which they slept last night
This morning al & o'clock the men marched 10
Rossville They began at once to lead their
wagons and supplies on the cars. Al! MAS nap
piness and cheerfunesS. The work was gong
forward rapidly and the lifting into ears OF
heavy boxes and packages was punctuaied win
laughte- and song. But the scene was changed
At 945 message was received by Colonel
Lee from Washington concentrating the
order for the movement Of the 9TH to the
front. Colonel Lee Immediately sought tee-
phone communication with Colonel Culver Of
the 9th Illinois. at Rossville.
At 10 o'clock Colonel Culver had his ear at
the telephone and Colonel Lee told him: THE
9Th Illinois does not 60 message from Wash
ington has countermanded the order.
THE Sd Battalion Of the 10Th Pennsylvania
will 20 as originally intended. The transporta-
ton engaged for the 9TH Illinois will he used for
the 81 Kentucky"
When Colonel Culver dropped the telephone he
looked chagrined and his high hopes had
dropped like a thermometer suddenly trans
ferred from Camp Thomas to the klondke
Colonel Culver communicated the intelligence to
his command and the loading was stopped. The
men were anything except pleased hut. reaiiz-
ing that war Is war. and sometimes dlsappoin'-
ms they began 10 be philosophical Some Of
the men who had driven mules and understood
their vocabulary made the air sulphurous. but
after g few choice explosives had been fred they
began to die away like the sounds from re-
treating skrmish line
The "a Battalion II the 10Th Pennsylvania
loaded as originally intended and left RossVille
In the afternoon. They had marched over with
the Illinois regiment In the morning. The bat
TALON is in charge Of Lieutenant Colonel Rick
ards The Sd kentucky left camp at a m.
and reached Rossyille two ara half hours
later They were waiting for The Illinois boys
to get away and when they heard OF the change
thew began 20 have renewed fears about them
selves The Kentucky boys had prepared 10
leave camp yesterday afternoon. and they had
everything In readiness At ROssvillc early this
morning But the change II orders and the con
fusion Of cars caused thereby delayed tner 60
ing away until late in the afternoon. To this
regiment vas attached the brieadc hospital and
ambulance corps. The regimen, viii arrive a.
Newport News Friday afternoon.
10 dates have been set vet for the movement
of any more regiments. and II il thought likely
that the condition II affairs during the past Jew
days may change previous orders. In fact. an
authority tonight gives II OUT that there is
strong proba bty that few. If any. more regl-
ments Of the First Corps will 80 ont just yet.
This is now generally believed 20 Toe the plan.
Just what can be done with so many thousands
Of soldiers in Porto Rico is not clear to the
minds Of experienced officers.
In view ~ this fact no arrangements have
been made for the transportation Of more than
the troops already gone and the 16Oth Indiana
TO follow. At any rate. no more troops are 10
start this week according to the present plans
of General Wade. These may be changed by
the Washington authorities The reason for
substituting the l60th Indiana for the 18th
Illinois Is believed TO Re due 10 the fact that
the Indiana representatives in Congress hav"
complained bitterly Of late. and assured the
regimental officers here tha, they would he in
the next movement The 16Oth belonged 70 the
First Corps Second Division. and would have
been in the movement OF the Second Division.
This also would indicate that no more troops
from the First Corps are 70 be moved.