The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-24
bAvALRY REGIMENTS
ARE BRIGADED.


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nsoeks, n Command ~
Chseka0nn9n.
CHATTANOOGA. April 1.-Ths organi-
n0k)on into heteadco Of AL the cavalry
feD1nents - the United States army cen
NHe6 Il Chickamauea national park -
- complete. The following general or
~ was Issued today By MAJ. Gen. Brooke:
Camp OscrGe H. Thomas.
st0eneraI l1eH Orders No. I.
The cavalry his command ID es-
sCass.fy. diviaton--col. 4. r. Arnold.
Htllt cavalry, commanding.
41fss brigsde-Ftrst cavalry. Second
1esoa4 ssissds1.Tkaiird cavalry. sixth
pexairy. Ninth cavalry.
..1MS light artillery and infantry will b
s.s 81 ssm e '. q o, SEs nsooxE,.
Fully 500 troops are now cncamped Al
chickaSauxs. the number today having
teen Almost doubled. The soldiers arrived
- fast that II was difficult TO handle
Them pEonptsy. hardly an hour of the
4Ay pannkng without Two or more long
lrnM padn oossinE Ia. ThA work oe IN
lo4elne tho trains At the park was rem
1Areo doabay dtacult by rain. wh.ch fefl
Qt lhtertAis ~ day. On this account all
Wtxo were suNseutaed untia Monday.
Aeter that time. however. army life win
beg1n n earnest. Ii II expected that by
that time nearly oil the regular sfoops to
~ located al CssekaIuzusa will have az
ftv<d. The Seventh infantry. from Fort
1.ogAn. Colorado. which was reported as
having arrived. VIE rot be IN until 90
maFrOw morning.
Most Of the troops getting In today were
2rpsu Western posts. SIX companies OF the
Ninth cavalry tcolorsdD and two troops
- tbs eixta cavalry. about SO men, all
tfHm Fort Robinson. Nebfsskq. were
emcng the earss arrivals These were
e0llOwed by troop II. First cavalry. from
Fort Ss.l. 9. T.. troops A and I. second
cavalry. from Fort Logan. Colorado: com
pAnies A. r. G. y. Il. r. q and II. Eighth
Infantry. from Fort Russell. wycming:
nve troops 81 the Teash cavalry. from Fort
Asesniacins. three trcops from Fort
KrcGh. and troops r and II. First cav
aay. from Fort Reno Oklahoma From
the East came cosupaHles c, T.. r and q,
Third cavalry. from Fort Ethan Alien
x sRmcnt. trivial wreck has hlocksded
&Ae tracks 10 TIA park. 30 that several
ee0paniss az cavalry are forced TO remain
notN over night.
Al day the long trains fi.led with sol-
0iert Kept arriving over the Different
peAd4 almost blocking tina yards at times,
white thousands Of people on the streets
and along the railroad tracks cheered
4AeMs<tves rosrse.
Win the sast section Of the Ninth rav-
Ally came ccmpaa sss u and I. OF tho Sixth
cavAlry. from Fart Robinson. Issn, bat
tery +. Fifth artillery. fsous T>v.er Island.
had ruiied ~ over tho southern. Over
tnat read also arrived three ,rains wl,h
eight companies A. II. {. n. Eff {, ana
n. of the Fifth infantry. frem rcvt Rus-
eesl Wye, Including SO mer. ,v-n,v-soar
cfncers and = hand OF shsrsy pieces. anaer
Gel Van Horn
Il h expected that ~ tonlxh; tn. so,-
lowing frccps on their way 10 ,-hieks.
uAuxA VIII have arrived.
Batteries c ana r. Third srsis.erv. from
the Prersdie. San Francisco. enc srs,e,s
infantry. from Fests ksogh. Harrissn
and Yates. troops n and I. Second caya,.
". from Fort f-oxan. Col: companies c
- r ard G. os the Third cavalry. from
Fort Ethan Alien. VI: eight groors ~
the Tenth cavalry. from Fort As<iasso. ne
trocrs A and I. First cavalry. from For,
Haacheca: light battery X. Frs. arts,.
iryy from Galveston. ard tight battery
D. Fourth artillery. from Jackson bar
racks. la.