Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-26


coming trains during the last thirty
six hours have brought nearly six
thousand troops to this city. These
include the Second brigade of the first
army corps, in command of Brigadier
General Haines, from Chickamauga
Park, Tenn, and five troops of cavalry
from Camp Alger.
The first train reached the city at
noon Sunday and from that time on IN
til late this afternoon section followed
section, and as fast as the troops ar
rived they were marched to the
grounds where they pitched dog tents
and made themselves comfortable.
Major General Brooke's special
train, which left Chickamauga Sunday
afternoon, pulled in at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon and Gen. Brooke went i'm
mediately to the Warwick hotel, where
he will remain till he sails for Porto
Rico on the st. Louis. The last train
to arrive was that bringing the brigade
hospital corps from Chickamauga,
which included $50 men. No more
troops will come in until daylight to-
morrow morning. Then the signal
corps will arrive at IL o'clock. Four
batteries of light artillery will arrive
from Chickamauga They are Battery
A, Illinois; Battery B, Pennsylvania;
Battery A, Missouri, and the Twenty
seventh Indiana battery. Orders were
received at Camp Warburton this af-
ternoon directing Batteries A and c,
Pennsylvania National Guard, to be
ready to leave with this. expedition
These two batteries have been sta
toned here since May 6, having been
ordered to Newport News to protect
the battleships Illinois, Kearsarge and
Kentucky, now under course of con-
struction. 1t is probable that all seven
of the batteries will leave on the same
transport.
Gen. Haines' brigade will begin to
embark early tomorrow morning. The
transports Massachusetts, Roumania
and City of Washington are now at
the piers taking on provisions. The
auxiliary cruiser ST. Louis is expected
to come up Hampton Roads tomorrow
morning and 1t Is probable that the
vessel will sail in the afternoon with
Gen. Brooke and his staff and 1900
troops. The st. Paul is expected to
steam into port tomorrow morning
from New York She will also take on
troops and provisions.
Chickamauga, Ca, July 25.-No or
ders fixing the time for the departure
of the remaining regiments of the first
corps have been issued at Camp Thorn
as and these regiments, although ex-
pecting such orders every hour, are
maintaining their regular routine.
Things are progressing as usual all
over the big camp. Maj Gen. J. F.
Wade, the new commander, has made
no change in the methods pursued by
Gen. Brooke and states that he will
not do so. The indications are that the
entire First corps will not get away for
some time.
Many of the officers in the Second
division, First corps, do not expect to
leave Camp Thomas for Porto Rico
within a week or ten days.
The officers are Of the opinion that
the division cannot move before this
time for several reasons. In the first
place, the Second brigade of the First
division Is still at Camp Thomas and
possibly will not leave before Wednes-
day. 1t will take the brigade until the
next day to move out from Rossville
and this alone will cause delay until
almost the end of the week.
With one or two excep:.ons a.: the
First corps regiments are entirely
equipped. In those cases where any
thing is lacking it is only Of minor
nature and will not hinder the regi-
ment going forward on its expedition
to Porto Rico.
As each brigade consists of about
1900 men and as there are seven bril-
gades to go out, this will cause a re-
moval from Chickamauga Of $4,000 men
in addition to those already gone. 1t
will require $50 cars of all kinds for
each brigade, or 1850 for the seven
brigades
To move one brigade a day IS big Job
and unless the troops embark at both
Rossville and Ringgold no more than this
number can be handled daily. Then it
will require at least day between to
collect cars and will take two weeks to
move the seven brigades
This morning at o'clock the first bri-
gade. second division, first corps, turned
out for another brigade drill under Cen
Roe This command is composed of the
First Georgia, Thirty-first Michigan and
the One Hundred and Gixtieth Indiana
Gen. Poland has ordered 4 brigade driil
every day this week. The rife practice
will also be continued
Col Wilder. Fourteenth New York, has