The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-28
MOVEMENTS OF THE TROOPS.
jacksonville May be Used rs a Rcn.
deZyouz for the Ioluntccrs-Gen.
Shaftcr Issues Orders Making
u Number Of \ ssig gu-
mcnfs. 90 His Personal
and Corps Stafis.

Army corps. lhe oIdtI hl"p' ii" 'hah1'o
from General Skaters general order OF
last night.
Brigadier-General Guy Y. Henry will
take command OF the First Division and
Brigadier-Ge A. *. Arnold, of the
Second Division. The organization of
the corps will be completed IN later or
ders, as other volunteer regiments ar
rive and 20 into camp. This will not
be for several days. as the corps VIII
We made UP OF twenty-seyen regiments
when completed, while only a third Oh
this number are now in camp here ana
at Jacksonville.
SELECTING AIDES.
1t is ordered that the general ofhcers
OF the troops already In camp select
their aides from the officers belonging 10
their respective commands.
rTbe condition OF some Of the volunteer
reetments is sadly deficient as regards
arms and clothing and so urgent have
become the requirements in this respect
tbot ma supplies will lie issued TO the
regular troops until the volunteers are
eouipped and in readiness Tor aclual
field duty. The lack Of arms especialy
has been sadly felt
Nclun. eer brigade commander nave
been order to report TO the chieI quar-
,eruoster at once the tentage, clothing
and means OF transportation ON mana.
and what is required and to the chlet
ordnance officer the character ana quail
=, of arms on hand ana what Is needed
tor a complete equipment Ihe wants
of the volunteer regiments will be hlled
as fast as reports are made
GENERAL LEES STAFF
Nfaior-General Lees staff was announc-
ed to-day as f0llo"s'
Personal staff: First Lieutenant Alger-
non Sartoris, First Regiment Noiun'eeI
Engineers. =
First Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee Jr'
FIRST Regiment Volunteer Engineers.
First Lieutenant Carlos Carbonel, FIRST
Regiment Volunteer Engineers
Corps STAFF: Lieutenant Colonel j. II.
Dorst Assistant Adjutant General
CAPTAIN r.. T.. j. Niche, Assistant Ar
iutant General.
Lieutenant Colonel William r. Liver
more Chief Engineer
Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Guild Jr.,
Inspector General.
Lieutenant Colonel ]. y. Morrison Dep
uty Judge Advocate General.
Lieutenant Colonel l.. NJ. Maus, Chief
Surgeon.
Lieutenant Colonel C. p. Miller, Chief
Quartcrmaster.
Lieutenant Colonel o. L. Wood, Chief
COmmissary.
Pending the arrival Of Lieutenant Col
onel Miller. Lieutenant Colonel Wood is
appointed Actng Chief Quartermaster Of
the Seventh Corps and Lieutenant Col
onel Guild is temporarily assigned 10 duty
as Chief Ordnance Officer Of the Seventh
Corps.
GENERAL SHAFTBR'S STAFF.
Major General Skaters stad was also
announced as follows:
Personal stan-First Lieutenant r. II.
Noble. First Infantry, aide.
First Lieutenant J. y. Miley, Second
Artillery aide.
Corps n.-Lieutonant Colonel +. J.
McClernand assistant adiutant general
United States volunteers adjutant gen
eral.
Captain J. c. Gilmore, Jr.. assistant
adjutant general United States volunteers.
assistant 10 the adjutant general.
Major $. w. Grocsbcck. judge advo.
cate acting judge advocate.
Major J. w Jacobs. quartermaster.
acting chief qmrtcrmaster.
Lieutenant Colonel B. +. Pope, chief
surgeon United States volunteers chief
surgeon.
First Lieutenant Frank Greene. signal
corps signal officer.
The First Florida Regiment Of Volun-
teers. which has been camped on the old
Fort Brooke reservation, broke camp to-
day and marched To the new volunteer
camp at Palmetto Beach. where the
Thirty-second Michigan. Third and Fifth
Ohio and Second Georgia are located.
This. however, is but a temporary ar
rangement for the concentration OF the
volunteer troops
General Lee is pleased with the camp
ground. which Is really the most favor
able around Tampa having plenty OF
shade and water. but all the available
room for troops in that locality IS now
utilized and there Is no room for drilling
purposes.
SHOULD there be no immediate moving
out OF the regular troops. In which case
the volunteers would occupy the old
camping grounds. 1t Is very probable
some new location will be sought II not
at Tampa then al some other point. Both
Jacksonville and Miami have tren con-
sidered in this respect
The availability Of Jacksonville-es-
peclally as a rendezvous point for the
thousands of volunteer troops yet TO ar
rlve-has, IL IS understood. been under
discussion. and General Lees visit OF in
spection 10 the Florida metropolis yes
terday ultimately may result In the os-
tablishment % headquarters of the Sew
onth army corps at that point. All this
OF course is contingent on the time OF
the movement towards Cuba.
ASSIGNMENTS MADE.
The following assignments were made
by General Shafter to-day:
Captain a. T.. Sharp. Twenty-sccond In
fantry. Adjutant-General, First Division,
Fifth Corps.
Lieutenant q. NJ. Trhtt. Twenty-hrst
Infantry, Adjutant First Dlvisionh Sew
enth Corps.
Lieutenant T.. 81. J. Geolio. Second Ar
tillery. Adiutant-General, Second Diyi-
sion. Seventh Corps.
Lieutenant II. G. Carhaugh. Fifth Ar
tYlery. Adjutant-General, Second Division
Fifth Corps
Lieutenant j. Duncan Eighth 1nfan-
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