The silver star., 1898-10-13
ORDERS TO THE ARMY
ITS REORGANIZATION EFFECTED
Three Corps Dlsbandsd and aaary 0snsral
Omcers Discharged-Pians for Occupy
ing Cubs-Camps In the Routh.

washington, ~. u. Oct. "a geuerui
order was issued to-day organizing
new army corps and designating vari-
GUS points where the troops shall be
stationed.
The Third. Fifth and Sixth corps are
discontinued. The First. Second and
Fourth corps reorganized. They are to
be commanded respectively by Major
Generals Breckenridge. Graham and
Wheeler. The headquarters of each
corps will be: First corps, Macon,
Georgia: Second corps. Augusta. Geor-
gia; Fourth corps. Huntsville. Ala
hama.
The next order gives instructions to
officers designed 10 secure good accom-
modations for the men and closes as
follows:
1T will be borne in mind that the
troops who are TO occupy the camps
herein provided for are to be prepared
and held in readiness for service IN
Cuba. They may be ordered to that
island on short notice. either by regi-
ments or by brigades."
The War Department to-day issued
the long expected order for the honor
able discharge from the volunteer ser
vice of the United States of three ma
4 etutidiS anu Sin bitShdi'i
generals of volunteers.
This heavy reduction was made nee
essary by the fact that the volunteer
army itself has already been reduced
BY fully 30 per cent. and there is con
sequently no duty remaining for these
officers to discharge. The officers who
were promoted from the regular army
will return to their former duties. The
list is as follows;
Major Generals-John Coppinger,
October Is. 1S9S: Hamilton s. Hawk
ins. November 80. 1895; Jacob f. Kent,
November 80. 1S9s.
Brgadier generals. TO take effect Oc-
tober 81. 1S9S-Francis l.. Guenther,
Alfred f. Bates. George l.. Gillespie.
Lucius T. Hubbard. James Il. Watles.
Charles F. MattockS. Mark w. Sheafe.
James ii. Barkley. Joeeph w. Plume.
Thomas l.. Rosser. Joseph X. Hudson.
Brigadier generals. TO take effect No
vember so. lS9S-John l. Rodgers. An
drew s. Burt, Peter g. Haines. George
A. Garretson. Henry NJ. Duffield. ia
F. Randolph, Henry Carroll. Edward
P. Pearson. John II. Page. William NJ.
Wherry, Charles II. Viele. Aaron s.
bdtrNAA- 3tiiAA attNA Noh.
Brigadier generals-Alfred E Bates.
George L. Gillespie. John B. Babcock
and Peter Haines will continue their
present duties.
The War Department has COM
pleted its plans for the departure of
the second expedition of troops TO gar
rison Cuba.
The first division is already under
orders and should be started within n
few days from the southern ports
near their camping grounds. The
first division starts under command of
Brigadier General Carpenter. who
commands the cavalry brigade COM
posed of the Seventh and Eighth
United States cavalry.
1t is the intention of the War De-
partment that Major General Wade
now president of the military evacua-
ton commission, shall command the
entire force of United States troops
assigned TO duty in Cuba. but he will
scarcely take active command until
he has completed his duties with the
commission.
The second division will comprise
all the troops now under the COM
mand of Major General Fitzhugh Lee
These troops are stationed at Jack
sonville and the force comprises the
following regiments. all volunteer
troops:
Second. Fourth and Ninth Illinois
infantry. Rhode Island. Sixteenth in
fantry. Second Louisiana infantry.
Sixth Missouri infantry, Third Ncbras.
ka infantry Organs regimenD. First
North Carolina Infantry, Second
South Carolina infantry. First Texas
infantry. Fourth Virginia Infantry
and the Second Volunteer cavalry.
The general orders which will be H..
sued to this division are To begin the
movement the last of this month. or
rs soon thereafter as practicable. The
indications are based on the proceed
ings Of the military commission at
Havana that the troops will be sent.
not in body. but in small regimen.
tai and brigade commands. and that
thesc will be landed first on the west.
crn coast and perhaps In part on the
south. probably at Batabano.
The animating purpose Is to reduce
the chances Of hostile clashing be.
tween the retiring Spanish troops and
the Incoming American forces. by
keeping back the latter until the
Spnninrds have been deporied.
Abont the time the movement of the
Lee command begins. troops now In
the middle states will move toward
the southern camps. which have been
selected by the Schwan board. lying
In Gcorgia. South Carolina and Ala.
bnma. This will result In the abnn.
doninenf OF camps nj MIddletown
Pennsylvania. Lexington. Kentucky
and Knoxville.
The southern camps are to he laid
ont In the best form. with all the i'm
provenients that the experience OF last
summer has shown TO he advisable
Wherever permanent buildings will
conducc TO the comfort and health oi
the troops they must be erected, nj
though the commanding officers mr.,
TO keep In mind at all times the pro
pricfy Of avoiding cncrvntion Of thu
men by keeping them too closely n