The times., 1898-06-05
THE IMMUNE REGIMENTS.
Assignment Of Commanding and
Mastering Officers.

The work Of recruiting the 10000 inn
munes recently provided for by a spe-
cial act Of Congress is daily engrossing
the attention of the adjutant generals
Office at the War Department more and
more.
All arrangements have been practically
completed. and the work or recruiting the
men is progressing very rapidly II is
stated that the greater proportion of the
number required for the ten regiments
Is already recruited.
The War Department has directed the
following officers to proceed to the places
set beside their names for the purpose
or organizing the various regiments. and
each win act as colonel of the regiment
TO which he has been assigned:
Col. Patrick II. Ray, Third Volunteer
Infantry. TO Macon, Ga.
Col. James S. Petit, Fourth Voluir eer
Infantry. TO Washington, District of Co
lumbia.
Col. Herbert H Sargent. Fifth Volun-
teer Infantry TO Columbus. Miss.
Col Lawrence d. Tyson. Sixth Volun-
teer Infantry, 10 Knoxville. Tenn.
Col. Edward A. Goodwin Seventh Vol
unteer Infantry, to Memphis Tenn.
Col. Eli l. Higgins. Eighth Volunteer
Infantry, to Louisville, Ky.
Col Charles J. Crane, Ninth Volunteer
Infantry, 10 New Orleans. La.
Col. Jesse Nj. Lee. Tenth Volunteer In
fantry to Raleigh. n. c.
The apportionment of territory in which
these organizations will be organized has
been announced as follows:
For the Third Regiment Col Ray. the
States of Georgia, South Carolina. and
Florida; headquarters at Macon, Geor-
gia.
For the Fourth Regiment, Col Pet
tit. the States of Maryland Virginia
West Virginia. and the District of Co
lumbia: the headquarters of this regi-
ment viii be designated hereafter.
For the Fifth Regiment. Col. Sargent,
the States of Alabama and Mississippi;
headquarters at Columbus. Mississippi
For the Sixth Regiment, Col. Tyson. the
Stases Of Kentucky and Tennessee; head
quarters. Knoxville, Tennessee.
For the Seventh Regiment. Col. God
win, the States of Missouri and Arkan-
sas. and SO much of Tennessee as lies east
Of a due north and south line running
through the city of Cincinnati, Ohio;
headquarters. Memphis, Tennessee.
For the Eighth Regiment, Col Hug
gins. the State of kentucky; all of Ten
nessee not otherwise allotted. and the
Ohio Valley; headquarters. Louisville,
Kentucky.
For the Ninth Regiment Col. Crane. the
stare Of Louisiana: headquarters. New
Orleans Louisiana.
For the Tenth Regiment Col. Lee. the
States of Virginia and North Carolina:
headquarters Raleigh, North Carolina
The volunteers for each of the regi-
ments VIII be mustered in by the follow
ing officers:
For the Third Regiment, Capt. f P.
Brewer. Seventh Cavalry
For the Fourth Regiment. Capt VIII
liam p. Goodwin, Fourteenth Infantry.
For the Fifth Regiment, First Lieut.
Masnus o. Hollis. Fourth Infantry
For the Sixth Regiment, First Lieut.
s. j. Vestal Seventh Cavalry
For the Seventh Regiment. Capt p. E.
Trippe Tenth Cavalry.
For the Eighth Regiment Second Lieut.
F. d. Webster, Twentieth Infantry
For the Tenth Regiment. First Lieut..
William @. Elliot, Twelfth Infantry.
Each mastering officer viii also act as
quartermaster and cOmmissary, for the
purpose Of subsisting the volunteers from
The time of enrolment 10 the time of
rendezvous. and for their TRANSFORMATION
from the place OF enrolment to the place
Of rendezvous As soon as each com
pany has been organized and mustered
into service, the mastering officer will
direct its transportation 10 the place of
rendezvous OF the regiment.