Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-07-22
BRIGADE ORDERED TO MARCH.
Chickamauca Boys Receive the News
with Frantic Delight.

ChlcEcWaUga Park. Ca. July o.
Last night it locked as If at least two
thirds Of the troops ct Camp Thomas
were to be ordered to the front as an
eHpeditiCnary force TO 80 to Porto Rico
under CeEClal Brooke. The movement
Will begin today, when the Second bri-
gade of the First division. Fnst corps,
commanded by Brigadier General
Haines. will leave for Newport News.
This brigade received marching orders
a few minutes GcfOre O'Clock last even
ing. The regiments of the brigade are
the Fourth Ohio, Third Illinois and
Fourth Pennsylvania. The order to
move WAS greeted with intense enthus-
iasE. The regiments Cf the brigade
joined in. yelis CT frantic delight, and
the regimental bands discoursed ma
tional airs.
This brigade is the only organization
that viii leave the park today, but If
there ~ not sudden change in the
plans as they are Understood here at
this writing the entire First corps will
follow, the different brigaGes going out
as rapidly as transportation can be ar
ranged. Bat fer the lack OF transporta-
ton the reserve hospital corps. reserve
ambulance company, four batteries OF
light artillery and the signal corps
would have been ordered out
today. The batteries are \ Of ILL.,
nois, 3 of Pennsylvania, \ Of Missouri
and the Twenty Indiana. They
will, however, follow not later than Sat
urday, and by that time tie arrange
n2ents will have been completed for a
steady movement Gay by Gay until
the entire force is cut
While General Brooke in person had
rcthing to give out for publication one
Of the most prominent and best posted
officers of the First brigade admitted
that it was the purpose To move the
=ntire corps, which numbers about &C.
200 officers and men. The regiments OF
tire corps are: Fifth Illinois. Third Wis
ccnsin, First Kentucky. Third Illinois.
Fourth Pennsylvania, Fourth Ohio Six
tcenth Pennsylvania. Second Wisconsin,
Third Kentucky. Thirtv-frst Michigan,
Cna Hundred and sixtieth IN lana, First
Georgia. Sixth Ohio. One Hundred and
Fffty-eighth Indiana, First West VT
Einia, Second Ohio, First Pennsylvania,
Fourteenth Minnesota, Twelfth Min
nesCta, First South Carolina, Fifth
Pennsylvania, Eighth Massachusetts,
Twenty-first Kansas, Twelfth New
York, Ninth Pennsylvania, Second Mis-
scuri and First New Hampshire.
sick ana " founded Soldiers.
New York, July s2-Among the sick
and wounded soldiers brought by the
Seneca are the following: H Sims,
Thirty third Michigan: Captain William
Z. English. L. s. a, of Indiana: II.
Burleigh. Thirty-fourth Michigan; Lieu
tenant Lavless. Thirty fourth Michi
gan: II. Eaton, Tniity-third Michigan
G. NJ. Courville, Thirty-th ri " chigan;
CIV. Walgamood, Thirty Nj higan
F. w. Pope, ThirtV-third Mi,hiSn: p
Haight. Thirty-fourth Michigan: Is +.
Bryan. Thirty-thiri Michigan: J. W
Boie, Robert Smith. J. L. Monahan and
b. Powell. Tbrty- third Michigan.
Illinois Troops Are Mustered In.
Springfield, Ills. July 22-At moor
yesterday there was not a soldier. Off
| GER or private in camp at Springfield
! that was not part of the volunteer
| army of the United States. Shortly be-
| fore noon the officers of the Eighth ap-
| pointed by Governor Tanner were sworr
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