The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20
TROOPS AW Al TO THE FRONT Everywhere the People Turn Out to Bid Them Godspeed. Gathering the Army That Is to Drive Spain From
 Cuba. The Regulars Will Be Mobilized at Various Points Along the Gulf
 Coast.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHlCAGO, Aprll l9.-lne LTSt SeclioIi of the train for the troops composing the Fourth Regiment of Infantry left Fort Sheridan this afternoon. The train did not come into the depot at Chicago, but was transferred to the Panhandle tracks at Leavitt street, in the outskirts, and continued on the long journey to Tampa The second section, with the baggage and officers horses, will leave tonight.
 Battery A, Second Artillery, and the company of cavalry will leave to-mor- row for the Chickamauga camping ground.
 Major General Brooke, who will com mand the forces at Chickamauga, left tonight, accompanied by his staff.
 A larger number of men will be left at Fort Sheridan than at any other post in the Department of the Lakes, as the department prison is located there and at present an unusual num- Der of time prisoners are in conflne ment.
 General Wade and his staff. formerly in command of the Department of the Dakotas, arrived in Chicago to-day from St. Paul on his way to Tampa, W light artillery and cavalry.
 LEAVENWORTH, Kans., April 19.- The troops at Fort Leavenworth made their start this afternoon. They com prised the Twentieth Infantry, which will go to Mobile, and four troops of the Sixth Regiment of Cavalry, bound for Tampa, Fla The troops go to St. south over the Illinois Central.
 SIT TOT1IS x.nril 1O-The six troops of the Third Cavalry and the six troops of the Eleventh Infantry left Jefferson barracks tonight for Chickamagua Park and Mobile. respectively. Fifty four thousand rounds of ammunition were taken.
 DETROIT, April 1s.-The departure of the first battalion of the Nineteenth Infantry from Fort Wayne for Mobile this evening was marked by a serious accident During the firing of salute for the departing troops by those left in charge of the fort Private George Engman had his right arm nearly blown off by the premature explosion of a cannon, and Sergeant John w. An miss, who was in charge of the firing party, had his right hand severely in jured. Engman'S arm was amputated.
 Governor Pingree and a throng of people witnessed the start and great enthusiasm was manifested.
 
 teenth Regiment, United States Army, composed of 52S officers and enlisted men, left Columbus for Tampa, Fla, at 5:26 D. m. The citizens of Columbus insisted on giving the regulars send off, and Colonel Poland, by request, marched the troops from the post to the Union depot over the principal streets. No military organization ever received a greater ovation. The streets for dis tance of two miles were so packed with people that there was scarcely room for the regime.4t to march. The crowd was estimated at 75,000
 The widest enthusiasm prevailed, and American and Cuban flags were dis played on every hand. The escort of the regiment consisted of the Columbus battalion of the Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, members of the City Council and city officials and about 800 veterans of the late war. Colonel Poland was moved to tears by the mag nifcent demonstration AS the regi- ment passed the capitol a salute was fired by Battery H, First Light Artil lery, Ohio National Guard. One of the regulars was taken with an epileptic fit while on the march, and was carried to the train on a litter.
 SHERMAN, Idaho. April 19.-The Six teenth Infantry has been packing three days and are waiting for orders to move oOulu, Dul lOl SOlllc uilhDOWH TedSOI the order has not come. Two compa- nies of the regiment which have been stationed at Fort Spokane are visiting in Spokane City to-day and have gone into camp there waiting for the regi- ment to move down to that place.
 SEATTLE, Wash, April 19.-A tele- gram from Spokane states that two companies of the Sixteenth Infantry, under command of Major Mclaughlin, arrived in that city from Fort Spokane this morning, and will await the arrival of the five companies from Fort Sher- man, which are expected there in the morning, when the regiment will de- part for New Orleans, leaving over the o. R. & N. Railway. Colonel Theaker will die in command. The troops arriv- ing to-day were accorded a rousing re- ception at the depot. Spokane's patri- otism was demonstrated by the stars and stripes being thrown to the breeze from nearly every business house in the city. Several companies of volunteers are in process of organization there, whose services have already been ten dered to the Government.