The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-22
THE ARMY TO MOVE.
A Decidedly warlike Step Taken in
Ordering Troops to the South.
CONVENIENT TO JUMP INTO CUBA.
Gen. Miles to Leave Washington and Take
Command of the Army-Gen. Lee
Selected to Head the Virginia
Volunteers.

WASHINGTON. April l6.-Decidedly
the most warlike step taken by the de-
partment in preparing for the posi-
bility of an encounter with Spain was
inaugurated yesterday when orders
were issued for the concentration at
four points in the south of six regi-
fantry and the light batteries of five
regiments of artillery. At Chicka-
mauga there will be six regiments of
cavalry and the light batteries of five
regiments of artillery; at New Orleans
eight regiments of infantry; at Tampa,
seven regiments of infantry, and at
Mobile, seven regiments of infantry.
Since the civil war no such proper
ton of the army has been modified,
and the movement itself is the best
evidence of the gravity of the situa-
ton, as looked upon by the president
and his advisers. The determination
to rendezvous the troops in the south,
where they can be acclfmsted to the
conditions of a more tropical latitude,
has been under consideration by the
president and his cabinet for some
time. 1t was not until yesterday,
however, that the president, in view
of the enormous expense which will
be entailed, felt justified in taking
this step.
When Secretary Alger returned
from the cabinet meeting, he at once
called into conference Gen. Miles and
Adjt. Gen. Corbin and acquainted
them with the result of the cabinets
I'll. 81 tl,.,.. 3 .,1,l
consultations, in which the quarter
master general, who has charge of the
transportation of the troops, the com.
missary general, who looks after their
subsistence, and representatives in
Washington OF various railroads rum
nIng to the south participated.
The department has so distribu ted
the 30 regiments of infantry at con-
venient places on the gulf that they
will be accessible for transportation
TO Cuba. Proposals have been invited
from the steamship companies for
ehartering vessels to the government
for this work. Instructions to the
commanding officer of the regiments
ordered to move were sent out late
yesterday, with directions that they
be put into effect as soon as possible.
The command of the army will de.
volve upon Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
who is now at the head of the military
branch of the government His tenn
porary headquarters, it is said, prob
ably will be at Atlanta, where Gen.
Graham, who has command of the de-
partment of the gulf is now located.
hna do,
will depend entirely upon the exigen-
cies of the situation and the develop
ments of the campaign. He will leave
the city soon for his new duties.
LEE TO COMMAND VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS.
New YORK, April 10. The president
has decided to give Consul General
Lee the command of the Virginia vol
unteers in the event that hostilities
break out between this country and
Spain. says the Washington CORE
spondent of the World. This decision
on the part of the president was
reached after "A conference with Secre-
tary Alger and a number of military
men. The announcement was made
from the war department that, in the
event that volunteers were called for,
the president would appoint all Off
GERS of the rank of colonel and above
and officers under that would be APP
pointed from the various states in
which the volunteers We're received.
When the call is issued Virginia. Gen.
Lees state, will furnish her quota and
the president will designate Gen. Lee
as the commander of the forces from
the Old Dominion.