Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1898-04-21
Fl. YATES TROOPS.
Two Companies to go East
Troops Of Cavalry Held
At Fort.
Removal of Other Regular
Army Troops to the Front
Old Time Fighters.

The two companies OF the End. Init.
stationed at Ft. Yates, 65 miles south OF
Bismarck at the Standing Rock Indian
reservation, have received orders to 20
east to the coast and soon will be re-
moved. Some days ago they received
orders to move and the steamer Batchel-
or has been secured to bring the men
and supplies to Bismarck. From there
they will be sent east; through here over
the Northern Pacific. The Bachelor is
expected to reach Bismarck with the
men Thursday morning says the
Tribune.
The detachment from Fl. Yates con-
sists Of six officers, 119 enlisted men,
seven employees, six non-combatants,
fifty one mules, $4,000 pounds of public
property, 1890 pounds Of rations, l5,
600 pounds of grain, $4,000 pounds of
hay, nine wagons and one ambulance.
The removal Of these troops from the
northwest will leave but 600 cavalry en-
in this department, the greater part of
whom are at Fort Mead, S. D., and one
troop of the Eighth at Fort Yates. What
the department will do with reference
to reinforcing the garrison at Yates is
not known yet, although some provision
will doubtless be made to place militia
troops there as an aid to the cavalry
troops remaining.
The troops to bs removed from the
northwest comprise sever troops of the
Tenth calvary (coloredD or 465 men and
officers, who are to move from Fort As
slnnlbolne, Mont, on the Great North
ern railway; three troops OF the sam
regiment-l72 men-from Fort Keogb,
near Miles City; four companies OF the
Second infantry--26 266 men-from Fort
Keogh; two companies OF the Second
132 men-from Fort Harrison, near
Helena, Mont, on both the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railways, and
two companies OF the Second-13S men
from Fort Yates.
With the troops are to 60 thirty days
field rations, together with the trans
portstion'-namely the ambulances
mules and wagons o: the different reRl'
ments, the horses for the cavalry AND
forage for the ANIMALS. The aggregate
| to be conveyed from the northwest &c
the southest comprise seventy-two 9TH
| GERS, 1870 men. ffty-one employees, 90s
horses and mules, ninety tons OF ratlons
l52 tons of tents, clothing and various
articles; eighteen tons Of grain, twenty
two tons of hay, fifty-6ve wagons ano
nine ambulsnces. IN addition, eact
man is entitled to bring $50 pounds o.
J baggage. Thus in round numbers
100 men and 1000 horses and mules art
to be provided transportation, and the,
are to BRING with them subsistence To-
one month.
The Second is the oldest militar.
organization in the United States, datinl
| OAch, IL IS sdlO, W Iuo tluc VI " oouAA 4
ton. Four companies Of the regimen
are at KeoQh, two at Harrison and tw
at Yates. The Second and Third regi
ments will 90 from St. Paul to Mobile
Ala. u, and the Third will be the fret t
leave, having left Fort Smelling Monday
There are also several officers on de
tatched service who will be recalled
Among these Is Major J. w. Pope, VIII
is enjoying four months leave o
absence, Lieutenant French, who l
stationed at the Fargo Agricultural col
lege and Lieutenant Albright, who is a
the state university at Grand Forks.
The special train with the Ft. Keogl
troops will pass here about 2 a. m
Thursday, leaving the fort at 9 a. IN
Wednesday. The horses and supple
leave on an extra freight at - p. NJ. to
day.
The special With the Ft. M:ssoul
soldiers will pick up the Ft. Yates troof
enroute and is expected to pass throug
here about p. m. Thursday.