The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-24
THOUSANDS OF REGULARS
THE NUMBER OF TROOPS AT
g..
CHICKAMAUGA DOUBLED
Cavalry Force Organized Into Bril-
Sades by Order of Gen. Brooke
On Monday Army Life at the
Camp VIII Begin In Earnest
Hard Work to, Care for All the
Animals.
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHATTANQOGA, Tenn, April %
The organizations into brigades Of all
the cavalry regiments of the United
States army ecentered at Chickamauga
National park is now complete. The
following general order was issued to-
day by Maj. Gen. Brooke:
General fed orders No. 4-The cavalry Of
this command is organized as follows:
Cavalry Division-Col. A. X. Arnold. First
cavalry, commanding.
First Brigade-First cavalry, Second cav
airy, Tenth cavalry.
Second Brigade-Third cavalry, Sixth cav
airy, Ninth cavalry.
The light artillery and infantry will be
brigaded in a later order. s,s-t-Fs
Fully 5000 regular troops are now
encamped at Chickana uga,t the num-
Der today having been almost doubled.
The soldiers arrived so fast that it
/ was difficult to handle them promptly,
hardly an hour eof the day passing
| without two or more long trainleads
coming in The work Of unloading the
trains at the park was rendered dou-
bly, difficult by rain, which fell at In
tervals all day. On this account all
drills were suspended Until Monday.
After that time, however, army life
will begin in earnest It is expected by
that time that nearly all the regular
troops to be located at Chickamauga
will have arrived, and the infantry as
Well as the cavalry and artillery di-
vided into brigades. Of the infantry
there will probably be three brigades
Of three regiments each. Uncertainty
as to the exact number of regiments to
arrive will prevent any action in re-
| gard to commanders until such time
as the troops are actually on the
ground.
1t is expected then that Mai. Gen.
Brooke will assign the senior colonies
as brigade commanders. and regi-
mental and brigade drills will be had
The Seventh infantry from Fort Lo-
gan, Col, which was reported as hav-
ing arrived, will not be in until to-
morrow morning.
Troops Pouring In.
Maj. Gen. Brooke today moved his
| quarters from the Reed house in Chat
| tanooga to the Chickana uga battle
| field. His camp baggage and tents ar
| rived yesterday and were erected at
| the point selected on the east slope of
Lytle hill, and, together with his staff
| officers. Capt. Richards and Lieuts
| Deane and McKenna, Gen. Brooke en-
| tered into the life of an army on the
| field
| The work Of unloading the soldiers
and their camp equipments. as they ar
rived at Chickamauga park today, pro-
| ceeded under adverse circumstances a
heavy rain fell during the night, soak
| ing the fields and making the clay
roads slippery and in places so soft as
to render difficult the hauling of the
heavy army wagons with their loads.
But vrey little time was lost on this
| account. As fast as the troops ar
rived they were promptly assigned their
| camping positions, their baggage I'M
loaded and tents erected.
| A notable addition was made to the
| cold OF lx q q 700 cd h.
arrival over the Nashville, Chattanoo-
ga & st. Louis railway of the Ninth
| regiment of cavalry, from Fort Robin
son, Neb., commanded by Col. Henry.
| This regiment Is composed exclusive
! ly of colored troops and has seen as
much bitter service as any in the army.
| It's rescue of the Seventh cavalry and
Battery E, First artillery, at Pine
Ridge agency during the Sioux upris-
| ing of the winter Of 1901, was most
remarkable, the troops riding a hun
dred miles through deep snow, be-
tween sunrise and sunset. completely
| surprising the Indians.
| Troop H, of the First cavalry, from
Fort Sill. Okla, sixty men, in COM
mand of Maj. Force, came In over the
| Nashville, Chattanooga & ST. Louis.
| and was at once sent out to the park
Later in the 9 day. the Seventh regj-
ment from Fort, Logan came in.
! Many more are expected tomorrow
and a good-sized army will be under
| tent at the park. ri
All day long, frains filled with soldiers
! kept arriving over the different roads
almost blocking the yards at times,
while thousands Of people ON the streets
and along the railroad tracks cheered
themselves hoarse. With the last sec.
| ton of the Ninth icavalry came Com
panies D and II, ,ofo.the Sixth cavalry,
| from Fort Robinson, Neb. Light Bat
| terry F, Fifth artillery, from Tyler ISL
| and, had pulled in over the Southern.
| Over that ROAD alsosarrived three trains
F, G and H. zof the Eighth infantry,
from Fort Russell, II Wyo., SEQ men, in
Guiding twentY-four officers, a band
and hospital corps. in command of
Col Van Horne.