The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-04-23
MILES ISSUES FIRST Order /
GIVING DETAILED DIRECTIONS
FOR M0YEAENT OF TROOPS.
10 MOBILIZE At CHIGalAsUGA.
Secretary Alssr selects the Commander.
OF the Various Divisions AReStsd
b. the Order.

The following is Major General
Miles order, issaei at Washington
Friday, giving in detail the directioas
for the movement Of troops as ieciled
upon:
Adiu,ant Generals ORce, Washing.
ton, D, C., April *, 1898. Com.
manding General, Department o,
East, Governors 1slaud, New York.
With tho approval Of the Secretary Of
Wharf.-The following regiments of
cavalry and light batteries Of artillery
are relieved from duty at their present
stations and will DO ordered to pro
eeed to ChiekamaUga Park, Ga:
'All the light batteries Of the First.
Second, Third, Fourth aud Fifth reSi-
ments Of artillery and the First, Sex
ond, Third, Sixth, Ninth and rsuth
regiments Of cavalry.
The following regiments Of iu-
fantry are relieved from daty at their
present stations and will be ordered to
the following points:
"To New Orleans, La; The First,
Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth, Twenty-thiri and Tween
ty-fourth.
ITO Mobile Ala: Second. Third,
Tenth, Eleventh. Nineteenth. Twenti-
eth aud Twenty-secoud.
80 Tampa Fla The Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, Seven
teenth and Twenty-irst.
"The commanding general, depart.
ment OF the Colorado, will detail a
company Of the Fifteenth infantry to
proceed to Fort Wingate and take sta.
ton at the post The posts from
which the whole garrison is withdrawn
one officer and detail Of two men
from each company will be left in
charge of the post. All ttausporta-
ton will accompany the troops,
The necessities Of the post from
which all public transportation is
Withdrawn will be provided with hired
transportation through the quarter
masters department Troops will be
provided with thirty days field rations
and necessary camp equippage, Eou
will give the necessary orders for the
execution of the movements Of the
troops in your department as indicat-
ed above, Acknowledge,
III. G. CoRBlN, Adjutaut General.
"By command of Major Gen. Miles. "
A copy of the above was sent to the
commanding generals of the following
departments:
The department of the Gulf, At
lanta, Ga,
The department of Colorado, Den
yer, Col.
The department of California, San
Francisco, Cal.
The department of Missouri, 0ma-
ha, Neb,
The department of Dakota, st, Paul,
MINI.
The department of the Lakes, Chi
cago, Ill,
Secretary Alger also Immediately
selected the commanders Of the diyis-
ions of the army that are to assemble
at the places named, all Of whom are
well known for their service in the
military branch of the government.
For the division at New Orleans,
Brigadier General w. b. Shatner, now
at San Francisco, in command of the
department of California, was desig-
mated.
For that at Tampa, Brigadier Cen
eral j. +. Wade, now in command of
the department of the Dekotas, at st.
Paul, MINI.
For Mobile, Brigadier General j. j.
Coppinger, who Is. in command OF the
department OF Missouri, at Omaha,
Neb.
For the post at Chickamauga, Major
General j. r. Brook, in command of
the department of the lakes, with
headquarters at Chicago, was chosen,
These officers have authority to take
with them to their new commands their
entire staff OF officers aud quarter
master. The latter, however, presum-
ably will proceed TO their prospective
assignments Tor the purpose Of making
necessary arrangements for camp |
grounds and many other requirements
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