The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-16
REGULARS
ORDERED
SOUTH.
War Department TakeS.an
Important Step,
Preparing for Possibility Of
Encounter With Spain.
Orders the Concentration of United
States Troops,
VIII be Modified at Chichamauga Battle
field, Tampa, Florida; New
Orleans and Mobile,
Alabama.
Orders the Concentration of United
States Troops.

/
! the most warlike step taken by the
War Department in preparing for the
| possibility of an encounter with Spain
was inaugurated to-day when orders
| were issued for the concentration at
| four points in the South of six regi-
ments of cavalry, twenty-five regi-
ments of infantry and the light batter
! les of five regiments of artillery. At
/ Chickamauga there will be six regi-
ments of cavalry and light batteries Of
| five regiments of artillery; at New Or
leans, eight regiments of infantry; at
Tampa, seven regiments of infantry.
and at Mobile, seven regiments of in
| fantry.
| Since the civil war no such proportion
! of the army has been modified and
the movement itself is the best evil
| dence of the gravity of the situation,
as looked upon by the President and
his advisers.
| The determination to rendezvous the
troops in the South, where they can be
acclimated to the conditions of a more
| LIOplCdl CtlHldle, has DSGn uIUSE cOH-
| sideration by the President and his
| CABINET for some time. It was not
| until to-day, however, that the Presi-
| dent, in view of the enormous expense
which will be entailed, felt justified in
| taking this step. When Secretary AL
ger returned from the Cabinet meet
| ing he at once. called into conference
! General Miles and ant-GeneraI
Corbin, and acquainted them with the
result of the Cabinets deliberations.
| There We're hurried consultations, in
which the Quartermaster-G General, who
has charge of the transportation of the
| troops; the Commissary- General, who
| looks after their subsistence, and rep
| resentatives in Washington of various
railroads running to the South particle
| pated.
The orders, as finally given contem-
! plate the movements of troops to the
places indicated as follows:
To Chickamauga Battlefield - The
First, Second, Third, Sixth, Ninth and
| Tenth Regiments of Cavalry and the
| light batteries of five regiments of ar
! tillery
To New Orleans-The First. Seventh.
| Eighth. Twelfth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth,
Twenty third and Twenty-fourth Regi-
ments of Infantry.
! To Mobile-The Second Third, Tenth.
! Eleventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth and
Twenty Regiments of Infantry.
| To Tampa-The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth.
Ninth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and
Twenty first Regiments of Infantry.
The heavy batteries of artillery in
each of the five regiments mentioned
| will remain at their present posts. The
| two new regiments of artillery recent
ly authorized by Congress have not
been recruited to their full strength
and in addition are not we'll equipped
with horses and other necessary reqlti-
sites for service. and, therefore. are
not included in to-day's orders.
The department has so distributed the
twenty-five regiments of infantry at
convenient places on the Gulf that they
will be accessible for transportation 90
| Cuba. Proposals have been invited
| from steamship companies for charter
ing vessels to the Government for this
| work.
| The regiments ordered to the coast
are stationed in large part in the West,
their headquarters being as follows:
! Cavalry-First, Fort Riley, Kansas:
| Second, Fort Wingate, N. NJ; Third,
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont; Sixth,
Fort Myer, Va; Ninth, Fort Robinson,
Neb.; Tenth, Fort Assinniboine, Mont.
| Artillery-First, St. Augustine, Fla;
| Second, Fort Adams Rhode Island;
! Third, Angel Island, California; Fourth.
| Washington, D. c.; Fifth, Fort Ham,
ilton, N. Y.
Infantry-First, Preside Of San Fran
cisco; Second, Fort Keogh, Mont;
Third. Fort Smelling, Mimi; Fourth,
Fort Sheridan, ILL.,; Fifth, Fort McPher-
son, Ca: Sixth, Fort Thomas, KY.
Seventh, Fort Logan, Col: Eighth, Fort
| ID. A. Russell, Wyo.; Ninth, Madison
Barracks. N. Y; Tenth, Fort Reno.
Ok; Eleventh, Whipple Barracks.
Ariz.; Twelfth, Fort Niobrara, Neb.;
Thirteenth, Fort Niagara, N. Y; Six
/ teenth. Fort Sherman; Seventeenth,
Fort Columbus Barracks, o.; Eigh-
] teenth Fort Bliss, Tex; Nineteenth,
Fort Wayne, Detroit; Twentieth, Fort
| Continued, on Seventh Page.)