The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-30
ARIZONA TERRORS AT TAMPA.
BALLOON CORPS OF THE ARMY TO
BEGIN PRACTICING.

Cubans Raising Another Regiment
of VoIunteers-Transp ships
stin Lying in the Harbor-CavaIry
Regiments Going to Lakeland.
Danger From an Attack on Egg
mont and Muilet Keys Appears to
Have Disappeared.
Tampa. Fla, May 29.-Four hundred
Arizona rough riders arrived in the city
to-day on special train, and are now in
camp at Port Tampa. On the side of the
cars were banners inscribed. Arizona
Terrors, the Real Thing. Teddy is Not
In IT.
The men are all cowboys. and old In
dian fighters, and will be mustered into
service at once They will be put in
charge of the pack mules.
The balloon corps of the army has ar
rived, and will begin practicing this week
with their captive balloons, which will be
used to locate The enemy's movements.
This corps will be sent to Cuba with the
first military expedition. and will be of
great value.
The Cubans are raising another regimen
of volunteers. which will be mustered into
service under the second call of the Presi-
dent Cubans are arriving here from all
over the country. Only young unmarried
men will be accepted.
The hospital corps of the army is being
added to, as it is generally believed there
will be considerable work for this branch
of the army if Cuba is invaded during the
rainy season.
The transports at Tampa are still lay
ing in port waiting for the troops. \
large quantity of ammunition has been
stored on each ship and the engineer corps
of the army is now at work preparing for
the landing of the troops, field pieces,
siege guns and supplies on the coast OF
Cuba The landing will be an immense
undertaking and already enterprising
steamship men are arranging to carry ex
cursion parties to the coast of Cuba to
witness the landing.
The three regiments of cavalry now here
will begin tomorrow packing for removal
to Lakeland, where Gen. Joe Wheeler will
have his headquarters. There are five reg
iments of cavalry now in Florida and sew
eral more are expected shortly.
The batteries of artillery at Port Tampa
engage in target practice every day and
the accuracy of the gunners is remarka-
Bile.
The fortifications at.Egmont and Mullet
keys are so far advanced that danger from
an attack by some stray Spanish torpedo
boat is no longer apprehended.
Ira d. Sankey the famous evangelist,
sang before an audience of several thou
sand soldiers in the big pavilion at Tampa
Heights to-day.
Calling guns may be used in connection
with the cavalry during the campaign in
Cuba.
Maj. Gen. Joe Wheeler, in command of
the cavalry forces, strongly advocates their
use, believing they would be of special adj
vantage in breaking up infantry forma-
tions when used with cavalry. Cuttings
sufficient to arm the cavalry regiments
are already here, should this plan be
adopted.
war balloon with all the accessories
OF telegraphs, telephones, etc, has arriv-
ed here and a drill in its use will be held
in a few days.
Organization of the hospital corps of in
fantry, cavalry and artillery of the Fifth
Army Corps was announced to-day in a
general order by Gen. Shafter. The or
ganization, which is on the recommended
ton of the chief surgeon, will be as fol-
lows There will be three companies,
which are to be known as Hospital corps
companies" and all of them will be I'M
der the control of the chief surgeon of
the corps. Each company will be COM
manded by an officer of The medical de-
partment selected for that purpose by
the chief surgeon, and to their
companies will be transferred all hospital
corps privates. hospital stewards, and act
ing hospital stewards, except the following,
who are retained with the several com
raands to which they are now attached:
To every regiment of infantry, one acting
seward and ono private as medical Off
GERS orderlies; to every regiment of caval-
~, TWO acting stewards and two privates
as orderies for the medical officers; 10 ev-
cry battalion of artillery (three batteries
each), three acting stewards and three pri-
Yates, according to the necessities of each
organization, as reported by the chief med
ica officers.
Details from the hospital corps compa-
MES will be made by the chief surgeons of
divisions for Temporary duty with che sew
eral commands, which detail will be terni-
mated at any time at the discretion of the
chief surgeon of the corps.
one significant fact of this order Is that 1t
puts but three batteries of artillery in a
battalion. AS five batteries at present
constitute a battalion, a reorganization of
the infantry brigade is indicated 1t is
understood that several light volunteer
batteries will be ordered to Tampa-enough
at least to make four battalions of three
batteries each in the light artillery.
TO BE BRIGABED TOGETHER.