The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18
ARE READY FOR WAR.
TRAINS BEING LOADED AT
FORT RILEY.
chipping of the Guns Prove That the
Forces arc Not to Man Coast ncfenscs--
similar Orders are Expected at Fort
Leaveuworth.

JUNCTION Cry, Kan, March 10
Sunday was n very busy day ut Fort
Riley. The three artillery batteries
here will be ready to move east We'd
nesday, under orders from Washing.
ton. Battery B OF the Fourth, Cap
tain II. X. Anderson commanding,
will go TO jackson barracks, New Or
leans. La. Battery + OF the Fourth,
Captain 3. w. Taylor commanding,
will 20 TO Fortress Monroe, Va; BAT.
terry 4 OF the Fifth, Captain ii. j.
Reilly commanding. will go to Fort
Oglethorpc, Savannah, Ga.
The train carrying these batteries
vii! DO made UP in three sections, n
section to each battery. They will
come to Kansas City rs sections OF n
special train and not separate until
they get TO ST Louis, when they will
70 their devious ways. Each battery
will require: Three fiat cars, on
which the guns and caissons will he
loaded; seventeen horse cars, three
baggage cars, two tourist sleeping
cars and one Pullman sleeping car.
All day the packing OF effects was
going on. The men were looking over
their accoutrcmcnts and putting them
in order. The officers strikers were
packing their personal and camp
.quipage. The guns and caissons
were being put In readiness to load.
Each battery is composed of four
guns, four cuiSsons, battery wagons,
horses. sixty men and the officers
The absence OF these thrcc batteries
will leave Fort Riley in the possession
Of cavalry only.
Al the post headquarters command.
ing officers, adjutants aud quarter
masters and n host of clerks and
orderlics were busy with the official
work looking to the removal The
side tracks Of the Union Pacific rail
way at Fort Riley station were full Of
ears. waiting for the loaliuy Of guns
and baggage. The track room is orn
what limited and each section Of the
train will have to be loaded separ
ately. The loading began this morn.
ing.
Colonel Wallace L. Randolph. com.
handing officer OF the artillery sub.
post at Fort Riley, was in his Office
nearly all day yesterday arranging
for the removal of his forces. IL is
likely that Colonel Randolph will re.
main at the post to receive new bat.
which will be sent there for school.
ing. Regarding the removal of the
artillery. Colonel Randolph said:
Tho order removing the artillery
70 .he coast has been expected for
some time. These erics will take
their guns. which means that they go
with the possibility OF fighting. II
they had not taken their guns IL
would mean that they were going to
man the new guns, and for coast de-
Tense purposes only. The move is u
permanent one, and the places left by
the batteries will be taken by the
new men. The families of the officers
will remain here until their quarters
are needed by the incorncrs.'
us /; generally supposed among
officers that this concentration of
troops on the coast means fght?'
Colonel Randolph was asked.
1T certainly looks that way. The
fact that the President has withheld
the Information to be conveyed by the
Maine board of inquiry is significant.
II a war Is unavoidable the regular
army will have to 10 reinforced by
volunteers To get volunteers with
enthusiasm and dispatch it is neccs-
sary for tho people to realize fully
that the necessity Is there, and for "a
certain amount Of popular indigna.
tion. The American people are now
properly indignant, and il war were
To be declared there would be no diff.
Guilty In enlisting enough volunteers
for tho purposes OF tho war depart.
ment think the army generally is
looking for q scrap and hopes it will
come. l think everything tends TO
that at present."
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. March la.-
Brigadier General Graham, command.
er OF the military department Of the
Gulf, this morning ordered Light Bat
terry X, First artillery, To proceed ut
once to Galveston and take station at
the Notifications there. Light lat.
terry X has been ut kcrrville. seventy.
i've miles north OF here, for several
DAYS, engaged in target practice, and
will proceed f.om there to it, new
station by train, reaching Galveston
Wednesday morning. The battery
csnsists OF four 3 finch guns and
seventy-five men.