Evening star., 1899-03-25
Plans for Withdrawal of Volunteer
Troops.
TO Be BROUGHT BACK BY MAY |
Arranging for An Enormous Under
taking.
ABOUT $4,000 SOLDIERS S

IL
template the withdrawal of practically all
the volunteer troops from Cuba by May i.
The movement is now well under way, and
is being expedited to the full extent of
available facilities. 1t is an enormous un-
dertaking and will tax the water transpor-
tation facilities of the army to the utmost.
An idea of its proportions may be real
lied by the simple statement that it is pro-
posed to bring twenty-three regiments from
Cuba to the United States ports within the
next month.
The Volunteers In Cuba.
These regiments, with their present sta
tions, are as follows:
Second United States Volunteer Engi-
neers. Havana.
Third United States Volunteer Engineers,
Cienfuegos, Matanzas and Pinar del Rio.
Second United States Volunteer Infantry,
Santiago.
Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry.
ManZanilo
Fifth United States Volunteer Infantry,
Santiago.
Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry,
Santiago.
Second Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Ha-
yana.
Fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Ha-
vana
Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Ha-
vana
One Hundred and Sixty-irst Indiana Vol
unteer Infantry, Havana.
Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Ha-
vana
Second Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, Ha-
vana
Sixth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Ha-
vana
Third Nebraska Volunteer Infantry. Ha-
yana
First North Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Havana.
Second South Carolina Volunteer Infan-
try Havana.
Fourth Virginia Volunteer Infantry, Ha-
vana
Third Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Ma
tanzas
Eighth Massachusetts, Volunteer Infan-
try MatanZaS.
Thirty-first Michigan Volunteer Infantry,
Cienfuegos.
Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Cienfue-
Fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry,
Cienfuegos.
In addition to the above list it is also pro-
posed to bring home as soon as possible
eight companies Of the Volunteer Signal
Corps. stationed at various points on the
island All the volunteer organizations
VIII pc mustered out soon after their ar
rival In the United States. Vigorous efforts
are being made to bring home as many of
the troops as possible before the 1st of
april which marks the beginning of the
the marine hospital service and the local
health authorities in all the principal
southern cities against West Indian. Cen
tr'i American and South American ports.
Plan of Transportation.
All the government transports on the At
lantic coast are engaged in the movement
OF the troops. These include the. Dixie
loaned by the Navy Department, the Comal
the Crook, the Fitzpatrick the Logan. the
Mr('iplIan he NippbarSnn
Sedgwick and the Thomas, besides such
Ward and Plant 4--ne steamers as could be
secured.
In regard to the plan of TRANSFORMATION
Quartermaster General Ludington said in Il
recent communication to the adjutant gen
eral:
The troops to be concentrated at Savan-
nan, Ga, Tor muster out will be brought
there by using the transports of the depart
ment two vessels Of the Ward line the
Florida and those of the Plant Steamship
Company running between Havana and
Port Tampa.
THE personal effects of the troops will
be distnfected at the quarantine stations at
Savannah, Sapelo and MuIet Key.
Tho troops to be disnfected at the Sa-
yannah quarantine station will be disem-
barked on lighters taken to Fort Pulaski
Tor temporary camp, from there sent by
companies to the quarantine station, about
300 yards away. for disinfection and then
taken to the city and placed in the perma
nent camps for muster out. ,
The ships sent to Sapeio will be diSin-
fected. as well as the effects of the troops,
and the vessels will then proceed direct to
the wharf at Savannah and the troops dis
embarked and sent TO the permanent camps
at the city for muster out. The troops GO
ing by Port Tampa will be disinfected at
Mullet Key and proceed by rail from Port
Tampa direct to the mustering-out camps
at Savannah.
The troops coming on the Ward line
steamers will be taken from these steam
ers on lighters at the mouth of the river
and carried to Fcrt Pulaski, as indicated
above for the troops from Transports
These plans apply particularly to the
ganiZatons to be brought home before the
establishment of the close quarantine. There
are ten of these regiments, namely: The
2G2d New York, the I'd Louisiana, the Sd
Georgia, the list Texas. the 160th Indiana.
the Sd Immunes the ID South Carolina, the
1st North Carolina. the 4th Virginia, the
Sd Kentucky and the Attn Tennessee.
OF these the 202d New York has landed
and the I'd Louisiana and one or two other
regiments are in transit. All the troops
arriving after. April 1 win have to under
go disinfection and detention at either Fort
Pulaski Sapelo or Muliet Key.
The muster out of this large body of SOL
diers aggregating about $1,000, is the neces-
sary result of the practical conclusion of
peace between Spain and the United States.
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