The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-25
The Volunteers Now on the ISL
and VIII Be Brought Back
Before April IS.
TASK is A FORMIDABLE ONE
Thlrty-Tbree Regiments VIII BE
Transported asa All Available
Ships arc Required.

NEW YORK. March A--A dispatch 1,
tho Tribune from Washington says: Ad
jutnnt General Cofbln has undertaken "a
gct al The volunteers out OF Cuba By
April o. and arrangements are now be.
iHR perfected with that end In view
This is fully two weeks within the limit
of May 30. ret by the president before h,
loft for the south. The proportions oi
tho Undertaking mhy be- realized when
II II remembered that 70 regiments must
: be transported BY sea % the United
SiatA ports within a month.
All the government transports now In
The Atlantic will be utilized These IN
clude tho Dixie which has been secured
from the navy department. the conal.
tho Crook. the Fitzpatrick. the sedge.
wick and Thomas. besides such Ward
and Plan, line steamers az can be used.
For the past week every effort has
been made 20 bring home at least ten of
the regiments before April H., when
Surgeon General wyman. Of the marine
hospital service. insists that quarantine
against West indian ports shall be estab-
ilshcd The plan for this II outlined IN
ihs following report:
Quartermaster Generals once wash
ington. March lG. 1880.
TO the AdJutant General Of the Army:
Genrrai-in order that the troops Of the
seventh army corps and others designated
may be- gotten 10 the United States be.
fore April !. the time set by the treasury
department FOR close quarantine. /
have the honor 70 furnish you with the
following proposed arrangements which
afr now being perfected as rapidly as
possible.
The troops 10 be concentrated at sa-
vannah. Ca. for muster out. will be
brought there by using the transports Of
the dcpartmeni--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 vii
be- dlsinfected at the quarantine station
az savannah Sapelo and Muilet Key.
The troops to be dislnfccted at the sa-
yannah quarantine siailon wiz be dis
embarked on lighters. taAen 10 Fort
Pulaski for temporary camp. from there
sent by companies to the quarantine sta
tlon. about 90 yards away. for dlslnfec-
uon and then taken 10 the city and
placed in the permanent camps for mus
ter out.
The ships also sen, to sapelo will be
d.sintected. as we'll as the effects OF the
troops. and the vessels viii then proceed
direct TO the wharf Al Savannah and
the troops dlscinbarked and sent TO the
permanent, camps al the city for muster
out The troops going to Port Tampa
will be disiniected at Mullet Key and
proceed by rail from Port Tampa direct
to the mastering out camps az 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 Fort Pu.askl as
Indicated above for the troops from the
transports The following Is a proposed
schedule giving the ships 10 be used by
the regiments. basel upon bringing The
regiments from Cuba In the order indl-
Gated bv your office
Two hundred and Second New York
transport Thomas; Second Louisiana,
transpor, Havana; Third Georgia, trans
port Logan: First Texas. transports XII
patrick and Florida To Galveston; One
Hundred and Slxtlcth Indiana, transport
Thomas: Third immunes transport Sedg-
wick: Second South Carolina, Plant line
via Tampa; First North Carolina. trans
port vlgl.ancla. Fourth Tennessee trans
por; Havana.
II must be understood, however, that
II for any reason the ship indicated for
an regiment does not arrive in time
10 carry out this schedule. the regiment
will take the Hrst ship that comes In.
In this manner the regiments will be
moved In the sequence desired, Very re-
spectfuily NJ. ]. LUDlNGTON,
Quariermaster General.
This scheme is being rapidly executed
with few notifications, the Two Hundred
md Second New York having already
been landed, while the Second louisiana
Is now in transit. The Six,ieth Indiana