The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-18
FIVE DEPAR TMENTS NOW
LEES LAST ORDER TO THE
SEVENTH ARMY CORPS.
THE RECORD MADE BY OFFICERS AND MEN
No Troops Won tigher Reputation for Dis
cip'ine, Drill, aanly Discharge Of Duty,
Soldriy Conduc' and Cheerful
Obedience to 0 d7rs.
Obedience to O d7rs.

Washington, April 1.-THE Secretary
of War today issued orders for the re-
Organization of the military departments
in Cuba in accordance with the changed
conditions from the demohiIization of the
volunteer troops on that island. Up to
this time there have been seven mil
iitary departments in Cuba, constituting
| one military division, under command
| Of Major General Brooke with head
quarters at Havana. Under the orders
issued to-day, the number Of depart
nlents is reduced to tye LAa two elimi-
mated being Ahc department of Pmar
| del Rio comml Aad by Brigadier General.
Hasbrouck and le Department of Ma
tanzas commanY 10y Brigadier General
Bates. The DVartment of Pinar del
| Rio is consolidated with the Department
of the Province of Havana and Briga-
| der General Lee. now commanding the
latter Department, is assigned to the
command OF the new department. No
combined The Department of Matan-
gas is consolidated with the Department
If Santa Clara. and Brigadier General
| Wilson, now iii command Of the last
named department is assigned - the
command of the new department. ~
change is made in the Depaument- a
Santiago or the Department of Puerto
| Principe Bdgadier General Wood viii
Icontinae in the command OF the former
department and BriCadier General Car
penter in command of the Department
of Puerto Principe GeueFal Ludlow
| will remain i'm command of the Depart
ment Of the City OF Havana and Gen
eral Chaffee and General Ernst and
| the other officers ON the star ef Gen
cral Brooke will continue the perform
ance of their present duties in connection
with the military government of Cuba.
COMMENDED BY GENERAL LEE.
Havana, April 1.-THE last general
order iSSued by Major General titz-
hugh Lee TO his command, the Seventh
army corps. is in part as follows;
An order has heen received which
moves the last regiment of the Seventh
army corps across the sea, to be mus
tered out of the service of the United
States, and the ranks of It's organization
viii be forever broken. The record made
by the officers aud men. however, viii
slc forever preserved eR the pages of
the military history in which their coun-
try will inScribe their deeds. No troops
have wen greater reputation for dis
ciptlne, drill. manly discharge Of duty,
Soldierly conduct and cheerful obedience
10 all orders.
The Presidents assurance thar had
the war with Spain continued the
Seventh army corps would have been
selected 70 lead the assault on the
Havana lines proves that tne corps poS.
Sesssed the confidence of the Command
er-in-C Chief Of the army anG navy, a con-
tdence shared by his Fellow country
men.
III Is gratifying. iii reviewjng the
career or the corps, to remember the
harmony which has existed among the
'tluth soldiers who answered the ral1
.cail at Tampa, Iacksonvlle Savannah,
ahd IN Cuba, whether il were th, volun-
teerS who afterward. at various times,
ofoke ranks and resumed the duties ot
etszenshiR or the regulars whose with
standard still dying, are now the advance
Seh'lnels Of American progress and evil
ixatiOn.
The soldiers Of the North ANA Snuth
took the sunshine aud storm of c~n3A
aud marched side by side uuder one
dag and in one cause and for one e,an-
try"