New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-24
TROOPS ARRIVE FOR CHINA
THE CROOK BRINGS SOLDIERS FROM
CUBA, WHO WILL CROSS THE
CONTINENT

Six companies ard the band and hospital COPS %
the sth United States Infantry arrived at the ar
At SO m. yesterday aboard the transport Crook
There were $40 enlisted men and . officers. Lien
tenant-Colonei P r. Ellis IS in command
The Crook is expected 20 leave Quarantine about
8 O'Clock this morning. and 70 go up the Hudson
River to Pfe- OF the NeR-York Central Rail
road az Seveuty-second-sJ. As there IS a large
quantity OF supplies and equipase on the ship. some
Of The Army men say that there IS little chance OF
the special trains OF ten ears each being loaded
and ready pull with the troops aboard before
D. m The troops viii 90 10 Fort Smelling and
there Join the TWO companies which left this CITY
on Sunday. As soon the regiment shall have
China
The officers OF the regiment on the Crook are
Lieutenant-CoI0neI P. r. Ellis Majors = W
Stretch and " W. Pitcher Captain e. W Ken
needy. Captain John Stafford. adjutaut- Lle.1teu-
ant N 3 Steward quartermaster- Lieutenant J.
F. JaUda comniss-ry- Captains c. P Te-rett
NJ d Parker. Frederick Perkins Charles Ger
hardt and F. H Sargent. LieUtenants ". L. Knud-
son. II r. Merchant. Fl. A Eaton. E ". Perkins.
J. F James, G. 3 Smith r W Healey r. p
Goodnow and b n Pope and y VI sa1esby and
De Poortour. surgeons P. c. ConternO Is the chief
musician.
The ID battalion o. the 18th Infantry. including
80 officers and men. will leave Governors Island
this morning at O'Clock by ferry for the LehiEh
Valley Railroad station. in Jersey City. The men
nave large amount OF equipage, as they have
wi n
them Tor service IN China Major c. W Cor
nish commands them They go over the I.=higb
Valley road % Buffalo. then over the Nickel
Plate 10 Chicago and over the Chicago and North
western 70 Omaha and thence by the Union Pa
cinc 20 Ogden. where they viii be- Joined By Com
pany N from Fort Mcpherson From ogden the
Central Pacific VIII carry them 10 the Pacific
Coast They viii take with them ten carloads OF
equipment for held camps II viii consist Of pro
VISIONS medical stores canvas warehouses. nard-
o. artillery at Fort WadswOrth and the barrerv -
For[ Hamilton will take the place OF these troops
Sixteen packers have also been SEM 70 Seattle
20 ION me packing trains now preparing FOR
The Rawlins. which left Santiago SATURDAY with
tilrl-eh OIncers and go men OF the 5-1 Infantry
= expected 10 reach Quarantine some time to-day
Inc SeCgWlck. with twenty-five officers and $50 men
o the "a infantry IS due to-day She left Cuba
IhOnas, al Newport, KY. which is across The Ohio
RIVER rom cincinnati They viii disembark from
me transport at Weehawken- The SsdgVick viii
men 20 % san Juan Porto Rico and Mayaz1eZ 70
bring back Two 6attaliOns OF I1rh Infantry con-
sSllng or twenty-five officers and men She viii
also take on board part OF the CavaIrv
The Mcpherson sails ro-ds,- 80 60 - -
BACK the rest Of the 5ch Infantry COrnuanv &,
Battalion OF Engineers VIII starr FROM Vs. pof-f
To-Day over the West Shore Railroad for san Ban
cisco This detail numbers Two officers and 10 men
Inc crook Will 20 70 Erie Basin to-day for sIfEht
ssSgtL-s, ana ne Mcclellan was locked yesterday
-OL repairs Whlch viii take about three weeks 70
There are also on board the Crook eleven cabin
passengers lEcludl1g Colonel ". Y. Richards Adj
lutant-General. Division OF cuba. Colonel n r
/ HaSkln q United States Artillery Major z =
GODFREY IN United States Cava f-z-- Waio- =
1aylor. e United States Arrile-y- Lieutenant n
w SnqL q Artillery. and H : Sr=inhart Chies
/ ClerA. headquarLers Division OF Cuba.
Among the passengers there are -vran-y-7ya 4r--
Laughed and discharged soldiers and oliarteru1aS-
Ter ; employees and signal corps men