Evening star., 1902-04-18
STATIONS oIt TROOPS
CHANGES CAUSED By THE RE-
TURN OF CoMMANDs.
Assignment Of Regiments in General
Order Issued by the War
Department.

A general order issued by the War De-
| partment today. by command of Lieut..
Gen. Miles, directs many aehanges in the
stations of the troops IN, the United States
which have been made necessary by incom-
ing troops from the Philippines and Cuba
and the creation Of new artillery batteries.
Regiments now in this country and those
| designated for return to the United States
| Will be assigned to regimental stations as
| follows: -
| Department of the East.
| Twenty-third Infantry to Prattsburg Bar
| racks, N. Y.
Ninth Infantry to Madison Barracks and
| Fort Niagara, N. Y. @
Sixteenth Infantry to Fort Mcpherson,
Ga. and Fort Slocum, N Y.
Seventh Cavalry to Chickamauga Park
| Georgia.
Departments of the East and Lakes.
| Fourteenth Infantry to Forts Wayne and
Brady, Mich, and to Fort Porter, N Y.
Second Cavalry to Forts Myer, Va. and
| Ethan Allen, VT, and to Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Department Of the Lakes.
| Twentieth Infantry to Fort Sheridan, ILL.,,
| and Columbus Barracks, Ohio.
| Third Infantry to Fort Thomas, KY and
| indianapolis Arsenal, Ind.
Department of Dakota.
Twenty-fourth Infantry to Forts Smelling,
Mimi; Yates. N D.. and Keogh, Mont.
| Twenty-frst Infantry to Forts Harrison,
Missoula and Assniboine, Mont.
Thirteenth Cavalry to Forts Meade, S.
| O.; Yates, N D., and Kongh Mont.
Departments of Dakota and Columbia.
Third Cavalry to Forts Assinniboine,
Mont. and Yellowstone, Yellowstone Ma
| tfona1 Park, and to Fort Walla Walla,
Wash. and Boise barracks Idaho.
| One squadron of this regiment to take
temporary station at the Presidio of San
| Francisco, Cal. for service in the national
! parks. The I'd Squadron, 1st Cavalry now
| under orders for Philippine service, will
| proceed to San Francisco dismounted
Departments of Dakota, Columbia and
| California.
First Battalion, Sth Infantry, from de-
partment of Dakota, and temporarily the
32d and 106th Companies of Coast Artillery,
| now temporarily stationed at Fort Lawton,
| department of the Columbia, to Alaska to
relieve the companies of the 7th Infantry
! there stationed: these companies, together
| with headquarters, band and two compa-
! MES. 1th Infantry, from Vancouver bar
| racks, Wash to take station at the depot
| Of recruit instruction. Preside of San Fran
| cisco, Cal, there to unite with the remain
| ing battalion, 7th Infantry when the same
is withdrawn from the Philippine Islands.
| The remaining battalions of the 9Th In
| fantry to be assigned tOethe department of
the Columbia when Withdrawn from the
Philippines. eoL
Department of the Columbia.
| Seventeenth Infantry to Vancouver bar
racks, Forts Lawton aad Wright, Wash,
| and Boise barracks, Idaho.
| noro ~ of f;eeo,,,s
| Sixth Infantry to Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
| Twenty-second Infantry to- Forts Crook,
| Neb.; Logan H. Roots, Ark, and Sill. Okl.
Twenty-fifth Infantry to Forts Niobrara,
| Neb., and Reno, Okl. 'F -
| Fourth Cavalry as now distributed to sta
| tons at Forts Riley Iand Leavenworth,
| Kan, and Jefferson barra cks,, Mo.
| Eighth Observation-Disclosures band and
| one squadron to Jefferson barracks. Mo.
| one squadron to Fort Riley, Kan, and two
| troops each to Forts Sill and Reno. Okl.
| Tenth Cavalry-Headquarters band and
| two squadrons to Fort Robinson, Neb.
Department Of the Colorado.
Eighteenth Infantry to Forts D.. A. Rus
| sell, Wyo, and Logan, Col.
Fourteenth Cavalry to Forts Grant, Hua'
| chuca and Apache, Arlz.
DEPARTMENTS of the Colorado and Texas
Twelfth Infantry to Forts Douglas and
Duchesne, Utah; Apache, Ariz. and Fort
| Bliss Tex.
Department Of Texas.
Fourth Infantry to Forts Sam Houston
Brown, Ringgold and Mcintosh Tex.
| Twelfth Cavalry to Forts Clark and Sam
| Houston, Tex, with troops detached as
may be necessary to Forts Mcintosh, Ring
| gold and Brown, Tex
Department Of California.
Thirteenth Infantry to depot of recruit in
struction, Preside of San Francisco.
Nineteenth Infantry to discharge camp
| Angel Island, Cal
| Department commanders will concentrate
the organizations now stationed within
| their respective departments at their ap
| pointed stations as it may become neces
sary to do so to provide for incoming or
ganiZatons, and will at once take steps tt
place all posts involved in condition tc
shelter to the fullest extent of their ca
pacity, the troops designated for station
thereat.
Nothing in these instructions shall bt
construed as an order to hasten the de-
parture of regiments from the division OF
the Philippines In advance of the times sci
in instructions already given the division
commander.
In order to regulate enhstments with a
view to distributing annual expirations Of
service more evenly organiza tions return
ing from the Philippines with depleted
strength will not be Immediately recruited
| to authorized strength.
So much Of general orders of January 1S
| 1902, as designates the 7th Infantry, the 1st
| Battery, 9Th Infantry and Company L, Oath
| Infantry for service in the division of the
Philippines and assigns the 9th Infantry to
the department Of Dakota is revoked.
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Lyceum Discusses Disfranchisement.
AS previously announced, the Y. NJ c. A.
Lyceum met last evening" instead of on the
regular night. on account of the expected