The Washington times., 1902-04-19
Better Control, Admins
tratlon, and Mobilization
Aimed At.
IMPORTANT ORDERS ISSUED
War Department Makes Complete Shake
Up IN Assignment of Troops to Army
Posts to Better the Service-Details of
sthe Assignment of Troops.


change in the assignment of troops to
army posts in this country as the order
says, Ito meet present conditions upon
the principle of concentration, and facil-
itating mobilization, supply and initia-
tive
Plattsburg Barracks, New York, one in
fantry regiment.
Madison Barracks and Fort Niagara.
New York, one infantry regiment and two
batteries of field artillery.
Forts Mcpherson, Georgia, and Slocum,
New York (Davids Island), one infantry
regiment.
Fort Hamilton, New York, one bat
terry of field artillery
Fort Porter, New York Department of
the East, and Forts Wayne and Brady,
Michigan Department of the Lakes), one
infantry regiment.
Forts Myer, Virginia. Ethan Allen, Yer
mont Department of the East, and Fort
Sheridan, Illinois Department of the
Lakes, one cavalry regiment.
Department of the Lakes.
Fort Sheridan, Ill. and Columbus Bar
racks, Ohio, one infantry regiment.
Fort Thomas, KY, and Indianapolis
Arsenal, Ind, one infantry regiment
Forts Smelling, Mimi; Yates, n. D., and
Keogh, Mont. one infantry regiment.
Forts Assinniboine, Harrison, and Mis-
souIa, Mont, one infantry regiment.
Forts Meade, s D.; Keogh, Mont, and
Yates, N. D.. one cavalry regiment.
Yellowstone National Park department
of Dakota), and Walla Walla. Wash. and
Boise Barracks, Idaho Department of the
Columbia), one cavalry regiment.
Vancouver Barracks and Forts Lawton
and Wright, WASH. and Boise Barracks,
Idaho, one infantry regiment.
Forts Crook land if necessary old Fort
Omaha, Neb.; Logan H. Roots, Ark, and
Sill, Okla, one infantry regiment.
Fort Niobrara, Neb., and Reno, Okla.
one infantry regiment.
Forts Riley and Leavenworth, Kan, and
Jefferson Barracks, Mo, one cavalry regi=
ment.
jefferson Barracks, Mo-; Forts Riley,
Kan; Sill and Reno, Okla, one cavalry
regiment.
Forts Robinson, Neb. Department of the
Missouri. Mackenzie. Washakie, and d. A.
Russell, Wyo. department of the Colora-
do), one cavalry regiment.
Department of the Colorado.
Forts d. A. Russell. Wyo., and Logan,
Col. one infantry regiment.
Forts Grant, Huachuca, and Apache,
Ariz., one cavalry regiment.
Forts Douglas and Duchesne, Utah.
Apache. Ariz Department of the Colora-
doI, and Bliss. Tex. Department of Tex
asl, one infantry regiment.
Forts Logan, Col, Duchesne, Utah, and
Wingate, n NJ, Department of the Col
orado), and Preside of San Francisco,
Cal Department Of California;, one cav
airy regiment
Forts Sam Houston. Brown, Ringgold,
and Mcintosh, and Camp Eagle Pass, Tex,
one infantry regiment.
Forts Clark and Sam Houston, Tex, one
cavalry regiment.
Depot of recruit instruction, Preside of
San Francisco, one infantry regiment and
such odd companies IS may be temporarily
unproyided for elsewhere during an emer-
gency.
Discharge camp. Angel Island, Cal, for
one infantry regiment
Regiments now in the United States and
designated for return thereto will be as
signed to regimental stations as follows:
Twenty-third Infantry TO Plattsburg
Barracks, n. Y.
Ninth Infantry to Madison Barracks, and
Fort Niagara, y. Y.
Sixteenth Infantry to Fort Mcpherson,
Ga, and Fort Slocum, n. Y.
Seventh Cavalry to Chickamauga Park,
Ca, as now ordered.
Fourteenth Infantry TO Forts Wayne and
Brady, Mich. department of the Lakesl,
and to Fort Porter, n. Y. department of
the East.
Second Cavalry to Forts Myer. Va. ana
ethan Allen. VT. Department of the
East), and to Fort Sheridan, H. depart
.lent of the Lakes).
Twentieth Infantry 20 Fort Sheridan,
H., and Columbus Barracks. Ohio.
Third Infantry to Fort Thomas, KY, and |
Arsenal, Ind.
Department of Dakotas.
Twenty-fourth Infantry to Forts SMELL |
Ing. Mimi; Yates, North Dakota, and |
Keogh, Mont.
Twenty-first Infantry to Forts Harrison, |
Missoula, and Assinniboine, Mont
Thirteenth Cavalry to Forts Meade. S. |
D.; Yates, y. D., and Keogh. Mont.
Third Cavalry to Forts Assinniboine. |
Mont, and Yellowstone. Yellowstone Ma
tional Park Department OF Dakota, and |
10 Fort Walla Walla. Washington and |
Boise Barracks. Idaho Department of the
Columbia).
One squadron of this regiment TO take
temporary station at the Preside of San
Francisco, Cal, for service in the ma
tional parks. The horses for this squad-
ron to be transferred thereto by the Sec
,rders for Philippine service. and which
will proceed with horses TO San Francisco
II the earliest practicable date. The Sec
md Squadron, First Cavalry now under |
,rders for Philippine service, will proceed
% San Francisco, dlsmounted when re- |
ieved by other troops.
First Battalion, Eighth Infantry, from
Department of Dakota, and temporarily
he Thirty-second and 106th Companies of |
coast Artillery, now temporarily stationed
Il Fort Lawton, Department of the Co
umbia, to Alaska Department of the Co
umbia) to relieve the companies OF the
seventh Infantry there stationed; these
.ompanies. together with headquarters,
and and two companies. Seventh Infan-
nv. from Vancouver Barracks, Washing
on TO take station at the depot of re-
.ruit instruction, Preside of San Fran
isco. Cal, there to unite with the re-
naming battalion, Seventh Infantry. when
he same is withdrawn from the Philippine
Stands.
The remaining battalions of the Eighth
Infantry 10 be assigned TO the Depart
nent of the Columbia when withdrawn
rom the Philippines.
Department of Columbia.
Seventeenth Infantry TO Vancouver Bar
acks. Forts Lawton and Wright, Wash