The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
TAXING OF CUBA.
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 One light battery from Fort shert- dan, at Chicago, will embark from Port Tampa for Havana as soon arrange ments can be completed for the move ment. The reminder of the first expe- dittonary force will sail for Cuba from Newport News.
 The general movement of the army forces is shown in q cablegram sent to- day by Acting Secretary of War Oliver to Secretry Taft at Havana, the text of which follows:
 washington, Sept. 30, 1906.
 Secretary Taft, Havana, Cuba-Iei- egram from president: Arrange for 5000 troops to start for Cuba as soon as possible
 Troops now moving. Embark at Newport News, except light battery, which goes through Tampa and two battalions of infantry and one battal- ion of engineers, which go from New York on the Sumner. Total force to consist of ten battalions of infantry, four squadrons of cavalry of 65 men each: two mountain batteries from Vancouver; one field battery, one bat taion of engineers. one company of signal corps, thirty-sfx medical officers and 371 hospital corps men, Sumner now loading with commissary supplies at New York and expects to sail with about 300 men from there, as specified, by "Wednesday. Balance of force from Newport News and Tampa to follow as rapidly as chartered transports can be ready, and expect to complete ship ments of extra force within ten days. Chief of staff will furnish further de- l tails as rapidly as Information is re- ceived. All troops are directed to take full supply tentage, cots, mosquito bars and head nets.
 Oliver, Secretary. The troops to go to Cuba on the Sumner are two battalions of Infantry from Plattsburg N Y, barracks, and a battalion of engineers from Washing ton barracks Accompanying them will be some officers and men of the medical lcorps and hospital corps, and perhaps of the signal corps
 The Sumner now is loading at New York. She will carry commissary sup Iplies for the first expedition for thir- Ity days. The supplies for the expedi- tion to be carried by the Sumner will aggregate more than 200 tons of regular rations, in addition to about 100 tons of sale stores, including canned milk, can ned fruits and chewing and smoking tobacco, The New York depot of the Icommissary department was open all night last night and all day to-day and every effort is being made to facilitate the departure of the Sumner It is likely that the troops to sail on the Sumner will be concentrated in New York Tuesday The commissary depart ment is getting together a second thir- :. ty day supply of conlmissary stores to be sent to Cuba by d merchant liner after the first supplies are off. One lweek later a third supply for thirty days will be forwarded. The object of sending the supplies so rapidly is to get them into the depots at Havana and have them handled without con- fusion. Major Harry +. Wilkins, now | dsSlStdnl at CHlcdB0, mas neeH oFuereu to Cuba as the chief commissary of the expedition. He already has started for Havana. Captain Henry G. Cole, of the Cole, of the commissary generals office here, has started for Cuba with force : of clerks. They will sail from Tampa tomorrow night Captain Francis J. Kcehler, eommissary at the Washing- ton barracks, will leave tomorrow for Newport News to superintend the load ing of supplies.