Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-15
Fl. CROOK WITHOUT TROOPS
Tran'fer to Philippines Takes Away Carl
SIN for Two Hontba
DETAILS or THE SAILING ORDERS
Thirtieth Regiment L. Booked 60
Leave san Francisco In July
and sixteenth VIII
Succeed IL.

General orders have been received from
the War department relative to the trans
fer Of troops from the United States to
the Philippines during the current year,
and they show Fort Crook will be without
garrison for over two months. The cav
airy regiments under marching orders are
Tenth cavalry. Ninth cavalry and Sixth
cavalry, all In the Department OF the Mis-
souri,, and they will be relieved, respec-
lively. by the Eighth, Seventh and Fourth
cavalry, now in the Philippines.
Headquarters, band and six troops of the
Tenth cavalry, now at Fort Robinson;
Troops e and F, at Fort washakie Troops
@. D and H, now at Fort Russell will
sail from San Francisco March 8. Two
troops Of the Tenth and the Ninth and
Sixth cavalry will sail for the Philippines
June g. Headquarters band and the First
squadron of the Ninth cavalry at Fort
Riley, three troops at Fort Leavenworth
and three troops of the same regiment at
Fort Sheridan will sail on May 8. One
troop of the Ninth cavalry at Fort Leaven-
worth and one troop at Fort Sheridan
will sail on August S. Headquarters, band
and six troops Of the Sixth cavalry at
Fort Meade. Troops I and X at Fort yell
lowstone and one troop at Fort Keogh will
sail September s and two troops at Fort
Meade and one at Fort Keogh OF the same
regiment win sail January 8, 1908
Cavalry Regiments to GO.
The cavalry regiments to be relieved in
the Philippines will sail from Manila for
the United States as follows: Eighth, on
April 5. and will be stationed at Fort Rob-
inson. Neb., and Fort d. A. Russell, Wyo;
Seventh cavalry will sail June 10 and will
take station at Forts Riley, Leavenworth
and Sheridan; Fourth cavalry will sail
June is and ten troops, headquarters and
band will take station at Fort Meade. two
troops at Fort Yellowstone and the re-
naming troops at Fort Keogh. -Four Of
the troops of this regiment will not sail
| from Manila until October Is.
The infantry regiments to sail for the
Philippines are the Twenty-fifth, which
will said April s; Twenty-sixth, June s.;
| Thirtieth, July g. Twenty ninth. August s.
| and Eighteenth. October 5. The regiments
to he relieved in the Philippines will be the
Nineteenth Ninth, Sixteenth, Thirteenth
and Fifteenth.
The Nineteenth will sail from Manila May
Is and will take station at Forts Reno and
Mcintosh; Ninth sails July 10, and will
take station at Fort Sam Houston, Tex;
! Sixteenth will sail August Is and will. with
headquarters band and two battalions, take
station at Fort Crook, relieving the Thlr-
tieth infantry, now there: two companies
at Fort Logan II. Roots and two at Fort
Reno, okl. The Thirteenth will sail Sep
TENDER Is. taking station at Fort Deaven-
worth, and the Fifteenth will sail Novem-
Der 10, taking station at Fort Douglas,
Utah.
1t will be thus observed that Fort Crook
will be without a garrison for over two
months, the Thirtleth being booked for
sailing on July s. and the Sixteenth which
is to come to Fort Crook, will not sail
from Manila until August 10. arriving here
about September Is.