Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-24
Instead Of Sending Soldiers Up and
Down Coast on Railroads the
Transports Are TO be Used for
Purpose--lntinerary Arranged for
Movement of Troops.

any American transports have ever
been designated by the war depart
ment for special service in trans
porting nine batteries OF coast ar
tillery from forts along the Atlantic
coast between Portland. Me-, and
Baltimore, Md, to forts along tie
Atlantic coast and the Gulf OF MeXi-
co between South Carolina and
Louisiana and transporting ten bat
terles OF coast artillery from south
ern coast forts tai forts OH the north
ern Atlantic coast between Della.
ware City and Portland
The Fitzpatrick will complete re-
pairs at the Morse Iron Works
about March 81 and alter coaling
abe Will take aboard battery OF
artillery Mt that city ana proceed
to Portland Me, then she will pick
lip batteries all along the coast down
to Baltimore. AS this transport
has been designated by the war de.
partment to transport the foreign
legations at Washington to the
Jamestown Exposition she will be
taken of the special service the
latter part OF April and replaced by
the transport Meade, which will
complete repairs at New York about
the middle of April.
The batteries taken on the New
England coast by the Fitzpatrick
probably will he transferred to the
Meade Mt New York or some other
port on the coast north of the Vii.
ginsa Ccpes and the Meade will take
them to the designated posts on the
southern Atlantic coast That yes.
Onl nffNl,ol,l,- nut tpoS ~,
batteries now stationed In the south
to the northern posts.
The army tugs stationed ut the
various posts moth the north and
south which the transports touch
viii be used when necessary In
embarklng and discriminating the
! troops on the transports.
Used Railroads Heretofore.
Heretofore the transporting Of tie
troops from one station to another
on the Atlantic coast has been done
by railroads, but as the Fitzpatrick
and Meade have no other duty to
perform during the next few months
and as the sea ride will be enjoyed
much more by the troops than n
dusty ride over land the war de-
partment decided to make the nee.
essary transfers of coast artillery
ON the transports this year.
THE following itenary OF the spec.
ial service to which the Fitzpatrick
and Mende have been designated
been mapped out by the war de.
partinent:
Take. aboard the Elghtieth Com.
pany Coast Artillery, stationed at
Fort Schuyler, N. Y, at New
city ana proceed to Portland, Me-,
TO embark the Seventy-fourth and
Seyenty;ftth Companies Coast Ar.
tilery. now stationed at Forts Preble
and Williams, Me.
From Portland, Me- to Boston,
Mas. = embark the Seventy.sixth
and Sepenty-seventh Companies
Coast ARTILLERY now stationed at
Forts Banks and Warren, Mass.
leaving Boston. Mass. the vessel
WA go to Newport, II. L., to embark
Ehe seventy-second Seventy-elghth
aha SeVehfy-niIth Companies Coas;
Artillery at Forts Adams and Gre.
Bile, r. |.
Proceed from Newport, n. T. 70
Baltimore, Md, to embark Thirty.
ninth company Coast Artillery sin.
tened at Fort McHcnry. II thought
necessary tile water and coal supply
can be replenished at Newport
News on either inbound or outbound
trip to Baltimore.
From baltimore Md. TO Kew
West. Fla. to discmbark EIGHTEEN
Company Coast Artillery and EN-.
bark Eleventh Company Coast Jar.
Fla. az" O.
From Key West to Fort De Soto.
rIa,. CIamba bay) TO disembark the
Thirty-nnth Comaclny Coast Artiil.
cry and embark First Company
Coast Artillery.
From Fort Dc Soto to Fort Bar.
rancas, Fla, pensacola harbor) to
disembark tho Seventy.sixth amd
SeVenty-Seventh Companies Coast
Artillery and embark the Seventh
and Ninth Companies Coast Ariill.
cry.
From Fort Barrancas to jackson
barracks, Fla, (near New Orleansl
TO embark the Fourth Company
Coast Artillery.
From Jackson Barracks to Fcrt
Screyen, Ga, (mouth Savannah,
river) to disembark the Seventy.
second and Seventy-fourth Comnan.
les Coast Artillery and embark tho
Fifth and Fourteenth Companies
Coast Artillery. y
From Fort Screvan to Fort Ere.
mont, s. c.. (mouth OF Beaufort
rtver) where the One Hundred and
Seventeenth Company Coast Artill.
ny will be embarked.
From Fort Fremont, s. C.. to Fort
Moultrie. S. G. charleston harborl
TO disembark the seventy.fifth and
Seventy eighth Companies Coast Ar.