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BANNERMESSENGER.
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General to Come Back For the
Purpose of Selecting
New Invaders.
FOLLOWS MILES AT OUTER
Railways Leading to Chickamauga
to Mow "7 the Evorythlus boldlers and I,,Ke-.ll.. Kquipmeru P s.
on Short Notice.
Ghickamauga. Ga.. July 19.—Major _
General John R. Brooke will return to
his headquarters at Camp Thomas to
morrow morning and then the question
of what regiments will go to Porto Rico
and when they will go will be definitely
settled This question °in has been the
one one of or main mainmtei-st interest m the the to bi ft armv army
camp since the departure of General
Brooke for Washington several days
ago and there has been speculation and
discussion among both officers and men.
d oZ7o7o f ,2 *%t
nothing official given out here. As far
as can be learned only two divisions
will be taken
movement m^menMvilMjeEiu^abouT win begin about tiie thelast last ol ol
the present or the first ot next week.
The railroads acting upon notice given
' a * e got ,en -rains in readiness
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M » e ChXu^UWw
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ply depot, is receiving Large quantities
of rations daily, which would seem to
indicate that a still larger force of sol
diers will be sent to Ghickamauga soon,
Today he unloaded 31 cars of provisions,
mostly meat, sugar, flour and coffee. A
still larger number of cars are expected
to arrive tomorrow. So far Major Nye
has received no orders to ship provisions
south.
Captain RockweR of Genera 1 Brooke’s
PnfJlfn Colonel Rockwell i n P u^° has te< ? been ° a at C ,°l? the a T head C ^
of the ordnance department and will
continue in that position. The colonel
is one of the hardest worked men at
Camp Thomas
Adjutant General Otto L. Sues, of
Colonel Griggsby’s cowboys today
gan the instruction of the officers of the
regiment in sabre movements. This
practice will continue every day, Ad ju
tant Sues instructing the officers and
they in turn instructing their men.
Er,£S£ The carbine Z for
scabbards the regi
ment have been received at the camp
and the regiment is now fully equipped
with the exception of a few minor sup¬
plies. The men are also becoming well
drilled and Colonel Griggsby says that
his regiment is ready to go anywhere
and do all kinds of fighting.^ It is
claimed that the regiment is the best
equipped and the finest drilled of any
regiment of volunteer cavalry in the
United States.
All arrangements have been com
pleted for the brigade review, which
oocurs one day this week. Those who
will he in the review are the cowboys,
the First Illinois cavalry and tho
Kentucky cavalry. Twenty-five hun -
dred horses will be on the field at one
time executing the various cavalry
movements and the sight will be quite
^vision, ta » Third, g C^.^ h <Xl«oad
corps, are now arrant
IHXIIAXAX, HARALSON COUNTY, GEOUGI A, THURSDAY,. ILLY 21, IS'ik.
iug the new rifle ranges and will get
down to practice at once. Tho general
states that the equipment of his divi¬
sion is almost complete, the regiment
only lacking a few articles of various
kinds.
ROAD OFFICIALS NOTIFIED.
Alli Queen and . Crescent „ ^ „ Route to Move
th, Park Soldier..
Ciiattasoooa. My 10._Tho officials
of 4 . the ^ Queen and ^ Crescent route , have
been notified to hold tlUmselves in read
iness to load 8,000 soldiers for Newport
News within the next 24 hours. Al*
tht f gh nu mformatlon oau 1)6 secured
at headquarters, 1 the 3,000 men referred
to doubtless compose General Haines’
Second brigade, First division, First
corps, which is in shape to get out on a
few hours notice.
Pennsylvania. No regiments are ex
peeted to receive moving arrival orders, how
until the of General
Brooke at camp tomorrow morning. At
least 25,000 men are nowin shape to
^ eave ^ ere on 24 hours’ notice.
Germany to Keep Hands Off.
Washington Julv 19 —The naw do
nartment f T hns meniveri reived no dispatches ,
from Dewey rela lug to P ross sports
concerning our relations -with Germany.
but officials feel much less concern over
Germany’s attitude and there is good
reason to believe direct assurances have
beeii received from Germany that she
nSzZXrZTT “ K iAMPA > ria., July 19. A move*
ment has been started here to present
Admiral Cervera a home on Tampa bay,
alnc S? treatment of Hbbson hnoano and wd crew chiv- and
a desire to save him from insult and
possible death should he return to Spain,
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„ „ Francisco, July 19.—The tan,
P ort steai ner Pennsylvania, with the
First Monts.ua regiment and 300 re
cruits for the First California volun
teers, sailed today for the Philippines '
__
Five Hundred Men Sail.
r> UAW ' t,,w y 10 team- .
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ship Panama sailed this morning _ for
Santiago with 500 men, bridge and dock
builders. Two hundred negroes shipped
herCl
the candidates.
’’ e ca ‘* yum' attention to all the an
nouncements of candidates subject to
the action of the primary to be held in
the differeilt district8 of the couuty J next
,
5 <uui «ay.
For tveasqyer you will find
Ayres, Mr, T. L. Dougherty
withdrawn his aunouncement to make
Mr.
For tax receiver, II. I). Lassoter and
U rn. G. Robinson,
For tax collector, E. C. Wilson, G. M.
„ ^ T oodley and J. 1. „ 1 owell. ,,
For representative M. J. Head,
For Sheriff, G. W. Bullard,
Those not announcing in this pane '
aro s, Griffith for representative and
u, tj. Head foi clerk.
These are all good men and worthy the
of the voters of the county,
Turn out and vote for your choice,
To Tax Payers of Buchanan.
The city tax books are at my store
you can call and give in your per
property. The books will close
of this month. Parties not giving
*»«• Don’t forget
this. W. A. McC’a.lman,. C. T. R.
MILES n
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Expedition * to Porto RicO
Off at Last Alter Beillg 1
Delayed J Slifrlltlv J *
HALT OWING TO MISTAKES
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the War
J urned Over to Him Far Kxeeed . the
Strength of His Own Army.
ashington, July 19. General Miles
did not start for Porto Rico yesterday as
exi ' Gcted ’ but either has already
Sallcd thls> monung or Wl11 get away
during the day.* The delay was owing
to a failure to receive the necessary
ders through some mistake of persons
*i„„ } tou|?h 1 " .» hoso bands , ,. tlley travelecl . , . , ,
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G^-eneral Miles telegraphed heie over
bight and the orders were repeated to
him and he was told to start for Porto
H:linc8 ' "■^^ ouK '
Newport News, whence they will
b ar ]j f or p or t^ Kk-o: Third Illinois,
Fourth Pennsylvania and Fourth Ohio,
uprising from 3, MX) to 4,000 men.
^ T addition ..... four ,. . batteries .. . ot artillery, ....
making 700 men and 1,000 horses, a
hospital corps of 200 and a signal corps
of 200 men have beau erdered to New
port News . It has not been definitely
decided, and will not until General
Brooke has been heard from, which
regiments from the First and Second
divisions of his corps shall go to Porto
Rico, but the First and Third Kentucky
and Fifth Illinois are among the proba
ble selections.
The First Illinois is the only regiment
known here to have actually gone to
Porto Rico with General Miles.
The troops under General Coppinger
f Iucb do J 10 * FO to Porto Rico will be
transferred to Fernandma, account
of the malaria at Tampa, where they
are now quartered.
Xhe war department has received a
dispatch dated yesterday from General
Shatter saying that the roster of pris
oners was handed in yesterday afrer
noon by General Tora 1 and that the
total was 22,789 men.
General Shatter’s dispatch added that
the prisoners turned over to him far ex
ceefl iu numbers the strength of his
Shatter ba S „ ked the
department to hurry forward the regi¬
ments of immunes for service at San
tiago city and vicinity iu order that
there may be a minimum of danger of
further infection of our troops from tho
fever which prevails at Santiago.
Secretary Alger said this afternoon
that it is probable that the total number
of Spanish soldiers who will have to be
transported to Spain will reach the 25,
000 estimated by General Shatter, as
Toral’s reports did not cover quite all
the soldiers who would be turned over,
The secretary says the military gov
ernor of Santiago has not yet been defl
Cuba, so that it will not need such sup
piies for some time.
The secretary would not go into de
tails concerning the Porto Ku o expodi
tion, but said be ful v co d it
started today on its i
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NEW CAMPS ESTABLISHED.
All Precautions Taken to Prevent the
Spread of Diseases.
Santiago pe Cuba, July IS. via King¬
ston, Jamaica, July 19.—Strenuous ef
forts to prevent tho spread of infectious
diseases , among .1 the Amoncnn , in
troops
boot <>» S»a»»KO «e «’»ha were «
soon as the city surrendered and for the
past 30 hours our soldiers have been
sent as ra phlly ns possible to the hills
north of the city, where new camps
have been established.
Everything possible is being done to
improve the sanitary conditions of the
camps, which especially in the case of troops
are expected to take part in the
expedition to Porto Rico. Of the regi
meats here only those which are not in
the slightest infected will be allowed to
go to Porto Rico. The others will ve
for ,he 0I1
the high ground north of Santiago,
The immune regiments from New
Orleans and Mobile are expected here
daily, and upon their arrival they will
be sent to the city, forming the only
American garrison force which will re¬
“‘riVphPsiral condition of our troops
is not considered serious, now that the
number of cases of fever is growing less
all tho time, and it is believed the
disease "ill disappear with the re
moval ot the soldiers to healthier local
ities and the extra precautions which
are being taken.
Waders cavalry div boon is
^ lre ® 11 ( ' ,ll slrkn ® h ^ ‘ uu J l )r< ?b*
1100
K,s "‘" m ‘r:......-“*'*•
w W ashington, July 19. — News has
reached here to tho effect that the
drained relations between the Ameri
cans and General Garda's Cuban sol
diers are increasing. " Indeed “aim the situ-i
tj(>n lmg nuW wa ched n
there is practically no communication
between the armies and their relations
Wdor on thoso of hostility mfber than
£•»“““ 7'™’ di-.*,! “ ?». In -suppose some
nuarters tber»> i ei . ) f° p i l ”
esy an early colnsiun ’ betwe ui ' ° n men
and the Cubans
Orders to Move Unchanged.
Tampa, Fla., July 19.—The orders re¬
ceived here yesterday directing a move¬
ment of tho trot os to Fernandina, which
worfl t u en nnrm b _
‘ prol
Btill gtand uuclian ;(1 vim-x ,u.
testg havc been fmavarded tho } >nsident
b every persou of distinction here
Picnic.
There will be a jmblie picnic and .speak¬
ing at James Green’s millpond five miles
northwest of Temple on the Bremen and
Draketowa road on August 13th. both
democrats arid populist candidates ai o
especially invited to make speeches. Ev
erybody invited to come. Kefreshmeitta
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Mr. . A. Chandler, of Trion, has ie
turned to his father.
Gl,1 ° burning wear her and the farmers
are putting in good time.
“If a newspaper man knew how many
kicks he received behind his back he
wullld adopt another calling,” remarked
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a young man recently. , „, That min was
mistaken. The newspaper man who
succeeds expects to be maligned by ev
0 ry lawbreaker, swindler and hypocrite Ever
......t-very of
u<,t °uety who is ignoied. I he editor
who expects to go through life without
being misrepresented should make ar
ra „ K ements to die young.-Carrolltnf
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