Another Regiment Goes to Tampa
The Twenty-fifth infantry departed camp for Tampa under Colonel Kurt, as troops prepared for possible embarkation to Cuba amid intense heat and long drills.
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Rock Island Argus · May 7, 1898 · Page 1
1 min readCHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK, Ga., May 7.
Rations enough for 7,000 men for thirty days are expected to arrive today. In spite of the intense heat the men were given long drills yesterday. They are rapidly becoming acclimated, and when the time comes for shipment as bronzed and trained a lot of men as ever shouldered guns will break camp and embark.
The Twenty-fifth infantry left at 3 p.m. yesterday for Tampa in command of Colonel Kurt, who though officially notified of his appointment as a brigadier in the volunteer army was ordered to accompany his regiment south. Other regiments now in camp have been ordered to rid themselves of all heavy equipments of every sort and hold themselves in light marching order.
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