Invading Army

Washington, May 10.- While the movement of troops to Cuba is contingent upon the vlctory of Sampson's fleet, the preparations are going ahead with such rapidity that if conditions justify it the war department will have landed 20,000 troops in Cuba before Saturday. That is the eítimate of the war department. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn has chartered about thirty ships, with a oapacity of 25,000 men. They are to be used to convey troops to Cuba and the Philippines. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 10.- The entire army stationed at Chickamauga park has been ordered to the front. The First and Tenth cavalry go to New Orleans, the Second cavalry to Mobile, the Third and Sixth to Tampa. The entire infantry goes to Tampa. The movement has a'.ready begun. New York, May 10.- The military movement to end the war with Spain by a prompt and decisively aggressive campaign in Cuba is in full swing throughout the country, says the Washingtor. correspondent of The Tribune. Huiulreds of Cipher Mexságes. Orders have been issued from the war department with a rapidity similar to the continuous rattle of an automatic machine gun. The force of expert military telegraphers have sent hundreds of messages in cipher and hundreds of others in ordinary language to comanding generáis, railway superintendents, quartermasters. eommissaries, state governors and mustering offlcers, and to all the units in the vast mechanism which is relied upon to deal a crushing blow to Spanish authority in Cuba and the Philippines. General Miles, having secured the president's permission to take the field in person and command the invading army, has completed his final arrangements to start for Tampa, where he will assume active control of the force concentrated there and at Mobile and New Orleans, dividing it into divisions under Generáis Wade, Coppinger and Shafter. Pian Swept Aside The plan to have General Shafter head an army of 5,000 to establish a base of communication with the insurgents was completely swept aside. Wade, Coppinger and Shafter respect■ively, , in . the ocder of tljeir. rank, -it is now determined, will lead equal divisions of the army of occupation under General Miles. General Brooke, now at Chickamauga, has been definitely selected to command the entire volunteer force of 50,000 men designed to support the regulare in the campaign. Most of the regular forces now in camp under him will be sent to Mobile and New Orleans as quickly as possible, to depart simultaneously with the expeditlon from Tampa, and their places on the Chickamauga battlefleld will be speedily occupied by the First volunteer corps, consisting of thirty-eight regiments of infantry, six light batterles of artülery and two regiments of cavalry.