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Are Coming Soon

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
April
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

ARE COMING SOON

Our Soldier Boys May Leave Cuba in a Week.

Word was received at the war department Tuesday that the transport Logan, which is to bring the 81st Michigan, was expected to arrive at Cienfuegos on Thursday. the 6th instant. Gen. Brook's order to hasten the Michigan regiment to the port of embarkation is counted upon to land the troops at Cienfuegos before the end of the week. They will be embarked at once and as soon as the vessel is ready to sail the department will direct her commander as to her port of destination in the south. The department is now disposed to favor landing the 31st at Atlanta although the people oí that city are protesting against the government's bringing any troops from Cuba to that port. The department officials regard the quarantine regulations as ample to prevent any infection. In addition, the Michigan regiment is known to be in splendid health and without a single suspicious case of sickness in the entire command. The latest health report shows the condition of the 31st to be superior to that of any other volunteer regiment in Cuba. The men have had the advantage of an excellent camping ground, plenty of pure water and good food, and are now beginning to reap the benefit of the regular army discipline which Col. Gardener has so effectively established