T.Wright.The regiment consisted of only eight companies, two battalions, commanded respectively by Major J.B.Johnson and Maj.

W.H.Johnson, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Rich'd C.Croxton, of the First United States Infantry.

First Lieutenant Chas.

R.Alexander was Surgeon.

Second Lieutenant Allen J.
Black, Assist Subsistence.
Lieutenant W.H.Anderson, Company "C," was detailed as Adjutant, Ordinance Officer and Mustering Officer.
Lieutenant J.H.Gilpin, Company "B," was detailed as Quartermaster and Commissary of Subsistance.
On Monday, September 12, 1898, the command left Camp Corbin, Va., and embarked for Knoxville, Tenn., about 10 o'clock, the men traveling in day coaches and the officers in Pullman sleepers.