The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-04
The First West Virginia In An.
other sham Battle and
ANDADJUTANT.
AND ONE OF THE THREE BATrAL-
IoNs--M. y. DRYDEN HAS BEEN
APPOINTED CHIEF CLERK TO
MAJOR GENERAL. BROOKE. IN
/ COMMAND AT CAMP THOMAS.
COLONEL cAsTEEL ARRIVES TO
PAY THE BOYS FOR THEIR Ma
TIoNAL GUARD SERVICE.
T1oNAL GUARD SERVICE.

SAhlt' GLORdE II. lJOMAS, Cnlck.
amnuga, June 1.-The second sham bat
tie which tho First West Virginia reg
iment has taken part In occurred this
morning and was between the second
and third divisions OF the, third army
corps. The second division, to which we
belong. was commanded by Gen. Poland.
The battle was won by our opponents
utter a severe contest on our left flank,
and our regiment lost Its colonel. adju-.
tant, and one entire battalion along with
its major. After our colonel had been
captured we were ordered by Gen.
Poland TO Join the Sixth Ohio. on our
right, which We did. and after a vain
search to find the enemy we returned to
camp. Tho battle covered about four or
five. square miles and nearly 10000 men
were engaged. Company NJ boys, as
well as the entlro first battalion. stood
the long march remarkably WELL and
showed but little fatigue after return
Ing to camp. Not one man was lost out
of our battalion. Y
Lawyer Dryden, Of Wheeling, MEM
Der OF Company NJ has been appointed
chief clerk to Gen. Brooke. and will
hereafter be stationed at the First army
corps headquarters. All Of Mr.. Dry
den's comrades were pleased with the
appointment and gave him q hearty
hand shake. About twenty-five men
from the first army corps were examined
for the position and Mr.. Dryden sur
passed them all. He says lawyer from
one of the Ohio regiments was nearest
to him In the contest. Company NJ will
not let any plums pass by without SAM
pling them. Our captain Is now ranking
captain, our first lieutenant has been
appointed ordnance officer and our ma-
jor ranking major and we hold the first
place In the regiment, first battalion.
Who says CompanyM Is not In It?
The first wedding in the volunteer
army camped here occurred ut Adjutant
Whites quarters ct noon to-day. T. C.
Stanley. OF Company Z. and young
lady Of Greene county, Pa, were the
happy couple the ceremony being per-
formed by. our chaplain. Rev. Arbuth-
not. Quite number OF his comrades
were present at the ceremony.
Quite number OF minnie balls and
relics were found at the entrance to
Company NJ street Monday after the
rain. Il
Capt. Sims, of ;Roncevertc. visited the
regiment this week.
Col. Casteel. of Charleston, arrived in
camp Monday morning and the boys are
anxiously awaiting the long looked for
summons to the captains quarters for
the pay due them from the state.
Another sentinel was found asleep on
his post last might, but at this writing
his sentence is not known.
Prvates Tidd and English were re-
moved to the hospital last evening.
Tidd Is suffering from dysentery, but
not of a serious nature English was
overcome by the heat while at drill: He
has since become better and has been
moved back 10 his tent.
e The bugle corps changed the Sro-
gramme In Its part OF the guard mount
last night by going through grand
counter-march. This Is the first time
the corps has performed the counter
march at guard mount, but they went
through 1t like old time veterans.
For the first time since leaving Camp
Lee bread was Issued to Company NJ In
the place OF hard tack.
Peddllng OF pics and cakes inside OF
the picket lines has been prohibited on
account Of the increasing number OF
cases Of sickness. The pcddlers did not
pay much attention to the cooking and
mixing Of their food, and expected 10
sell any kind OF n mixture under the
name OF pie or short cake. SO they got
the bounce a -
Company NJ Is at this writing being
supplied with the last of their equip
ment. Each member OF the company
will receive n new '73 model Springfield
rifle In exchange for the old ones We