Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-25
SOLDIERS At SCHOOL.
Volunteers at chickamauga Be.
ing Taught the Art Of
Modern War.
FIRST DIVISION IN BATTLE DRILL

Information for Those Who Would
Write to Soldiers OF Sailors-Another
Illinois Regiment Gets Orders News
from the State Camps.
Chickamauga National Park, May Is.
There are now $4,000 men of the VOL
unteer army under tents at this point,
and the officers Of the army expect that
by Saturday night there will be $4,000
The Third Tennessee regiment-the first
distinctly southern troops to reach the
park = arrived yesterday under COM
mand OF Colonel j. P. Duffe, 1000 officers
and men. The First Vermont regiment
arrived about s o'clock, twelve COM
panies. 1,2O7 officers and men, under
communicated. D. Clark. These regi-
ments were assigned to the first brigade
for the first division of the corps. The
division will be completed by the Eighth
New York, which will arrive today.
The division as far as perfected is as
follows: First brigade, commanded by
Colonel Fred D. Grant, provisional
rigadier-Fourteenth New York, Fifth
Maryland and First Missouri. Second
brigade-Colonel f. c. Hardin, Second
New York, in command-Second New
York, Second Nebraska and First Dis
trict of Columbia. Third brigade, COM
manding officer to be assigned-Third
Tennessee, First Vermont and Eighth
New York
First Division in Battle Drill.
The day at the park was unmarked
hU he hat .Iv,ll
| of the first division of the first corps.
| The movements were under command
| of General Wilson. and the men were
| put through the exercises in a very
thorough manner. The regiments of the
| division have been in camp long enough
to have become somewhat Injured to the
climate. as well as the work, and the
| manfeuvres were characterized by great
energy, accuracy and remarkable pre-
| cision. General Breckenridge and staff
continued the inspection of the divisions
of the first corps in detail. He found
the hospital facilities still inadequate
but fortunately there are very few sick
and they are being cared for at St. VIM
cents hospital of the Sisters of Chari-
ty. He states that in a very short time
the hospital department will be in good
| condition.
| Gave Orders for a Sham Battle.
General Breckenridge yesterday gave
| orders fer a sham battle for inspection
this morning. The two first brigade OF
the first division of the first corps will
attack the third, e,rigade entrenched or
Snodgrass Hill, the attacking brigades
to be in command of General Wilson
and the defenders under command OF
their brigade commander General
Breckenridge stated last night that he
would be unable to complete his in.
spection at as early a date as he ex.
pected; that only a small percentage OF
the men had been equipped and pre-.
pared for war. but that this work was
progressing as rapidly as possible. Gen.
eral Breckenridge thinks that in view
of the fact that almost every regiment
in camp had to be equipped almost com
pletely, the progress made was remark
able.
Poland Succeeds Arnold in Command.
General John S. Poland yesterday sue
ceeded Colonel A. X. Arnold as com
mander of the second division Of tn,
First army corps, the division to which
the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth ant
One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana reg
iments are attached. The Hoosiers wer,
happy when they learned that the!
were TO be under the command of ma
tive Indianian. The commissioned off
GERS of the second brigade of the divis
ion, led by acting Brigadier Genera
Harry B. Smith, of the One Hundre,
and Fifty-eighth Indiana, called on tn
| diyyis a.,
Colonel Smith. as the brigade comman
der. presented the regimental and bat
talon officers of the One Hundred an,
Fifty-eighth, and the line officers wer
presented by the battalion commanders