Evening star., 1898-06-14
District Men Glad to Get Out of Dog
Tents.
WILL MOVE CAMP AGAIN SOON
The Men Are Now Satisfied With
the Food They Get.
RAINY SEASON NOW ON
Special From a Staff CORRESPONDENT.


TAMPA, Fla, June 14.-Lasr night for
the first time since the District Volunteers
left Camp Thomas at Chickamauga Park
they slept under their regular wall tens.
When the regimen arrived at Tampa they
erected the dog tents for temporary use.
Daily they expected to change them for
the more comfortable wall tents. The or
der to change came yesterday afternoon,
and in very short while every tent was
i'll the proper position.
Lieut.. Smith of Company II laid off the
camp. and it is model enc. Instead of
having the company tents laid off in two
lines only one line is used on account of
lack of space.
All this work, it is believed, will count
for naught 1t is more than probable that
tomorrow the camp On Tampa bay will be
broken and new site en- Tampa Heights
chosen. While the site now used Is
splendid one and affords excellent bathing
facilities and is convenient to Tampa,
there is absolutely no drill grounds. In
consequence it has been impossible to have
regimental drills CT battalion drills: in
fact the companies cannot be drilled in the
foot movement, but have to confine them
selves to the manual OF arms The men do
not like the idea of making change.
To Locate New Camp.
Gen. Carpenter. accompanied by Major
O'Brien of the Sd Battalion, went out this
morning to locate the new camp.
Rumor has it that the District boys will
be equipped with the new canvas uniforms
before the end of the week. The boys will
be very glad to get them.
There is absolutely no fault-finding among
the men now in regard to the rations. Most
of the companies have contributed to
company fund with which they buy extras.
Then, too, they sell lemonade. which gives
them additional money. Col. Harries
quires a copy of the menu for each meal.
and some of them are excellent. If one
ina gines that the boys are not healthy
he has only to look at the sick report
for this morning. Out of nearly one thou
sand men only sixteen showed up on the
sick list Most of these are cases of sun
burned arms. There are only four men
confined in the hospital with malaria. Dr.
Weaver, assistant surgeon, and Steward
Woodbridge have been assigned to the di-
vision hospital as attendants
Capt. Simms and Lieut.. CroIy are still
detailed on General Carpenters staff. Lieut.
Boisseau has been detailed to assist Col
Black, formerly Engineer Commissioner OF
the District of Columbia.
Detail for Gen. Miles.
General Miles has sent to the regiment
several times for privates to be detailed as
stenographers. Captain LOCKER will go to
Port Tampa to be instructed in engineering.
Probably the other companies will be
given the same instructions in few days.
In accordance with an order from regi-
mental headquarters the following promo
tions and reductions have been made: Ser
geant Taft of Company F, reduced to pri-
yate for absence without leave. Quarter
master Sergeant John G. Holstein of Com
pany F, made line sergeant. Private Geo.
c. Meigs of Company f has been made ar
tifcer of Company F. Corporal Ferry of
Company b has been reduced to private.
The regiment is still without lieutenant
colonel and one adjutant. 1t is understood
that the brigade sergeant major, Meyers of
Washington, will be made the adjutant gen.
eral and Captain Theo. Mosher the ieuten-
ant colonel. Quartermaster Field and his
mules are getting along nicely together
now. The heart of the chaplain was made
glad this morning by the arrival of his
wife. Mrs. Dudley will stop at boarding
house in Tampa. There is not more popu-
lar man in the regiment than the chaplain.
Every man, regardless of creed, loves him,
and the officers think he is the finest on
earth.
Lieut.. Walker of Company 1 has been
made happy by the receipt of a new uni
foIm Colt gun and holster from his fellow
employees in the stamp department of the
post office.
Capt. Otto G.. Simonson of Company f
has been quite unwell for several days
past. The climate does not appear TO agree
with him.
Rainy Season Open Now.
The rainy season has set in and every
afternoon it rains hard, but in their new
tents it does not affect the boys, but when
they had their dog tents they were wet
thro ugh to the skin.
Mail for the boys should be directed to
Tampa. in care of the regiment. For some
days the mail has been very irregular, and
yesterday, through a mistake, 1t was sent
through 10 Port Tampa. The censor is still
very strict, and will not allow anything IN
regard to the movement of the transports
to so through.
Major r. A. Pyles was today appointed
brigade surgeon. He will make his head
quarters with the District regiment. This
will probably make vacancy in the regi-
ment, and Assistant Surgeon s. Clifford
Cox will be made major surgeon. Capt.
Douglass Simms has been appointed brt-
gade quartermaster. and Lieut. DonneIly
brigade ordnance officer. The appointments
are highly complimentary to the ability of
the Washington contingent. This leaves
two more vacancies in the regiment but
no one has as yet been suggested to fill
them.
CASTELLANE IN DIJEI.