Evening star., 1898-06-07

and several small ones, the larger one be-
| ing Of sufficient ~sixs to offer bathing
facilities to all the, men. According to rep
| resentations made at headquarters, the
| ground is high apd dry and excelIently
adapted to military uses.
Seventh Ohio Accepts.
At last the men Of the 7th Ohio have ac-
cepted the rate of pay Pnered them by the
| state authorities. And thereby hangs a
| tale. When State Auditor Guilbert first
| came to camp he offered the Ohio men the
| states share Of the money due the soldiers
up to the time Of their departure for Camp
Alger. The state authorities, 1t seems, had
agreed among themselves that instead of
paying the state rate for only the period
| they were directly under the direction of
| the state authorities. they would add to the
| governments rate enough to raise the pay
Of the soldiers to the state rate for the
| whole period. 1t was further agreed that
the state should pay its own share at once,
| instead Of waiting until the national gov
| ernment should be ready to pay its portion
Everything was arranged as far as possible
| for the convenience Of the men themselves.
Col. Hard's men, the Stf Ohio, and the
| men of the 9th Separate Battalion, took
| the view of the situation indicated in the
preceding paragraph, but the men of the
7th hoped to get full pay from the state
| and full pay from the government for the
same period. They accordingly refused to
accept the state auditors proposition. Lit
| tie by little their courage oozed out, how
ever, and last night they finally agreed to
| take what they might have had four days
ago.
The Paymaster's Dilemma.
But the whole Ohio delegation in Camp
Alger came near rot getting any money at
| ali When State Tree surer Campbell went
into the treasury to get his drafts cashed
he discovered that he had the wrong pa
pers, and that the real drafts had been
sent to Tampa. The treasury authorities
| naturally refused to advance him the mon
ey without the proper authority. Mr..
Campbell was in great stew. He hurried
| at once for the Capitol and asked for Sem
| ator Hanna. A little later, when the sena-
tor had been found. he was amazed to see
the treasurer Of the state he represented
in the Senate walking hurrfedly and ner-
vcusly up and down the corridor The mat
ter was soon explained, and Senator Hanna
at once set to work to find some way out
of the difficulty.
Senator Hanna to the Rescue.
His first step was to go to one of the
downtown banks and make arrangements
to draw enough money to pay off the troops
about $4,000. Then ne came out to the
camp and watched the operation of paying
the men. After all were paid 1t was discov-
cred that the cashier OF the bank had given
out $500 too much money. Every effort has
been made since to recover the extra mon
ey. but so far without success.
Camp Alger contains, in addition to the
l,,k. INl E~r
| army Of newspaper correspondents. These
gentlemen have been driven wild recently
by stories to the effect that the whole corps
was to be ordered to- Fernandina, Fla.
Many Of them accepted the story as true.
| and sent 1t to their papers without inves-
tigation; but more asked what the author
ity for the story was, and on being inform
ed that 1t came direct from Lieut.. Col
Dick, "Hannas r'sht-hand man." accepted
1t as gospel and also sent 1t of. The Star
published a con. plete and comprehensive
denial of the whole story yesterday from
Col. Dick himself. The rumor is still at
large, Notwithstanding this. and Col c. "
Hsrd's name is added to that of his chief
aid as additional authority.
Col. Hard Explains.
The colonel today consented to make the
following statement of the for The
Star: l.y.-a -Hr Es
Like every one else, I have heard in
Vulnerable stories about possible move
ments of the I'd Army Corps AS far as l
know, none of these has ever been proved
true. In this respect they are exceedingly
like the stories that were told during the
rebellion.
Concerning this last report, that 1 have
positive information that the whole corps
Fla, only say that 1 know absolute
ly not Y & about it. I read somewhere in
one of the papers that the people Of Fer
nandina wanted camp put there. 1t is
pretty good place, 1 believe. and 1 at once
concluded that If any troops were to be
sent 1 wanted the Sth Ohio to go; but
have done nothing to secure that end.
have heard nothing from anybody that
could possibly know anything about it that
would indicate that the I'd Corps was going
to be sent there. and have no knowledge
that the department has ever entertained
the proposition to establish camp.
About Senator Hanna, he certainly said
nothing that would indicate that we were
to be sent away while he was out to camp.
If he did did not hear it,
If a general movement of the troops is
to take place, except perhaps to Alexan-
drla, II would certainly wait upon the en-
listment of the men required to fill the
quota of the various regiments in the
corps. This cannot be done in less than
ten days. Recruiting parties are to be sent
from each regiment as soon as psssible.
Officers Ordered to Camp AIger.
Captain John Landstreet, jr., has been
ordered to report to General Graham, COM
manding the I'd Army Corps, at Camp Al
ger, for assignment to duty as chief COM
missary Of subsistence.
Captain L. G. Berry, A. A. G., u. s. ";
Captain d. B. Devore A. A. G., U. S. ";
Captain c. r. Miller and Captain Larz An
derson. A A. G., U. S. ", have also been
assigned to duty with the I'd Army Corps.
Commissioner Scott 1eappolnted.
Ths Court of Claims has reappointed Mr..
John &. Scotia commissioner to take testi-
mony. Mr.. Scott was first appointed COM
missioner of the court June 20, 1888. In
1888 he was reapponted. During his in
cumbency of the office he has taken the tes-
umony iii many important cases, and his
work has always given the greatest salts
faction He will go west in July to take
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