Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-21

RBGIMENT-A NUMBER OF OFF,
GERS RESIGN-SoAiE FRICTION IN
THE FOURTH OHIO REGIMENT.
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Military
Park, Tenn, July 20.-The movements
Of troops from Camp Thomas for
Porto Rico will begin tomorrow morn
ing To-day the various commands
included in the first order were busy
packing up and loading their effects
They will have everything finished by
night and can get out at an early
hour tomorrow without delay. Rail-
roads have trains in readiness and
have things so arranged that they put
the troops through to Newport News
in a very short time
The commands which will go to-mor-
row are the Second Brigade Of the
First Division, First Corps. consisting
Of the Fourth Pennsylvania. Fourth
Ohio and Third Illinois, under COM
mand of General Hams; Light Batter
les B., of Pennsylvania: A, of Illinois;
and the Twenty-seventh Indiana Bat
terry. The signal corps, under Major
l.. S. Smi tn and the reserve ambulance
corps with thirty-three ambulances.
under Major Frank Boyd.
Major General Brooke was at his
headquarters early to-day. He spent
the morning
IN CONSULTATION
with his officers, arranging plans for the
departure to Porto Rico. He declined
interviews on the movements of the
troops or any other subject.
Although the orders have not yet
been issued, it is believed safe to say
that the Third Brigade, First Division,
First Corps, and the Second Division
of the First Corps will begin moving
Thursday or Friday. These commands
are composed as follows:
Third Brigade, First Division; First
Kentucky; Fifth Illinois and Third
Kentucky.
First Brigade, Second Division: One
Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana, Thirty
first Michigan, First West Virginia.
Second Brigade, Sixth Ohio, One
Hundred and Fifty-eighth Idiana, Sec
ond Ohio.
Third Brigade, Fourteenth Minneso-
ia, First Pennsylvania, First Georgia.
General Poland, commander of the
Second Division of the First Corps has
been i'll for the past few days. but
hopes to be out in day OF two. He will
accompany his division to the front
THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM
at the park has been abandoned. and
the army officials are depending en-
tirely upon the telegraph, the signal
corps having perfected an excellent sys-
TEN, with an office at each of the di-
vision headquarters. The system gives
Gen. Brooke's headquarters direct COM
munication with the government at
Washington. Yesterday the work of
tearing down telephone wires was De
gun.
Major Lorigan, whose resignation as
major of the Second battalion, Ninth
New York, has been accepted, left for
New York city. Major Lorigan's resig-
nation grew out of his opposition to
Col. Green for the colonelcy of the
regiment. Both men had been prom
inent in New York State military af-
fairs for years. Because of the exist
ing friction and the unpleasant results
attendant, Major Lorigan decided to
withdraw from the command. Later.
after having filed his resignation, he
reconsidered the matter and wished to
withdraw the resignation, but was In
formed by Col. Green that this could
not be done. The matter had begun to
assume more general proportions by
this time, Major Lorigan's resignation
being accompanied by that OF Capt.
John d. Walton, Company ID. Since
that time the resignation of Capt.
Bryde, Company F; Capt. Thompkins,
Company b; First Lieut.. Leon Brady,
Company B; First Lieut. Winter, Com
pany A, have been filed through SYM
pathy. Col. Green refused to discuss
the matter or TO speak Of the probable
successors Of the commissioned officers
who have resigned. A spirited row Ia
now on between the line Of the Fourth
Ohio and the medical staff. Lieut.. Col.
Huidekoper has ordered Capt. Surgeon
Wright over to the division hospital.
Col Colt claimed the order should come
through him, and appealed to Brig.
Gen. Haines. Haines sustained Colt
and Wright will stay until the matter
can be carried up.