The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-06-02

ready before that time it may say
goodbye to the historic hills of Chick
amauga Wednesday.
The Fifth will be supplied with
modern rifles tomorrow. 1t is said
that if there is any delay in the deliv-
cry of the new arms the men will not
be moved until they are supplied.
Not man in the Fifth expected to
leave Chickamauga Park before the
end of August. The officers shared
the opinion of the others, and even
Brigadier-General Grant said yester-
day that he was sure none of the
troops in the first brigade, first divi-
sion, third army corps would leave
Chickamauga for several months.
Enthusiasm At High Pitch.
When it became known in the camp
of the Fifth that the regiment was to
go the enthusiasm knew no bounds.
Many refused at first to credit the
news, but when satisfied of its truth
expressed their qualification.
1t was quiet and calm in camp when
the news came. The morning of Dec
grafton Day had been excessively hot,
but at noon the clouds lowered, thun-
der pealed amid the pine-cOvered
hills, lightning lit up the distant brow
of Missionary Rridge, and by and by
the rain-the long prayed for rain
came down in torrents and sank into
the parched sod
When the rain was over it was
about o'clock. 1t was an uneXpect-
ed rain and it was the first that had
fallen on Chickamauga since the Fifth
arrived. The trees, which had been
parched and Drowned with binding
dust, looked green again, and the
birds, refreshed and joyous, sang
above the tents of the DANDY Fifth. >
Battalion drill and bayonet exercise
were being gone through with when
the news came. The officers and men
were all deeply interested in the drill
and were not thinking that message
as unexpected as the rain of few
hours ago was about to arrive.
Colonel Coale was writing in his
tent when he got the order to move,
and he soon communicated it to the
officers.
Goodbye Chickamauga.
"Good-bye, Chickamauga," ran
through the vineyard field as the men
of each company got the word to get
ready. Men who were making street
chers for their tents threw the tim
bers away. Work was stoppedon a
cold storage tent which had been be-
gun and men set to work getting
their outfits in shape in an orderly
and systematic manner.
Tomorrow or the next day the
snow-white tents will be ordered
down. Then will come march back
over the old road lined with trees and
sentineled with monuments to men
who wore the blue and gray.
The journey to Tampa will be made
over the Southern Railway and the
Plant Line. 1t will take the trains
about thirty-six hours to reach the
Florida coast.
This evening the men are rejoicing
that the Fifth has been so much hon
ored. lon to the front" runs through
the conversation in the tents.
Chief Surgeon John &. Jay and the
hospital corps have begun vaccina-
ting all the Fifth's members. Com
panies NJ and A had been vaccinated
up to the time of the afternoon drill.
Heart and Soul in Their Duties.
At the exercise in aiming this morn
ing the men of the Second Battalion,
Major Rawlins, made an excellent
showing, three-fourths of them scor-
ing over 80 per cent.
The non-commissioned officers are
showing great capability in handling
the men in squad drills in extended
order. The members of the regiment
seem to. be bent on. perfecting them
selves in their work and are heart and
soul in it.
The excellent discipline of the
Fifth, the efficiency of the officers and
the physique and snap of the men
have won high praise from the mill
tary authorities here. 1t has been
generally understood that in case
any troops were moved the Fifth
would be the first to move. But then
no one thought of the emergency as
it now exists, and the officers and men
had begun to believe that it was safe
to calculate on remaining in Chicka-
mauga until the end of the summer
at least.
Grants Brigade Broken up.
The ordering away of the Fifth
breaks up the organization of General
Grants brigade temporarily. Adju-
tant Markham Marshall, who is tenn
porarily acting as General Grants
aide, will go to Tampa with his regi-
ment.
The Marylanders made fast friends
of the men of all the regiments near