The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-11
IS SEEKING
INFORMATION
Gov. Dyer Wants TO Know
How Troops Fare.
HAVE HAD LONG MARCHES
And Were without Hospital Sup
plies Of Any Kind, Ills Said.
DREARY RAIN AT QUONsET POINT

Gov. Over is very desirous OF learn
ing how the Rhode Island Volunteers
are faring, during the more or less ex-
tended marches which they have peen
called to make, without any real appar-
ent reason, since Tuesday of last week.
AS II has been reported that the regi-
raent was left without any medical sup
plies, everything having been ordered
TO be turned over to the division hospi-
tai by Surgeon General Girard. there Is
a general desire in this state to learn
the exact facts of the case.
Major George r. Dyer, of the Twelfth
New York, son of Gov. Dyer. who has
been In the city for the past few days,
will leave for New York this afternoon,
and later return to Chickamauga,w where
his regiment is encamped, his leave OF
absence not expiring until August IL.
Major Dyer is hoping that the camp
will be removed romChickamauga with
out delay, as that place has become q
perfect disease breeding hole.
Not Peasant al QuOnset.
Life at Quonset Point is not as pleas
ant as II might be, and the rain has
made the battery streets and the camp
ground more or less sloppy. The men,
however are not complaining, but are
eager for fine weather so that the
mounted drills may be resumed. Bat
terry u has received it's 20 horses, and
the animals are now stabbed at camp.
and when they have recovered from the
effects OF their trip from Wooster, o.,
they will be put to work on the guns.
Now that both batteries have horses
the real work OF the camp has COM
menced, and the roster for the day is:
Reyille. $50 a. M: mess, 6; stables, Il;
drill 500; inspection, IL; stables, l1;3O;
mess. ~. The afternoon is passed in a
similar manner, drill, 2:30; mess, 5:30;
stables and taps, $3.50. Thus Ii Will be
seen that the men are kept pretty busy,
and what spare time there is during the
day Is taken up in cleaning up gener-
ally. The commanders of both batter
| les have received an inquiry from the
ordinance department asking what
| r,>nuisitions have not been invoiced
and what bills have not been received.
Daily inspections of the camp are De-
| ing made by DIR. Peters, acting army
surgeon. and. as health officer, he also
| inspects all the meat before IL Is used
| by the battery cooks. The health OF the
| canop ia on the whole. very good, there
| beinr only a few cases OF more or less
severe colds. Battery A has received
number of comfort bags from lad,
| in Olneyville, who does n0 wish hel
about everything soldier needs II
this line, including the usual outht ane
scissors. bandages. cotton, pen and pen
| Gil. letter paper. etc.
AIetter Prom Ponce.
Samuel Chaffee. of Rumford. who u
| on the United states ship Massachu
| setts. has written TO his father from tn
harbor OF Ponce. Porto Rico. He speak
1 bigbIv of the work OF the soldiers ans
| sa5Iors and SAYS the Porto Ricans ar
very friendly TO the Americans.
Advices from washington state tina
Secretary of War Alger has ordered tn
second division. Gen. Davis. OF the Sec
ond Army Corps. now at Manassas. Va
10 march to Middletown. Pa: which o
course. means that there is ahotne
iaunt for the First Rhode Island Regi
ment whose chances OF seeing Port
/ w. ~ ----..l...- mora and moro aliu