The San Francisco call., 1898-06-20
SOLDIERS HAVE 4 DAY OF REST Camp Thomas Observes
 the Sabbath. SERMONS INSTEAD OF DRILLS IDEAL WEATHER AND GENERAL
 GOOD ORDER.
SERMONS INSTEAD OF DRILLS
Recruits for Various Regiments Are Still Pouring Achievements of Troops in Other Parts of
 the Country.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICKAMAUGA, CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL PARK, Ga, June 19.-To- day was an exceptionally beautiful one at Camp Thomas and a cool breeze con tinuously astir made park life a de- light It was significantly day of rest among the soldiers. All drills were omitted and the Sabbath was generally observed. In this respect the day was somewhat in contrast with many of it's predecessors The chaplains of the va rious regiments held services and the Y. M c. A. and evangelistic cohorts were actively at work. The reverence with which these services were listened to and the general good order which prevailed among the camps were sig nificant of the high moral tone which pervades the entire army. The soldiers were forbidden to cOngregate at points of amusement and practically all re- mained in camp with the exception of some who had permission to spend the day on Lookout Mountain.
 The efforts of General Boynton and the Georgia authorities to restore order at Lytle and rid the outskirts of gamb- ling houses have been productive of good results. At Lytle to-day all sa- looms and gambling houses were her medically closed.
  ments arrived during the day, making a total for three days of nearly 1900, and the daily arrivals promise to in- crease rapidly. Prominent among to- days arrivals were the following: Brig adler General Peter c. Hayes, Third Division, First Army Corps; Brigadier General J. P. Sanger, Sixth Army Corps, under General Wilson, Major Clayton Parkhill, Surgeon United States, First Division, First Army Corps. Major ParkhiIl had been as- signed as surgeon in Merritt's camp and was to have gone to Manila ac- cording to first orders.
 PORTLAND, Ore, June 19.-Early this morning a special train over the Northern Pacific arrived from St. Paul with 312 men and three commissioned officers to recruit the Thirteenth Min nesota Volunteer Regiment to it's max imum. They left shortly after for San Francisco in a special train over the Southern Pacific. In every seat of the train boxes of lunch and a pails of strawberries had been placed early in the evening by women of the Oregon Emergency Corps. The seats and walls of the cars were frightened with flow CTS in profusion.
 Twenty-seven recruits left here for San Francisco tonight to join the Sec ond Oregon Volunteer Regiment in
 
 WASHINGTON, June 19.-If practi- cable, the commissary branch of the War Department will make arrange ments for the supply or the troops which go to the Philippines with fresh beef and fresh vegetables in reason able quantities. Those soldiers who have started already to Manila have supply of canned beef, but the prefer ence of the men naturally is for the fresh or refrigerated article. and it is probable if adequate room aboard the steamers can be secured the depart ment will send a large quantity to the islands Onions, potatoes and canned tomatoes constitute the principal arti- cles of the soldiers diet, and an effort will be made to send an ample supply with each ship th@t goes to the islands that can accommodate them.
 PUEBLO, Colo, June 19.-Laden with flowers and with food tor 2 week, supplie,. by the Soldiers Aid Society, ninety-eight recruits for the First Colorado, now en route to Manila, left for San Francisco tonight in com mand of --ertenant Bidwell. The armory and the Union depot, whence they took their departure, were thronged with cheering people.