Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-29
MOVING 1ONAROP0R1ORlCQ.
An Indiana Regiment on the Way
From Chickamauga Camp.
GRIGSBY'S COWBOYS BUSY-THEY
HAVE FINISHED THE REGULAR
TARGET PRACTICE AND ARE
READY FOR THE 20O-YARD RANGE
THE HORSES OF THE REGI-
MENT ALREADY ARE WE'LL
TRAINED - A REVIEW TO IN
CLUDE 1000 MVLEH.


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 2s-The
One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana In
fantry broke camp early to-day and
marched five miles to Rossville Ga, where
Southern railway trains were boarded for
Newport News. This regiment goes o
Porto Rico in place of the Fifth Illinois,
which was ordered back to camp after it
had half finished loading for departure
The First South Carolina will leave
during the next "a hours for Jacksonville,
Fla, to join Fitzhugh Lees command.
No other commands have orders to leave.
The Sixth Regiment United States Vol
unteers will reach Camp Thomas from
Knoxville. Tenn, during the next few
days.
Clear, cool weather prevails to-day and
regular work is maintained by all the
regiments except those preparing to move.
Gen. Boynton, chairman of the Chick.
mauga-Chattanooga Park Commission,
is having an analysis prepared of the
water from all sources used at Camp
Thomas. This is being done in order that
the troops may know just what sort OF
water they are drinking. Gen. Boynron
has no doubt of the pure quality OF the
water from the wells, the creeks and
oPiliSS, anu tic DciieNtS the analyst VIII
by two or three analyses, that all water
from whatever source at Camp Thomas
is chemically and 1n1croscopically pure.
Gen. Boynton Is having
THE SURFACE SPRINGS
in the park which are liable to become
contaminated by freshet use filed
Col. Grigsby's Rough Riders are getting
in readiness to move into their new
Sunderland, of Troop G, the regimental
| ordnance officer, has been detailed to su-
perintend the laying Of the camp. The
regiment has completed the regular tar
get practice and has sent for 2O0-yard
targets. AS soon as they arrive the men
will shoot at that distance, and when
| this practice is completed they will shoot
at 600 yards. Some very fine records
were made by the boys in the recent
| practice.
| The officers of the regiments have dis
continued the sabre drill. The officers
were drilled by Adjt. Sues, who Is an
expert swordsman, and under his direc-
| ton they have become very proficient in
| the handling Of the saber.
| Lieut. Col. Lloyd who is In command
| of the regiment, has instituted a regi-
mental mounted paraCe IN the regular
| work. The parade is held late every
| afternoon and is quite interesting. The
| horses Of the regiment are rapidly be-
| coming trained to the different drills.
| The entire transportation Of the Third
| Division, First Corps, including ambu-
| lances, will assemble for inspection on
| the Smith-White field Friday afternoon
at 2 O'clock. The ambulance company
and the trains of each regiment will be
in charge of their respective quartermas-
tiers, those OF the brigade in charge of
the brigade quartermaster, while the di
vision Quartermaster will have charge of
all. The trains will be packed in three
lines and arranged from right to left in
the order of the brigg3S In the division
ana OF TIE regiments the brigade
This promises to be one Of the
MOST STRIKING EXHIBITIONS
yet witnessed at Camp Thomas since the
arrival of the volunteers. There will be
total Of 243 wagons and mule teams in
the review, beside the ambulances. There
will be at least 1000 mules in the review.