The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-21
ANOTHER
GRIEVANCE
War Department Sends
Out Erroneous Figures.
THIS STATES QUOTA.
First Regiment S,ill at Camp Alger
without Orders.
THIS STATES QUOTA.
THE BATTERYMEN AT QUONsET

1t begins TO look as IL the war depart
ment people had a grudge against
Rhode Island, for in addition TO hold
ing back the First Rhode Island Regi-
ment at Camp AIger and the two bat
teries of light artillery at Camp Dyer.
il now sends out erroneous reports of
the number Of men contributed by this
state to the volunteer forces OF the
Union. Where the war department OBJ
tanned the figures 1t has given to the
public is unknown, but 1t certainly has
not given Rhode Island the credit for
it's full quota by many hundreds.
Gov. Dyer has received no further
communication concerning the Rhode
Island Volunteers, and he is calmly
waiting until the government, through
the war department officials. decides to
do something definite.
Drilling Steadily.
Both batteries at Quonset Point are
putting in some hard work on the drill
ground, and there is snap and preci-
sion about the movements which Is re-
markable, when II Is considered that
the men have been going through the
same movements day after day for six
weeks. and there must necessarily be
more or less monotony about the work.
There Is, however, no attempt TO shirk,
every man showing tendency to 90
his level best. whether 1t be at gun
drill or the marching movements, and
the officers are more than pleased at
the results 30 far attained.
Post Surgeon Calder says that he
finds plenty to do since his arrival at
the camp, and he attributes this to the
fact that the presence OF a surgeon is
always followed by a brisk run OF
minor sicknesses. None OF these are of
a serious nature, being principally
stomach troubles, but still they make
the hospital tent busy place and find
quite a lot Of occupation for Lieut..
Calder.
When the First Rhode Island Regi-
ment was recruited there We're quite
number of the members of the United
Train of Artillery among those who
entered the service OF the United
States, and IL very evident that this
has not been forgotten by the present
members of the u. T. A., for last even
ing a handsomely engraved sword and
two Colt revolvers were placed on ex-
W
Capt. Lewis Patstone, Company l, First
Rhode Island Volunteers, and Lieut. E.
w. Harrington Ind Lieut. III. ID. Casey,
both of Company M, First Regiment,
Rhode Island Volunteers, now at Camp
Alger. Lieut.. Harrington 10 TO receive
the sword. and Capt. Patstone and
Lieut.. Casey the revolyers. All OF these
officers held commissions in the ". T.
A. and were very popular In that or
ganixation.
Recruits GO TO Cuba.
Last night detachment of "a recruits
for Light Battery A, Second United
States Artillery, Capt. Capron, left Fort
Adams, Newport, for Cuba, under COM
mand OF Capt. A. c. Taylor. The men
were recruited in this vicinity and
Massachusetts, and have been drilled mt
Fort Adams, and will now toin the bat
terry which suffered considerably in the
operations against Santiago.
A Rhode Island man who has distln-
guished himself in the present war Is
Capt. Lyman w. ". Kennon of Com
pany Il. Sixth United states Infantry,
who was one of the first men to reach
the top OF San Juan hill, near Santiago,
in the furious charge on July 1. IL Is
said that 10 Capt. Kennon and
brother officer belongs the credit OF the
American victory. and there are many
favorable comments I'm Washington at
the storming of the Spanish position at
the west of the hill and the conspicuous
bravery of Capt. Kennon I'm this despe-
rate conflict.
Capt. Kennon was born in Providence
and as a boy lived on sutton street, and
his brother, DIR. c. u. Kennon, recently
moved from this city TO North Easton,
Mass. AS a boy he attended the Provi-
dence public schools, graduating from
the Federal street grammar school and
the Providence high school, classical
department.. Al the age OF ~ years he
took the examination for admission TO
the military academy at West Point.
was graduated from the academy In
1881 with the rank OF second lieutenant
He was sent TO Utah. and since that
time has done good service. He served
in the Ute war with Gen. Crook, and
was for Ave years acting engineer on
the Intercontinental Railway survey I'm
Central America. Three years OF this
time he spent I'm Guatemala, where he
became thoroughly familiar with the
Spanish language. About a year ago
ne was promoted 10 q captalncy, and
when the present war broke out he was
stationed at Fort Thomas. KY. being
at that time the youngest captain I'm
the United states army. Capt. Ken
mons home is In Washington, where
he has wife.
First Still At Camp Alger.