The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1898-05-25
AT CHICKAMAUGA.
First Battalion of the 18th Indiana In
fantrY Arrived in Camp Sunday.
The Work of Completing the Third Army
Corps Was Begun Sunday-Gen. Car
penter Assigned to the Com
mand of First Division.

May 23.-This has been quiet day at
Camp Thomas. The Second Nebraska
regiment, waich reached Chattanooga
Saturday afternoon, arrived Sunday
morning and were assigned to the
camp ground selected for the First di-
vision of the Third corps and the men
have been busy getting into their tents
during the day. Only two battalions
arrived during the day. The Second
battalion OF the Second Nebraska,
which had become separated from the
regiment at st. Louis, reached here at
8 o'clock. They came in Sunday over
the Cincinnati Southern. The belated
battalion was commanded by Maj. w.
C. Mace.
The First battalion of the 157th In
diana infantry arrived in Chattanooga
at o'clock accompanied by the regi-
mental band of "a pieces. The bat
talon spent che day on Lookout noun
tain and reached the park at $50
o'clock, slee ping under the stars on
Lyttle Hill during the night AS re-
suit of the few arrivals the railroad
yards which have been enormously
congested with loaded and empty cars
for nearly a week, an opportunity to
clear off the tracks and sidings to
make room for the troops that will be-
gin to arrive at lively rate Monday
morning was given.
Twenty-Five cars of provisions ar
rived Sunday and were stored in the
large warehouses now completed on
the park grounds near the depot of the
railroad company. Fifty-one of the
latest and most improved ambulances,
built with special view to adaptable
!ty in a hot climate, arrived from
South Bend, Ind, Sunday and will be
distributed to the First corps.
The park force of men under the
direction of Gen. Boyton was at work
all day prepa ring for the engine and
pumps to be used in piping water from
The Chickamauga river to the
yarious. camps. 1t has been defn-
,tely decided to erect improv-
;sed water works, and a con-
:ract has beer let and all the material
ordered, the first consignment of pipe
arriving Sunday. There is no scarcity of
water now. but it is feared some of the
wells are from ''wet weather" springs,
and that later they will dry up and
The piping of water from the creek
and Crawfsh Springs is a precautiOn-
ary measure. Gen. j. S. c. Bates, re-
Gently ordered to Mobile, left Sunday
eight at $50 o'clock to take command
Of brigade at that point.
The work of completing the Third
army corps was begun Sunday. Gen.
Lewis II. Carpenter, who arrivedfSun-
day and reported to Gen. Brooke, has
been assigned to the First division of
the Third corps. The organization so
far as perfected is as follows:
First brigade, Col Fred D. Grant
commanding, 14th New York; Lieut.
Col. II. L. Kline. Second brigade, Col.
Hardin, end New York, commanding;
End New York, Lieut.. Col. Lloyd; end
Nebraska, Col. Bills. The first rcgi-
ment to arrive Sunday night will com
plete the brigade.
The Fourth Ohio regiment, under
Col Colt, has been assigned to provost
guard duty in Chattanooga by order
of Gen. Brooke, made necessary by the
disorderly conduct of many OF the
young soldiers, who have been guilty
of many lapses of discipline, in num-
Der of cases to violence and insulting
ladies in the street. Col. Colt will be-
gin his duties Monday.
The four members of the First Mis-
souri, regiment injured in Saturdays
accident. and who were sent to St
Vincent's inf-nary, are doing well
and will be out in few days.
Gen. Is. B. Williston, from the United
States Third artillery, who has been
assigned to the artillery brigade here,
arrived Sunday and reported to Gen.
Brooke. Gen. Williston states that he
found his brigade about complete and
equipped with the very important ex-
captions that they have neither field
guns, horses nor ammunition. A
part of these equipments arrived
here on Saturday and Gen.
Williston hopes to get all needed sup
plies by the middle of the week. Gen.
Breckenridge and staff did not visit
the park Sunday for inspection. They
will inspect the Second and Third d.
visions Monday and hope to complete
their inspection of I'll organizations
perfected. up To Wednesday evening,
when they go to Tampa. The report
that Lieut.. Col. John Jacob Astor was
injured in the railroad accident Satur-
day is absolutely false. Col Aston was
not even bruised.