The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-04

ter's Office has received from Washington
& partial list of troops on the way here
with eueraI Miles. On the OLDHAM are
General Miles and staff and nine COM
panies Of the Second Wisconsin, number
ing 900 men and Two officers. The very
sick of this regiment are 20 have Pullman
car transportation 70 their home state
| whileseach well soldier is 10 have a single
seat. IF any are too sick to go by train
they are to be feft at the hospitals in
this city by order of the surgeon gen.
| eraI
! IN AND OUT OF CAMP MEADE.
| Camp Meade, HiddIetown, Pa, Sept g.
| The Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Mich
| igan detachment were started today Tor
| Island Lake, Mich The regiments have
returned from Santiago and have been
| ordered to the same place, General Ora
ham has been advised by the war depart
ment that the Two Hundred and First,
| Two Hundred and Second and Two Hun
| dred and Third New York. Second Con-
| necccut. First Massachusetts, Four
teenth and Seventeenth Pennsylvania
and First and Third Maryland viii De
! sent to Camp Meade 70 join his corps
| They viii take the places Of the Sixty
fifth New York. Third Virginia and First
Conn ecticU- which nave been ordered TO
their home stations 90 b mustered cut.
The Eighteenth Pennsylvania is getting
in shape TO be disbanded and expects 70
leave for PlctsoUrg next Saturday on
1T. s1-a-r
has ordered All drills and parades to De
suspended during the hot weather. Cap
Cains W. II. Derrick, J. E ualker and p
P. Madison, Second Tennessee have been
ordered before a board Of examination as
70 their efficiency and conduct One hun
dred men il this regiment will be dis
charged On account Of physical disability
and sent home
CAMP THOMAS NEARLY EMPTY.
Chickamauga, Sept. -The headquarters
Of the First and Second brlgades, First
division, Third corps. moved to Admission
today The Fourteeuth New York left
for Admission this afternoon. Battery A,
Georgia light artillery left for Griffin
Ga, this afternoon The signal corps left
to-day for Knoxville. No removals viii De
made tomorrow, but on Monday the re-
naming artillery batteries Will leave for
their home states 10 De mustered out,
and one or more regiments will leave for
Admission The First Mississippi and the
First Missouri viii leave for their home
states early next week, probably Tuesday
and Wednesday. Chickama uga is rapidly
assuming a deserted appearance Only
a. If al
Of the camp followers have deserted The
little town Of Lyle which has been one
Of the busiest places in this section for
four months, is getting back to its normal
condition. The midway. which was the
scene Of much turbulence during the sum-
mer. is being done away with. The scores
Of frame shacks are being torn down and
tn people who did business in them are
leaving for new fields of operations.
The Ohio hospital train arrived at the
camp this morning. It left for Columbus
with the sick Ohio volunteers tonight.
NO PARADE FOR MILES.
Washington, Sept. 3.-GeneraI Miles and /
his army Of between 1000 and 5000 volun- |
teers now enroute TO this country from [
Porto Rico, viii not parade in New York I
City or elsewhere as a body upon their /
arrival The official announcement OF this /
fact was made at the war department to /
day
Ire transports bearing General Miles |
and the volunteers are expected to arrive /
off New York next Tuesday. 1t was sug-
gested that the troops be ordered into /
camp somewhere in the vicinity Of New
- clio .1T-ysz
their denar ture for their state camps by
a parade through New York City. The
civil authorities Of New York canvassed /
the SITUATION and finally suggested that
the troops be encamped a L Forest Park, /
between Brooklyn and Jamaica
When Governor VOORHEES, Of New Jer-
sew arrived in Washington yesterday ne
proposed 20 the war department that the
Porto Rican troops be placed in camp at
Sea Grit. the New Jersey state grounds
He renewed this offer today in a confer
encs with Adjutant General Corbin. He
was informed that IT has been decided
by the department that the Porto Rican
troops would not be placed in camp at
any point in the east, but would be sent
iramed'aIeiy TO their state camps. pre-
paratory ID being mustered out of The
service.
When III transports arrive in New York
harbo- they viii De met by officers with
orders for the troops to proceed directly
from their ships TO the trains. The Of
Gcers viii have with them transportation
for tie entire command It Is likely that
the troops will Be landed in jersey City.
where after being served with A hot lunch
they will board the cars. which viii be
IN waiting. fcr their homes.