The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-21
IN CAMP AT CHICKAMAUGA

Chickamauga, June 20.-The most i'm
portant happening of today at CamI
Thomas was the arrival OF General Healy
and staff of New York, to pay the troop:
OF that state for the time they were II
service before being mustered in as United
States volunteers. General Healy, tht
chief paymaster, has long been expected
and anxously awaited by the New York.
ers and his arrival was the signal fol
unbounded enthusiasm. AS soon as the
pay rolls can be put in shape, a work
which IS now progressing rapidly. all -four
Of the New York regiments will be paid
The first paid will be the Eighth infantry
Colonel Henry V. Sackett of Governor
Backs STAFF. arrived yesterday and spen;
the greater part OF the day with Colonel
Chauncey arranging tfle pay roll OF the
Eighth. The total amount to be paid the
New Workers will Approximate $4,000.
Being infused with the complaints of
were without money and needed many
things, the New York World rushed 10
the park car load OF provisions for dis
tribution among the New York regiments.
The car came from Mex York in Sc hours.
The car was in charge of Mr.. Roeder, a
special staff representative of the World.
Several hundred more recruits arrived
this morning. The arrivals yesterday
numbered nearly 500. The recruiting work
is progressing much more rapidly than ex-
pected all the regiments filling up fast.
Efforts are now being made to perfect
the guard service at the park as rapidly
ders have been issued from the headquar-
tiers of the First division of the First
corps that hereafter all officers and nom
commissioned officers of the guard will
be required to remain with the guard dur
ing the entire tour OF duty. They will
also make prescribed inspection and will
be held responsible for the thorough in
struction of the guard. To accomplish
this each brigade is to appoint one of the
members of its staff to do the work.
The hospital of the Third division, First
army corps, has some cases Of pneumonia
and typhoid fever. Major T. c. lark, chief
surgeon of the hospital, thinks that pos
sibly the rain may have something to do
with producing the typhoid fever, by
washing out the camps and carrying its
refuse into the water supply.
Henry n. Patton is the name of a pri-
vate of the Thirty-first Michigan regi-
ment who is now wandering about Camp
Thomas suffering from mental aberra-
ton. Yesterday Colonel Gardner sent no.
tice to all regiments on the field in which
he requested the commanding officers to
look after the man should he be found
wandering about the camps. Patton is
% years of age and has been out of his
camp almost two days. He was in the
hospital a the time of his mysterious dis
appearance.
Field Adjutant Clougfl Of the Third Wis
consin, is very i'll, having symptoms of
pneumonia, but the physicians hope that
ne will recover and resume his work in
he near future.
w. H. Morrow, private of the Fourth
ohio infantry, has been committed 10
Lyonsview asylum by Recorder Hope, on
L warrant of insanity.
Five cars of equipments arrived yester-
lay and were handed out for distribution
oday. These consisted of three cars of
gun carriages. timbers and caissons for
he artillery and two cars of guns and mis-
,ellaneous stores. Additional guns and
arge quantities of ordnance stores are
expected during the week
Regimental and company drills are again |
he order for today, no unusual maneuvers /
,eing scheduled. The weather is clear |
nd the temperature mild.