The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-26

Camp Alger, Va, May 25.-Uniforms
and equipment are at last being dis
tributed The Thirteenth today receiv-
ed notice from corps headquarters TO
make requisition for what outfits were
needed. Quartermaster Cox had anti
cipated the order and inside of an hour
presented to Quartermaster Martin
list of the articles needed together
with the measurements for clothes,
shoes, hats etc. With this cause of
complaint removed, as it will be in
day or two, all the boys will want to
make them completely happy is the
distribution of the state pay and COM
pleton of the water works.
The pay is expected any day. The
work on the artesian wells and the res
ervoir is we'll under way. Today was
without incident of special note. Com
pany drills in the morning and dress
rarade in the afternoon, conducted by
acting Colonel Stillwell, Acting Adju-
tant Davis, Major Wood, and Acting
Adtutant Kambeck comprises the only
work that relieved the monotony.
The weather is delightful, the rations
good and the health almost perfect.
The general health OF the camp is ex-
cellent. There are only seven patients
in the Fort Meyer hospital where SER
ious cases are cared for, pending the
establishment of a division hospital.
one of the patients is Private Schroe-
der, of Company C, who is suffering
from an injury to the groin sustained
at Mt. Gretna. He is to be discharged
from the service.
Washington women, comprising the
Loyal Legion make daily visits to the
camp, bringing delicacies for the sick
in the hospitals and distributing liter
day night on suspicion of being spies
have been released, with a warning to
keep away from the camp in the future.
Nothing definite was discovered to con-
Wet them.
The Thirteenth, as stated in yester,
days dispatch, is now part Of the
Third brigade, First division, Second
corps. General Graham has as yet
formed but one division. 1t is divided
into three brigades, as follows:
First brgadc-First, New Jersey; Sew
enth, Ohio; SiXty-Flfth, New York. Col
onel f.. a. Campbell, First, New Jersey
commander.
Second brigade Sixth, Illinois; Sixth,
Massachusetts; Eighth, Ohio. Colonel ID
J. Foster, Sixth, illinois, commander.
Third brEade-Eighth, Twelfth and
Thirteenth, Pennsylvania, Colonel Henry
A. Coursen, Thirteenth, Pennsylvania
commander.
The One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
Indiana; Sixth, Pennsylvania, and the
battalion of the Ninth, Ohio, (colored)
are left unattached for the present. The
two New York cavalry troops are form
ed into a squadron and assigned t
corps headquarters for special service
Surgeon General Girard's idea in do,
ing away with the regimental hospita
corps and forming a division service
was for the purpose of ccfectinG econ
omy. At present each regiment has il
its hospital service three surgeons, {
steward and twelve assistants. Unde
the new arrangement there will be onl.
one surgeon, one regimental steward ;
for. oapb ha and ono aC
sstant steward for service at the regi
mental dispensary. as the regimenta
hospitals will hereafter be designated
At the division hospital will be sta
toned the two Of the three surgeons o
each regiment and company of on
hundred men for service as stewards
stretcher bearers and ambulance meT
The present rules allow an ambulanc
for every two hundred men in a regi
ment The new arrangement will mas
all the ambulances at the division hos
pitaL The division surgeon will be i
charge of the hospital and he win ap
point a captain and two lieutenant
from among the surgeons to comman
the company Of stewards. Should
brigade or regiment be detached fror
the division it will take it's quota wit
1t.
Under this new arrangement, IL
commands which may be in action wi
have the benefit of the services of til
HOSPITAL corps Of regiments that ma