The times., 1898-08-11
.MOREBUT SMALLER CAMPS
The Disappointed Soldiers to
Have Their Minds Diverted.
TO MARCH INSTEAD OF FIGHT
Believing the War Is About Over,
the Department Devises n Plan to
Give the Troops Who Want to Go
to the Front Some Much-Needed
Exercise,

Following is the text of a bulletin is
which makes public the first steps that
have been taken in the general move
ment of camps, as recently decided upon:
'The Secretary of War has ordered one
division of the First army Corps from
Chattanooga to Knoxville, Tenn. and
another division of the same corps from
Chickamauga to Lexington, Ky. A di-
vision of the Fourth Corps. now at Tam
pa, has been ordered TO Huntsville, Ala
The second division Gen. Davis of the
Second Army Corps. now at Manassas,
has been ordered to take station at Mid
dletown, Pa The project of marching
the troops from Chattanooga to Knox
Vile and Lexington is under considera-
tion''
This is only the beginning. Before the
end of the week preparations will have
been completed for moving the troops
from nearly every Southern camp now
in existence. 1t is the purpose of the
War Department, in so far as it is prac-
ticable, to divide all the larger camps
into smaller ones located on sites which
offer better military facilities and have
ready access to sufficient supplies of pure
water.
The sanitary dangers incident TO big
camps, especially in warm weather. have
been demonstrated during the past few
weeks by the appearance OF malarial fe-
Yer epidemics, and upon the advice of
military medical authorities it has been
decided to do away with large camps
wherever possible
The department has not yet decided
what shall be done with the troops origi-
nally assigned to Gen. Wades provision
al division, orders for the organization
of which have been revoked. Six brig
AIDES are concerned in the disappoint-
ment.
The First Brigade is composed of the
First Rhode Island. the Fourth Missou-
ri and the Twenty-second New York; the
Second Brigade OF the First North Car
olina, First Alabama and First Arkansas
the Third Brigade of the First New
Hampshire, First Vermont and Fifty-sec-
| ond Iowa; the Fourth Brigade of the
First New Jersey. First West Virginia
and Third Virginia; the Fifth Brigade of
the Second Texas, First Connecticut and
the First Delaware; the Sixth Brigade OF
the First Maine, Third Tennessee and the
First Maryland.
AS reaction from the excitement sur
rounding their preparations for getting
off 10 the front these troops are now
exceedingly restless. in fact, that may be
said OF all the soldiers in camy anywhere
as the hope of seeing actual service be-
comes more and more remote.
This state of things is responsible for
the thought now entertained by the De-
partment of marching the troops to their
new camping grounds instead of trans
porting them by rail. II is believed that
march of several hundred miles would
do the men good and divert their minds
from their disappointment.
Although there is prospect of an early
peace, there is no probability that the vol
unteer forces of the country will be dis
charged At present and IL is realized fully
that the Administration must cope for
some time with the unfavorable condi-
tions which the heated season imposes
Another lesson which has been learned
is that the troops cannot be kept for a
great length of time in any camp. howev-
er favorafbly situated without serious i'm
pairment of the health of the men.
1t is expected that the Seventh Army
Corps. now at Fernandina and Jackson
Vile will be moved north as soon as
| camping grounds can be secured, proba-
bly, some of the troops will be sent TO
Tryon. \. c., provided a favorable report
is made by the inspector, Gen. Mills, who
has gone to examine a tract of land in
that vicinity.