The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-13
Scenes in the Bay and at the Wharves
During the Emba rkation of the
Regulars for Cuba.
ORDERS AND COUNTER ORDERS
SOME TRANSPORTS CALLED BACK
AFTER STARTING FOR KEY WEST.
Gossip About the Regiments Com
manded by ColOneIs Smith and
Barnett-Ba ttery A Incidents.
staff Correspondence of the Journal.

Staff Correspondence OF the Journal.
TAMPA, Fla, June 12.-Being Sunday the
men of Colonel Studebaker's regiment took
advantage of the propitious day for fishing
and sent an expedition, headed by @. M.
Halson, of Angola; Major Barnett, of
Fort Wayne; Captain Gilbert, of An
COLA, and Lieutenant Garstang, of In
dianapolis, all in a four-nule army wagon,
to Hillsboro bay to recruit the commissary.
Tonight they drove in with two sacks of
| fish, including pompano, mullet sand
| perch, trout and mackerel, besides two huge
poisonous stingarees, trophies for the med
icos with the regiment. Most of the for
ayers are groaning on their cots tonight
from having eaten half-rpe watermelons
secured en- route.
Hospital Steward Moore of Indianapolis,
stanched the first of the regiments blood
| split in the war Edward Stansbury, of
| Ligonier, was shot by a Springfield ball,
which lodged in his shoulder. inficting
| slight wound. Private Henry Wichman, of
Fort Wayne. while toying with his gun,
accidentally discharged it. The ball went
| through four tents and struck Stansbury
| about three hundred yards away Wichman
| is in the guardhouse, to be tried by court
martial.
Last night a troop of army plainsmen
tried an old trick to stampede and steal
Colonel Studebakers mules. They drove
pack train with bell mule swiftly past
the corral. The Indiana wagon MASTER who
was ION to" the trick, had his men sta
toned and captured three of the pack mules,
which are now in the Hoosier corral
Lieutenant Mays's wife has joined her
husband here. Chaplain Medbury had
fine audience at his services to-day. Wis.,
itors from both brigade headquarters and
| other camps were there.
Writing under date of June Q, the Jour-
nails staff correspondent with the One-hun-
acknowledgements Indiana Regiment,
now at Port Tampa, says: To-day Colonel
Studebakers men have packed, partially
dnpacked and packed again, and tomorrow
they will probably unpack again, learning
all the while that the uncertainties of war
fare are not confined to fate on the battle
field. The greater part of the uncertainties
thus far have been just these little annoying
waits, tension raised to the highest pitch
one day by certain orders, and miserable
relaxation following the next day. The
horses of the regiment were taken on board
the Allegheny two days ago. Colonel Stude-
baker was ordered to hold his regiment I'M
der orders to move at a moments notice.
Ir order to keep up the reputation for alert
ness which has characterized this regiment
ever since it's days at Camp Mount and
which has done so much to advance it thus
far, the officers had the men prepared to
march to the transport almost al a bugleS
call. OF their own volition, the men pulled
down tents and many slept in the open air,
CHANGING the heavy shower which comes up
so unexpectedly in this region at this sea-
son, in order to be first to the docks if there
should be any competition in this respect
Other regiments regulars were being
rushed on board the boats as fast as possi-
BILE, and the Indiana men were in conven-
lent position to witness all this hustle But
the orders never came and at O'Clock this
Crhursday) evening Colonel Studebaker
would probably decline to repeat his offer
to wager that his regiment would be on it's
boat before the sun went down. And yet
the sun may not be down two hours before
the march is taken up again.
The Tampa papers publish brief dispatches
from the North, and these dispatches are of
the same tenor as those carried by the big
press associations. Yesterday morning an
extensive story of the departure of the
troops from this port, the details extending
to the formation of the transports as they
went down the bay all sent out under a
Washington date line, was printed in a
Tampa paper. The paper evidently knew
the report was untrue, but it was the first
opportunity it had to mention the trans
ports. 1t can be from the Northern
papers received here how very much at sea
are the reports of Tampa movements. aided.
as they are, in their sources by official leaks
at Washington. The boys of the One-hun-
dpe1 T,,7s
their friends at home now believe them to
be on the water. The soldiers hope this inn
preston is not out in Indiana
Few indeed, are the boys who have not
taken the long hot walk to Tampa dock
to watch the remarkable scene there. full
of interest even to those men who have
sailed to every port and have seen the
quaint and thrilling sides of all nationali-
ties Tuesday evening was one to stir a
soldiers heart. Columns had been push-
ing their way into four of the transports
for an hour. Horses, rations and all the
equipment of war had been stored in the
ships. which only waited their human
freight before slipping hawsers for the
open sea- The board walks and sims were
crowded with rough-faring soldiers and
sailors, staggering and jostlng each other
boisterously. In the rigging of the trans
ports every rope held soldier. and the
decks looked as If swarms of huge ants
had came upon them. The smoke which
had been creeping lazily over the tunnels
all day. now began to roll out in clouds
Natty officers in duck uniforms were haIY
way up the mast ladders, wigwagging red
flags to each other. When the whistle from,
the boat farthest out the line throbbed
signal and its bulky form began to heave