The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-25
At C~HICkAMAUGA.
Four Batteries of Light Artillery Leave
for Porto Rico.

-Four Batteries of Light Artillery Leave
for Porto Rico.
Chickamauga, July 24.-Although
General James F. Wade assumed COM
mand at Camp Thomas yesterday as
the successor of General Brooke. he has
not yet selected a location for his head
quarters. General wade's stan. so far
as made UP, is as follows: Major W..
Ealmy. adJutant general; Lieutenant
Colonel Daniel NJ. wheeler, chief quar-
termaster; Northumberland John
Van Horne, chief surgeon; Lieutenant
Charles H. Ribble. Judge
Captain j. B.. Foraker, assistant adju-
tant-general; Lieutenant-colo +. ID.
Baldwin, inspector-general: Lieuten-
ant-Colonel George Squires, chief signal
officer: Captain Lloyd c. Griscon. as
sistant auartermaster and aid de
camp: Captain Jay Cook. third com
missary; Lieutenant G.. w. Reed. aide
de camp and acting rdnance of1cer;
Lieutenant j. p. Wade. aide de camp;
Major Charles j. Allison, engineer or
ficer.
General Wade will carry forward the
work at the park without making any
significant changes in the plans as they
now exist.
The only movement in connection
with the Porto Rico expedition was the
departure for Newport News of -four
batteries of light artillery, as follows:
Battery A of Missouri. battery A of
Illinois. battery b of Pennsylvania and
the 9th Indiana battery. These I
teries broke amp at s o'clock this
morning. marching TO Rossville, where
they look trains for Newport New
Each of the four batteries had six guns,
100 hundred horses n mules and from
40 to us officers and men. Battery Il
OF Illinois was commanded by Captain
Phil Jaeger. the eth Indiana battery
by Captain j. Burtiss, battery II of
PENNSYLVANIA by Captain A. T. Hunt.
and battery A of Missouri was COM
manded by Captain f. NJ. Humboldt.
The Sd brigade of the LIST division, LIST
corps. will be the next to leave Camp
Thomas, and will probably get away
tomorrow or Tuesday. General Wade,
IL was authoritatively stated tonight.
received orders at a late hour this even
ing to rush this brigade to Newport
News as promptly as possible. The
brigade consists OF the LIST and Sd Ken
lucky and the 5th Illinois. 1t is the
understanding that the LIST brigade of
the I'd division will be next TO follow.
According TO the present plan, regi-
ments will continue to go out as fast
as practicable until the LIST corps is ex-
hausted.
Tt was raining most Of to-day at
Camp Thomas, and the regiments spent
the day quietly. The usual divine SER
vices by the chaplains and by the
evangelists We're conducted through
out the park.
One hundred and sixty-two patients
belonging to the volunteer army were
removed to-day from Letter hospital "a
a special train and taken to McPher-
son hospital at Atlanta. Owing tc
the limited supply of surgeons and med
ical assistants at this point. IL has beer
deemed best to send those who have SC
far recovered as to be able to be safe
" moved to other points where they
can be cared for, n at the same time
make room in the Letter hospital foi
the sick who are now I'm the division
and regimental field hospitals.
The knights OF Pythias lodges OF this
city have Joined in a movement Il
establish a hospital in this city for th'
care of sick members of the order WHIT
are in the volunteer army at Chicka.
manga park. The hospital will b'
opened this week. Several physicians
Of the city, members of the order. have
offered their professional services
Pythians in all parts of the countr.
are required to contribute. Contribu
tons may be sent TO DR.. E.. B. Wise
Chattanooga.