The sun., 1898-06-16

have been taken from their regiments and
ordered to perform duty in division hospitals.
Several Of the Colonies called upon Major Will
liams yesterday and spoke to him about enter
ing protest The officers say that tbs surgeons
wore sent along With the commands ~ care for
the sick in their own regiments and not outsiders.
Major Williams said to-day that tho First
Pennsylvania would soon receive q now stand
OF rifles. Tho guns the regiment now has have
seen about twelve years service and are not
good for actual service. The new guns will be
| of the latest pattern. Major Williams stated
that there was very little sickness in camp and
that 1t was due to tho fact that the boys were
fed properly with well-cookod food
In this regiment IL one OF the survivors Of the
| battleship Maine. Sergeant Richards was
bugcr on tho Maine and blew the last call
while tho great vessel was sinking. He fairly
makes his buele talk when blowing 1t, and is
considered tho best in camp. He dislikeS talk
| ing OF the Maine disaster.
Tho cool breezes which have been tanning the
| boys at ChickamAuga Park for the past Two or
| three days have proved exceedingly oxhilarat-
ing to tho boys Of the First Maine. The very
hot weather which has been prevalent since tho
arrival of the regiment had dspiritinE effect
on them. However, since the rain has had tho
| effect of coollng the atmosphere tho boys are
| now doing exceptionally good work. Lieut..
| MOrlarJV nah returned 10 DIS posi- Ol outy IN
Comp ny from tho place of acting Adjutant
of tho regiment. Lieut. Demott OF Company G
i1 now acting Adjutant in place Of Lieut. Mo-
| rinrty.
| Private John Lutz. Company G OF the Second
| Ohio Infantry, who Is tho Camp Thomas corro-
| spondent for tho Lima Gdtette Lima, o. is In
| trouble. Recently he sent a letter to his paper
about the Ohio troops in which there was some
reflection on Col. Kuert, the commander Of the
| Second. When the story fell under the eyes of
| Col. Kuert, Lutz was arrested on the charge Of
being disrespectful to q superior officer, and
yesterday he was tried before the division court.
martial Tho court reached decision in the
case. but it will net be made public until the
evidence is reviewed by Gen. Poland. division
| commander.
| The health Of the army at Camp Thomas has
improved very much within the last few days.
Out of upward of $4,000 mon encAmped at
Chickamauga Park only about 2a per cent. are
| confined to the hospitals The increased facill-
| tics for furnishing an amply supply of puro
! water, the improvement in the sanitary pre-
cautions, and the recent rains that have tended
| to decrease the extreme heat are all responsible
for this satisfactory change in the condition Of
| the camp and the health of the men. There are
| really less than $50 men who are actually sick
| from other than temporary disability through
| vaccinations and other slight disorders. Those
| who are dangerously Ill amount to q very few
| individuals.
No similar body of mon perhaps were ever
subjected to moro arduous dutles than the vol
| unteer army at ChickRmauga. Tho men were
| sent there from various parts of the country
within tho last four weeks. and, despite tho
| changes in climatic conditions and the hard and
| fatiguing labor in which they have been engaged
aimee. there have been but fcw deaths At first
| ~. - noR,, No t.,
| cident to exposure and fatigue and the changes
in tho atmospheric conditions, but the most Of
| them have recovered. and those who are still
| confined In the hospitals are in q state OF con-
| valcscence.
The various reGimental surgeons. together
with Col. Hartsuff. who 10 In charge Of Letter
| Hospital at Crawfish Springs, have been inde-
| fatigabe In their devotion to the needs Of the
| sick, and trained nurses have been employed in
nursing the cases of contagious diseases. Many
| contributions of delicaces and other neoessaries
| have been sent to the soldiers. and, upon the
whole. the men have fared as we'll as they would
have fared at homo.
"You have no idea the quantity of mail We
handle for Camp Thomas," said Chief of tho
Railway Mail Service Welch to THE SUN cor
| respondent. The business equals that Of a
| city Of 100000 population as nearly every
| soldier In the camp spends q good part of his
| leisure time writing letters. 1t was different
| with the reEularS They are mon generally who
have long cut loose from family ties. Soldering
Is not a now experience with them and they
| write few letters. but the volunteers must write
nearly every day to Mothers wives and sweet
| hearts Of their experiences In camp and the new
| and interesting scenes around them. The aver
| ago mail coming in and going out of Camp
Thomas Is now fully 18O. 900 letters or pack ges
| q day.
"we had letter from New York camp the
| other day on which in place of stamp was a
| rude picture Of 4 soldier with tho inscription
Soldiers letter, busted According to the reg
ulations soldiers letters unstanVSd cannot be
| forward ed for collection at destina alton unless
indorsed by officer. but we have bad so many
letters without proper Endorsement that have
taken the bull by tho horns and let them 60
through. The department has Indorsed my ac-
tion. but copies of the regulations have new
been distributed and must hereafter be adhered
to. Yesterday letter written on a cuff nicely
! folded came in, and one soldier tried to send
some clothes weighing thirty pounds through
the malls, marked Soldiers clothes.' All sorts
| of things. bullets, pieces OF wood, wild flowers
from ChickamAuRa field and other truck, are
being Bent out There will be no moro complaint
about nonYeceipt of expected registered letters
now. as the now Post Office is rapidly Yelie wing
the congestion In that respect"
Lieut.. Barton recruiting officer of the Tenth
Cavalry. had only six applicants for enlistment
to-day. Out Of this number he failed to secure
a single recruit. The Tenth Cavalry recruiting
office has been open for business since the sec
ond week in May. during which time Lieut. Bar
ton has secureda total of sixty recruits up 10
yesterday. The office here in the respect of sc.
curing recruits. has been much moro successful
than the recruiting stations atKnoxvills. Louis
Vile. Nashville and Atlanta.
Col. Culver of the Fifth Illinois, who has been
in commend of the First Brigade. First Division
First Army Corps. was relieved to-day of further
duty as brigade commander. Brigadier- G en-
Oswalder Ernst, who reported for duty on Mon
day, h0s been assigned to this brigade and took
formal charge to-day.
The First New Hampshire Regiment was In
spected by Major Slocum yesterday. Tho regi
ment and quarters were found to bo in excel
lent condition. Tho clothing and rifles were
clean. but the inspection proved that only eleven