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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
REVIEW OF VOLUNTEERS.
First Division Inspected and Marched
About Kelly Field.

CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK
Ga. May 23.-Maj. Gen. James F. Wade
until recently in command of the Fifth
Corps at Tampa, reported here to-day to
General Brooke, having been assigned by
the War Department to the command of
the Third Corps, now being formed here.
The First division of the First Army
Corps was reviewed to-day by it's COM
mander, Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, and
Inspector General Breckenridge and staff
the latter carefully inspecting the lines and
declaring himself very much pleased with
the appearance and conduct of the men
on the field. Although no partic-
ular demonstration was made, yet
it was spectacular scene, made
douby interesting because it will go in his
tory as the first great formal movement by
large body of troops organized for the
American-Spanish war. 1t is moreover said
to be the first review of the kind had since
the civil war 1t began early, in the cool
of the day. before 8 o'clock. The three
brigades of the First division. nine regi-
ments practically 5000 men, formed line
Of battle. the right resting north of the
historic Kelley field. Thence it ran a mile
perhaps, along the ridge, a portion of the
command forming in the rear d second line,
as if for reserve in an assault. After the
usual formal inspection of the line. which
took some time, the division formed and
moved in column of fours, changing direc-
ton twice until on line parallel with Gen
eral Wilson, who sat on magnificent horse
in front of a group of brilliant staff officers
The lines We're formed with remarkable
rapidity and precision. Then, in column of
companies-that is. each company marching
in line, one behind another-the division adj
vanced in splendid form. 1t was grand
sight to witness and all the veterans in the
camp enjoyed the unusual spectacle. Moth
ing, they said. since the breaking out of
the war had strikingly emphasized the
fact that hostilities had actually begun as
this spectacle. Each regiment in the lines
had a reputation TO maintain, and every
company and individual was impressed with
the necessity of doing the best possible.
The result was singularly gratifying. The
marching was. as a rule, in excellent time.
the alignments accurate and the distances
well maintained.
General Wilson expressed himself as de-
lighted and very proud of the fact that the
] division, when manuevered together for the
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OPERATIVE SURGERY.
Indiana Doctors Assist i'm the First
Operation at Camp Thomas.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
LYLE, Ca, May 2S.-The first case of
operative surgery in Camp Thomas &C.
Cured on the goth. A private in the regular
army was taken sick soon after reaching
camp. He was new recruit from New York
city and upon removal of his regiment south
he was left behind at the hospital of the
First Corps, in charge of Dr. Z. F. Mason
of the regular army. The symptoms were
tenderness over McBurtneys point, rightly
of abdominal muscles, and excessive pain
under the twelfth rib on the right side
could not learn as to temperature, but 1T was
after the height of the fever had passed
Dr. Mason asked pr. Stair, of the Fifth
Pennsylvania Regiment, and DR.. f. w. Fox
worthy, assistant surgeon of the One-hun-
dred-and- sixtieth Indiana to make the ex-
animation. A distinct tumor was made out
about two inches above and one inch in
from the anterior superior spinouS process
Of the crest of the ilium. Both surgeons con-
Cured in the diagnosis of abscess following
appendicitis, and an immediate operation
was undertaken. The operating room was
one of the ordinary hospital tents, with
board floor, which had been recently Sprlnk-
led with carbolized waters. The operating
table was a litter placed on two boxes. The
litter was covered with poncho rubber
blanket. Instruments were laid on towels
that had been boiled The instruments in
a common pocket case were used; no alb
sorbent cotton or sponges were used in the
operation dressing, plain boiled gauze
serving as sponges and dressing The pa
tient had been prepared by closely cutting
off hairs with scissors and a green soap
poultice applied the night before. This was
washed off with carboiZed water. The
douche bag was a common bulb syringe.
The solutions were confined to boiled water
for douching and soap and water and car
bolized water for hands
Dr. Mason asked DR.. F. Charlton, of
the misunderstanding eighth Indiana,
to give ether. So successfully was this done
that the patient did not finch during the
operation. nor vomit afterward. DR.. Stair,
of the Fifth Pennsylvania. acted as second
assistant and Dr. Foxworthy first assist
ant. Drs. Barnett, of the One hundred-and-
fifty-seventh Indiana, and Clark, of the
First Illinois, as well as two Minnesota
surgeons, were present. Colonel Hartsuff,
chief surgeon of the army corps, was also
an interested spectator.
The. operation proper was neatly and
quickly done, much quicker than some in
better equipped hospitals. and, considering
the resources, remarkably we'll done. A
postcaecal abscess was found and about a
pint of pus evacuated. The appendix was
not sought after as the abscess had a
thick sac and the one small communication
with the peritoneal cavity walled off
with gauze After irrigation the wound was
SeWed up leaving in gauze well as rub
Der drainage. The patient suffered no shock
at all, and was put to bed with a good
pulse. Plain gauze dressings were used
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
To Increase the Navy.

WASHINGTON, May Representative
Pearce, of Missouri. to-day introduced a
bill for an increase in tie naval establish
ment as follows: Five first-class cruisers to
carry the heaviest armor practicable and the
most powerful ordnance, displacement H.
500 tons; minimum average speed, twenty
knots per Aour, and to cost, exclusive of ar
NOR and armament, not exceeding 100000;
ten torpedo boats of about $50 tons displace-
ment, to have the highest practicable speed
and to cost, exclusive of armament, not over
$500 600 each; fifteen torpedo boat destroyers
of about four hundred tons displacement of
the highest practicable speed and to cost,
exclusive of armament, not exceeding $780,
600 each; fifteen steel gunboats of about
two thousand tons displacement. with high
est practicable speed and to cost, save arm
ament, not over $780, 900 each. No two of the
cruisers, nor four of the torpedo boats, nor
five of the destroyers, nor five of the gun
boats shall be built in any one yard or by
one contracting party. All material for them
is to be of domestic manufacture. One cruis-
err. three torpedo boats, three destroyers and
three gunboats are to be built on the Pa
cfic coast, under certain restrictions.
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Cnnst SignnIing.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Under the ener-
getic management of Captain Bartlett, who
was recalled from the retired list into the
active service of the Navy Department for
the purpose, there has just been perfected
a most admirable and thorough system of
coast signaling for war purposes. The
Navy Department itself established thirty
stations on the coast manned by naval
militiamen. Then it called into service 1850
lighthouse employees and LOCO lifesaving
men, making total force Of over 5000 men
who patrol the great shore line from Bar
Harbor to Galveston night and day, and
in all weathers, watching for the approach
of an enemy or for signal from any pass
ing United States war ship. 1t has been
arranged that all of these watchers can
communicate in the course of a few min
utes with telegraph or telephone line, and
all center in the Office of Captain Bartlett
in the Navy Department who is thus pre-
pared to give the war board instant notice
of any significant ship movement on the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
B'NAI BIRTH CONVENTION.
Dues of All Members Going to War
VIII BE Kept Up.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, May 23.-At the dis
trict convention of the order Bnai Birth
to-day resolution was passed advising
subordinate lodges to pay out of their treas
uries the endowment and other dues of
members gone to war and to maintain in
good standing those who go as volunteers.
The morning was occupied with committee
reports. The committee on ritual reported
in favor of new ritual. The grand lodge
transferred the title of the real estate and
property pertaining to the Orphans Home
at Cleveland to a corporation composed of
members of the order. This afternoon the
delegates and visitors went to Robinson
Park for an outing. A banquet was served
at the Standard Club tonight. The election
of officers was postponed until tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
THE MONITOR MONTERREY.
Navy Departments Plans for Getting
the Vessel Across the Pacific.

Navy Departments Plans for Getting
the Vessel Across the Pacific.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-Naval officials
have calculated to their entire satisfaction
the possibility of getting the Monterey
safely across the Pacific to Admiral Dewey's
squadron at Manila. The principal diff
Guilty in making such a trip as this is the
small coal capacity of vessels of the Mon
terey's type. She carries normally 200 tons
of coal in her bunkers, which economically
steamiig would take her about 300 miles
less than the distance from San Francisco
to Honolulu. In an emergency such as now
exists it is possible to stow a good deal Of
coal on the main deck. Being placed on the
passage ways and open ways and supers-
tructure of the vessel the great beam of
the Monterey would permit 1870 tons of coal
TO be carried in addition to that in the
bunkers without the least endangering the
stability of the ship or risking the coal by
being washed overheard.
The ship will take southerly course after
leaving Honolulu, in company with a steam
collier. The South seas are full of islands
as soon as Hawaii has been left 1000 miles
nehind, and in the sheltered harbors OF
these 1t would be very easy for the Mon
terey to lie alongside her collier and coal
through her superstructure. 1t would not be
suTprfs!ng If one of the harbors chosen for
such transfer was in the Caroline islands,
another Spanish possession in the South
sea, TOT Dy so DONG tnere c0ulu De no pOSSl-
bile complaint of a breach of neutrality
treaties on the part of any neutral nations.
From the Carolines to the Philippines the
way is easy and under the programme ar
ranged. there is no probability of failure in
the attempt to get the Monterey safely
scross the Pacific. If the Monterey pro-
ceeded steadily at her economical speed, she
would reach the Philippines in thirty-one
and one-half days from San Francisco. She
will lose several days in coaling en- route,
but on the other hand she may make up
this distance by steaming at greater speed
If circumstances favor the easy recoaHng
of the ship.
The Spanish squadron at Cadiz which re-
ports from Spain state, is going to the
Philippines, is capable of higher speed than
the Monterey and may not have much diff
Guilty TO obtain the necessary coal to make
the trip, so that although the distance be
longer on the eastward trip, there is a posi-
blity of an interesting race between the
hostile naval ships
The naval orders issued this morning an
nounced the assignment TO command of
of the Monterey Captain Eugene II. LeutZ,
lately in command of the Alert.
1t is said at the Navy Department that
Il will be at least five days before the
Monterey can be started on her long jour-
ney from San Francisco for Manila the
delay being on account of the preparatio
that must be made for the very exceptional
service required of the vessel
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Indiana Notes.

A large barn and a residence occupied by
a tenant belonging to Abraham Nicholson,
four miles north of Fortville. was burned
Sunday night. Loss, $500 with insurance
in Farmers Home Company.
A large flag was raised at Mathews Sat-
urday with imposing ceremony. The choir
sang the 'Star-spangled Banner" and, DR..
w larton. master of ceremonies, made a
speech, followed by Rev. John Lewellen.
Washington county Republicans homi-
mated the following ticket at Salem Satur-
day: Clerk, B. T. Pace: auditor, v. I: Ried !:
treasurer, w. Fl. Graves; sheriff. B. F..
Luck; surveyor, Edward Snarr: coroner. Dr.
1. H. Doolittle; recorder. ]. w. Markhover:
commissioners, Jehosaphat Norris and
dorsed for State geologist. The following
delegates to the state convention were
named John S. McPheeters, j. A. Kemp,
Lewis Dennis, Harvey Morris, F. B.
Coombs. F. A. Martin. William B. Lindley.
r. w. Heron. George Mccoy, r. Z. Finley
and William Brown.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
DANGER ON THE WABASH
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF THREE
CONVICTION BOYS IN A BOAT.
Insurance Agent Charles f. stephen
son Pleads Guilty to Embezzle-
ment and Sent to Prison.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CONVICTION, Ind, May 23.-Yesterday
evening, while sailing on the Wabash river,
Arthur Clark, Pink Miller and Malcolm
Nelson, young men, were thrown into the
current in the middle of the stream which
is a half mile out of its banks on each side
The sailboat struck the ferry cable at Foun-
tain. and was overturned Clark caught the
cable aud walked hand over hand to the
shore; but Miller and Nelson were swept
by the current past the cable. Both man
aged however to get hold of the keel of
the overturned. boat, and caught two pad
dies which fioated by. With these they
pushed themselves until, several miles fur
tier down, they got into a flooded wood
They sat among the branches of a tree,
shivering and exhausted, and shouted for
help until farmer rescued them. Miller is
the son of Attorney l.. p. Miller, of this
city. and Nelson is the son of Joseph c..
Nelson. Miller was member of Company
G, Second Regiment, but failed to pass the
physical examination before the company
was mustered into the regular service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24

Novel Suggestion for the Benefit of
Those Who Go to Manila.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-Paymaster
General Stanton has selected corps of
paymasters for duty with the Philippine ex-
petition. Three of these officials will go to
Manila. They are well-tried officials who
have been in the service for a long time.
Their names are Mai. Charles Mcclure.
who is to be chief paymaster, and Majors
Charles b. Whipple. of Minnesota. son
of Bishop Whipple, and Charles e. Kill
burne An adequate amount OF cash to pay
the soldiers for three months will be taken,
20 be made up entirely of gold and silver
The Bank of California, located at San
Francisco has offered To the government
70 become its official agent at the city of
Manila, but, inasmuch as Manila is not yet
IN our actual possession, nothing has been
done in the matter. The designation of
some reliable financial concern as the fiscal
agent of the United States In the Philip
pines no doubt will be made as this is re-
garded as absolutely essential TO avoid the
actual transfer Of large amounts of cash by
the government.
Somebody has suggested that the govern
ment purchase a large consignment OF
Mexican silver dollars. two OF which can be
bought by one United States dollar and
that the troops at Manila be paid In these
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
HOOSIER WON.


said he understood the latter were thrown
out of the cities to be fed to the vultures.
A great deal has been said about the.
equipment carried by infantry soldiers. An
order from General Miles distributed in
Colonel Smiths headquarters to-day shows
that the following constitute the arms and
equipments of an infantry soldier: A rifle,
blanket bag, pair of blanket bag shoulder
straps, pair of blanket bag coat straps.
bayonet scabbard, cartridge belt, canteen
and strap, gun sling, haversack and strap.
meat can, tin cup, and knife, fork and
spoon. The equipment for battery in
cludes several hundred articles of different
types G. L. p.
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Roosevelt as q Cowboy.
Kansas City Journal.

There is a little too much of the grand
stand performance in Mr.. Roosevelt's play
ing to suit the average man. Mr.. Roose-
welt seems to have been fairly useful man
in his place in the Navy Department, and
we do not know that he had made him
self superhuouS there. 1t seems likely that
in a free-for-all fight if he acts as pug
naciousy as he writes And this being the
case. it was no cause for wonder If he
wanted to get to the front But why
couldn't he be content to take a colonelcy
wherever it might come. instead of rushing
off to Texas to play cowboy? Not that we
be pacifying element to turn loose in Cuba.
But we should think the cowboys, on their
part, would rather object to one of these
gold amounted colonies. Still there is no ac-
counting for tastes.
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FIRED ON A BRITISH SHIP.
A Spanish Cruisers Attempt to Secure
u Cargo of Coal.

Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.)
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies, May
23-The Spanish cruiser Isabel H. while at
San Juan de Porto Rico, fired on the Brit
ish steamer Roah, from Barry on April %,
which arrived at Porto Rico after the bonn
bardment. 1t is alleged that the Spanish
ship fired on the Roah, which was loaded
with coal. with the intention of Gripping
her and thereby preventing her departure.
The officers of the Isabel II, however. claim
the firing was the result of an accident.
Mr.. Freeman Halsted, the newspaper
correspondent, who has been sentenced to
nine years Imprisonment for taking photo
graphs of the Notifications of San Juan de
Porto Rico, has been conveyed to a con-
Wet camp to undergo his sentence.
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stephenson Goes to Prison.

Special 10 tne IndlanapOlls Journal.
BEDFORD, Ind, May 23.-Charles F.
Stephenson, the insurance agent, with an
office in the Stevenson building at Indian
apolis, and who was arrested at Green
castle Saturday, was sentenced to the pen
itentiary to-day on plea of guilty. The
grand jury found five indictments against
Stephenson, who has been in trouble be-
fore and he preferred to throw himself on
the mercy of the court. He had enbeZzled
from the insurance companies for which he
was agent. He was sentenced for a term
of from two to fourteen years and was
taken to prison at once by Sheriff Dobbins.
Stephenson was employed auditing the
books of De PAW University, being
dragged away from his books when ar
rested. His influence had obtained the place
for him, and he left Greencastle with a bold
face, claiming he was being prosecuted and
would soon return again. He had been liv
ing on North Meridian street in Indianap
oils, since leaving Bedford.
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Republicans Get the Offices.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
SEYMOUR, Ind, May 23.-The City Coun-
Gil has selected by resolution the following
Republicans to fill the appointive offices:
John M Lewis, jr, city attorney; George
Slagle, city engineer; Samuel Welch, street
commissioner; DIR. NJ. F. Gerrish, health
officer; J. H. Hopewel, night police, and
E. o. Kruger, chief of fire department.
The Council is tie, politically. with a Re-
publican mayor, and at the first meeting of
the new members the Republicans attempt
the deciding vote, the Democratic members,
five in number. cast scattering votes. there
by not allowing tie vote. The Republic
ans, seeing that their opponents attempted
to Illustrate their plans, selected the men
at the last meeting by resolutions.
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SAN FRANCISCO. May 2S-The work of
coaling and provisioning the United States
steamer Monterey is progressing rapidly
and when this has been completed the yes
sci will go to Mare island to take on am
munition and to undergo thorough exam
snation before She puts to sea. 1t is very
probable that she will go to Honolulu, there
to take on another supply of coal. From
Honolulu she will steam as far as possible,
when she will be either taken in tow by
collier. which is to accompany her, or re-
fiji her bunkers from the collier at sea. II
is generally understood that she will make
fast time between here and Honolulu to
catch the transports which leave this port
before her
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24

NEW YORK, May 23.-Arrived: Missis-
sippi. from London; Trave, from Bremen
and Southampton; Georgia, from Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. May 23.-Arrived: Corinthia,
from Boston; Cupid. from New York.
GIBRALTAR, May 23.-Sailed: Kaiser
Wilhelm ii, for New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. May 80 - Sailed
Bremen. for New York
NAPLES. May 23.-Arrived: Victoria,
from New York.
MOVILLE, May 2S.-Arrived: Furnessia,
from New York.
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Recruitinr for the Navy.

WASHINGTON May 23.-Commander
Hemphill, who has charge of the naval en-
Iistment has made out table showing that
the recent recruiting of the navy has
swelled that branch of the service by re-
cruits from the following States Maine, 80;
New Hampshire. %; Massachusetts. LA;
Rhode Island, $50; New York, 1,7S0; New
Jersey. S1S; Pennsylvania, 406; Maryland,
444; District of Columbia. 4O1; Ohio, 81;
Michigan, 304; Illinois. 1872; Wisconsin, 80;
Minnesota, 1874: Missouri. "a; Virginia, 255;
North Carolina, So; South Carolina, 116;
Georgia. II; Tennessee, 8: Louisiana, 151
Texas 81 California, sos; Florida, 113.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
MORE HAITIAN RUMORs.
Heavy CannOnading Heard in the DE-
rectfOn of Northern Cuba

Copyright 1898, by the Associated Press)
PORT-AU- PRINCE. Haiti, May 23-The
following dispatch has been received from
Port de Paix dated Saturday last. land tele-
graphic communication having been inter-
rupted up to to-day. "a furious cannonading
was heard on the 10Th Thursday lasD, in
the direction of the north of Cuba. To-day,
Saturday, the cannonading continues in a
very lively fashion"
Port de Paix is in the northwestern part
of Haiti and the firing referred to may have
been from any part of the eastern extremity
of Cuba. AS the Spaniards claim Guatanamo
was recently bombarded by American war
ships, the sound of firing may have come
from that direction.
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coins The Mexican dollar will purchase
considerable more in Manila than the Amer
lean coin of similar denomination, and thus
the soldiers, for the time being. would re-
ceive greater apparent amount of COM
pensation than If paid in United States sill
yer. The government. however, is not dis
posed to pay the men in deprecated coin.
for, when the soldiers return, the Mexican
dollars which they might have saved would
be of less value by half than a similar num-
Der of American silver dollars. The propo-
sition was never taken seriously, but is sug-
gested simply to show the varied number
of propositions which the officials of the
government are constantly receiving dur
ing these times
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No War Ships Seem.

NEW YORK, May 23.-A special to the
Herald from Mole st. Nicholas, Haiti, says:
Numerous and very frequent reports re-
sembling heavy cannonadng which were
heard in the Windward passages Friday aft
ernoon and Saturday gave rise to the rumor
that a naval engagement was in progress
between squadrons of the United States and
Spain. No man-of-war has been seen out
side the harbor, however, and none has en-
tered it, 1t has been impossible to learn
whether or not naval battle actually took
n1ace -