The times., 1898-06-07
NEWS FROM ARMY CAMPS
Soldiers Complain of Sickness
and Bad Food.
DRILLS AND BAND CONCERTS
General Hownrd Favors the AboI-
ishnaent of the CaLteens- He Tells
Been Provided by the Y. VI. c. A.
for the Benefit of the Volunteers.

vantage of the opportunity yesterday. for
| a good rest. From four TO five hours
drill practice six days week. and that
considering the temperature. is trying
the most hardy man. and every one in the
regiments from New York welcomes Sun
day.
| Col. Fred Grant spent the day quietly
at division headquarters. he having not
yet entirely recovered from his serious i'll
! ness Of a few days ago. He said today
that he is expecting his son. U. S. Grant,
| to arrive at the Park soon. The young
| man viii remain with his father until the
| latter goes to the front
| Lieut.. Col. Klein OF the Fourteenth New
York. has been III since yesterday. He has
high fever today and is under the care
| of physicians.
| These soldiers of the Fourteenth. now
/ in the division hospital, have been recon-
mended for discharge on account of physi-
( cal disability: John T. Harrington and
! Frank B. Rogers. Company a: Edward F.
Patton Company L; Harry Weeda. Com
| pany NJ Stephen w. ORieily, Company
! H. Harry w. Serene, Company c.; Da-
/ vid B. Etuart and Alfred l.. Pichard.
| Company B. These men will all be sent
| home and in accordance with the de-
| sire of the officers of the regiment their
| places will be filled with able-bodied men.
Five sick soldiers were taken from the
/ Fourteenth to the division hospital this
/ morning.
| For the first time since they came to the
/ Park the Ninth New York attended reli-
| gious services yesterday. The Rev. Row
land s. Nichols. chaplain of the regi-
ment did not arrive until last night.
+ Col. Chauncey. of the Eighth New York
/ attended services in the camp of the
! Ninth yesterday.
Lieut. Frank H. Peck has been mus
! tered in as second lieutenant of Compa-
ny F. This appointment completes the
commissioned force in the Ninth. Col.
( Greene's wife arrived a the battlefield
/ this afternoon. The health of the Ninth
! is excellent, though there is still some
complaint from the boys that they do not
/ get sufficient to eat
Private Ewing. who was tried yester-
/ day for falling asleep on guard duty. is
/ still in the guardhouse. His sentence has
| not vet been announced.
Col. Chauncey, of the Eighth New York.
| is putting his men through drill practice
! in close order. II will be some days be-
/ fore he begins battle practice. His reg
iment is still short Of equipments.
First Lieut.. Louis Agistivi, of Com
pany A, has applied for leave of alb
| sence on account of Illness.
Charles Gulden. of New York has ship
ped 20 the Eighth Regiment 1,050 bottles
! of prepared mustard.
The Y. NJ. c. A.
New York, June General o. o. How
ard returned yesterday to this city after
/ deyoting two weeks to a tour of inspection
of the various camps in the South. He
visited Mobile. Atlanta. Chickamauga,
Tampa and Lakeland and spoke very
/ highly yesterday of the condition in which
| he found the soldier boys who were for
the first time thrown upon their own re-
! sources in camp life.
| General Howard was sent by Dwight L.
Moody as a speaker TO address the sol
| diers and to hold religious exercises in the
| camps representing the Young Mems
| Christian Association, which has estab
| lished a circle of social tents in each
! camp. These tents are given over entire
/ ly to the soldiers. and are used by them
/ when off duty for recreation. The tents
| are provided with pens ink and paper,
and the soldiers In writing letters to
friends and families find the association
| tents great convenience.
| The religious part of the work of the
| Young Mems Christian Association is kept
! entirely apart from the social end and the
| meetings are held in the open outside the
| tents so that the soldiers can remain in
| side and continue their letter writing or
| social amusementS without having to
| make way for the religious meetings
| which are held several times each day
| General Howard spoke at many meetings
! while on his tour of the camps and speaks
| enthusiastically of the good work which
Is being done by the associa ton. He cited
the case of one young man who, after the
| open air service. called upon him and stat
| ed that ne had enlisted under an assumed
| name and wished to be entered on the
| rolls under his proper identity.
l-,lf 50 r. T.,
the main purpose of the association. and
1t is believed that by establishing the So
| cial tent the soldiers will pass their time
! when off duty in innocent amusement in
| stead of hanging about the canteen
| Newspapers and games of all kinds are
| provided. and the men can sit about and
| talk, discuss the war problems and in
other ways improve their minds, instead
of drinking at the canteens.
Gen. Howard spoke highly of the aD-
peaIance. demeanor and general soldierly
| character of the troops and commented
| upon the assumption of manhood by many
men who were just out of their teens
| and starting a soldiers career, with
| its dangers and hardships when little
| more than boys. He said that the stories
| that the troops were poorly fed and that
| the Government was not taking proper
! care of the troops were absolutely false,
| for he found the troops well fed and ap-
parentiy perfectly satisfied with their con-
| dition.
| There have been instances" he said
| where some of the regiments have not
| been properly handled when they first ar
| rived at the camp, but that has been
| more the fault of their own commissary
| departments than of the officer command
| ing the camp. l heard of one case Where a
| colonel of a regiment called upon the COM
| manding officer and stated that his men
| had been in camp for thirty-six hours
| and that no rations had been served to
| them. He was shown that the camp was
| plentifully supplied with provisions and
| that all he had to do was to make a re-
| quisition on the camp commissary to OBJ
| tain all the provisions necessary.
| Gen. Howard commented particularly
| upon the condition of the Pennsylvania
| and Ohio troops, and said that they drill
| ed like veterans. He said that the work
| of association appeared to be received
| with due appreciation by the soldiers,
| who attended the meetings in great num-
| bers and seemed to realize that d great
| effort was being made to iroprove their
condition by supplying them with the
| smaller comforts which were not pro-
| vided by the Army regulations. Gen.