New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05

PERMANENT MILITARY POST A
CHECKAMAUGA PARK.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE


ready TO retire carly after mess Tonight
Ten soldiers have been drowned In the Chiok-
amauga Creek while swimming In the last
week They were seized with cramps In the
water after coming In from drill In the hot sun.
BEFORE help could reach them they would SINK
Ia this treacherous little stream.
The deaths Of these men have been chron'cied
I'm the press dispatches. and almost every man
who has received letters from home In the last
two days has been cautioned about going IN
swimming in the creek. Colonel Chauncey OF
the Sth NewYork took a swim to-day Ihe ho'
weather is rather hard upon him, ana MS EEL
low officers are trying to persuade aim to have
his side whiskcrs shaved of. This he refuses 70
dc
General Breckenridge and Colonel Astor iert
behind them rpveral members OF the staH OF the
Inspector General, 70 finish up the work 80
hurriedly left by them. General breckenridge
was highly pleased with the result OF the in
spection, and 20 expressed himself TO General
Brooke and others He said In the course of
conversation that the Army under Genera
Brooke could take Cuba and defeat the whole
Spanish Army.
MORE DISCIPLINE NEEDED
But he did not hesitate to say that the Army
at Chickamauga is in no condition 10 take 'ne
field as yet. They have improved alreao! g"
per cent in discipline. equipment and so'd'er'y
bearing" said General Breckenridge 1t Is gener
ally supposed that the privates and raw recruits
are the only ones that have to be broken IN ana
trained This is far from right. Ohicers. as We"
as men have TO be trained In the art or war.
II IL a noticeable fact at Camp Thomas that
Some n, the officers are even greener than the
men IN the ranks The Brgadler Generals nave
,rifl Conpr nj Brooke
for several days past and have been urged 10
INV narticular attention to this branch or the
service and take pains to instruct the officers
Ono off,rer OF rank came into General Brooke
headouarters to-day and presented himse1 10
the General without coat. He was severely
ronrtmnnded General Brooke is insstenf on 'he
strict observance of military rules.
The following orders were issued from head-
ouarters Of the First Division. Third Corps. TO-
day;
ueodouarters First Division. Third Corps, Chick
auauga.
Special orders. No = ,.,
4 general court martial IL hereby appoih'rr"'
~ moe al Headquarters Of the First brigade Tor
trial Of such persons may be brought before
& Detail for the court: Major J. j. Gray fs'ey'
LIT Vermont Captain II. /. Dyer. ls' .rii'on,
Cantain NJ & Brandon. Sd Tennessee. captain
J. Arnold, Tennessee, Captain I. ~. "HS,ll.
"a Nebraska. Lieutenant w. Robinson. ~,
Missouri. Lieutenant X M W iN'is -
lieutenant Philip Wurgate. lith Sew norh !.
iieutcnant n & Croscup. IAN New-York:
Judge Advocate. Captain {. d. Allen. lst MIS-
SQUIRT BY command OF Brigadier-Generai Grant
RRIGADIER-GENERAL ERNST
General O. H. Ernst 81 the Engineer Corps. and
Superintendent Of the West Point Military hc"o-
envy. who recently appointed Ergad'er
General Of volunteers has been ordered 10 re-
nor, IN Major General Wilson FOR assignment 10
au,v He Will be connected with Tic sixth Army
Corns under General Wilson. but u IA not known
,us, We, whether or not his appointment VIII re-
ou,re hi, continued absence from bis duties at
West Point
For mi, reason the vacancy at the MiNt"ty
Academy will not be Immediately filled nnless
c.,.,a, Erns,.s absence 10 prolonged beyond the
opening Of the fall term OF the Academy IN
Tho mean time Colonel c. L. Helm. ls' Cavalry.
VIII administer the duties o. General Ernst AS
commander Of the cadets. as he is the ranking
occ.r at Veg, Point, General Ernst IL n skilled
officer OF long experience and Will be an ncqu!s'-
ton 70 General Wilson's staff He IL expected
20 arrive al Chickamauga in day or TWO 10
enter upon his new duties
A permanent army post IL 10 be established nj
Chickanauea General II. V. Boynton and some
other men are now In Washington working for
the establlshpent Of such post. and word was
received to-day that Secretary Aiser would Ger
tainly establish the post The regular posi- VIII
be only a small part Of the plan. vast rnoo'l-
,zation ground and rendezvous viii be estab-
lished where the greater part or me united
States Army will be concentrated each year FOR
manuuvring and review.
There IL no doubt as 10 the estapisnhe"t ot
this rendezvous and post. Postmaster Sharp, of
Chattanooga, VINO is a close Trend OF Doth p"n-
oral Bovn;On and Commissioner or pensions
Information
He ia I'm constant communication with the men
Interested \ permanent warehouse OF large d.
mansions has been erected ana 'he DIG Letter
Hospital will be kept open all the timc.
The present oncampnent has shown the War
department the superior advantages or Chick-
amaugf. as a mobilization ground. Preparations
are being made TO encamp many thousand more
,roous General Brooke and his STAFF rode over
the Neld to-day and selected camp sites and
drillgrounds suitable for the troops yet to come
MORE TROOPS TO 90 TO TAMPA
A runor exists that the 1st Ohio Cavalry VIII
be the next command ordered South. but Colonel
Chauncey OF the 9Th New-York is sure that his
regiment will be- the one TO go II IL certainly
the best equipped disciplined and drilled OF any
I'm camp A fresh supply OF ammunition will be
issued 10 them on Monday. this being the only
equipment they lack. Even the 9Th does not ex
pect Immediate orders 10 move.
Tho station at Lyle. 10 look AZ II from the
train appears like a Western Army post The
mule corrals Ire close by the station. and these
animals make The day and night hideous by theii
Lraying The corrals ere fenced with brand new
white covered army wagons. THESE wagons are
NOT trimmed in the regulation blue. but In REQ
and green like an ordinary farm wagon. They
are also much lighter than the regular Army
wagon but more serviceable. The only thing
70 distInguish them from ordinary wagons are
! the letters "t'. s." on them.
Major darlington. Lieutenant Rhodes and the
| others OF General Breckenridge's stan who were
left behind. were ordered tonight to ioip Gen
| ernl breckenridge In Tampa. where more I'm
| portant work awaits them. About 40 cavalry
| horses were received at the camp to-day.
| The Soldiers National Aid Society has ar
| active branch nj Chattanooga. Mayor ochs Is a
! its hesd and to-day Il quantity OF supplies was
| scnt 10 the division hospitals to he distributed
among the sick soldiers This was done under
| the personal supervision OF Colonel Hartsuff
| - 'hf.F surgeon Several large refrigeratOrt