New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-23
m CAMP AT CHICKAMAUGA.
Colonel. SAcKETT HAS COMPLETED
MS WORK WORK DEVOLVING on
GEM GRAIL BROOKE
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-, Healev fsnd Colonel Sackett have spent
" dov in the New-York camps. The 10Th
r,roent has been paid and the Sth 9th and
.,.h,s nayrolls a:e going through the regular
.ornels and there is no urusual hitch The
.r,,ls had to . changed in many instances
rrposo changes were compelled to be made. be-
.o,se Of the traI uIfers Of men and officers from
- company to another. sleaves Of absences
s-o,ootions and ether changes. These were I'M
.ss,hle TO foretelI whe nthe payrolls made
opt
. the payrolls ate completed the men Will
oe,ve their moneys. The papers have not been
sort hack to New York. and probably will not
80 General Healry. when he appeared in the
ANN Of the 18th New-York to-day. loudly
.heered which DOES not indicate that the men
ore At all displeM sed with the course events
have taken.
Colonel Sackett " as cordially greeted by many
,ersonal friends in the Sth and other regiments.
We expects orders 10 go home tomorrow. Cen
oral Healey will remain for some days yet.
TASK OF GENERAL BROOKE.
General Brooke is one Of the hardest worked
MON in the country. and he has immense under
,or,nes on his har is AS he said to a staff
orcec. he feels II has the lives Of $4,000
,ren and tn happiness Of many thousands OF
households on his shoulders. He receives all
sorts Of letters and from everywhere. Mothers
write him asking a bout their sons and that they
no we'll taken of. The General makes 1t
rule whenever possible, TO answer these
letters
While he refuses point blank to make public
anv information, Ia Is uniformly polite and
crnr,eo,,s TO his frc nds and all visitors. He is
olso solcitous Of the welfare Of his soldiers and
sensitive to newsr aper criticism. Whenever
complaint
oarding the condition. and treatment OF any
reeiment he at once investigates 1t. unless per
sonally informed TO its condition.
When General Brooke was passing through
tho woods near the 18th New-York encampment
,odav. he noticed a. horse with its right fore
,coi tangled in the p cket line He stopped and
,,b,stle6 10 the team, ter standing nearby, with
his back turned Tn teamster came running
ora thanked General Brooke. He said II any
hing had happened to that horse there would
tove been trouble IA camp. for that was the
favorite black OF Colonel Chauncey. Inc team
s,ar an the General had conversation about
,ha ,are of horses General Brooke suggested
certain way to mitch the animal, and the team
ster another They argued for fully ten min
u,es The man did not know at the time that
ba WAS in converse lion with the commanding
general Of the Army here.
General Michael V. Sheridan was again at MS
Of to-day after al dOSSHN0 va 49,
weeks He had bee; in Ohio. where ne WAS
called hv the death ~ his brother.
DO HOSPITALS NEED SUPPLIES?
1,or,onant-C Colonel Hartsuff. chief medical Of
ecer * greatly exercised over the report OF Dr'
VIM chairman Of the Illinois Army and Navy
League sent out to investigate the condition OF
the soldiers that ne hospitals are poorly
e,uipped with medicines and instruments. ~,
Hartsuff has been Wis. ting the hosiN'aIs S'nO,
svs.iG1 hut nearly all the surgeons IN camp
hold with DR.. Wines. that new anu pe''e' suP
plies are needed in all the hospitals; ,-u,rr -
All reCilnental conn nanceTs are nesiniInF ~
- ~ o5t their payrous. to be in readiness for
Inc paymaster. who is expected mere a0oU'
July !.
MooNsHINERs NEAR THE CAMP
Some moonshners from the north Georgia
Mountains concluded that Camp Thomas "ou'"
re an exceedingly BE place in which TO pa.
,be,r unlawful business. They accordingly pu'''
. sur.house in the woods near by ana "e''
,,.. $50 o,ar,itj,s Of their liquor. but the
reyerue officers succeeded in breaking up M
place IN short ORDER . lu,,ot,o-,anga il
TIE famous Winf.y House at M a. ,h
no more only the gray old chnlheS aHu 49,,
t-s,-a,.0rl, Of the structure stand. guar ecu ~!
a corporal and three men, day ana hlEnr 10
dav ii. ian NeW-IOrk arrived III O@'i ca, PP,r1
M, ~ once began t. tear away the oiu ~ ~
mari ANA soon only few boaFuS w.. az.
The fac, that the old house was Oe."S aeral
pn,n,or and he requ esicd Colonel Leonard 70
ssri a card r. the ruins The WlnirF HoUse
was the headquarters OF pe"o'a'
the battle Of ChickanH tuga: ,o,.d her
The ~fe Of Geners Wsde has jo 5n, H 16r
husban. in camp and viii remain INV, t.rt', i've
e-rry moves from Cllckanauea SeE'h' ny
remit arrived to-da. for The l4th Ne~-9 ORR
and over ono hdndr'sl for the S'n -, Ne ~ b.
T.-uictt en- enfcrtainI lent Is heih *" =" 80 No.
So <.r.v,rk b-adolartors, attended by lhe
oejc4rs NJ neishbo:ing regiments. All ., ,h+
nus.csl talent q the regiment has been p'o"7"'
The members Of III. 14thNew- York are happy
over th. recsl i Of s. each. the gif o. La"Ienor
poe; a. H. Of Erw-York. Ihf money Wa
ser. -. C,lorel Wilirr fcr distribution. Cen
era Frederick Grant will on Saturday,. gae'q III"
his battle manuuvres and eX"rc.'e. 800 IN
with othcr officers. rode over IN GROUND anu
r.cfod out advantageous POSITIONS LOT 'i'
f,ces Of hoth cona.stnS SIDES. These ma,
nc.uvres viii b~ the most interesting |'' "'''
81 Camp Thomas.
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