New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-07
delphia Five additional carloads OF mules also

we'll upon which force Of men have been
at work for more than a week was completed
to-day It Is 13G feet deep. and the men were
compelled to drill through solid rock after
getting fifteen feet beneath the surface.
General H. " Boynton has spent the day at
Chlckamauga looking over the grounds An
official in touch with all affairs transpiring ION
the nil" said tonight that the troops did not ex-
pect to be ordered away for some ten days yet,
but were preparing to be ready to start on
very short notice He said that In his opinion
General Brooke would decide to wait until he
had more recruits in ranks before he moved
He says that the War Department Is depending
upon General Brooke to say when he Is prepared
for active service
Ouartermaster Lee has inaugurated a system
Of paying cash for all supplies bought here In
the city, in anticipation Of a possible sudden
move of the army. in which event local mer-
chants would be kept waiting for their money
some time.
The weather has turned suddenly cold to-day.
and the men closely seated around their
brightly burning camp fires
REPORTS ON AVAILABLE CAMP SITES.
INITIAL. PREPARATIONS FOR THE MOBILIZATION
OF VOLUNTEERS UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
Reports were transmitted 10 General Merritt yes
terday from his aids whom he sent out to inspect
State camps and possible sites for the corps camps
which the Government Ia to establish In or near
New-York City. Boston and Philadelphia. Leuten-
Harry G. Hale reported that he found camp
Black. at Hampstead admirable place for large
body of troops. From forty thousand 10 sixty thou-
sand could be camped there without trouble
The sanitary facilities were good the opportunities
for rifle practice excellent as the Crcedn"or range
was only two or three miles away, and drilling IN
all kinds OF man9uvres possible. The con-
venience o, Hampstead Plains will render the spot
desirable for permanent camp than the
Montauk Reservation All the New-York New
Jersey and New England troops could he massHd
there Lieutenant Hale Will also 20 TO South
birmingham. Mass. and Inspect the state camp
there with the idea OF massing the New-Englend
troops at IT, that they be conveniently ordered
TO the forts In the vicinity Of Boston, Newport and
Portland.
Lieutenant Mott reported 10 his commander that
there we're tracts Of ground from one thousand 10
five thousand acres In tho vicinity OF Philadelphia
available FOR camp purposes. As thirty thousand
men he campei on one thousand acres the en-
tire volunteer forces could easily he cared for there
II is probable that the Nev'-Jersey troops will be
assembled vita those o. Pennsylvania, and possibly
those from States further South Lieutenant Mott
will 80 to Camp voorhees,. at Sea Girt. before ne
returns 20 hea !quarters.
General Merritt has received numbers Of letters
from cranks since the excitement began AMI
usually they are dropped at into the waste
basket But two communications were received ny
him yesterday which II vas deemed wise to follow
up one OF them came by mail. and asserted that
10000 would not be adequate recompense for the
crime committed In permitting the Nzcaya 20 leave
the port OF New-York. General Merritt asked
Judgc-Advocaie CiouS TO ascertain something about
the writer (. POSSIBLE Another .eiter given to
Captain Lorna o, the tn Artillery who commands
the troops o. Gof"rnors Island 4, FOR, Coiutn-
BUS. TO keep lookout for IN" author Inc later
SAID that II General Merritt thought we were SAFE
he vas mistaken. A. IKE were not. The guns
should be trained SPAN. ard rot the United
States lyon had better change matters id
QI.'k. tho letter continued or III let Miles and
y, kinney Know as soon =. m express ran can
night 10 see that things are hxcd. You are a ID
fool to trust lrishmcn. DO not send this ny tho
mails. Is Il would no; Dc safe. but girl VIII leave
General Merit, could say lu-; how the ietter
ned hls house. but he believed that 1t was !eit
AZ the door. AZ suspicious looking persons were
carefully scrutinizst both the Battery wharf and
tho landing Governors leland by The sentr'es
last evening. and thsir movements wntched. Cen
especially active IN times of public excitement put
he believed they vrr, entirely harmless. Naen he
sue him 4, nfuarine min" blow his shlp up. the
Genera. remarked tail a. tho Navy Department
had % enforce Tho rDor regulations 90 Keep yes
tcs or the n..Hc It'd the direct responsibility
rested upon The AGMifd1. ana he was the proper
pc-a0n - 30 s.fh
BIDS were oIeuel IN TIE cGartermaster's Bureau.
In the Army N;ld.ng. yesterday for D.,f' Army
uniforms 3lorl pairs Z gray woo.len blankets AMI
.sree quaniilc- -, hoes ami hats A contract for
a,--e-s I. ieirr aii.d Oiacr hiis vii bc opened
today Thor" Is much activity In the QGarte.-
master ana Commissary departments in forwari-
Ing food and Other supplies TO TIE troops az the
B camps near this city.