The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-19
WAR ECHOES.

1t is announced from Bellefonte that
Governor Hastings is endeavoring to
arrange with the war department to
bring all sick Pennsylvania soldiers
from Camps Alger, Thomas, Tampa
and other places in the south to Penn
sylvania at once by hospital trains. He
is also calling upon the several hos
pitals of the state who have heretofore
received a number of kilograms from
different state institutions and has no
doubt that the state hospitals, such as
the University of Pennsylvania, the
Medico- -Chirurgical and the jefferson
in Philadelphia, and similar institutions
in Pittsburg and other portions of the
state will tender their aid as soon as
they learn the soldiers are to be brought
from the south.
The governor is not at all in doubt
but that his appeal will meet with gen.
eral response. Every Pennsylvania
regiment has one or more hospitals
within it's territorial limits. The first
response came on Tuesday from the
Medico- -Chirurgical hospital, of Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Brown, OF
Scott street, Wilkes Barre, received
the following very interesting letter
from their son, Andrew, who is now
employed on the battleship Helena.
The young man left his home about a
year ago and has since been employed
on the boat. He says:
Dear Father: With pleasure write
to you to let you know that l am we'll
again, that my arm, which had a large
boil upon the elbow, is all right A
friend of mine by the name of Hawley
wrote the last letter for me, as I could
not on account of my arm. We are
back to Key West again; arrived here
the Sd Of August. I saw in some of the
letters which l received from Wilkes
Barre that work is very dull in the
town where l used to dwell. Well, as
we left Cienfuegos, things were pretty
quiet, as we had all batteries silenced
from Cape Cruise to Cienfuegos, in
Guiding Manzanillo, Port Tunis, Trni-
did and Cabanas. In Manzanillo we
sank six gunboats, a receiving ship and
a large transport, which the Cuban
pilot, who is aboard our ship, said
brought troops over from Spain. 1t is
too bad We did not capture them on
their way, as then she would not have
landed her troops. In Port Tunis, in
which place we were answered back
with our firing, we had a pretty warm
time of it for awhile. but we stayed
there and shelled away at them, firing
250 four-inch shells and about 500 six
pound shells, but in the meantime they
were not slow in letting shells drive
back at us, as they were dropping
INF
the ship except small pieces of shrap-
mel, which just came over our backs
and tore the navigator's pants at the
knee and putting a small cash in
fellows head by the name of Nc
Carthy.
"On our way to Key West we met
the Eagle, which was formerly owned
by the New York Yacht club, but now
belongs to the United States navy. The
captain on her said that General Miles
and his army were ordered out of San
tlago and to go to Porto Rico at once,
which, he said, made him think as
though the war was over on the is
land. Let us hope so. This will be all
for this time. Hoping to hear from
you soon, from your son."
news WAS received at Camp Thomas
Tuesday night that $4,000 of the volun-
tecrs will soon be mustered ont. bur
aside from the general statement that
all volunteer cavalry and artillery will
be disbanded there was no intimation
as to what particular regiments will
go.
Every regiment at Chickamauga
would like to remain in service, SAYS
the Philadelphia Press. Ample evil
dcnce of this will soon be afforded.
Just as quick as tomorrow's great re-
view Is over every outgoing wire will
be hot with pleas to prominent politi-
clans. At every turn in the affair of
this war political influence has been
manifest and the commanders here be-
lieve that now will be the tug of war
and every colonel of Camp Thomas
hopes that his command will win.
Preparations are being made to let
1000 of the sick men who are conval-