The herald., 1898-06-11
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
NEEDS A FEW MORE MEN FROM
THE SOUTH
SEVERAL SOLDIERS ARE SICK
Many Of the Boys at Chickamauga
Park Disabled by the Effects of
Vaccination

| Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1O-Captain
Dodge, one sergeant and a private have been
detailed by Colonel larry of the Seventh
California regiment to so to the southern
counties for the purpose of enlistng re-
! cruits.
Lieutenant Daniel Williams today sue
ceeded Captain A. w. Kimball as quarter
master of the Seventh Captain Kimball
will report to General Merriam for special
duty.
Lieutenant Bates of the Seventh Calfor-
mia is down with the typhoid fever. Pri-
Yates Mcdonald and Hewitt of the same
regiment are afflicted with pneumonia.
None of the patients, however are consid-
cred to be in Immediate danger.
| AT Camp Merritt there are a number of
cases of measles and the percentage of colds
has shown an increase since the use of
straw bedding was prohibited.
The North and South Dakota troops were
| drilled in battalion and extended order work
today and elected much favorable comment
from the officers of other commands.
| Governor w. A. Richards of Wyoming
will visit the camp of the regiment from
that state tomorrow and be entertained by
| it's officers
At Chickamauga
| CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILL
| TARY PARK, June 1O-Again rumors are
flying that large portion of the volunteer
army here is to be transferred to Tampa or
some other point near the scene of action.
| The rumors are neither denied nor con-
| firmed at headquarters, and it is practi-
cally impossible to ascertain whether or not
|
positively that they have been instructed to
hold enough cars here to move several
| thousand men, but this may have been de-
| cided upon by the army officials to meet
possible emergency orders. The regiments
which are thoroughly equipped ana ready
to move are the Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth and
| Fourteenth New York; First, Fourth and
Sixteenth Pennsylvania; Eighth Massachu-
sets, First Ohio Cavalry and Grisby' c
rough riders.
| These commands are not recruited up to
| full strength, but the recruiting work could
| be finished at Tampa
Lieutenant-Colonel Richards, who has
been chief aide on General Brookes staff
for some time, has been assigned perman-
| emily as Assistant Adjutant-General on the
staff of General G. H. Wilson, who is to
| command the Sixth Corps when organized.
| Colonel Richards succeeds Lieutenant Col
| onel w. e. Wilder, who takes command of
the Fourteenth NewIYork.
| There are now about a score of patients
in the new Letter Hospital and more are
| being sent In hourly The hospital is COM
| plete in every way.
| The new postoffice at Lyle, rough but
commodious building, is peng rushed
through, and will probably be completed
| by tomorrow night 1t is estimated that
| 175 900 letters, besides thousands of pack
| ages, are handled daily at the Lyle office.
Thirteen men work from am. to II pm.
distributing mail and the force will be in
creased next week.
| Rations, supplies and equipments con-
| tinue to pour in. Nearly all the volunteers
are uniformed, and the work of equipping
| them goes steadily on. There is now TO
| complaints about ratons, all the men
seeming satisfied. A Chicago firm furn-
ishes the army with 10000 pounds of fresh
beef daily. Major Russell Harrison of the
| Inspector Generals department, who spent
yesterday at the park, left late last night
| for Tampa, where he will remain for some
| time
Today is another unusually warm one and
| the men are suffering considerably during
drills.
Another regiment the Sixteenth Pennsyl-
vania has been forced to discontinue drills
on account of sores brought on by vaccina-
| ton A half dozen regiments are now in
this condition.
At Camp Alger
WASHINGTON, June 1O.-The officials at
| tho War Denartrnent are still considerjn O.