New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-09
CHANGING CAMPS AT CHICKAMACGA.
COUNTRY MARCHES AND LoNG-DIsTANCE RIFLE
PRACTlCE-DEATH OF GENERAL POLAND

COUNTRY MARCHES AND LoNG-DIsTANCE RIFLE
PRAcTlcE-DEATH OF GENERAL POLAND.
Chattanooga Tenn. Aug (speciaD.-The Signal
Corps left Camp Thomas this morning, after sew
eral unsuccessful attempts to get away The corps
will arrive at its destination Wednesday morning.
Word was received at the Park this morning that
Brigader General John s. Poland died at Ashe
Vile " c.. from fever The General was the com
mandng officer Of the Second Division. First Army
Corps. and popular with all the officers and
men OF his nine regiments. When the Of
the fall OF Santiago was received. on July 4.
and the men were celebrating the victory. General
Poland appeared and said TO the members of the
LIST Pennsylvan Bring out the band. boys lie
and one or two other officers were taken on the
shoulders OF the and paraded through the
camp.
II Is reported that the l4th New-York Regiment
will soon take a practice march OF two weeks
to Knoxville.
Firing at dummy men lying in trenches will be
the order Of target practice In some OF the regi-
ments during the next few days.
Thirty Red Cross hospital nurses arrived this
morning to help for the sick.
The practice marches will begin at once General
Breckinridge will suggest where practicable on
these marches that ong-d.stance rife ranges be
erected, SO that the men may have the oeneht OF
target practice more than three thousand yards.
that distance being considered very close quar-
tiers for actual fighting Hitherto the extreme dis
lance OF targets has been only two hundred yards.
General Breckenridge will also suggest the setting
apart Of day in each month for field day
That II may prove both pleasant and practicable
there will be included in the days exercises such
branches OF military athletics as the scaling or
fences, etc.
General Breckenridge conttases TO work for the
Improvement Of the health ca the Army. The new
hospital Is now In course Of construction. The
camps are TO be well scattered. Details o! en6l-
neers and officers have been out all day. selecting
mountain camp sites thinning out Of the troops
Will be very beneficial just at this time. and no
places could be selected more healthful than the
mountains. a new order insisting that all water
used shall hrst be boiled has been Issued, and In
the matter OF diet there will also be more strict
measures taken than heretofore The sanitary
overcoming sickness. and the country marches
will keep the soldiers interested and their health
better than lying idle in camp. There is a growing
feeling that the troops now at Chckamauga will
only be needed as army OF occupation and in
that event there is no means OF telling when they
will be called to the front They must be kept
together ready for service, however and the OH
GERS now are trying 10 make the conditions plea s.
ant go that the men will be reasonably contente ed
and TO keep the sick list al a minimum.
The paymasters paid the lst Arkansas lst Yer
Lieutenant Colonel Kline. OF the 18th New-York
left for Brooklyn this afternoon.
Three court-mariial sentences were announced in
the 18th Ncw-York Regiment to-day. the offence
being sleeping on duty. They were conrad Galley
Company X, two months and Aned $40; Frank X
Bennett. three months and so fine. and John Leary
Company +. the same.