The times., 1898-07-02

III sod'cer boy frum Illinois.
tn solids frum OhierY
III bunch Of sass frum codfsh Mass
Are waitin' fur III ''hre
All. gyran now Jet us 90,
Fur. saw yer bloody slow.
We amt a-carin bout the gun.
Fur-we kin make Spanyard run
No more excuse
But turn loose.
lust loose TIL we Join Shafters
So say the word
And we II be heard
thousand years-an' after.
All masses were refused yesterday in the
Second Brigade at Camp Alger and the
men Of the three regiments were not al
lowed outside the guard lines. The com
missaries are busy packing up, officers
are ready to send their clothes home and
the men are in a general state Of expect
ancy. Wagons are held in readiness for
orders 70 move. and when they do come
there will be hot time in camp.
Col. c. V. Hard, of the Eighth Ohio,
said yesterday morning that he expected
orders al any moment, but was nearly
certain that they would come this morn
ing, so that the Eighth would leave before
night
The heat was simply terrific at camp
yesterday. The thermometer at Col.
Hoffman's tent registered IS degrees in
the shade at ! o'clock, and the painting
sentry who paced before the regimental
flags declared that the mercury had been
doing running high jumps all morning. 1t
was too hot to move or breathe, much
less TO drill. and the boys divested them
selves Of all the clothing they could do
without and lay sweating in their tents.
Brig. Gen. Garretson sent out instruc-
tions that little drilling should be done
and that in the shade Of the woods. Few
Of the rockies" were made to drill, not
being used 10 the hardship. The Sixth
Massachusetts and Sixth Illinois had a
two hours skirmish with blank cartridges
and made the atmosphere even hotter
with incessant firing.
Three more cases Of typhoid fever were
sent TO the Fort Myer Hospital yesterday.
Two OF them were from the Sixth Massa-
chusetts. which already has i number of
men down with the disease. They were
Sergt Duncan Stewart, OF Company H,
and Private John Mullen, of Company H
The spread Of the fever is causing some
alarm. and precautions are being taken
10 stamp IL out.
The hospital corps Of the First Division
Hospital has been organized and there
are now nurses 10 spare. These nurses
are supposed 10 mount guard without
rifles, TO dig bitches, carry water and
clean up patches of woods.
The following orders, giving the rou-
tine Of duty at the hospital, were issued
yesterday:
Circular "a:
Headquarters Hospital Corps.
The following routine Of duty win be observed
in the Division Hospital Company IRON this date
5:30-Reyeille, roll call
e.0G-Brcakfast.
6:l5.-Ceneral police Of camp.
6:45-Calisthenics.
7.30-Littcr drill
9.0o-lnstuction in first aid.
1.O0-lnstruction in bandaging.
f:00-Ambulance and field drill.
5:00-Supper.
7:OO-RetTeat and roll call
9:S0-Tags
The following men will be excused from exer
else: Two cooks For division hospital and tw,
cooks for division company.
Nurses viii be on duty in the wards at tn
rate OF one nurse to each eight patients
LIEUT.. COL. GIRARD.
Andrew J. Maher, mule driver in the
United States service, was seriously in
Jured al Dunn Loring yesterday. He slip
ped under his wagon and was badly
crushed by the wheels. He was removed
TO Fort Myer suffering from several com.
pound fractures.
Private Thomas SPAIN, Of Company F
Seventh Ohio. was removed to Fort MyeI
yesterday suffering from spinal meningi-
tbs.
Major Young, commander of the Ninth
Ohio colored battalion, and the only COL
ored graduate of West Point now in the
service OF the United States. has received
an offer OF lieutenant coionelship from
Gov Leedy. of Kansas. The major has
the offer under consideration.
Chaplain Rick, Of the Twelfth Pennsyl-
vania, had very unpleasant experience
yesterday morning. He was engaged in
solemn confab with an esteemed clerica