The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-13

active service The transports are being
loaded as soon as they arrive at Port Tam
TO be here the latter part of the week and
the indications are that the One-hundred-
to embark from General Halls brigade. All
the officers and men are patiently waiting
orders TO go aboard.
The change of camp seems to have bene-
flied the men very much, as the sick call
this morning was answered by smaller
number of men than for some time. Pri-
Yates Ed Longfield and Henry Schram, of
Company b, Fort Wayne, who had been
indiSposed for several days, have recovered
ana ana reported Tor duty. Private John Bne.
hospital, is rapidly improving. Private John
Dunfee. of Company /, Waterloo. confined
in the hospital with a slight attack of ma
laria, is convalescing. Private Clinton Nc
Glinset, of Company F. South Bend, is suf-
fering from a severe attack of rheumatism.
Private Abraham Chidister is confined in
the hospital by gastric trouble. Private A.
L. Boice, of Company E. Elkhart, who has
been confined in the hospital for some time,
expects to return to his company shortly
Private Fred J. Driftmeyer. of Company
G, Fort Wayne, has been recommended for
an honorable discharge on account of
physical disabilities. Color Sergeant How
ard Long, of Angola, Ind. has been devot-
ing all his spare time since his arrival here
Whenever a Cuban visits the camp who
cannot speak the English tongue Sergeant
Long is called on to interpret and 1t was
only few days. ago that one of the Cuban
visitors, who observed the facility with
which he spoke. asked him in which part of
Cuba he was born. Sergeant Long has be-
come quite tanned since his sojourn in the
sunny South. and his brown color and
knowledge Of the Spanish language make
an unsuspecting person believe that he halls
from across the water
Since his appointment as judge advocate
of general court-martial First Lieutenant
Bradford D. l.. Glazebrook, of Company A,
Knox, Ind, has been kept very busy. The
position is very important one. This court
has jurisdiction of all cases in Gen. Snyders
division and has the power TO decree a
death penalty. Colonel Robert Ralston, of
the Third Pennsylvania, is president of the
court. Lieutenant GlaZebrook is the legal
adviser of the court on all questions of law
and also ex officio clerk of the court Since
been tried two of which have been made
public, both cases being tried on the charge
of sleeping on post and in each case the
court has decreed a penalty Of six months
hard labor under guard and the forfeiture
of $40 month during the time
The following prvates have been appoint
William w. Wilson, w Elmer White, David
Reed, William Schearer, Percy E: Bailey,
ditional corporals was made necessary by
the arrival of the new recruits who are now
fully equipped =,
The officers and men in few days will
receive pay for their services during the
month of June.
Last evening a grand military ball was
Calumet Club house near the depot at Port
Tampa City. Among the invited visitors
was a party OF young ofncerS from the One-
hundred-an d-fifty-seventh Indiana, composed
of Hospital Steward o. G. Shell of Fort
Wayne Sergeant Major John II. Wort of
Fort Wayne Quartermaster Sergeant
Charles F. Kinney of Angola. DR.. Harvey
A. Moore of Indianapolis, and Captain John
c. Capron of Plymouth An excellent
musical programme was rendered by the
First Ohio regimental band. DR.. Moore
and Sergeant Kinney took part in one of the
dances While DIR. Moore was gracefully
gliding over the polished floor with a beauti-
full Southern belle and just as the band
commenced an overture the floor gave way
Ouartermastar Sergeant Kinney heroically
extricated Dr. Moore from his perilous posi-
ton and escorted the young lady home
Hospital Steward Shell was sitting in an
open window and during the excitement lost
his balance and fell outward into a rain
barrel. He did not return to bid good night,
o"' P'o-P' B. J. E.