The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-22
Four Batteries, Including the 9th In
Rico Not Later than Saturday.
BUSTLE In MANY REGIMENTS
SMITHS AND GUNDER'S MEN IN A
STATE OF EXPECTANCY.
Barnett's HOOsiers Now Convinced
They VIII Stay I'm Camp AIger-
Studebaker's Boys Impatient.

CHICKAMAUGA PARK, Ca, July 2.-It
looks now as if two-thirds of the troops at
Camp Thomas are to be ordered to the front
as expeditionary force to go to Porto
Rico under General Brooke. The movement
will begin tomorrow morning, when the
Second Brigade of the First Division, First
Corps. commanded by Brigadier General
Hams, will leave for Newport News. This
brigade received marching orders few
minutes before o'clock this evening The
regiments of the brigade are the Fourth
Ohio, Third Illinois and Fourth Pennsyl-
vania. The order to move was greeted with
the widest enthusiasm. The regiments of
the brigade joined in yells of frantic de-
light and the regimental bands discoursed
national airs. This brigade is the only or
ganiza ton that will leave the park to-mor-
row, but if there is not a sudden change in
the plans as they are understood here to-
night, the entire First Corps will follow
the different brigades going out as rapidly
can be arranged. The batteries are A, of
Illinois; B, of Pennsylvania; A, of Missouri
and the Twenty-seventh Indiana. They will
however follow not later than Saturday
and by that time the arrangements will
have been completed for a steady move
ment, day by day, until the entire force is
out. = szfrcroo
While General Brooke, in person, had
nothing to give out for publication, one of
the most prominent and best-posted officers
of the First Corps admitted that it was the
purpose to move the entire corps, which
numbers about thirty-six thousand officers
and men. The regiments of the First Corps
are:
Fifth Illinois.
Third Wisconsin. sgianse,.
First Kentucky. 90 VIE
Third Illinois
Fourth Pennsylvania.
Fourth Ohio.
Sixteenth Pennsylvania.
Second Wisconsin.
Third Kentucky.
Thirty-frst Michigan.
-hundred-and-sixtie th Indiana.
First Georgia
Sixth Ohio ecf
One-hundred-a -d-f1fty-eighth Indiana.
First West Virginia.
Second Ohio.
First Pennsylvania.
Fourteenth Minnesota.
Twelfth Minnesota.
First South Carolina.
Fifth Pennsylvania.
Eighth Massachusetts.
Twenty-first Kansas.
Twelfth New York.
Ninth Pennsylvania.
Second Missouri
First New Hampshire.
AT headquarters this afternoon there was
general activity among the officers who are
to go with General Brooke. Most of them
completed the work of packing their bag
gage and getting everything ready for an
early departure. 1t is not definitely known
tonight when General Brooke and his staff
will start. General Brooke will be sue
ceeded in command at Camp Thomas by
Maj. Gen. j. F. Wade, who is at present in
command of the Third Corps
Brigadier General Poland has just issued
an order in which he directs that two men
from each company in his division report at
headquarters for instructions in digging in
trenchments and in throwing UP earth
worth. These men will be given lessons in
this line of work, after which they are to
teach the men in their respective companies
This work will be under the supervision of
Major Skunk, engineer in General Poland's
division.
Major Hemphill, from Camp Alger, has
land as quartermaster of that division. re-
lieving Captain Thompson, who goes to re-
lieve Captain Thompson, at the quartermas-
ter's depot at Lytle Captain Bckham has
been assigned to the Third Brigade of the
Second Division, under General Rosser
Persistent petitoning and letter writing
by wives and mothers of the soldiers has
had the effect of closing up three of the
regimental canteens at Camp Thomas. 1t is
said that several others are scheduled to go
in the near future. Colonel Hartsuff, the
chief surgeon at the camp. is not friend
of the canteen, and is doing all i'm his
power to discourage the use by the men of
alcoholic beverages The women of the
w. c. L. U. have made an appeal to General
Brooke and have gained his sympathy, but
he is powerless. for the reason that they are
provided for in the army regulations.
Quartermaster Lind, of the Twelfth Min
nesota, who was nominated for Governor
of his State by the Democrats, Populists
and Silver Republicans has sent his answer
to the committee at st. Paul, making
known whether he will accept the nominal
ton or not Mr.. Lind declined to make
known the contents of the letter, and said
the committee would give it out
Each company in Camp Thomas is now
issued eighty loaves of fresh bread daily.
A wagon is detailed for taking the bread
from Lyle to the camp. The bakery is sit
uated near Lyle and turns out $1,000 loaves
daily and employs 100 expert bakers.
There have been very few desertions from
the army here. There are number of men
who have remained away without leave UNI
til their money was all gone. but there have
not been twenty genuine desertions from the
entire army Four men from the Eighth
Massachusetts have been away over time,
but only two of these it is believed are de-
serters. The First Pennsylvania has four
deserters and the Third Tennessee two. A
hurried investigation this afternoon dis
closed that there was no assertions at all
in the First Maine. and not more than one.
II that, in the First Vermont. 1t is stated
at General Brooke's headquarters that ii Is