The San Francisco call., 1898-05-26

[ arms was made The First Brigade, 1 General Burt commanding, composed of the First Ohio, Fifth Illinois and the | Third Wisconsin, was posted at McFar- lands Gap, under orders to hold the l Gap if possible and if impossible to re-
 treat in good order. Against the First Brigade were the Second and Third. The Second was commanded by Gen eral Compton, composed of the Fourth 1 Ohio, Third Illinois and Fourth Penn sylvania, and the Third, commanded by General Rulings and composed of the ! Sixteenth Pennsylvania, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana and Second Wisconsin.
 The maneuvering was determined
 from the start and during the progress of the maneuvers portions of the com
 mandS were scattered to various parts of the field Here a company would charge and put to retreat a detached squad of the opposing command, else
 where skirmish lines were thrown out and at times driven back AS timbered sections were reached skilled move ments were made to gain the shelter of | the trees. Repeated charges were made against General Burts front, only to be gallantly repulsed. The doughty com mander had lost none of the spirit that characterized him upon the same field when 1t ran with the carnage of actual battle a third of a century ago. At last Generals Compton and Rulings de- cided upon combined front and flank attack.
 The Second Brigade attacked the front, while the Third was thrown to General Burt's right flank. Right gal lantly was the new movement met by the First; but at last the Third suc-
 ceeded in outfianking the First, and gained the rear, cutting off General Burts retreat. At 11:01 o'clock the
 battle" was declared to have been won
 by Generals Compton and Rulings. A serious casualty occurred in the
 progress of the battle. Lieutenant
 Batty of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, in command of a squad, was surround
 ed by Company of the First Ohio
 Regiment, and was ordered to surren- der Instead of surrendering, Lieu tenant Batty ordered a bayonet charge. While at close range a member of the Ohio command shot directly at Lieu tenant Batty, the charge striking him in the face and neck, inflicting painful and serious injuries. Both eyes were badly injured and the vision may be
 destroyed. Bad blood was engendered
 by the incident, and the men rushed together. It was only by the coolness and presence of mind of the officers that bloodshed was averted.
 The volunteer army at Chickamauga
 Park now numbers B, ,914 men, and this
 will be increased by 10000 by the close
 of the week. The Eighth New York
 Infantry arrived this morning. The
 regiment is composed of twelve com-
 panies, with a roster of 1926 men and
 officers, and is commanded by Colonel
 Henry Chauncey Jr
 The Eighth was turned over to Gen
 eral Wade's Third Corps and will be
 brigaded in that command.
 The second division of 4,500. 900 ra-
 tions is being received and distributed by the quartermaster's department, the first requisition of 100000 rations hay
 ing been consumed. Consignments are coming from Chicago at the rate of
 forty carloads a day. It is estimated that the 100000 rations will provision an army of 50,0O0 for ninety days.
 Major G. Shiba of the Japanese army arrived to-day to study American military tactics and conditions of army life in this country. Major Shiba re- ported at once to General Brooke at