New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
At THE CHATTANOOGA CAMP
ga rvTUTSIASM OVER GOING TO FLOR
IDA PROMOTIONS MADE-RE-
CRTITS ARRIVING.
rnr TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRIBrtEl

oso,,snoora. Tenn. June 16.-The report that
mari II he army at Chckamaug1 will be
rooved 20 Fcrnandina Fla. TO SO into camp
more was received with no great enthusiasm
-. he volunteers. They have heard the most
,,o,de-f,l stories of mosquitoes. san5nies and
49,, weather down at Tampa, and do not fancy
eve .d.a Of stopping this side Of Cuba. They are
~, rs for active service but do not want to
oroir 60 through the discomforts Of establish
inc Big camp. as they did here
SICKNESS is diminishing every day, and Chick
.,,ouca is perhaps the healthiest volunteer
M, m the country. more thoroughly or
uo,iged Medical Department found to be
= necessity by General Brooke and Chief Sur
80 rJartsufc and Colonel Hartsuf has set II
work TO secure H.
General Boynton has information that num-
her Of other regiments will be ordered TO Chick
o,oauga soon. and has staked out some suitable
enofs where wells he sunk near their pro
.oeed encampments The 4th Maryland will be
among those to come
NEW UNIFORMS FOR 18th NEw-YORK
Tho 14th New-York to-day reports only four
cases OF sickness in the entire regiment They
u,ere Yesterday supplied with new fatigue uni
forms and appeared In them al drill to-day for
the first time Almost every day there are some
nromotions in the different regiments. and hun
dreds Of men are now watching the mails and
geographic dispatches for the announcement OF
their advancement Captain Gordon VOORHEES,.
Of ;he LIST Missouri has received an appoint
meni from Washington as assistant adtutant TO
General Wade Miller r. Downing OF the same
regiment, has been made commissary OF sub
sstence The two officers have been assigned
70 their posts by General Wade. General Wade
to-day Inspected the regiments in his command.
The most interesting sight now is to stand
around the railroad depOts and watch the raw
recruits come in in small squads. They are ar
irving on every train. There were ffty-three
recruits for Battery G. Of the LIST Ohio Artillery,
IN one squad that arrived in the city this morn
Ing There will be trying trip ahead OF the
Ohio boys after the arrival Of the full compile
nent Of recruits: they will be required to march
to Rome. a distance Of seventy miles, and re-
turn executing regular battle manGuvres on
the trip
Tho work Of drill and manpuvres will be car
red on along the roads leading from Chicka-
r,auqa IN Rome and through the difficult noun
tain masses among the intricate windngs and
turn,nes Of which the armies Of General Bragg
and General Rosecrans found It so hard 10 keep
themselves in condition to offer battle in the
Civil War The men will be subjected TO this
exercise for about seven days. when they Will
return 10 camp. This is being done to get them
IN shape for the mountain campaign IN the east
ern provinces OF Cuba.
The entire cavalry troops In camp are pre-
pairing for a sham cavalry charge. The Grigsoy
and Montana rough riders will probably be
n,,,ed against the LIST Ohio and the 1st Illinois
Cavalry.
wEL1-KNowN MEN IN CAMP.
1onn Lind the ouartermaster OF the 10Th Min
ncsota, was yesterday nominated by the Demo
Gratis Popul!sts and silver Republicans for
Governor Of Minnesota Mr.. Lind received the
news Of his nomination while hard at work He
VIII not resign his present place for some time
yet. II at all. Among the o'her prornelL N.Y.,
from the West are the following. belonging 10
Grgsby's cowboys: j. Stewart, who was an at
torney at Pierre. y. D. and is "A graduate OF
Harvard: Captain Nugent, Of Troop II. graou-
ate Of West Point and the only West Pointer
inihe regiment. and his two lieutenants. STOW
ers and Sunderland The last two were also
LAWYERS In North Dakota, and Lieutenant sun
dethaui has the reputation OF pe1ns one States te
They all left fine places TO fight.
The Midway" at Lyle, is now quiet place
AS soon as the operators OF many blind tigers
and gambling dens learned last night that Gen
eyal Boynton had communicated with Governor
Atkinson regarding them. they al closed their
front doors
The Daughters Of the American Revolution
have In many cities made up purses with whlch
10 buy tents 10 be used for writing and reading
by the soldiers. Only one OF these has as yet
been erected. that In the camp or the "a WIS
consin sent from Oshkosh The Chaxtanooga
Womens Auxiliary 10 the National Soldiers
Relief Society. held an enthusiastic meeting TINS
morning This body is now busy distributing
boxes and bundles Of supplies sent to them them
from different parts OF the country. The local
subscriptions continue 70 be liberal