The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-02
MINNESOTANS LESS ELATED
FEAR THEY MAY NOT BE
CHOSEN BY GEN. WADE
No Intimation as to the Number of
Regiments for the Provisional d.
vision That VIII BE Drawn From
Camp Thomas The Twelfth
Regiment Loses n Picturesaue
NetShbOr-News of the Camp,

NefghbOr-News of the Camp.
CAMP THOMAS, Chickamauga, Aug
1.-(Special.)-T Minnesota men are
less sanguine tonight that one Of the
two regiments from the Gopher state
Will be selected to go with Wade. There
~ no apparent reason why the chances
are not as good as they were yester-
day, but elation has given way to de-
preston, and the men fear they will
not see active service. No intimation
has been given as to how many of the
hfteen regiments to be selected bv
Gen. Wade will be drawn from Camp
Ihomas, or from which corps those
VINO are favored will be drawn
Inc Fifth South Carolina. the last
regiment to depart from Chickamauga
was given royal send-off on the oc-
casion of Its departure for Jacksonville
10 join Lees corps. Speeches were
MADE by representatives from the
Twelfth Minnesota and the Fifth Penn
sylvania, with which regiments it has
been brigaded, and from the Second
Missouri, neighboring regiment.
speeches were also made by Col. AL
ston' Lieut.: Col. Tillman, Maj. Stokes
ana MAJ. Earle. The band played
L
&c selections, "Suwanee River and
"Old Kentucky Home" followed
The Fifth was one of the most pic
turesque regiments at Chickamauga
It's ranks are filled with men who
come from the first families of South
Carolina. They possessed pride, tenn
per, and temperament characteristics
are remarkable. Incidents in their life
at the park will be recalled One man
made bad whisky that killed one of his
comrades. Another committed suicide.
outside of deaths by violence there
were none in the regiment. All of the
men were skilled marksmen, all are
hot-blooded and eager to go to the
front, and, of any of the Seventh corps
go on an immediate expedition, their
regiment will be pretty certain to be
included
The Chattanooga Odd Fellows are
doing good work among the soldiers
at Chickamauga park. 1t has been es-
timated by officers at the park that
there are nearly 1000 Odd Fellows
among the troops in the camp and
hospitals. While the order has no hos
pital Of its own, and no lodge has q
special dispensation on the grounds,
there has been a great deal of quiet
work done In tie way of holding meet
ings and looking after the sick broth
ers. On Sunday afternoons they hold
public meetings for the benefit of the
soldiers, in which the leading speakers
have been men high in the order, who
have enlisted in the service of their
country. Besides these social meetings
they Systematically visit the hospit-
ais, see that the sick members of the
order receive the comforts that they
condition of the men to the subordi-
nate lodges to which they belong.
The Knights of Pythias of local
lodges have rented a handsome resi-
dence in the best part of the city, fur
nished IT, and are taking care of their
sick brothers at Camp Thomas, free
of cost to them. This Knights of Pyth-
las hospital is already filing up.
The government needs more mules
at .Chickamauga. There has been a
slump in the mule market Since the
government has quit buying the price
has fallen from nearly $100 mule to
about SIS. When the government be-
gan to want mules old ones could be
had for SIS or $40, and good mules for
$40 or $50. But the demand CT the gov
eminent shoth the price up to $75. ard
then it reached $1C0. The West was
secured for mules, and com binations
arose. Now that the government has
been supplied almost fully the price
has fallen.
The transportation review of the
Third division, First corps, under Gen
Sanger, which was to have taken pace
last week, but was postponed, will take
place on the Smith White field at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon The
wagon trains of the following regi-
ments will take part in this important
review, the first of the kind on so ex-
tensive a scale since the Civil war:
Twelfth Minnesota, Fl tt Fe van a,
Twenty first Kansas, Eighth Massa-
chuSPttS Twelfth Now York Mini,
Pennsylvania, Second Missouri and
First New Hampshire
There will be about $50 wagons in
the review, inclu iag the ambul 2nces O.
the division. There will be over 1000
mules attached to these wagons The
formation will be in accordance with
the army regulations