The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-22
Latter Now in Command of the Sec
Ond Brigade, Second Division, and
Former in Charge of 15Sth Again.
ARRIVAL OF NEW RECRUITS
WHITE FEATHER SHOWN BY ATH-
LETES OF ST. LOUIS BATTERY.
Refused to Meet indianapolis ArtiI-
Happenings at Camp AIger.
Correspondence of the Journal.

Correspondence of the Journal.
CAMP THOMAS, Chickamauga Tark,
June 1s.-To-night General William j. Nc
Kee is the commanding officer of this bril-
sade. The general arrived here Saturday
afternoon and reported to General Brooke
who assigned him to General Poland, of the
Second Division. General Poland assigned
him to the command of this brigade there
by relieving Colonel Smith, who returns to
the command of the regiment. The One
and-fifty-eighth was glad to see
the general and also glad to have him in
its brigade. General Mckee brought with
him Captain Warren c. Fairbanks, who will
be his commissary officer; also Lieutenant
Davis of the regulars, who has been sta
toned at Vincennes, and who brought to
Indianapolis the company of cadets which
was placed in the One-hundred-a nd-fifty-
ninth. Major Kendall, who will be General
Mckee's brigade surgeon, was already here,
having reported Friday The remainder of
General McKees staff has not reported yet.
General McKees tent will be pitched in the
grove. and only few feet from this regi-
ment's lines
The new recruits continue to arrive and
the regiments 300 are fast coming in. The
following arrived to-day:
Company l (Covington)-Alonzo Crowder,
Oliver L. Spinning, David Gebhart, Fred L.
Melvin e shaer Elmer Tn G. Crane penns
Rogers Fred c. Wyand, Roy Cooper,
john G. Appie ea George ee" " bengieT n1 Ar
thur s. Baldwin, John w. Runkle Lucius
B. Foster, Joseph N. Jones, Benjamin f.
Dill, Grant Dunbar, Fred A. Tate, Thomas
Company l. (Kokomo)-T. B Davis, John
G. Weaver, Raymond Woods William A.
Birgan, Frank E. Birgan, David Estel AL
len Newhouse Willard Jones, Edward
Charles p Arbuckle, ROLAND D. Myers,
Edmon Klinger, Charles Inglis, Earnest
Rinehart, Fred Leach. Winfield Tines, Le-
roy Mote, John Scott, John Kinner.
Company A, polis-Edward Cooley,
Frank Dingar Chas. II. Fry, Geo. c. Her
peck, Ed j. Rash. Geo. B. Ruth. Chas. E.
Brown, Frank Henzie George j. Highstreet,
Anercher, Frank Gray, Ghas. Roberts. Geo.
Company d, polis-Albert A. Ba-
ker, Lee Burns, Robert ]. Conner, James A.
Dickey, William Farlie. Frank Hirlingerr,
George w. Mcpherson, Edward w. Rich
ardson. Frank Rick, John w. Smith, George
w Stubbs, Royal Webb, Clarence Wiley,
Company H, Franklin-S Leach, w K
Johnson w. M Church, Chas B. Sinner,
Frank Arbuckle Ed Williams, w. S. Cham
bers, Hugh Monahan. w. M. PitseT Burton
Cottrill. Harvey Good. Clarence Colder.
After their long ride and long march the
boys look pretty dirty, but a wash il.
Chickamauga creek will give them more
presentable appearance. Company l.. of
Kokomo. received its recruits at noon to-
day. Hearing that they were coming, this
company held a meeting and the members
decided to put up job on the new recruits.
They cut their dinner to very small proper
tons and then had it prepared for mess:
Each man was given a very small piece of
bacon, about one inch square. a half of
small potato and teaspoonful of beans.
This, with one or two pieces of hard tack,
constituted their dinner. Then they stood
around the fresh fish and told them how
good the dinner was and how much better
and larger the rations were than they mad
been. The new men were thunderstruck,
and. while eating their small dinner, won
dered what they had been getting before
this. After the old men had thoroughly en-
joyed themselves the cat was let out of the
bag and the new men breathed easier One
if they had initiated the new recruits yet.
No" said the second man,
I'VE have" replied the first I'VE have
had them out there digging sinks and grub
bling stumps all morning
This soldier life is not all its cracked up
to be- said new recruit, after he had put
in all morning digging hole six feet deep
for a kitchen sink.
Two more cases of measles developed to-
day and were transferred to the division
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F, and Dell Smith. Company b. This regi-
ment has an average of four or five men
with measles all the time. When the sur
geons aretabout ready to discharge one case
another one comes in. The new recruits
will probably increase this number.
Company ID has a new mascotte. Private
Helms captured a swapping turtle. Tonight
after dark he fastened a candle to its back
in the usual way and started it to crawling
up the company street 1t finally reached
Lieut.. Albert lsensee's tent, and he, waking
from a 0oze and seeing that light coming
to his cot, thought he surely must have
them" He let out yell that brought Lieu
tenant Kreeber into the tent, but not before
Mr.. Isensee had struck the middle of the
company street: After the boys had a good
laugh on the lieutenant they captured the
turtle and visited Major Richs quarters.
From there the turtle. with his candle at
tachment, was taken to headquarters. No
one noticed 1t till he crawled under some
ones chair, The increase in the tempera-
ture around that persons immediate vicin-
ity caused him to investigate. and again the
turtle was dragged forth. After being duly
back to company quarters, there to do duty
in soup.
The assembly tent has arrived and will he
pitched soon as General McKees quar-
ters have been established.
The First Georgia Regiment marched into
camp Saturday and occupied the ground
which the Third Pennsylvania Vacated
when it went to Tampa. These men from
Georgia brought between twenty-five and
thirty cases of measles with them, which
were Immediately transferred to division
hospital Our new recruits are now being
vaccinated, and another lot of sore arms
are expected.
John A. Wilkens, of Indianapolis, has ar
rived in Camp. He will act MS clerk to Capt.
W. c. Fairbanks. Captain Fairbanks s
passing through the same siege as all others
who have come here, and to-day is confined
to his tent. He will probably be better in a
day or two. j. l. H.