The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-15
AT CAMP ALGER.
Rejoicing Over the Surrender of San
tiagO-Tents to He Rearranged.

Rejoicing Over the Surrender of sam
tiagO-Tents to he Rearranged.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CAMP ALGER, Va, July 14-By special
order from the War Department Private
Joshua Crandell. Company b, has been dis
charged from the service He has become
the clerk of Paymaster Havens, and will
leave for Atlanta Saturday.
The news of the surrender of Santiago
was received this afternoon with wild de-
light
Lieutenant William Davis, of the One
hundred-and-fifty -ninth has been detailed to
the Second Division hospital for ten days
Lieut.. Samuel M. Compton, quartermaster
of the One-hundred-and-fifty- was pre-
scented with a fine sabre Tuesday by the
members Of George H. Thomas Post G. A.
r., at his home. Colonel Barnett made the
presentation speech in the presence Of all
OF the officers. Lieutenant Compton replied
with few words expressing the deep feel
Ing aroused by the presentation of his
friends OF the. war of the rebellion. The
sabre Is one of the finest made.
One Of the new men in Company / made
q great discovery this week He was over
heard saying to one of the old men: Major
Fee is slow, amt hep" ''Why?" asked the
man in surprise. 1.-The adjutant has to tell
him every evening in dress parade to bring
ms battalion to parade rest" The point
by anyone familiar with military cere-
monies.
Captain AppIewhite. father of the captain
OF Company G, is here on account of the
serious illness of his son. The patient is
still very low, but will recover
An order has been issued to move and re-
arrange most OF the camps. The tents were
put too close together for the health of the
men There will not be many changes
necessary in the Observation-Disclosures fifty
nlnth, as the camp was originally laid off
IN fne shape and has been complimented by
every inspector who visits the camp.
Some CONSERVATION has been caused by the
announcement that the Eighth Pennsylva-
mia Regiment may be called back from
Dunn Loring, where it went yesterday. If
THIS action is taken it will be because of an
1nsuInclent water supply, and it may be that
none of the First Division regiments will
De able to change their quarters for about
TWO weeks. The contractors who proposed
TO sink wells at Dunn Loring have COM
pleted only one of the twelve they are to
provide The others cannot be available
before next wednesday Under the circum7
stances 1t is considered unwise to place
more than one regiment there even If that
one is allowed to remain there. The quar-
termaster and subsistence departments are
having difficulty in supplying the two por-
tons of General Gobins separated brigade,
Eighth to be sent back to Camp Alger
Colonel Glrard, chief of surgeons, contin-
ues to do everything possible to put the
camp in sanitary condition. He has
recommended that wooden floors be pro-
vided for enlisted men and is having all
Two more typhoid patients have died.
Privates Jeremiah Murphy, First New Jer-
eey. and Robert Jamison, Company A
Twelfth Pennsylvania. Private Murphy's
remains will be sent to Newark, n. j.. and
Jamison will be inferred at Arlington Gem
etery
The resignation of Chaplain Harris Sec
end Tennessee, was this morning rendered
to Colonel Anderson. There is a disposition
however, to court-martial and punish the
chaplain for the disturbance he created in
asWashington hotel.
The Second Tennessee had another stroke
the chief of police at Charlottesville, Va
was received, telling of an accident to a
m ember of the regiment. Stephen Collins
ana Henry Harris made a mistake in board
ing q rain and were carried away from
camp Harris jumped from the train at
Red Run and was severely injured. Both
men viii be returned to camp.
Tile court-martial of the First Division
has acquitted Harry Bidwell Company f,
Sixty-ftth New York, charged with steal
Ing, and has convicted John SomerS of the
same company, for being absent without
leave. He was sentenced TO ten days hard
labor anu SO fine.
Tie board of survey appointed to make
an account Of the propertX charged up to
the reg meEt by the State of Indiana has
doun1 Aat 4 balance can be struck very
easily az fSr as the quantity goes. They
found almosf everything which was charged
up could Of accounted for. The order to
fit out the Observation-Disclosures at
once was received on Tuesday, and on the
same day Ordnance officer Gebhart drew
$1,000 rounds ct ammunition, the first yet
issued to the regiment. G.. w. B.