The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-28
,rec,., n the Scranton Tribune.

still goes higher. Lieutenant Colonel
Mates this morning received mes
sage from Colonel Girard, the corps
surgeon, notifying him of the fact that
n letter had been sent to corps head
quarters from the Pottsville City hos
pital bearing news of the death OF
Private Henry Roth, of Company c.
When the notice reached here 1t read
as though the death occurred this
morning early but this must have
been a mistake. The death took place
on Monday morning at fifteen min
utes after I o'clock. This makes the
eleventh death in the regiment.
Private Roth was taken sick on the
twelfth of the present month, and was
taken to division hospital. From there
he was removed to Pottsville on the
18th. Typhoid fever was the cause OF
his death. Deceased was the son Of
Henry Roth, of Archibald, and was
among the first number Of recruits.
having been mustered in with the
regiment at Mount Gretna on May II.
He was a good soldier, 25 years old
and MP to his last illness never knew
what It was to be sick. Transporta-
tion will be furnished for the remains,
and members of the regiment now
home on furloughs will be present at
the funeral.
Hon. William Connell paid a short
visit to camp this evening, but remain
ed only a few minutes. He left for
Harrisburg and Scranton.
Colonel Coursen arrived tonight in
camp, having left his wife and his son,
Adjutant Coursen, Of the Second bat
talon, quite seriously sick at home.
The boys sincerely sympathize with
him.
Five months ago this evening the
boys bade adieu to home and friends.
IN A oUANDRY.
The members of the Third brigade,
and of the Thirteenth regiment in
particular, are in quandary and are
quite nonplussed as to their prospects.
At the brigade headquarters 1t is semi
authoI atively stated that not only is
the removal OF the Second army corps
to Cuba or Porto Rico 4 foregone con-
clusion, but also that the movement of
the troops from here will be begun
not later than the sixteenth of next
month The men are, therefore, rest
ing on their oars, so to speak, and are
waiting patiently Micawber-like, for
something to turn up"
The married men of the Thirteenth
were in a furry last night and this
morning owing to a message which the
commanding officers of the regiments,
in common with several others of the
regimental commanders, have received
from Adjutant General H. G. Corbn,
requiring a statement to be made forth
with to the war department in rela-
ton to the number Of men in each
company who are married. Lieutenant
Colonel Mates, who is commanding
the Thirteenth in the absence Of Colonel
Coursen, has been looking into the mat
ter and has given directions to the
captains to ascertain and to submit
the quota Of married men. The work
was begun last night and the report
will be, no doubt, forwarded to the
war department In a day or two. The
men seem to think that this means
lose who are married and desire
10 go home will, as a matter of course,
receive their discharge from the SER
vice.
MADE HAPPY.
If the boys were presented with a
newly coined gold piece they could not
be any happier than they were yester-
day afternoon when the latest orders
for drills were published. The chief
jollification. however, was not exactly
due to the fact that drills are to be
resumed and somewhat heightened out
but because on account of the lone
nights and the lateness of the sun in
rising, they are now allowed to sleep
more in the morning. The new sched-
ule is as follows: First call for reveille
8. a. m. reveille 6.15. assembly for roll
call go, breakfast $50, general polio.
ing of camp 700, sick call 730, guard
mount 500. drill, school Of the soldier
$50. recall for drill 11.o0. dinner 12 m
drill, school Of the battalion, 3. D. m.
recall for drill <.S0, dress parade 500
supper 800, tattoo 800. call to quarter.
e.15, Taps $50.
In addition to this one half hour
each day is to be given to calisthenic
exercises. This new order of drills Il
TO go into effect at once.
The water supply is now complete
The pipes were laid yesterday ant
connected and at seven o'clock in tht
evening the flow was turned on. There
is one pump for every two companies
and this morning small water trough,
were placed under the pumps to carry
the waste water down the incline {
ground in a four foot square area
which was excavated and filled will
stones. A wooden platform bull
around each pump adds to the conven
tence. Nothing now remains to be de
sired in this respect.
READ HIS OBITUARY.
1t is not often that a man has tn.
opportunity OF enjoying the grim hum
or of reading his own obituary, bu
such was the case here Yesterday, Til,
Sunday mail arrived at noon and the
letters were distributed at once. Sittine
on the ground near the onen-air kit
chen fire, the "Thirteenth's nichting
gale" as he has been appr )priatel,
called, Edward ]. Kelly. OF compan,
q, but now attached to the regiinenta
hospital corps, was eating dinner will
few companions. A letter was hand
ed him, and, to his astonshment, h.
read news clipping from the Whit
Haven Journal, containing an elaborat
account of his own death from typhoiC
fever at Camp Meade and comments a
to his age and his many good Qualities
The boys Immediately carried the jok
stin further. and pretending that tn
hospital steward before them and eat
Ing hard tack was his own ghost, the,
jumped uD, ran away from him an
refused to speak The article cause
much amusement and is now kept a
an invaluable relic of the war.
A communication has heen receive,
by regimental commanders specifyin,
that all orders must be I,romulgate,