The evening times., 1898-06-29
THETROOPs CAMP ALGER
Drilling is Suspended Because
of Rain and Mud.
BREACHES OF DISCIPLINE
Lieutenant Ames, Who Left Camp
without Leave. and Went Home
to BE Married, VIII Receive No
Severer Punishn ent Than 4 Rep
rimnnd.

Camp Alger resembled a big mud hole
this morning after the heavy rain of yes
| terday. The horrible roads were still
more horrible.
| Little drilling could be done In the mud
| SO the troops rested up and howled all
| morning.
| The volunteer soldier is strange fela
low. His most prominent mania is cheer
| ing. He cheers If it is hot or cold, or
wet or dry. He cheers at every meal.
| Every time he sees another soldier doing
anything he cheers. He fills every unoc-
cupied moment with cheering anything or
| anybody.
Roll call was passed over last night in
the Second Brigade. The boys were all
| tired and went to bed at supper time. So
| they were not disturbed. Guard mount
| was held at p. m. in the Sixth Massa-
| chuSetts. The usual time for this cere-
| mony is / p. m.
A few facts have leaked out about the
| verdict Of the field court-martial on Mon
| day. Lieut. {. c. Ames, of the Seventh
Illinois. who was tried for being absent
| without leave. and with conduct unbe-
| coming an officer. will escape with
| Slight reprimand In view of the fact
that he went home and got married with
| out leave. and because of letters from
Gems. Corbin. Carr and Miles. this action
| was decided upon.
The first case of attempted suicide in
camp occurred yesterday. Private Ar
| thur Elston. of Company X, Seventh Ii
| linois. who had become Respondent be-
| cause of his disgrace, attempted to cut
mis- throat with table knife.
Elston went to Washington last week
| with $50 of the companys money to make
st,as
| on drunk. He spent all the money
| and was arrested by the city authorities
and turned over to his regiment. He has
been in the guardhouse for a few days
| awaiting trial for desertion. and has at
| tempted to escape several times.
His injuries may prove fatal. He is un-
| der guard at the Second Division hospi-
| taL
Corporal ]. T. Collins and Privates SUIT
| pin. Pinter and Prendergast, of Company
| l., Sixth Pennsylvania. are in the guard
house at headquarters charged with hav
| ing acted improperly before ladies on the
| Falls Church road. General Graham Is
much incensed over this and says these
| cases are becoming too frequent. He will
make an example of the offenders.
| fight caused some excitement in the
| Fourth Missouri camp yesterday after
| noon. private who had been imbbing
| kicked a comrade on the head, infiicting
j a scalp wound. The injury WAS dressed
| and the offender may be reprimanded
without being court-martialed.
| Private Dunlavey. of Company c. Sixth
| Massachusetts. has applied for a dis
charge on the ground that his wife is en-
| tirely without means of support.
| The strange part of the story is that
| Dunlayey was refused by the recruiting
| officer because h. was married, and only
| got into the company by presenting
| letter from his wife. begging that he be
| accepted. as she was well provided for.
The mayor of Lowell. Mass. promised
to see that she was cared for. and in
addition to this the regiment has a re-
lief fund from which Mrs. Dunlavey may
be supplied if she required aid.
Private Parks. a rookie in Company
c. Sixth Massachusetts. was taken Sc
riousy i'll last night. and removed to the
hospital.
The boys of Company G, Sixth Massa-
chusetts accuse the troops in Company
| II of having stolen a large piece of meat
which the former company was keeping
| for a jubilee. The Company II men deny
| that they filched the meat and claim that
| it walked over into their street and was
| only captured after a hard tussle in which
| one of them had his thumb sprained.
Twelve men were discharged from the
| First Division hospital today. Twenty
three cases were received yesterday.
There are now 105 cases in the hospital
| forty-two in the general wards and sixty
! three in the quarantined wards.
Hospital Steward Struggles. of the
Eighth Ohio. who has been detailed in
charge Of the nurses at the First Division
| Hospital. is doing splendid work. The
patients are now waited upon and cared
| for properly. and Struggles will soon have
| a very efficient corps of nurses
| The Sixty-:ifth New York hospital is in
| fire condition. Mosquito netting has been
supplied for the beds and milk is supplied
to the patients daily.
There are fou- cases in the Seventh
| Ohio hospital. All are doing well.
Mrs. Hard. wife of Col. Hard. of the
Eighth Ohio. takes great interest in the
sick boys from the regiment and supplies
them with dainties
Correspondent Early. of the New York
sum- has presented Gen. Butler with a
little dog. which guards First Division
headquarters. Gen. Butler sleeps sound
ly now that he is well protected from
maurauders.
Mrs. Graham and daughter of Wash
inSton, visited the Fourth Missouri hos
pital yesterday and left several needed
articles.
Gus Lemmel. of the Fourth Missouri
Hospital Corps, wishes to retract his
statements In regard to army life. He
says it is all right. as he received his
pay a few days ago
Representative Belknap. of Illinois. has
supplied the Seventh Illinois band with a
new set of instruments.
Many of the officers wives are now
staying in camp. and the place has taken
on more the aspect of a city than form
eriy-