The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-30
SOLDIERS I.
HEAR GOSPEL.
Chaplin. McCoOk EXpOunds
1t to Them. Shoes for
the Men.

Owing to the threatening weather not
more than 400 Philadslphians visited the
camp OF the First Battalion OF the Second
Pennsylvania Regiment at Montohan IL
yesterday. They came on special exec r
sion train. The number Of visitors was,
however, considerably augmented by
those who went from Wilmington on bi.
cycles, in trains and carriages or on fo1t
Rev. Henry c. McCook, of Philadelphia,
chaplain of the regiment, arrived carly IN
the morning and announced that religious
services would be held.
About two hundred men fell In line,
and, headed by the chaplain, marched to
tho barn of j. C. X o IS, near the camp,
where the chaplain preached short SER
mon. The men climbed into the hay loft
and perched themselves about in the
hooks and corner, of the building. Cap.
tain Leng was officer of the day and he
had charge of handling the crowd of visi-
| tors For the first time since the Penn.
I sylvanians have Eeoa in camp they mount.
e. u I'd during the day time, yesterday.
The Do Sder III! Is woe closed down and
| Cu.onel Porter ana The officers thought
! that in view Of the large c.owd and the at.
| tendant excitement 1t was be- t to have q
guard posted. While 1t Celrived a number
Of the men from seeing their friends the
soldiers W re wi ling TO do the work.
LIE SCluleTs TeCclNcu uH llNitubltA rum
tho Grand Army posts of this city to take
part in the Memorial Day parade to day.
i Colonel Porter, through Major Woman,
wrote reply stating that tho battalion
felt honored by receiving the invitation,
but owing to the fact that large number
Of tie II on are without uniforms and equip
ments it would b. impossible for them to
ts<e part in the parade. The officers de-
sired their men to turn our, and two or
the city to day had tho men been uniform
ed.
Battery NJ, of the Fourth U $. Artillery
! left the camp Saturday for Washington
The statement in Saturdays REPUBLI-
GAN concerning the complaints that many
of the IL are shoeless and without sufficient
] c o.hiny, has .evidently been noticed
BY Tho War Department, Dispatches from
Washington state that the quartermastnr-
general has directed that immediate in
vestig ton OF tho complaint DO made, and
has specially ordered that II report be made
=, upon the Second Regiment stationed near
Wilmington
In connection with this, the War De-
partment made the following statement:
EVERY effort has been made to meo5 tho
emergency thrown upon the supply de-
partlhents. Most Of the troops in the
/ field,destined for immediate operations are
! now practically equipped for service. The
remainder will have their needs relieved
just as fast us factories can turn out tho
goods. With regard to the Second Bat
| talon Of whom the REPUBLICAN speaks,
, steps will BIZ at once taken to supply their
needs with as 4 tlo delay as possible"
! The payma3tcr-generAl said Sat urGay
shat the troops would be paid according to
/ their muster of May 81 some time next
week. The Wilmington troops will he
paid by Major j. &. Muhlenbtrg, US A,
stationed iu the War Department.
Chaplain McCook was SO itstonished at
the condi ion of the men at ho went to
Philadelphia last evening for the purpose
Of buying shoes for them. Many are shoe
less and being without money, are unable
to Duy for themselves