The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-12
From a Staff Correspondent.


Camp Daniel II. Hastings, Mt. Gret-
ma, Pa. May 1.-THE Thirteenth regi-
ment will be in Tampa, Florida, with
In a week. The only IFS and and's
about this is that Major Thompson,the
war departments representative here,
knows whereof he speaks, and that the
exigancies of war do not cause the au-
thorities at Washington to again
Ghangs their plans.
This morning at 8 o'clock, Private
Secretary Beitler came over f. ON Har-
risburg bearing dispatches from Secre-
tary Alger to Governor Hastings. This
evening the governor gave it out the
newspaper correspondents that the mes
sage from Washington contained no
tice that as soon as six regiments were
ready to be moved, they were to be
sent to Tampa, Florida.
Major Thompson gave further defn-
ite information to the effect that the
ether regiments, likely the whole divi-
sion, would follow as fast as they could
be gotten ready. The Thirteenth con-
fldently expects to be mustered in be-
fore noon tomorrow. The six regi-
rnents who are sure to be the first to
go. are the Fourth, Sixteenth, Third
First, Fifth and either the Fifteenth or
the Ninth.
FIVE REGIMENTS COMPLETE.
The five first mentioned regiments
are all complete and ready to move on
short notice. All that remains to be
done to place them in readiness is to
uniform the recruits and distribute the
packs, cartridges, belts and tins. This
part Of the work is we'll under way. 1t
was begun this afternoon and several
Of the regiments ara fully equipped.
The uniforms given the recruits are
hardly distinguishable in shade from
the National Guard uniform that the
original members of the companies will
continue to wear The Springfield
equipped will be taken along, but will
be exchange for Krag-Jorgensen re-
peaterS as fast as the arsenals can turn
them out Major Thompson says these
regiments in question will move to-
morrow. His instructions were 10 have
them on the road within forty-eight
hours.
Four Pullman cars, the Wales"
LENA" "Selwyn" and one that is not
named, and about forty passenger
coaches, together with a large number
OF box cars, were switched into the
Gretna yard this morning. Other trains
of ears are expected in tonight. Super
intendent A. ID. Smith, of the Cornwall
and Lebanon road, told me today that
he was instructed the trains would be
moved tomorrow. The whole distance
will be accomplished by rail and there
will be no stop at Washington or any
other intervening rendezvous.
The work of mastering was again
carried on today with feverish haste
and at 10 o'clock tonight, when the
mastering office in the park closed
down for the night, over 5000 Penn
sylvania volunteers had been trans
ferred into the United States service.
THIRTEENTH NOT IN SHAPE.
The Ninth mustered in all but two
of its companies, but the Thirteenth
was unable to get any Of it's commands
in shaue for presentation. Colonel
Coursen, however, is determined that
his regiment shall be mustered in TO.
morrow morning and to this end or
dered the company commanders not tc
sleep tonight until their commands
were ready in every respect for presen-
tation to the mustering officers. The
filling of vacancies in official position
the selecting and enlisting of recruits
and the making out OF the muster rolls
and other requisite exhaustive reports
prove greater task than was bar,
gained for. At nightfall, however, the
work was about completed and there
is little doubt but that the regiment
will be ready to a man to be presented
by Governor Hastings TO the mastering
officers at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
Governor Hastings inquired yester.
day about the Thirteenth and expressed
surprise that the regiment which was
first in so many things was not among