The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-14
ecial TO the Scranton Tribune.


Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa. Sept
lathe great work which now re-
mains for Major General Graham con-
ssts of reorganizing the corps so that
the several detached regiments which
have reported here within the past
week may be permanently placed in
some brigade or division. AS Is fs now
these commands are on the grounds
under corps supervision, but belong
TO no brigade or no division. rms
arrangement must, of course, be made,
and then the Second army corps Will
be q unit once more and in condition
either to fight or to do garrison duty.
AS Major General S. B. M Young,
who will command the First division,
now in charge of General Goblin, Is eX-
pected to arrive soon, nothing perman-
ent may be done until he arrives. He
is an officer of the regular army OF
varied experience and will help in
the new arrangement of the different
regiments.
With the gradual approach of the
cold weather the ravages of typhoid
fever have been quite effectually stay
ed and this. together with the natur-
ally healthful conditions and location
of camp, have accomplished a wonder
full amount of good throughout camp.
The Red Cross hospital, near corps
headquarters, had last night only
twenty-one patients in all the wards
and all were improving and out of
danger. The division hospitals like
wise, are having rest and this morn
ing there was not a corporal's guard
of sick men to present themselves at
the regimental hospital of the Thir-
teenth and even those who went for
treatment were far from being serious
ly i'll. The doctors are of the opinion
that In short time all kinds of few
ers will become entirely extinct
REGIMENT COMPLIMENTED.
The brigade officer of the day made
q tour of inspection of the camp yes.
terday afternoon and scrutinzed
everything within range. He stopped
at the Thirteenth, going through the
kitchens of the four companies. After
he had satisfied himself he rode off
remarking that it was 1.-The cleanest,
best-ordered camp he had yet seen"
Yesterday afternoon l.. w. Snyder
and William TANNER. of the Scranton
Fire department, were visitors in
ling and upon all tiremen i'm the regi-
ment. They had just returned from
Lebanon and were on their way to-
wards Allentown The purpose of
their trip is to see all those firemen
who will be present at the Firemen's
State convention next month, so as to
prepare them for selecting Scranton as
the place for the convention of 1899.
that everything is favorable, and that
all whom they meet are thoroughly in
favor of the Electric City for next
year.
Captain Gilman, of d, is officer of
the day; Lieutenant Keith, of A, Off
Ger of the guard; Warren Colwell, of
b. sergeant of the guard; George
Schmidt, Of c: John Edinger, of y,
and George Tolemie, of A. corporals.
Private John NJ. Fyshe. of c, is regi-
mental orderly.
Last evening at o'clock Private Leo
Murphy, of j. company, left camp for
home on a seven-day furlough. He
was accompanied by several comrades
and all were happy at the prospect of
being home in a short time. About s
O'Clock in the evening, however, a tele-
gram was received from Scranton an
nouncing the death of his sister. 1t
was not then known where Private
Murphy was in order to break the sad
news to him. Under the regrettable
circumstances he has the sincerest
sympathy of his many friends in the
regiment.
GOING AND COMING.
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cred and crystallized, would simply
consist of items recording the coming
and the going of regiments to and
from this camp. The Third Battalion
of the Sixteenth, the Eighteenth and
Twelfth Pennsylvania, the One Hun
dred and Fifty-ninth Indiana ad the
Third New York have been following
each other in quick succession.
Though the entire corps is spread
over an area of several miles. the camp
is nevertheless surrounded by a perfect
network of outposts and provost
guards placed at advantageous posi-.
tions from which they can both protect
property and prevent the escape OF
soldiers from beyond the lines without
proper passes. Harrisburg is literal.
ly overrun with the First Delaware
for prompt action. The Second and
Third Battalions of the Second West
Virginia are in Middletown: the First
Rhode Island stretches away from the
location of the Second Battalion of the
Thirteenth at the main commissary
above Mddletown to Hlghspire, and
throughout all the roads leading to anc
from the depot and the street car lines
rha 40
the northern side or what might b,
called the rear of camp, and have juris
diction all the way into and including
Hummelstown. This surveillance 4:
becoming more perfected, and, there
fore. more strict every day. In a very
short time it will help materially to de
crease the number of absentees with
out leave.
FURLoUGHS RESUMED.
After a suspension of a few weeks
unless in all urgent cases, such as sick
ness or death, the issuing of the regu
lar furlough has been resumed will
the consent and approval of the corpi
commander. This fact in itself is no
indicative of anything special, but sim
ply denotes that no other movement o
the troops from here in the near futur,
is contemplated.
From o'clock every evening the val
leys and the hilltops of this favore,
country would remind zone OF othe
days, when the fire-worshippers helC
sway. The weather is gradually grow
ing cooler and the camp fire is nov
becoming an ordinary feature of lif
here. The provost guards who are sta
toned far away from camp, light fires