The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-14
ECHOES OF THE WAR.

l1lSCuSSlIB lHe Ol the DdlN
being a camping place for soldiers for
some time to come, General II. V. Boyn-
ton, chairman of the park commission,
and one Of the recently appointed brig
adler generals, said: 1.-The United States
government will be Obliged to keep a
large armed force in the field for long
time, even if peGce negotiations are en-
tered into right away. Foreign complca-
tions might arise, and our relations with
other countries will have to be firmly es-
tabished before the, volunteers are mus
tered out. The disbanding and transport
ing home of so large an armed force of
men is no small job in itself, and will
require some time. Taking everything
into consideration / would say that n ma
iOrity of the volunteers who have en-
listed UP to his time will oe allowed to
serve out the term of enlistment. The de-
STABILITY, accessibility and healthfulness
of Chickamauga as camp ground have
been established ard thousands of SOL
diers will be kept there for many months
to come"
The effect of the encampment at Chick
amauga on business in Chattanooga has
been wonderful. Every line of business
is good and everybody is making money.
Many business houses that had their
noses to the ground and were groaning
under heavy loads of debt have now been
are making money. Millions of dollars
have been distributed In the community
and the people are spending it. Clerks
who usually take enforced vacations of
several weeks just at this time are now
working double time and have no vaca-
ton at all. Great train loads of new
goods are pouring in from every quarter
and being unloaded in front of the big
stores. Not even in 'boom days did
Chattanooga witness such an outburst Of
solid prosperity
Major +. l.. Mckee, of the Ninth rcgi-
| ment. who has been at his home in Ply
| mouth on sick leave for several weeks on
account of an injury received by being
| thrown from his horse at Chickamauga,
will return to mis- command Friday. AL
though his right arm troubles him some
yet. he feels that he will be able to take
charge o. his battalion. Should the
Ninth regiment follow the rule of the
regular army 1t will still have only two
majors after the additional battalion has
| been added. In the regular army the lieu
tenant colonel has command of the iirst
| battalion. Should this plan be followed
| i'm the Ninth Lieutenant Colonel Wallace
will have charge of the First battalion,
| Major Harding the Second and Major Nc
| kee the new battalion.
| IN MS sermon SUNDAY morning tne ilcN.
| O. r. Steckcl. at Grace Reformed church,
Easton, in vigorous terms denounced the
| spirit of revenge he alleged TO be mani
| tested in the cry of Remember the
| Maine!" He Eeld that the present was
| not a war of reve nGe, but a contest in be-
| half of suffering and greatly oppressed
| people, a battle in defense of the nobleSt
| and best principles that actuate mankind
| With equal censLre the preacher referred
to the cry, 1.-The Maine is Avenged
Major General Joseph Wheeler has rec
| commended Major Wint of this city, to
| the war department for distinguished
bravery in the fighting before Santiago
| Major Wint was one of the officers in
| charge Of tho Tenth cavalry (dismounted)
| which did such heroic fighting In routing
| the Spanish from the trenches.
| Official orders have been issued an
nouncing tha: Lieutenant j. Is. Ber-
| nadou, who was in command of the tor.
| pedo boat Winslow in the action at Car.
| denas, in which Ensign Bagley was
| killed. has been advanced ten numbers
in his grade in recognition of his merito
| rious services on that occasion.
| Thomas Mulhearn, of Lansford. who en-
listed in Company X, Ninth regiment
| Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, at Beth
| lehem last Thursday fell from the tra;
| bearing the company to Chickamaugl
| Park, Ga, and was instantly killed. The
young man was son of the late Jamc'
ID. Mulhearn, of LarsforG.