The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-07
rlNP THOMASS ORDERS.
-,rorEST CHANGES CAUSE OoNFU-
FHN SION At CHICHAMAUGA.

-.aatN lnNHRNu A"NA ~
,5,i,op,s Future Work The Work OF
v.n,pplnC tho Regiments Continues.
,~,SoooL. Tenn. July 6.-Wlthin the last
.-ndays marching orders nave been received
WI Thomas. only TO be suspended an hou
hU, bsn 10 be renewed shortly afterward and
NV w. suspended. The orders for six reRi-
~. under Gen. Wilson, to move yesterday
pu ..nspended and renewed no less han four
Ee'. Gcn Wilson, the Second Wisconsin, Third
pD.or.in and sixteenth Pennsylvania got away
" CHARLESTON yesterday afternoon. and the
WWn-.h pennsylvania. Fourth Ohio and Third
ri.ois expected to go last night. but
~. ,hcy were about to march to the train,
..rdor for them 10 move was again suspend
" This morning the three regiments were
.-,r ordered to move, aud this afternoon d.
- 10 remain in camp. It Is believed they
~, loave for Charleston tomorrow.
y" Poynton, President Of the Chlckamauea
~ commission. who has been commissioned
nLs,dier. General, will report to Gen. Brooke
tomorrow for duty m ,
Tha ADDICTION OF Major Gen. Wilson to head
.s,noditiont that has just left Camp Thomas
y, Santiago v~criles the prediction made in
w. dispatches that the distinguished soldier
Nruld NOT I've detained here until the Sixth
cssns tn the command Of which he had been
Istenoted, was formed. 1t can be said on good
ss,horitv. however. that Gen. Wilson will have
larger command than the two briRades Sc
l,Sted to reinforce Shafter at once. A promi-
am. officer told THE L correspondent to-day
,h,t Gen, Wilson's corps will be organized here
And sent TO him in the field II hostilities con-
,bue for any length OF time. Just before leav-
Inc Yesterday Gen. Wilson said he had received
M iptimntion as to his orders for the future.
" ..t-..l.,. L., ,,,, Al, 30 Vi .lan
,np 10 prepare for the coming OF the two bril-
aides ordered from "Chickamauga.
The regiments that left yesterday were In fine
s,htiDC trim. Only tho men who had had mill
syr training and were in the very best Of health
r.ta permitted to 60. Each mai had from 400
MOO rounds OF ammunition. During the hot
n,rh to Ringgold the Second Wisconsin halted
lr A brief rest. Alittlc girl came up to Sergeant
MARSHALL If Company i will a bucketful Of
MA sprlnp water and offered it to the soldiers.
The Sergeant and the men gave three cheers for
,he little Southern maiden.
Private Mueller OF the Sixth Pennsylvania
vas suffering from ennui brought about by the
.tressive use OF spirits. and saw his opportunity
N keep from walking TO RinGgold, 30 he tainted.
Tha boys Of tho hospital corps put him on q
sretcher, and carried him along for some dis
lance. when the situation became SO funny that
Mueller smiled. He carried two gums on his
,hnulders on the rest OF the march to Ringgold.
1opr men fell out OF this regiment from actual
exhaustion, FIVE from the Third Wisconsin. and
eight we're carried on stretchers to their desti-
nation. The little Town Of RinGgold turned out
uuasse to greet the soldiers. Cheers greeted
tia boys from every side. while the church bell
was ung for an hour.
The work OF eQuipping all the regiments OF
The First Corps continues with all possible
speed. The Ordnance Department IL daily re-
wIyng and daily rushing various articles OF
Nulpage to the regiments. Col. Lee. Chief
Quarermaster. is not less active. and has
handed out for distribution largo quantities Of
clothing, tentage. 10. Aoarload Of rifles arrived
to-day and was turned over TO the Fourteenth
New York, Eighth Massachusetts,. and First
Georgia. The First Kentucky was provided
with q lot Of blanket bags and straps and minor
tQulpage. Horse equipments and numerous
other articles Of eQuipago were distributed
among Batteries A and B. Georgia Artillery,
lndthe TWENTY. seventh Indiana Battery. Fifty
eight boxes Of equlpage for the surgeons Of the
Hospital Corps were handed out for distribu-
ton. This puts the hospitals Of the corps on
IN excellent footing.
This afternoon two carloads Of horses. three
VAis VI IdllOubd anu u CdI VI w oIGlNSN ob Ayle
and we're taken in charge by Major Nye and his
men. The Ice was consigned TO the Christian
Army Commission. The reRimental canteens
for several days have been practically deserted
v all the soldiers who con do so come to Chat
hnooga and drink all they want. whereas theJ
are limited to three glasses at their respective
c~aateens. The chaplains are lying low. or else
they have given up the plan OF forcing an aban'
donment Of the so-called stumbling blocks
However. the ~canteen OF the Eighth Massa'
ehusetts has been turned down, and the Y. NJ
CA. Is furnishing the regiment with distilled
water.
Over six thousand soldiers spent to-day II
Chattanooga and on Lookout Mountain. FULL
bali OF them without passes. The dreaded deat
line has been placed at the depot at Lytle
The guards now have their guns loaded ant
any soldier passing this line without a pass il
hbe shot, according to military rules. Thi
Gead line is a dreaded terror to the soldier
Very few ventured within a hundred yards o
The line without a pass issued by their Colone
and division officers. Many OF tho soldiers q
below Lytle three miles and get on the train
The soldiers are spending their money freel
and as over s .5OO.O0O has already been issue'
Them Chattanooga is reapinG a harvest no
knowl since " boom days"
The new regimcntal Post Office is now 1
Splendid working order. and over 5000 paper
eothrouGh the hands Of the twenty-five clerk
hon"d day. There are now two distinct Pos
onicrS-thc Lyle Post Office and the regimen
Post ONlce. However. there are three dit
leFeht services. II Il soldier does not want hi
mslito come with the regimental mail to tn
esmpit will be delivered to him from the reg
mental Post O0lcc, All day yesterday and &c
Gay the corridor Of the Post Office at Cam
lhonaS was Iammed with soldiers, who wei
"nel upin front Of tho money-order windo'
sending money home.
To-day was excessively hot and tedious o
"e soldiers at Camp Thomas. as many OF tn
regiments were taken out on battalion dri
safE This morning and two hours target pra'
Wethl1 afternoon. This proved too much Il
many Of the boys and the hospitals are full
Exhausted soldiers.
But the work must be DONE said an office
ms partol ii soldiers life. and To neglect thei
uAS would mean certain death for raw r
"us who face the trained soldiers OF Spain
D0R 'Gcn, Roe Of New York has arrived al
N%1ed at Gen, BroOke's headquarters. !
va assigned to the command OF the First Br
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