The times., 1898-05-22
A New York Soldier Dies From
Heat at Chattanooga.
MORE TROOPS MUSTERED IN
The Heat and Heavy Knapsaclss
Cause Much ufTering-yeteran
winch Men were Forced to March
Under IA BrOiling Sun.

failure. The general belief throughout
the regiment Is that the intense heat.
which yesterday caused great suffering
among the New York volunteers and
throughout the entire camp. was respon-
sible for the death of McCready.
Col Leonards men started to camp in
heavy marching order. When the ther-
mometer indicates 80 in the shade and at
the least 100 In the open, heavy is no
misnomer, for the weight carried is at
least sixty pounds. The march was at
least ten miles, and veteran officers whose
camps the Twelfth passed were loud in
their condemnation of the manner in
which the men were forced to rush along.
While Company was passing the
Brock House under a seorching sun, Nc
Cready was seen to stagger. and in a
moment had tumbled on his face in the
dust. The man behind stepped over the
prostrate form, and three more men had
passed before the cry Company halt!
wars heard. When the ambulance wagon
came up. the soldier was dead. His COM
rades say that he had not been complain
ing, and they believed that he died from
the heat. 1t IS understood he win be
buried in the National Cemetery, near
this city.
With this exception the Twelfth reach
ed camp in good shape. There were a
few prostrations from heat in this
and Col. Grants regiment, but none of
them were serious.
Colonel Leonard reported to General
Brooke in the afternoon, and the regiment
was assigned to the First Brigade OF
Third Division of the First Army Corps.
BY nightfaIl camp routine had been es-
1,If nd he rfffnt4g will
begin drilling.
The Fourteenth New York. Colonel Fred
Grant, arrived at the battlefield al noon,
after a long wait in Chattanooga. They
rested in the shade on the west side of
Lytle Hill. established a camp and pre-
pared to spend the night in bivouac. Col
onel Grant and his command stood the
journey and climatic change well.
While nearly all the volunteers are gen
tlemanly, well-behaved young men, there
are a few ''toughs" wearing the blue uni
form. and their .disgraceful action in in
sulting women in the streets is causing
great Indignation throughout the city.
In the morning several soldiers entered a
restaurant and grossly insulted some wo-
men in the dining-room. One of the WO-
men screamed and the soldiers fed. A
| policeman gave chase and caught one of
| the fleeing men. who was locked up. He
| refused TO give his name, and last night
| his officer had not reported at the police
station.
Cornelius Nye and Joseph Jones, of the
| Twelfth New York, were arrested on the
| charge of looting stores and insulting wo-
men. An officer of their company obtain
| ed their release on condition that the Of
| tenders be Court-martialed
Spanish spy fakes are fourishing at
| Camp Thomas. Reports have been sent
| broadcast that attempts have been made
| to poison the wells Al Chickamauga The
| ''rumor' was posted on yellow bulletin
board. and it was announced that three
| men had been arrested on the charge OF
putting arsenic in the wells
Suspected Spy.
Tampa, Fla, May 21-Lieut. Miley ar
rived here today for the purpose of in
| vestgating the case of Frank Garcia. a
-year-old Spanlard. who was
arrested near the Ninth Cavalry camp.
Thursday evening on suspicion of being
a Spanish spy A Photographic camera
was found in his possession. which con-
tained photographs of scenes about the
| camp.
Garcia's father is an American by nat
| uralization, and is also an Alderman of
! Port Tampa City, and pilot inspector.
Lieut.. Miley found there was no war
rant for the boys arrest, and having so
| reported, Gen. Shafter ordered the boy $
| release.
Brigadier General Ludlow, of the Engi-
neer Corps, has gone to Washington in
| obedience to orders from the War De-
| partment. Col. Babcock. who has been
on the staff of Gen. Shafter, has gone to
| San Francisco. where he will await the
| arrival of Gen. Merritt, and proceed with
him to the Philippines as member of
l.
| Chickamauga, where he will command an
| Army corps. Gov. Bloxham returned to-
night to Tallahassee.
| William Astor Chanler returned today
| to New York. He has accepted the posi-
! ton of inspector general of volunteers.
and has been assigned to the staff of
Gen. Shafter.
Joseph Wheeler, jr.. son of Gen Wheel
| er, arrived here today. His father has
appointed him one of his aides.
At Camp Black.
| Camp Black, Hampstead, L. T. May 81.
| There are but two regiments of the Ma
| tional Guard of the State of New York
now stationed here. They are the Twen-
ty-second, of New York, and the Forty
| seventh, of Brooklyn. Captain Schuyler
the recruiting officer, did a full days work
yesterday Early in the morning he mus
! tered in Troop a, of New York. and then
Troop c. of Brooklyn. He placed Captain
Badgley of the New York troop. in COM
| mand of both troops, because of seniority.
| he having been mustered into the Volun-
| teer f-rmy first. Captain SCHUYLER mus
| tered in the First Provisional Regiment.
There are about $500 men stationed here
| at present, and orders to move are ex-
pected from the War Department for the
| SiXty-ninth, First and Third Provisional
| Regiments. and the troops of cavalry, to
| move at any minute.
An amusing story is going the rounds
| of the camp about Private ]. H Seyigue
! of Company /, Twenty-second Regiment
| He was anxious to go to the front. and he
| especially wanted to go with the TWENTY
! second. He found, however. that he wa
| about one-third of an inch below the re-
| quisite height He was downcast over the
! prospect of rejection, until he suddenly
| had bright idea He proposed to pri-
Yates H. T. Cook and c. c. Van Fleet
| who shared the tent with him. that tbe-,
lay him out on board, tying his feet
| and hands to weights at each end ana
| stretch him to the required measurement
| The latest reports from the tent were
| that the experiment is being tried and
that Sevigue will pass the surgeons
| e. t. Cody, jr., a nephew of "BuffaIo
| Bill" is a private in Company I Of tba
| Twenty-second. He is an excellent ritie
shot, and hopes to be assigned to a
| company of sharpsheoters.
Capt John c. Jennings, of Company
| B. of the old Thirteenth, has returned
| to camp and accepted a commission as
second lieutenant in Company NJ. of the
| Thirteenth Battalion. The appointment
| was made by Major Russell
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