The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-22

Camp Meade, Middletown. Pa. Sept 20.
The trial of Major Charles h. Parke,
of Scranton, has been called off and
efforts are being made to hush up the
matef. Parke and his attorneys, how
ever, will not have it that way. The
major has been under arrest for ten
days for refusing to accept descriptive
lists of patients delivered to the Sec
ond division hospital while he was sur
geon in charge. Such an order was
never served on him and he is anxious
for a trial, so that he may show his
innocence of any neglect of duty. The
charges will probably be dropped and
Parke restored to his position of ex-
ecutive officer of the hospital. Major
Jackson, of st. Louis, has relieved
Major Weaver as surgeon of the Sec
ond division hospital.
The Seventh Ohio regiment will
start for Columbus tomorrow over the
Baltimore and Ohio for muster out at
the expiration of a 30-day furlough.
This will probably complete the depar-
ture of troops from Camp Meade until
the final movement to the West Indies
and Philippines. The Fourth New Jer-
sey is expected to arrive Friday night
zation of the Second corps. Colonel
Burnham. of the Fourth Missouri. has
finished his work as chief mastering
officer of the corps and returned to his
regiment. With the probable excep-
tion of the Fourteenth PENNSYLVANIA.
none of the troops will be mustered out
before the peace commission concludes
its negotiations with Spain.
COL. DUDLEY RESIGNS.
Colonel Edward S. Dudley has re-
signed as judge advocate on the staff
of Major General Graham and Major
:. w. tiroesDack, who served with
Major General Shafter through the
Santiago campaign, takes his place.
Colonel Dudley was ordered some time
ago to make an investigation of the
killing of several Spanish prisoners on
the transport Harvard for mutiny and
has gone to Washington to prepare his
report. Colonel Dudley heard the
stories of the Spanish officers and men
before they left Portsmouth, n. H.,
and later interviewed the officers of the
Ninth Massachusetts and Thirty
fourth Michigan, who were in charge
of the Dons at the time of the shoot
ing.
The Fifteenth Minnesota has moved
from the grounds formerly occupied
by the Twelfth Pennsylvania, which
has gone to Williamsport for muster
out, to the vicinity of the Tenth Ohio
and First Division hospital. The Two
Hundred and Second New York is the
only regiment in camp that has not
been paid for August. The New York
ers pay rolls are badly mixed and If
they are not soon Strengthened out the
men will not he paid before October
Lieutenant Peitch. Company B. of this
regiment has resigned. The Two
Hundred ard First New York expects
to be sent to Cuba for garrison duty
early in October.
IN THE HOSPITALS.
There are still over one hundred ty-
phoid fever patients in the division
hospitals and they will be taken away
to city hospitals as fast as they are
able to be moved. Major Joseph X.
Weaver, surgeon in charge of the Sec
end division hospital, says the health
conditions are much improved. There
is very little sickness in camp outside
OF the two New York regiments. which
arrived recently from Camp Black.
pT' bOTuOu lI"lnS, Oh Tnllauelpnla, is
in charge of the headquarters of the
national relief commission in camp,
and is supplying the troops with sta
tionery and writing material and the
hospitals with delicacies.
Private George w. Carroll. Company
Nj, Second Tennessee, fell from a troll
ley car in Harrisburg this afternoon
and was seriously injured. The Penn
sylvania Railroad company has discon-
tinued the special trains to camp on
Saturdays and Sundays. Regular trains
will make stops at Camp Meade sta
ton. Columbia Commandery, No. 132,
Knights of Malta, of Middetown, will
give a banquet Friday evening week
In honor of the soldier knights in camp.
Colonel William j. Glenn, of Pittsburg,
is commanding the Second brigade of
the First division in the absence of
General Oates, who is organizing his
staff. Major Harry j.. Corbett is in
command of the Fourteenth Pennsyl-
vania while Colonel Glenn is away from
the regiment. William NJ. Brown, cook
for Company C,Two Hundred and First
New York, died today of typhoid fever.
He enlisted in New York city and his
body will be sent there for burial.