The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-10

| puyhhs tne cigars 1Or them afterward
This hospitality and this spirit OF gen.
erous Kindness are not lost; and the
men OF the Pennsylvania regiments In
particular are determined to do moth.
ing which could mar the good feeling
which exists, and they will not counte-
nance any destruction of property
henceforth by the members of any
other regiments.
LEGAL sQUABBLE.
| There is much mixed up legal
| squabble now going on in the Thir-
! teenth. 1t is triangular in it's inter-
ests and the participants are company
| ID, company G, and Daddy" Conway,
The T'ribune's business representative
| IN camp. The dispute, whose origin
dates back to the time whereof the
| memory of man runneth not to the
contrary" centers around the posses
| sion OF two embryonic dogs named re-
| spectively "Hobson" and "Sockalexis," ;"
which were brought here from Vir-
| ginia. "Hobson" is the now the cap
tive of c. which company lays claim
TO all right, title and interest in and
to the aforesaid dog" named "Hobson,"
the same being five inches in length
and hkhree inches in circumference.
This is the animal which Daddy"
Conway alleges is his, bearing witness
at the same time that "Sockalexis," :"
the only dog rightfully owned by COM
pany G, is now in the possession of
company d, certain members of which
to him unknown, were guilty of the
theft of "Sockalexis."
To complcate matters still more d
company claims that "Sockalexs" be-
longs to them and accuse of having
stolen "Hobson." On the contrary
c company, by counsel, allege that the
members of ID stole "Sockalexis" be-
cause they cannot tell the difference
between canine and a chicken-a
very mean insnuation by the way
because it is a well known fact, fire.
quently demonstrated, that the men of
ID can tell a chicken at the distance
of mile, even on the darkest night
Too make matters worse the two sub
Jects of the litigation are so much alike
and so infinitesmally small that the
unaided eye cannot distinguish any
difference between them. 1t has been
suggested that they both be put under
the microscope for examination but
to this Daddy" objects. He had al
ready retained the colonel, the major
and several captains and threatens
all kinds of prosecution and vengeance,
civil and military, upon the members
of company C unless "Hobson" is re-
turned TO him forthwith.
CARE OF SICK.
The question of taking care of the
sick is one which is becoming daily
more easy and more simple. The sick
re Of hi
aging to the medical staff of the Thir-
teenth, and Major Surgeon Keller stat
ed to your correspondent today that
not only have the morning reports
been getting better in this respect, but
that the probability of contracting any
more typhoid and kindred diseases is
reduced to a minimum. From this
on the health of the regiment should
not disappoint the best expectations.
The Thirteenth's patients in Division
hospital No. are to be removed to
the Lancaster hospital some time this
afternoon or evening. Private Charles
Shoemaker, of c, who is troubled with
sore eye, goes home on furlough to-
day. Private Rozele, of c, and Ham,
ilton, of b, were taken from the regi-
mental dispensary to the Division hos
In the departments of the dispensary
and everything is kept in good condi-
ton.
Orders have been issued from the
quartermaster's department advising
the members OF the Thirteenth to buy
another three months supply of cloth
ing. This order may mean that we
Will be three months more in the SER
vice, or ii may mean nothing.
Since receiving their pay Yesterday
afternoon a few members of the reg
iment have taken French leave" and
left for parts unknown. They will not
go far, however, as the provost guard
infests the country in every direction.
When they are caught, as they surely
Will be. and returned to camp a cor
rective dose of military law will be
applied to them and their cases. A
member of company B, Private Nc
Lane, while doing guard du v last
night, left his post without proper au-
thority and was placed under arrest
for that breach of discipline He made
his escape from the guard house this
af ernoon and is supposed to have gone
towards Hummelstown. Is he is he
will surely be overtaken by the guards
of the Twelfth. 1t is felt that his at
tempt at escape will simply aggravate
his derelction of last night and cause
a court-martial to deal harshly with
him.
THE REGIMENT BROKEN UP.
There is no Thirteenth regiment for
duty today. 1t is is all broken up.
To the surprise of all ii had to furnish
a regimental, brigade and division
guard so that most of the companies
have only ten or twelve men left for
drilling. on that account company and
battalion drills were entirely dispensed
with.
Colonel Coursen had interviews to-
day with Acting Brigadier General
Hoffman, of the Third brigade, and
with General Graham, the corps COM
mander in reference to giving the men
of the Thirteenth furloughs while
there exists the least doubt as to the
future prospects of the regiment. Your
correspondent had a talk with Colonel
Coursen in regard to the result and
he stated that he had arranged il
so that furloughs of eight or ten days
would be issued without delay to mem
bers of the regiment, four or five going
at time and preference given to those
who have not been home. The colonel
also stated that while nothing is nos