The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-25
CAMP THOMAS NEW COMMANDER
Gen. Wade Selects His staR-Few Or
ders to BE Issued.

Gen. Wade Selects His StaR-Few Or
ders to BE Issued.
Chickamauga National Park, July "a
Although Gen James F. Wade assumed
command at Camp Thomas yesterday as
the successor of Gen. Brooke he has not
yet selected a location for his headquar-
ters'
Gen. Wades staff, so far as made up IS
as follows: Maj. w. f. Almy, adjutant
general; Lieut.. Col Daniel D. Wheeler,
chief quartermaster; Lieut. Col. John Van
r. Hoff chief surgeon; Lieut.. Col. Charles
H. Ribble judge advocate; Capt j. b.
Foraker, assistant adjutant general; Lieut..
Col. +. ID. Baldwin, inspector general;
Lieut. Col. Squires, chief signal officer;
Capt Lloyd G. Griscom, assistant quar-
termaster and atde-de-camp; Capt. Jay
Cooke third commissary; Lieut.. G. w.
Reid, aide-de-camp and acting ordnance
officer; Lieut.. j. p. Wade, aide de camp;
Maj. Charles ]. Allison, engineer officer.
. Thus far Gen. Wade has not issued any
orders and according to Maj. Almy, adju-
tant general, it is the generals purpose TO
issue as few orders as possible. He VIII
carry forward the work at the park with
out making any significant changes In the
plans as they now exist, preferring that
the work before him shall be well done
rather than undertaking to introduce new
methods.
The only movement to-day in connection
with the Porto Rlcan expedition was the
departure for Newport News of four bat
teries Of light artillery, as follows: Bat
terry A of Missouri, Battery A of Illinois,
Battery B of Pennsylvania, and the Twen-
ty-seventh Indiana Battery.
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this morning, marching to Rossville, a
distance of six miles, where they took
trains for Newport News, via the Cncin-
natl Southern and Chesapeake and Ohio
Each of the four batteries had six guns
100 horses and mules and from 40 to It's
officers and men.
The Third brigade OF the First divis-
ion, First Corps, Will be the next to leave
Camp Thomas and will probably go TO
morrow or Tuesday.
Gen. Wade, It was authoritatively stat
ed tonight, received orders at a late hour
this evening to rush this brigade to New
port News as promptly as he could get
the necessary cars in position.
The brigade consists of the First and
Third Kentucky and the Fifth Illinois.
1t Is the understanding that the First
brigade of the Second division will be the
next to follow. According to the present
plan regiments will continue to go out
as tast as practicable until the First
Corps Is exhausted.
1t rained most of to-day at Camp Thorn
as, and the regiments spent the day
quietly.
The usual divine services by the chap
lains and by the evangelists were con-
Quoted throughout the park.
One hundred and sixty-two patients be-
longing to the volunteer army were re-
moved to-day from the Letter hospital at
this place 20 a special train and taken to
Mcpherson barracks hospital at Atlanta.
Owing 10 the limited supply Of surgeons
and medical assistants at this point Il
has been deemed best to send those Of the
sick who have so far recovered as to be
able TO be safely moved TO other points
where they can be cared for, and at the
same time make room in the Letter hos
pital for the sick who are now In the d.
vision and regimental field hospitals.
The Knights of Pythias Lodge Of this
city have Joined IN movement to estab-
fish hospital in Cbickamauga for the
care OF sick members Of the order who
are In the volunteer army at Chiekamauga
Park.