The times., 1898-06-15

Oh, ware an oh ware is me Yankee iaddie
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Oh. |'are an oh ware is me Yankee laddie
Oh he's fghtin for his country, an he's fghtin'
An rou'n never find Bible wot kin tell Just
ho-- he feels!
Oh, ware an oh ware is me Yankee laddie
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Oh, Ware an oh ware is me Yankee laddie
On. be- soldierin' round Camp Alger wit de
sTule dat tastes like glue;
An its OH an it's OH dat brewery WIS
Lays of Camp Alger.
A hundred mottIed squads of men and
a hundred painting groups of troops hard
ened the soil of the big parade ground
at Camp Alger with incessant tramp
yesterday.
Even though the sun was hot, even
though the sun was broiling, the lieu
tenants orders must be obeyed and the
iay was spent in column right" right
shoulder arms" charge bayonets," pre-
sent arms" and so on through the
manual
The Second Army Corps is TO receive
some hard training before leaving Camp
Alger for the front Each of the regi-
ments is 20 have 4 long practice march
at once TO accustom the men to road
marching and breaking camp.
The Eighth Ohio viii break camp on
Friday night or Saturday morning and
VIII advance to a point on the Potomac
fourteen miles distant from the present
camp. Outposts VIII be placed and all
precautions taken as though in the enc
my's country. The men viii go III regular
marching order. and viii return on the
following day. They wiz indulge in a
bath in the Potomac before returning.
Lieut. Brosius. Of Company K, left camp
yesterday with an engineering party to
select a location on the Potomac.
Recruits are beginning to pile into camp
I'm rapid order. The Eighth Ohio, Sixth
Massachusetts,. Fourth Missouri, and al
the PENNSYLVANIA regiments are rapidly
completing their needed quotas. Several
companies Of recruits were drilled yes
rerday By the end of this week nearly
all OF the regiments wiz be prepared TO
report as being ready, under the new
Army volunteer bill
Provost Marshal Nollrath yesterday ar
rested three men who were selling liquor
In the Thirty-fourth Michigan quarters
They were turned over to the sheriff OF
Fairfax County and held for trial by the
county authorities.
The War Department yesterday issued
manual for courts martial TO the cap
tain Of each regiment in camp. These
manuals We're much needed, as courts
martial are becoming everyday affairs.
The provost guard last night arrested
eighteen men from the Seventh Illinois
four men from the Third Missouri, twi
from the Fourth Missouri, and one from
the Sixty-fifth New York, for drunken
ness and overstaying passes.
The camp Is rapidly assuming the form
OF a Regular Army encampmenr. GuarJ
and sentry duty are strictly enforced, and
A. Is impossible to get through any Of IN,
lines without pass Or countersign.
The colonies Of the four Pennsylvania
regiment stationed here held a meeua.
yesterday morning TO prepare for the re
ception Of Governor Hastings, Of PennsyI
vanla. who viii visit and inspect the Penn
sylvauia troops on Saturday. The aIfai
viii be a glorious one If the energeti
Pennsylvania boys can make it so.
Troop c, New York Cavalry, viii star
or four days practice march through
Virginia today. The hardy boys with tn
yellow stripes viii go IN heavy marchaE:
order. and win carry shelter tents. Whel
Troop C. returns Troop A will undergo
similar experience.
Col Girard is again to the front witt
proofs that the division hospital is
Verita5ie garden Of Eden and that al
newspaper reports to the contrary are
lies and the truth not in them. This time
he has prevailed upon his division sur.
EeaDs TO sign a letter 10 the surgeon gen.
eraI % the army which completely vim.
dieates his (CoL Girard's) policy. The
letter reads as follows:
surgeon General L. s. A
Sir: We would respectfully expires.
our opinion that, although in the pas
Misunderstanding have existed, owing
10 failure 10 comprehend the intention ol
Col. Girard, at present we believe tha.
The great majority of regimental surgeons
and regimental commanding officers whs
have had the medical affairs Of the com
mand properly explained to them are nov
satisfied that Col. Girard has done no
only all in his power, but has succeeded
beyond expectation, considering the diff
culties he had TO contend with.
MAI. CHAS. B. NANCREDE.
Chief Surgeon, Third Division.
MAI. L. B. ALMY.
"Chief Surgeon, Second Division
''AIAJ. HENRY ALLERS,
Chief Surgeon, Third Division,
Second Army Corps.
AS least ten Of the colonels of the -egi
fnents stationed at Camp Alger do no
concur in the above statement, and man
OF the surgeon majors of the regiment
are hardly willing 10 add their names t
the list OF signatures. They say tina
Col. Girard seems TO forget that no oh
3ections are being raised to conditions i
the division hospital at present, but {
conditions as they were allowed TO eAis
for two weeks
They realiZe-and are not slow to ex
press the opinion-that If the division hos
pital IS in good condition at present. news
paper criticism has made 1t so. Forme
conditions might have existed for month
had not the country been made aware @
the facts and popular indignation cause
q rapid change.
The regimental surgeons are only 70
willing to give credit where credit is due
but as one of them expressed it, the
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