The times., 1898-05-22

there are but three cases in the hospital,
all Of them from overheating.
Lieut. Col Dick, of the Eighth Ohio.
who is the famous Major Dick of Nc
kinley fame. is delighted with the loca-
ton of the camp. 1T could not be finer"
he exclaimed. but the great drawback
is the water"
Col. Dick informed The Times reporter
that arrangements were being made for
general spreading of the troops at
Camp AIger. They will be more widely
scattered over the surrounding country
and viii be divided into brigades. In this
way the water trouble may be avoided
and better discipline maintained.
The four Pennsylvania regiments occu-
py a whole corner of the camp and the
men seem to enjoy the arrangement.
Wood and Water Scnrce.
Col. Hoffman of the Eighth Pennsyl-
vania Is anything but pleased over the
reception given his men. The water is
bad. he complains. and wood is so scarce
that the company cooks are forced TO
! steal fence rails in order to bald a fire
for cooking purposes.
The farmers complain" said he. "but
until the Government supplies US with
wood they will have to complain. The
men can't starve and fence rails seem to
| be the only wood handy unless We fell big
\ trees.
And as TO medicine" continued the
| colonel I'VE are in shameful condition.
| The officers have given their supplies to
the men and then have had to pay for
more out of their own pockets. At pres
| ent we have two men from the Sixty-fifth
| New York Regiment in our hospital tent
and are actually unable to give them
| proper medicines. But we are little bet
ter off than the New York regiment
| The hospital corps OF the Eighth Penn
| sylvania is rated as containing some of
| the best surgeons in the volunteer army.
| The chief surgeons are Maj. Jauss, DR..
] Reilley and DR. Montelus
The Sixth Pennsylvania is in command
| of Col. Shaw. This regiment includes
/ three battalions of the famous State
Fencibles of Philadelphia. The regiment
| numbers 97S men,
| Col Coryell is in command of the
Twelfth Pennsylvania. This is a light
weight regiment, but the boys have been
! well seasoned by three weeks of camp life
| previous to their arrival here. Only one
case is in their hospital at present. Col.
Coryell is also displeased with the general
! run of accommodations and very decis-
| lively says that he don't like it" The
men themselves claim that they would
have gone hungry had they not come pre-
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days supply of rations.
The Sixth Illinois.
The officers ef the Sixth Illinois are as
follows: Colonel. ID. ]. Foster; lieutenant
colonel, KittlesOn; adjutant lieutenant. J..
J. Carnes; with Major William Shannon
in command of first brigade: Major D. E.
Clark, second brigade and Major w E.
Baldwin, third brigade.
Capt. /. S Cole. assistant surgeon of
the Sixth Illinois Regiment, is being
mourned by the hospital corps. Capt.
| Cole was taken suddenly I'll while the
was laid off at Fort Wayne. Indiana.
where he is now critically i'll with pneu-
| monia-
As a whole the men now stationed at
! Camp AlEer are healthy. hearty set and
seem to enjoy the life. Their great trouble
seems 20 be getting their laundry work
| done. small army of them spent sew
eral hours at a stream yesterday morning
scrubbing their underclothes. handker-
chiefs and socks.
Say. / wouldn't be a woman for
nothin .. said one. I'm not scared of
hard work. but this is the worst L ever
struck
Later on they amused themselves by
ironing the damp clothes with beer bot
ties Nhiie Lhsy Joheu anu oaHteFeu one aH-
other.
Mines bad" said one. "but that shirt
of yours looks like dressed-up seidlitz
powder
''Oh. you amt such pearline singer
Yourself" was the retort, and so they
make the best of the rough life and find
pleasure in everything.
Raided the CuDtcen.
The rest Of the boys at the camp have
a standing joke on the Sixty-fifth Regi-
ment, New York Volunteers. The latter
lorganized daring scheme to raid the can
teen last night and get the dust out
of their throats without money and with
out price. The plot leaked out, however