Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-22
CAMP MEADEAFFAIRS.
Last Allotment Of Troops
Mustered Out.
COLONEL DUDLEY'S RESIGNATION.
Major ParIscs called oR-Tever StiIl
Rampant, but General Health
Conditions Are Much
ImproNed.

CAMP MEADE. Middletown, Pa,
Sept. 22.-The Seventh Ohio regiment
viii start for Columbus today over the
Baltimore and Ohio for muster out at
the expiration OF 80 day furlough.
This win probably complete the de-
parture Of troops from Camp Meade
until the final movement to the West
Indies and the Philippines. The Fourth
New Jersey is expected to arrive to-
morrow night from Sea Girt to COM
plete the organization Of the Second
corps. Colonel Burnham Of the Fourth
Missouri has finished his work as CHIEF
mastering officer of the corps and re-
turned to his regiment. With the prob
able exception of the Fourteenth Penn
| sylvania none Of the troops viii be
mustered out before the peace commits
sion concludes its negotiations with
Spain.
Colonel Edward S. Dudley has re-
signed as Judge advocate on the stan
Of Major General Graham, and Major >.
w. Groosvack, 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 trans
!
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 inter-
viewed the officers Of the Ninth Massa-
chusetts and Thirty Michigan,
who had charge Of the dons at the time
of the shooting.
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 Twelfth 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 Workers. pay rolls are badly mix
= ed, and If they are not soon straight
ened out the men viii not be paid be-
fore October. Lieutenant Peitch, Com
pany B of this regiment, has resigned
The Two Hundred and First New NotA
b. expects TO be sent to Cuba for garrison
e duty early i'm October
There ~ still over 100 typhoid fever
patients I'm the division hospitals arc
2 they will be taken away to city hos
pitfalls as fast as they are able To boz
p moved. Major Joseph x. Weaver sur
. hospital. says the health conditions arr
much improved. There is very littl'
, sickness I'm camp outside of the tw'
~ New York regiments which arrived re
lcently from Camp Black. Dr. Gordoi
70 Ewing OF Philadelphia is In charge o
r the headquarters of the national relic
u commission i'm camp and is supplying
Il the troops with stationery and writing
material and the hospitals with delica
l. cies.
II The trial OF Major Charles r. Park
IS of Scranton has been called off and Of
I'd forts are being made TO hush up tn
rs matter. Parke and his attorneys, how
ever. will not have 1t that way, Tn
a, major has been under arrest for tie
lr days for refusing to accept descriptlv
g. lists Of patients delivered to the Secon
y division hospital while he was surgeo
3 In charge. Such an order was neve
l. served on him, ard he is anxious for
II trial so that he may show his innocenc
s. OF any neglect of duty. The charge wi
probably be dropped and Parke restore
10 his position Of executive officer Of III
hospital. Major Jackson of St. Lou
has relieved Major Weaver as surgec
re OF the Second division hospital.
Private George w. Carroll, COmpar
z. NJ. Second Tennessee, fell from trollC
/ car in Harrisburg yesterday afternoC
1 and was seriously injured. Colonel WI
e- liam ]. Glenn Of Pittsburg is comman
ing the Second brigade Of the First d
e. vision in the absence of General Gate
who is organizing his staf. Major Ha
40 ~ L. Corbett is In command Of 4
N' Fourteenth Pennsylvania while Color
z. Glenn Is away from the regiment. w
liam NJ. Brown, cook for Company
Two Hundred and First New York. di
ig- yesterday OF typhoid fever. He enlist
in New York city, and his body viii
D. sent there for burial