The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-03

Weltle, OF Company ID. heard a WO-
| mans scream and Fastening in the di-
rection whence they proceeded. dis
covered two soldiers holding up car
| riage containing a couple of women.
When the patrol attempted to arrest
the offenders, one of them drew re-
volver and another a knife and crowd
| of hangers on that were encouraging
| the annoying actions of the drunken
| soldiers closed in and interfered by
| getting in the way of the guards. In
| this way the man with the revolver
| made good his escape. The other was
| arrested and will be court-martialed.
| He Is Private Miner. of Company @,
| One Hundr and Fifty-ninth Indiana.
| His companion who escaped Is also an
| Indiana man and will he apprehended.
General Graham was highly indignant
| when Major Stilwell, who is in charge
| of the provost posts here. reported the
| matter yesterday morning, and he
| forthwith ordered that all provost
guards, hereafter, be supplied with ball
| cartridges.
If satisfactory arrangements can be
made the corps parade scheduled for
| one week from Saturday will take
|
| by Secretary Alger will be held on
Pennsylvania avenue Such is the pres.
| ent intention but the problem of get
| ting the troops to and from the camp
| has not as yet been solved and until
| it is the trip Is not a positive matter.
| It is quite likely that a practice march
| and review will be combined the troops
| going to Washington one day parading
| nd t,,r ha
| acking two nights on some convenient
| fields adjacent to the city. At a meet
| ing of General Graham and the divi-
sion commanders Chain bridge was
| discussed as a likely place for the biv-
| ouac. Word was received that the
| president and the whole cabinet in
stead of Secretary Alger, would review
| the corps.
The Twelfth regiment is suffering
| sorely because of being compelled, by
the lack of water here, TO remain at
the old camp. Typhoid is claiming
new victims in it's ranks every day
and whole companies are seriously af-
| fected with milder maladies such as
malaria, dysentery and diarrhoea. To
add to his troubles Colonel Coryell was
| grossly insulted at the First division
| hospital by DIR. McKenna one OF the
contract surgeons and he is now waG-
ing war in general upon that institu-
ton, alleging that the patients are not
properly cared for and that the civil
| ian attendants are discourteous to the
military. This latter complaint is
| founded on an incident that occurred
| Friday. Colonel Coryell sent a lieu
tenant down to the hospital to inquire
| into an alleged abuse. The contract
| surgeon who was questioned about the
| matter concluded the interview by
| bidding the lieutenant tell Colonel
| Coryell to go to h; that the hos
| pital people wanted no interference
from outside parties. Colonel Coryell
has sent in a four-pages- soft -typewrit-
| ing complaint on the hospital The
| outcome is awaited with interest.
| Assistant Surgeon George "A. RlanCh-
ard is home on a ten days leave of
| absence.
Major General Butler has moved his
First division headquarters from
| Campbells Acres to the Chittenden
| farm house. The division hospital will
be moved tomorrow.
Private William p. Kelly, of Com
pany c, Eighth Pennsylvania. was
| called to his home in Priceburg Sat
| urday by the death of his father.
Fatty" Williams and Fred Loomis,
two of the features of Company f, are
| back from a weeks visit in Scranton.
| Foot ball hair doesn't go in the army.
| A recent recruit who does turns on
his class team at the University of
| Pennsylvania, and who has saved up
a luXuriant growth of chrysanthemum
| hirsute, was directed by Colonel
| Coursen yesterday to get his hair cut.
| 1t would seem that the typhoid has
| follow eG the Thirteenth to it's new
| camp. Five men with symptoms of
| the dread disease were sent to the
| general hospital Saturday. They are.
| Private Joseph Geigher, of Company
| II: Private Peter Marker of Company
| X; Private Martin Gehrens, of Com
| pany II; Private Michael Hart, of
| Company j, and Private Thomas L.
Casey of Company d.
| The current issue of the War Cry
| contains the followin pleasant notice
of the Thirteenth's chaplain, in it's
| Camp Alger correspondence furnished
by Major Edith Marshall: 1--WE had
Chaplain Stahl with US again this even
| ing and our meeting was a good one
hearty singing. good testimonies and
then, Bible in hand, the chaplain
| stepped forward. He is a tall man,
with commanding presence. This, with
his earnest Christianity and the SOL
dier-like qualities, greatly increased by
the fact that he went through the late
war, endears him to the hearts of all
the soldiers, and they listened atten-
| lively while he spoke of the "Jailer of
Philippi," and urged those present to
pray his prayer, What must l do to
be saved?'"
Fred. Rudge, private of Company p,
who went home without leave, has
been sentenced to IS fine and ten days
at hard labor.
| Lieutenant Murphy and Privates
| Morgans and Lent who were poisoned
| by drinking infected milk at a suffers
| shack in Dunn Loring were able to be
around this morning and are attend
ing to their duties as usual. The
analysis of the milk has not as yet
| been made.
| Private Evans, of Company d. has
| recovered from the effects of the bayo-
net Wound in his abdomen and will