Evening star., 1898-09-05
Gen. Breckenridge Reports Bad State
of Affairs at Chickamauga.
GEN. GOBLIN TO SUCCEED GEN. PLUME
The Lieutenant CoIoneIcy of the
District Regiment.
9Th CAVALRY CROWDED OUT

A dispatch has been received at the War
Department from Major General Breckin-
ridge showing bad state of affairs at
Chickamauga. He says that the .'undis-
ciplined restlessness of the troops led to
an attempt tc assassinate Colonel Govan
Of the LIST Mississippi Volunteers" and that
court-martial composed of the remain
ing officers of the regiment had been con-
vened to investigate the matter General
Breckenridge says that there are 1 DOS cases
OF sickness in the camp. of which $50 are
or typhoid fever. No details regarding the
attempted assassination of Colonel Govan
have been received. and General Breckin-
ridge has been called upon for a further
report of the matter.
Gen. Goblin Going to Camp AIegr
Brigadier General Joseph W. Plume tenn
pcrarfly in command of the troops at Camp
Alger, Va, will be detached from that
duty on the return of Brigadier General
]. p. S. Goblin. within the next few days
and ordered to his home in New Jersey
where he will be honorably mustered out
OF the service of the United States Cen
eral Plume is major general of the Ma
uonal Guard of New Jersey and entered
the volunteer service of the government in
June last, serving most of the time with
the "a Corps under General Graham. The
action of the War Department in muster
ing him out of the service was taken at his
own request
Capt. Mosher's Appointment
Captain Theodore Mosher of the I'D In
fantry is at 1T19 l street on sick leave OF
absence. He badly wounded in the
battle of Santiago. and because of galan-
try on that occasion the President rendered
him the lieutenant colonelcy Of the District
or Columbia Volunteers. Since then he has
notified the President that his disabilities
on account of his wounds are such as to
prevent him from performing the duties OF
the office to which he has been advanced.
The President would not accept his declina-
tion, however, and directed that the Of
flee be held open Indefinitely in the hope
that Captain Mosher might recover suffi-
clently TO enable him to accept it. At any
rate no other officer will be appointed lieu
terant colonel of the District volunteers
pending the disbandment of The regiment,
and the indications are that Captain
MCsher Will go on record as the lieutenant
colonel of that regiment absent on sick
leave"
Sixth Cavalry Not to Return Now.
The 9th United States Cavalry, now in
camp at Montauk Point, will not be af-
fected by the general order for the transfer
of all regular troops at that place to their
regular stations. 1t was found necessary
to make an exception in the case OF the
9th Cavalry for the reason that most Of
n.
temporarily I'm use as hospitals for the
treatment of the sick volunteer troops at
Camp Alger The 9th will therefore remain
at Montauk Point fer the present.
Troops for Honolulu.
1t was stated at the War Department
To-Day that nothing definite has been de-
termined to the movement of troops
now at San Francisco to Manila. Action
will depend upon information which IS eX-
Dected to be received from Gen MprF+ff a
TO the necessity for such troops II is ex-
pected that three regiments will be sent to
Honolulu If they are not needed in Manila
III Gen. Merriam, on his return from Hon
olulu, reports that there is good camping
ground at Honolulu additional troops will
be sent there.
Department for the immediate muster ont
of Col Bryan's regiment OF Nebraska. 1t
is said that if such request is made Il
cannot be complied with because the quota
for Nebraska to be mustered out has been
filed.
War Department Notes.
When the government entered into a con-
tract for the transportation of the Spanish
troops surrendered at Santiago, there was
prepared for the various ships to be en-
gagged in that duty a safe conduct. This
document prepared in the War Depart
nent, and signed by the President and
countersigned by Secretary Day Selre-
tary of Slate. Twelve of these instruments
were prepared and signed, but were not
used, as the safe conduct was granted by
cable messages through the State Depart
ment. There has been quite a desire to
possess copies of the document, as IL is be-
heyed they will in time become historical,
but all have been distributed. Documents
OF an official character with the autographs
of the President and the Secretary OF State,
together with the great seal Of the United
States, are not very easy to obtain hence
the desire for these copies.
Captain E F. Noel, I'd Mississippi Vol
unteers. is al the Raleigh.
Major B. II. Cheever, inspector general
at Jacksonville. is at Fort Myer on leave
o. absence.
Lieut.. r. NJ. Doyle of the auxiliary cruis-
er Dixie is in the city for a few days.
The adjutant of the army has been in
formed that Major Ralph r. Timer of the
1st Maine Volunteer Infantry died of
typhoid malaria at Rockland Maine last