The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-08
FIRST DELLA:
WARE WILLING
Preparing for Its Long Ser.
vice on Garrison
Duty.

the enlisted men OF the First Delaware
are disappointed over the announcement
that President Mckinley had decided to
retain the servi oes OF the regiment, they
accept the situation In soldierly manner
and are busy preparing for the long ser.
| vice. Shoes, stockings and underwear are
being issned. Orders have been received
to drnw their heavy winter clothing and
board floors are being put In the tents.
Much regret Ia expressed on all sidos that
Colonel I. p. Wickersham. Of tho First
Delaware, has resigned because of physical
disability. but II hna not yot boon acted
uron. Colonel Wickcrsham returned to
bis regiments a fnw days ngo, after being
off on sick furlough. hut finds he 10 un-
able to endure tho hnrpships incident to
ARMY lIfe. Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson
has heon In command Of the regiment dur.
ing thu Colonal's di ,ah'litv.
There Is distinguished vi ;itor In camp
in tho person of Count Ynrmalof military
nttache of the Russian Legation at Wash.
ingtor. He Ia tho guest of General Gra-
ham, and expresses much pleasure at the
camp lOcnti0n. A review in his honor will
prob ably he tendsred bv General Graham.
The count was shown about camp to-day
Nv Lieutenant Summerali, Of General
Graham's stnfY.
Courts martial sa. to-day at General
Schraf's and General Dnvls headquarters.
At the former Guy Morgan. OF tho Twenty
second Kansas. is on trial, on tho charge
Of dosocrating a Confederate soldiers
grave ut Yates Ford, on the Bull Run
battlefield. The court at General Davis
headquarters has very large number OF
cases on hand md q week will probably
elapse before Its work is com pleted
Private Cnhoop of tho Eighteenth Penn.
sylvanin will Tomorrow be arraigned for
deaertion before the general court martial
He claims ho had no intantion to desert
and that he cannot bs convicted Of higher
offense than being absent without leave.
The court is having n hard time to convios
those who stay away ten days without
leave They putt In the plea that they had
no Intention to desert. and It IL d'fflorlt To-
produce evidence to controvert their stats-'
ments.
Accepting ono OF General Graham's re.
peated Invitations to visit Camp Meade.
heretofore declined because Of the stress
of his duties looking aftnr the welfare Of
Pennsylvania soldiers, Governor Hastings
will tomorrow visit Camp Meade In com-
pany with number Of friends He will
look over the camp generally, hut will ex.
anime particularly the camps Of the Penn.
sylvanin regiments.
BY his express wish there viii be no NJ
vicws and his visit Will he purely bust
ness one The Governor will bo In camp
from O'Clock, and hisro:urn will take up
the matter OF relieving tho Pennsylvanla
battalion and cavalry which are on the,r
way here on the Mississippi from Porto
Rico The Governor While in camp Will
70 In touch with the Pennsylvania Rail-
.oad authorities, and II word IL received
,hat ship bearing the Pennsylvania boys
las been sighted, he will ut "nce return 10
Harrisburg and 90 to Philadelphia where
. hospital train will be in readiness to 20
10 New York.
Accompanying the train will be Mayor
Patterson. Captain Howard L. Calder.
who returned from Porto Rico to-day;
,Iajor Daniel O. Hart. Rov. Dr.. George
B. Stuart, Rev Dr. Dimmick, Rev Geo
!. Chambers, Private Secretary Beitlsr.
Superintendent of Public Printing Jones
md Correspondent Wanbaugh all Of
Harrisburg.
There Is n daily Improvement In the sick
eport at Camp Meade. The surgeons are
low satisfied that the men In the hospitals
ave nothing iLorc than malaria fever,
nd that they will be all right in short
me. Tho serious casos were sent t, the
lodlco. Chirurgical Hospital, philadel-
hia, this evening In a special train.
There is much dissatisfaction In tho
'ourteon'h Regiment over the refusal Of
ecrctary Alger to muster out this COM
laud. Tho mon claim they were prom
ed they would bc sont home with the
Eighteenth, and they have started their
olitical friends to pulling wires for their
ischar2s,
Tho Sixth Pennsylvania broke camp
lis morning and left for the East during
10 afternoon and evening, Tho move
ent of tho Seventh Illinois has been do.
yGd by quarrel between the Baltimore
Ohio and Philadelphia & Reading Rail.
ads over traffic agreement and the
gment, which has been ON the cars since
o'clock tnis afternoon, may not got away
fore morning,
General Graham expects to begin prao-
20 marches next week by divisions and
gades. The troops will take with them
the march water trains and baggage
uxons and will b.vouac within a radius
twenty miles OF the camp.
I he members Of Company NJ, Twenty
cond kupsn!, were entertained ut dinner
lay by tho ladies in charge Of the
llier's Rest nt Harrisburg
1t Is stated today that General Graham
Il consult tho colonUls of the Pennsyl-
MIA regiments with view to attaching
o Sixteenth Pennsylvania Battalion to
o Of their commands.
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