The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-28
THE. BOYS HOMECOMING
SOLDIERS WILL NOT BE ASKED TO
MARCH THROUGH THE CITY.
Hospital Provisions for the Local
Camp-Regiments Expected
Here This Week.

1t is understood at the Governors Office
that the returning volunteers will reach IN
dianapolis by next Wednesday. At present
1t is not thought that there will be any sort
of public demonstration, unless the regi-
ments desire to march through the city.
Lieut. Waterman, who is to muster the regi-
ments out, said that the regiments would
probably be taken directly to Camp Mount
and there debarked from the trains. He
thought the troops would be tired out from
long journey and would not want to en-
dure a fatiguing march through the city.
However. he said that If the men themselves
wanted to march, he would be glad to OBJ
serve their wishes. At the Governors office
it is said more attention will be paid to the
sick and indisposed than to public show.
Very many persons who remembered the
patriotic cheers that were showered upon
the men as they marched away think that
it would be but fitting for the people to have
q chance to welcome them home again.
Still, taking the soldiers own comfort into
consideration, this class is willing to waive
demonstration for few days until the
men have had an opportunity to rest in a
more salubrious climate than they have en-
joyed the last three months, after which
review might be arranged. After the One
hundred-and-fffty- seventh and One-hundred-
and-fifty-ninth Regiments and the two bat
teries encamped and ready to be mus
tered out, there is a suggestion that there
be review. The Governor would favor that
idea after the sick men had been properly
cared for and made as comfortable as posi-
BILE.
Arrangements are being made to place a
number of large airy hospital tents, provid-
ed with board floors and made as comforta-
BILE as possible, adjacent to the camp. The
soldiers who are seriously i'll and who would
recover more rapidly indoors will be cared
for at the hospitals of the city.
The official notice &hat the One-hundred-
-fifty-ninth Regiment has been ordered
home was received, and Lieut.. Waterman
expects that it win start home from Thor
oEghfare Gap by Tuesday of next week. 1t
is understood that the e-hundred-and-
ffty-seventh will start from Florida about
tomorrow evening or Tuesday morning. 1t
is possible that the ne-hundred-and-fifty-
ninth Regiment will arrive before the One
-fifty-seventh, although the lat
ter was the first designated for muster-out.
1t is further away and will require longer
to come. 1t is presumed also, that the
Twenty-eighth Indiana Battery will arrive
from Chickamauga as early or earlier than
other troops. There is no information yet
as to when the Twenty seventh Battery will
be ordered home from Porto Rico.
Governor Mount is asked every day how
soon the three remaining regiments will be
mustered out He has no information but
it is understood none other will be taken
out of the service at present by the War
Department, and it now looks as If the
Northumberland fty-eighth, One-hundred-
and-sixtieth and One-hundred-and-sixty-
first regiments would remain in the service
some time.