Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-05
THEY ARE ALL READY TOMOVE
Gen. Wade's Command Awaiting Or
derS to Go to Porto Rico.

Gen. Wade's Command Awaiting Or
ders to Go to Porto Rico.
SOLDIERS ARE PLEASED SONH
MAD NOT EXPECTED TO GET TO
THE FRONT. AND ARE DELIGHT
ED WITH THE NOW SITUATION.
THE PAYMAsTERs BEGAN THEIR
WORK AT CHIcKAMAUGA YES
TERDAY.
Chattanooga, Tenn, August THE
seven regiments at Chickamauga in
Guided in General Wades Porto Ri
can expedition, the First Vermont,
First Maine. First New Hampshire.
Third Tennessee. First Arkansas,
First West Virginia and Fifty-second
Iowa, have not yet received notice
when they will move cut, but all are
busy to-day making preparations.
Several regiments which had but lit
tie expectation of getting TO the
front are included in this expedition.
and in these the rejoicing is great.
The movements of the regiment may
begin tomorrow or Saturday, the Gill;
GERS now expecting definite orders at
any time. Each OF the seven regi-
ments is fully recruited and equipped,
and are well trained.
The paymasters begin their work
to-day, and win rush 1t through to a
finish as rapidly as possible. The
amount to be paid will be over mil
lion dollars, and ten days at least will
be required for the work. The seven
regiments ordered out will be paid
before they move. There was review
of General Mattock's brigade, the
third of the second Division OF the
Third corps to-day, in the field oppo-
site the viniard House. The brigade
is composed OF the First Maine, Fiji
ty-second Iowa and tho First Missis-
sippi.
THESE REGIMENTS
are among the very best at the Park,
and the review was one of the most
interesting events of the day
Brigadier General William J. Me-
Kee, commanding the First brigade,
Second division. First army corps, has
been assigned to command the Sec
ond division, First corps, in the alb
sence ofA3rigadier General Boland.
who has~hsn semitic Asheville, with
a view of reg1irfye NJ ys
eral Mckee has taken charge OF the
division. General Boland was accom-
panied to Asheville by Major charl-
ton, surgeon, and Lieut. Wrenn, his
chief aide.
Maj. Mitchell, Third battalion, Four
teenth New York. now under arrest.
must be tried by courtmartial ordered
by the corps commander. and now that
Gen. Wade has gone the trial is again
put off further in the future. The pa
pers he is charged with signing when
he should not have done so were not
itslmeuldl documents.
Col. Lee, chief quartermaster, will
soon take a needed rest. The colonel
has been a hard-worked man. but now
there is lull in his department and
he will have chance to get off.
Gen. Frank. First division, Third
corps. has issued helpful order con-
corning the study of practical hygiene.
Every soldier in the division was fur
nished with copy OF a little pamphf
let called the hygienic manual, pre-
pared by Col. Charles Smart, chief sur
geon, U. S. A., and an order was issued
that the various companies OF each
regiment OF the command shall be
DIVIDED INTO SQUADS
and shall be placed under non-commiss
stoned officers who viii each day read
part Of this manual until The soldiers
are individually advised as TO It's prac-
teal contents and the benefits to be
derived from observance Of the prin-
ciples, rules and regulations laid down
therein. This by recommendation OF
Capt Henry II. Hart. chief surgeon a
the brigade, who believes much good
will accrue therefrom.
Private Zeits, Company X. Twenty
first Kansas. may lose his eycsight.
During a storm Zeits was riding with
Quartermaster Poole, Second Ohio.
when lightning struck tree nearby.
Both men received severe shock.
For some time Zeitz was blinded. and
now It appears that his optic nerves
have been affected and perhaps be viii
be blinded for life. Quartermaster
poofa vpae r.ct 49,.