New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-21

FORCES NAY NUMBER NINETY THOU.
SAND WHEN ALL ARRIVE

Chattanooga, Tenn. May Cot Is more than
probable that nearer 10000 soldiers will be mobil
lied at ChickamauGa than Ga,0O0. previously
announced by the authorities All Missouri com
nands were to-day diverted from elsewhere and
ordered report NJ Camp Thomas This Will
add several thousand more soldiers to the large
number already on the way here. General
Brooke and other high officers say that many
commands from other States will be here tina,
were not expected
About 5000 soldier. have arrived to-day.
,welling the total to over $4,000 The stay Of
the Army at Chickamauga will doubtless be
indefinite one. and the belief is general that no
move Will be made in the summer months The
army OF volunteers under General Brooke Is
almost mob. Many Of the men have never
seen brigade or battalion drills and cannot be
made good soldiers in less time than two or
three months
No general equipment has yet been attempted.
More uniforms are needed Captain Mccarthy,
assistant quartermaster said this morning the
ununiformed men here could be equipped with
uniforms In ten days. At present the clothes
coming in slowly. But II is not because Of any
deficiency in the Government supplies. The fault
is with the railroads. The clothes will come
from Jerersonville. Ind; Columbia. Tenn; Chi
cago and other points where United States
Quartermasters depots are located.
ARMY OF BOYS IN BLUE.
In two weeks this army will probably be an
army Of boys In blue. General Bates, who will
temporarily command the Third Division Of the
First Corps. has established headquarters in the
whitesmith fields. a little to the south OF jays
Old Mil. and half mile east Of the encamp-
ment Of the Second Division. which is com
manded by General Arnold. The Whitesmith
fields are at the extreme edge Of the Park They
are not far from the site Of General Brasgs
headquarters on the opening day or the ba''le
OF Chickamauga~ The battle In fact. was De-
gun upon these fields, when Croxton, OF the
Federal forces and the Confederate brigade
under Davidson Of FORESTS cavalry command.
opened the great Two days engagement
The Third Division encampment is pleasantly
pitched on a low ridge among big forest trees
and Is beautifully drained and comfortably
shady The work Of brigading the division was
begun Yesterday This morning 1t was per-
fected With the formation of this division the
First Army Corps becomes fact II VIII De
turned over 10 the command OF General Brooke.
The Second Corps which will be organized az
once will pass to the command OF General VIII
son.
7, was learned that the division would be bril-
gaded in this way: Commander John C. Bates.
First Brigade, LIST Illinois. 18th Minnesota ana
9Th Pennsylvania Second Brigade, sth Massa-
ChuSettS, list Kansas anu l-li ->c"- io'A'
Brigade, 1st Missouri. 9th Pennsylvania and sd
Massachusetts. The senior colonies OF the resi-
ments will command the brigades
The latest arrivals are the I'd Missouri. the LIST
Hampshire and Battery b. Pennsylvania
Light Artillery and Battery A. Illinois Light
Artillery.
Meats OF all kinds, including bacon beef and
other kinds. have been ordered in large quaint
ties. and the Chckamauga volunteers VIII at
least be we'll fed. Carp life is yet somewhat OF
n novelty to the boys, and few OF them have be-
come used to it.
SUFFERING FROM HEAT.
The excessive hot weather has proved TO be
hard on the new soldiers. and fell especially
heavy upon the 18th New-York. which to-day
marched six miles in the broiling-hot sun from
Rossvie 10 Camp Thomas. Upon their arrival
there MANY of the men sick, and one pri-
yate Frank McCready. who lived in Forty-sixth-
ST. near Broadway, dropped dead on the way
presumably with heart trouble. His body was
shipped home.
Sensational stories have been going the ROUNDS
IN the camp to-day TO the effect that three spies
had been caught placing arsenic in the wells
These when traced down have all proved truth
less.
The most amusing sights daily witnessed
p. carn Thomas Several thousand mules are
in the corral awaiting proper training one
private in a Kansas regiment to-day undertook
10 ride particularly obstinate animal ana
Was thrown several times in rapid succession
Another little Yorker, with great conh-
dence in his ability to ride the mule stepped up
". had the saddle taken off and put a new one
m II WAS strapped on tightly and the trooper
mounted No sooner he on the mules PACK
than. with a little twist, he was flying through
the air and the saddle was lying on the ground
Finally the most mild hammered man IN me
command the chaplain, was called. ana ne pdci-
fed the mule. The principal supplies OF medi-
c,nes and crackers arrived to-day
DIsORDERLY SOLDIERS.
The volunteer officers have little or no con-
troll over their men. Into such an encampiheh1
eome tough characters are bound 10 creep
There are some such now at camp lh'iiia'
These men have banded together ana to-uay
thew have demoralized business by their cohuuVt'
They took tour together through the business
PORTION Of the city. and whenever some'hi"s
they wanted met their gaze would step In po-
ltely take ii out and not pay FOR II. 1hey 'ooN
possession OF several grogshops, broke mirrors
and glasses while some of their number "ouu
70 behind the bar and serve the others.
This morning two soldiers nsulted two wom-
en- in a public restaurant. and were arrested py
the police Iney fined 500 each IN the
police court this afternoon, and sentenced to
work out the fine on the rock pie Las' l.,enbo
Two ~ the men OF the 18th New York. Joseph
Jones and Cornelius Nye. we're arrested 10,
holding up a physician on prominent ,ss ag
and rjaIng his pockets They were reiedsed
unon tho nromise OF their commanding coiohel
that they would be dealt with by the nlla ,as
authorities General Brooke and other ol'oei "a
are much mortified over these Ster
promise that strict discipline shall be hereafter
enforced 50, ,,a,.s aud
The men coming from colder ciiina'e1 az
drtnkiro strong Uouor in such a warm cliiia'e