The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-05-26

May 23.-This has been a quiet day at
Camp Thomas. The Second Nebraska
regiment, which reached Chatta nooga
Saturday afternoon, arrived Sunday
morning and were assigned to the
camp ground selected for the First di-
vision of the Third corps and the men
have been busy getting into their tents
during the day. Only two battalions
arrived during the day. The Second
battalion of the Second Nebraska,
which had become separated from the
regiment at St Louis, reached here at
8 o'clock. They came in Sunday over
the Cincinnati Southern. The belated
battalion was commanded by Mai. w.
c. Mace.
The First battalion of the 157th In
diana infantry arrived in Chattanooga
at o'clock accompanied by the regi-
mental band of - pieces. The bat
talon spent the day on Lookout noun
tain and reached the park at $3.50
o'clock, sleeping under the stars on
Lyttle Hill during the night AS re-
suit of the few arrivals the railroad
yards which have been enormously
congested with loaded and empty cars
for nearly a week, an opportunity to
clear off the tracks and sidings to
make room for the troops that will be-
gin to arrive at a lively rate Monday
morning was given.
Twenty-Five cars of provisions ar
rived Sunday and were stored in the
large warehouses now completed on
the park grounds near the depot of the
railroad company. Fifty-one of the
latest and most improved ambulances.
built with a special view to adaptable
ity in hot climate, arrived from
South Bend, Ind, Sunday and will be
distributed to the First corps.
The park force of men under the
direction of Gen. Boyton was at work
all day preparing for the engine and
pumps to be used in piping water from
the Chickamauga river to the
various. camps. 1t has been detin-
itely decided to erect improv-
ised water works, and con-
tract has been let and all the material
ordered, the first consignment of pipe
arriving Sunday. There is no scarcity of
water now. but it is feared some of the
wells are from ''wet weather" springs,
and that later they will dry up and
the piping of water from the creek
and Crawfish Springs is precaution-
ary measure. Gen. J. S. c. Bates. re-
Gently ordered to Mobile, left Sunday
night at $50 o'clock to take command
of brigade at that point.
The work of com letting the Third
army corps was be-, IN Sunday. Gen.
Lewis II. Carpenter, who arrived Sun
day and reported to Gen. Brooke. has
been assigned to the First division of
| the Third corps. The organization Sc
| far as perfected is as follows:
| First brigade, Col. Fred d. Grant
commanding, 14th New York; Lieut.
Col. II. L. Kline Second brigade, Col.
Hardin, end New York, commanding;
End New York, Lieut.. Col. Lloyd; 2nd
| Nebraska, Col. Bills. The first regi-
ment to arrive Sunday night will com.
| plete the brigade.
The Fourth Ohio regiment, under
Col Colt, has been assigned to provost
guard duty in Chattanooga by order
OF Gen. Brooke, made necessary by the
| disorderly conduct of many of the
| young soldiers, who have been guilty
of many lapses of discipline, in mum
Der of cases to violence and insulting
ladies in the street. Col Colt will be-
| gin his duties Monday
The four members of the First Mis-
souri, regiment injured in Saturday.
accident, and who were sent to St
Vincent's infirmary, are doing wei
and will be out in few days.
| Gen. Il. B. Williston, from the United
States Third artillery, who has beer
assigned to the artillery brigade here
arrived Sunday and reported to Gen
Brooke. Gen. Williston states that hi
found his brigade about complete ant
equipped with the very important eX
ceptions that they have neither fiell
guns, horses nor ammunition. A
part of these equipments arrived
here on Saturday and Gen
Williston hopes to get all needed sup
plies by the middle of the week. Gen
Breckenridge and staff did not visi
the park Sunday for inspection. The,
will inspect the Second and Third di
visions Monday and hope to complete
their inspection of all organization
perfected up to Wednesday evening
when they go to Tampa. The repor
that Lieut.. Col. John Jacob Astor wa
injured in the railroad accident Satur
day is absolutely false. Col. Astor wa
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