The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-25
GEN. WADE ASSUMES COMMAND.
SUCCESSOR OF GEN. BROOKE AT
CHICKAMAUGA.
Four Batteries Leave For Porto Rico
General Grants Brigade Next
Knights of Pythias Hospital.

Chickamauga, Ca, July 24.-Although
General James T. Wade assumed CON-
mand at Camp Thomas yesterday, as
the successor of General Brooke, he has
not yet selected a location for his head
/ quarters. General wade's staff, SO far
as made up, is as follows:
Major W. z. Amy, adjutant general;
I Lieutenant Colonel Daniel D. Wheeler.
chief quartermaster; Lieutenant Col
/ onel John Van Horne, chief surgeon;
Lieutenant Charles II. Ribble. judge
advocate; Captain ]. B. Foraker, as
sistant adjutant general; Lieutenant
! Colonel T. D. Baldwin. inspector gen.
eral; Lieutenant Colonel George
Squires, chief signal officer; Captain
Lloyd c. Griscon, assistant quarter
master and aide-de-camp; Captain Jay
Cook. third commiSSary; Lieutenant G..
W. Reed, aide-de-camp and acting ord
nance officer; Lieutenant ]. P Wade,
aide-de-camp; Major Charles T. ALI
son, engineer officer.
General Wade Will carry forward the
work at the park without making any
significant changes in the plans as
they now exist.
The only movement in connection
with the Porto Rican expedition was
the departure for Newport News of
four batteries of light artillery, as fol-
lows: Battery a of Missouri, battery
A of Illinois. battery B of Pennsyl-
vania and the Twenty-seventh Indiana
battery. These batteries broke camp
at 6 O'Clock this morning, marching to
Rcssville. where they took train for
Newport News. Each of the four bat
teries had six guns, 100 horses and
mules and from 40 to IT'S officers and
men.
The Third brigade Of the First di-
vision, First corps, will be the next TO
leave Camp Thomas and will probably
get away tomorrow or Tuesday Gen
eral Wade. it was authoritiveIy stated
tonight, received orders at a late hour
this evening to rush this brigade to
Newport News as promptly as possible.
The brigade consists of the First and
Third Kentucky and the Fifth Illinois.
1t is the understanding that the First
brigade of the Second division will be
the next TO follow. According to the
present plan, regiments will continue
to go out as fast as practicable until
the First corps is exhausted.
One hundred and sixty-two patients
belonging to the volunteer army were
removed today from Letter hospital to
a special train and taken to Mcpherson
barracks hospital at Atlanta. Owing
10 the limited supply of surgeons and
medical assistants at this point it has
been deemed best to send those who
have so far recovered as to be able to
be safely moved to other points, where
they can be cared for and at the same
time make room in the Letter hospital
for the sick who are now in the di-
vision and regimental field hospitals.
The Knights of Pythias lodges of this
city have Joined in a movement to es-
tablish a hospital in this city for the
care of sick members of the order who
are in the volunteer army at Chicka-
manga Park. The hospital will be
opened this week. Several physicians
of this city, members of the order, have
offered their professional services. Py-
thians in all parts of the country are
requested to contribute Contributions
may be sent to DR.. E. B. Wise, Chatta-
nooga.