The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-16

Special to The st. Paul Globe.
CAMP THOMAS, Chickamauga, Ga,
June 15.-The main topic of interest at
this place now is the report that fifteen
regiments of troops stationed at Camp
Thomas will be Immediately selected
to proceed to Tampa, for embarkation
to Cuba. Officers and men are dis
cussing the rumor with unconcealed eX-
citement. and the one thought in every
bodys mind is, Who will be the lucky
rogimentS?"
Not a word from official sources has
been said regarding the troops which
viii be chosen to form the proposed ex-
petition to Cuba, and speculation is rife
as TO what regiments will go. The
men of the Twelfth and Fourteenth
Minnesota volunteers have strong hopes
of being among the picked bodies of
soldiers. These two regiments, by con-
ScientiouS work and close applica ton to
the smallest details of discipline, have
developed into organizations of fighting
men that, no doubt, rank with the regu-
lars of Uncle Sans army.
Nothing will be known as to the
names of the regiments who will re-
spond TO this call until Gen. Brooke
issues an order.
1t is understood that the regiments
that are well equipped will be the first
to go and. acting upon this SUPPOSE
ton. ii is safe to say that the follow
ing troops will form a part of the fif-
teen regiments: Eighth. Ninth, Twelfth
and Fourteenth New York; Third and
Fifth Illinois; First, Fourth, Fifth,
Ninth and Sixteenth Pennsylvania;
Fourth Ohio and Eighth Massachusetts.
From the reports received from the
different recruiting officers of the
Twelfth and Fourteenth the additional
volunteers who will be sent to Chicka-
manga to fill out the two Minnesota
regiments to their full quota of men.
are fine looking fellows of magnificent
physique. With these new men, the
companies from the Gopher state will
present as fine an appearance a S any
of the troops stationed here.
KEMP'S SEVERE SENTENCE.
To the surprise of everyone in camp,
including the members of the court who
tried him, Private David Kemp, of
Company a, Fourteenth regiment, who
was charged with sleeping on his post,
was given severe sentence by Gen.
Poland, the reviewing officer Kemp is
to be confined in the guardhouse for a
period of six months at hard labor,
and he is to be deprived of all pay
during that period.
When the sentence was officially
promulgated this morning considerable
surprise was expressed by the members
OF the court before which Kemp was
tried. All of them had signed a petit
ton for clemency, and 1t was confident
" expected that the young Duluth vol
unteer would he let off with a light
punishment. Instead, he has been Civ
en- sentence of severity, a sentence
which will probably have to be worked
out for some time after the present war
Is at an end
Up to the time of his arrest Private
Kemp's record in camp was a clean
one, and he was in high standing with
his officers, who still say good word
for the Duluth boy. He was an indie
tatigable worker, and never shirked
any duty. Dissatisfaction at the Sc
verify of the sentence is manifest
among the companies of the Four
teenth. and ii is thought that Col Po-
land dealt entirely too hard with the
offending soldier In consideration of
the fact that this place is, in one re-
spect, soldiers school, and that the
consequences of sleeping on guard ara
not Of great magnitude here. when the
enemy is hundreds of miles away, it
does appear that the reviewing officer
could and should have been more
lenient with the prisoner.
END OF THE MIDWAY"
Camp Thomas has a Midway" Our
Midway" comprises big strip of land
adjacent to the postoffice, which is oc-
cupied by fakirs, cheap restaurants,
gambling devices, etc. This Mid
way has become such pest that the
authorities of Camp Thomas have de-
clded to take this street Of CHEAP
john establishments in hand and to
compel its residents to leave the place.
The incident of last week when a pri--
Vate was shot in the eye by the keeper
of one of the 'Midway's" dens, and
thereby lost an eye, is still fresh in
the memory of the officers of Camp
Thomas, and they are bent upon pre-
venting any more such occurrences
In fact. the Midway" is such a sore
on the otherwise bright surface of
Camp Thomas that the citizens of
Lyle have appealed to Gov. Atkinson
for protection from the hoodlums and
thugs who frequent the locality The
officers will take a novel means of
breaking up the street. They have not
the power to directly order the shop
keepers off the premises, but will post
guards about the place and prevent
any soldiers from going in the street.
Without the patronage of the boys of
the camp the keepers of the dens can
rot thrive, and they will be obliged to
pack their stuff and find other places
where they can ply their illicit trade.
COMPANY ID, FOURTEENTH.