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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-15
ABUNDANCE OFF FOOD.
AdJutant Powell Had No Criticisms
Except as to Water.


All the officers of the One-hundred-and-
fifty-eighth Regiment were enthusiastic
over the warmth of the reception accorded
the regiment by the people of this city.
Never" said Adjutant George w. Powell.
have we seen anything like it, Not a man
of the regiment will need souvenirs to re-
mind him of this day. 1t will live in their
memories through life."
The adjutant, when asked about the life
of the regiment at Chickamauga. said that
he had no criticisms to offer. There was one
thing that might have been better-that
was the water. 1.-The food for the men was
abundant and good.'' said he. Occasion
ally side of bad bacon was discovered but
1t was always rejected and good meat Sc
cured instead. Where large quantities of
supplies are purchased by contract such
things are bound to occur To avoid sick
ness, it was considered necessary to boil
the water which we had to haul several
miles. AS an illustration of the abundance
of food: / received in my mail to-day a
check for $95 from the government, repre-
senting provisions that the regiment might
nave drawn, but did not. The money viii
be prorated among the companies. We
have been asked for an official statement
with regard to the hospitals. In a report
made to the government, the opinion has
been expressed that it was a mistake to put
all the sick in division hospitals. Shortly
after the camps were established, field hos
pitfalls were abandoned and all the sick were
sent to division hospitals. Beside this regi-
mental surgeons nurses and hospital stew
ards were taken from their regiments and
placed at the division hospitals. DIR. Homer
Jones and Hospital Steward Wright were
left with our regiment, and the care of over
twelve hundred men was placed on them
alone. You can imagine the result Many
mornings there were long lines of fellows
slightly indiSposed who had to receive med
ical advice and prescriptions Frequently
the doctors had to go without breakfast I'M
til 10 o'clock or IL o'clock before their du-
ties were partially ended. When we learned
that the field hospitals were to be abolished
we objected, but it did no good, even when
we called the Governors attention to the
subject and he took it up with the War De-
partment The experience of the last three
months has, / think, demonstrated that it
would have been better if the regimental
surgeons, with their own Red Cross nurses.
had been left to care for the sick of their
own regiment. Left with their own sur
geons the men would naturally have re-
ceived more satisfactory attention from
those who were interested in them pei SON.
ally and had the pride Of the regiment at
heart"
Adjutant Powell with other officers OF
the regiment, have nothing but words Of
praise for the hospitality and thoughtful
ness of the people of Knoxville. They
seemed to have nothing but the comfort of
the soldiers at heart. In the matter of hos
pitfalls, for instance, never a day passed
that great loads of flowers were not sent
out to the hospital to cheer the sick.
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Five of the 1S7th sick Discharged.

Five patients left in the state hospital at
Camp Mount by the Northumberland fifty
seventh Regiment were discharged yester-
day by the surgeons, having. entirely re-
covered. The names are follows: Sergt.
Thad Keller, Of Company F, South Bend;
Privates Shock and Tucker, Of Elkhart
Harry W. Miller, of Fort Wayne, and Well
ington Hartman, of Company A. Knox, Ind.
Private Charles Simons, of Company c,
Goshen, who is confined with a severe at
tack of typhoid fever showed some signs
of improvement. The nurse in attendance
stated that he is much brighter than at any
time since he has been at the hospital. His
father was at the bedside of his son yester-
day
The camp guard of the observation-disclosures
fifty-seventh Regiment is having an easy
time The guard is formed in three sec
tons, one of which is on duty tNenty-four
hours. Each section is divided into three
reliefs, thus giving the men one day S guard
duty and three days off. In this way the
men have an opportunity to visit the fair.
The men are in the best of health.
Private Denslow of Company +, South
Bend Ind, who has been confined in the
state hospital at Camp Mount by a severe
attack of typhoid fever and hemorrhage,
was very much improved yesterday. The
doctor stated that the hemorrhage has
ceased and that if he does not receive
backset he will pull through. Private Dens-
lows brother, who has been visiting camp,
has returned home.
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An Illustration of Mai. Fred Charl-
tons Devotion to Duty.

Surgeon Major Fred r. Charlton, of the
e-hundred-and-fifty -eighth Regiment, is
held in the highest esteem by the officers of
the regiment. A story showing his splendid
courage and grit is being told. Shortly after
the regiment went to Camp Thomas the
surgeon was placed in charge of the division
hospital, place of very great responsibility.
The duties We're most trying After being
in that climate for several months the con-
ditiOns around him began to make inroads
on his health as it had on others, and his
friends noticed that he was looking badly.
He dsregarded all suggestions that he take
rest and continued his work. After time
the assistant surgeon general noticed DR..
CharltOnS appearance and ordered an eX-
animation. 1t showed that his temperature
was 1903, that he was in fact suffering with
typhoid fever. He had walked around with
it several days. At last he was peremp-
hack at his post again. sample of his
blood was sent to Surgeon General Stern
berg at Washington and the test showed
typhoid. Although with Il sick leave in his
pocket DR. Charlton attended the sick
Tuesday night in the cars at North street,
instead of going to his home.
DIR. BarcuS is another surgeon who has
won the hearts of the boys and many of
those in the Indianapolis companies want
him to come to indianapolis and practice.
He went into the regiment with all the
officers prejudiced against him, on account
Of his appointment being from outside the
officers as well as the men sounding his
pra iSpS
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equinoctial storms that usually visit this
point during the month of September There
are seven contract doctors In the Third Di-
vision hospital and thirty-one female
nurses. These nurses get $50 a month and
coarse for them and they are compelled to
deny themselves almost the necessaries of
The e-hundred-and-sixty- Indiana
regiment will be paid within the next few
days. B. F. Hittle, Herbert Campbell and
Fred Fifer. OF Company l., who are from
that they are in good health and enjoying
army life immensely. Will Ellerman. of
Company r. left last evening for his home
In Jeffersonv1ile on ten days leave of alb
sence. Corporal Thomas F. Keifer. Privates
Perry, Angleton and Kuntz, of Company f.,
VIII be sent to Pablo beach tomorrow
captain West, of Company M, from Law
renceburg, says his company is enjoying
perfect health. Captain Gwinn, Of Company
II. from RushVille, reports his company in
good health. there being only five slightly
Ill In company quarters. He will send Ser
geant Joseph Caldwell. Corporal Wertz and
George Bowling to Pablo beach tomorrow.
A fine mess hall as the boys call 1t, has
been erected by Captain Anderson's COM
pany. Daniel Robe. Robert Owens. Martin
August Znelke, of Company l., will spend
the next few days at Pablo beach. Ser
geant Oscar Taner. of Company T, has ma
larial fever in light form
Joseph Devere, of Company F, from
Richmond. and the one who wrote home
that from twelve to fourteen men We're
uyliS mere utlly. winch lctleT was pup
lished in the Journal of the 18th inst. was
up before Colonel Durbn to-day to explain
why he had misrepresented our camp. 1t
was Joseph Devere who got UP the petition
in our camp asking to be sent home.
Colonel Durbin has reduced our morning
drill from three hours ir length to one hour
on account of the extra guard duty imposed
on our boys, caused by so many regiments
leaving here. The tents Of the officers of
this regiment were inspected for the first
time yesterday. The inspectors appointed
by Lieutenant Colonel Backus were Lieut..
Richard Buchanan of Company D. and
Lieutenant Owens, Of Company K. Appoint
mont to positions on the inspection board
carried with it some honor which is deserved
by these two young officers. Their inspec-
ton was complete and exacting. The quar-
ters Of the field officers majors and line
officers were, all visited and several recon-
mendations looking toward the tidiness of
tent interiors We're made. The inspectors
reported that as a whole the officers bad
kept their places Of abode in a very neat
condition.
Max Gaddis. from New Castle, cook for
the third battalion mess, has the reputation
Of being the best cook in this regiment, Cap
tain Oghorn will return from Pablo next
Wednesday,. L. E. w
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iaI to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Sept. 1.-Privates
Ira Geiger. Harry Davis and Irwin Morford,
of Company II, One-hundred- Land sixty
first Indiana, are home from Jacksonville,
Fla, for a thirty days sick leave.
Bugler Ira Palmes. of the Seventh United
States Cavalry, is here visiting home folks.
He went through the Santiago campaign.
Mrs Fannie Young, of this city. received
word yesterday that her son. Henry Young,
aged nineteen. a member of Company x,
Sixteenth United States Infantry died of
fever two weeks ago at Montauk Point.
Joseph Aubrey Armstrong, of Company
II, Observation-Disclosures first Indiana, has
been transferred to the United States Vol
unteer Signal Corps as telegraph operator.
He was mail carrier for the regiment while
it was stationed at Camp Mount.
BY the resignation of First Lieutenant J.
F. Joyce, of Company H. -hundred-and-
sixty-first Indiana. Second Lieutenant
Harry B. Patton has been advanced to first
lieutenant and First Sergeant George Cald-
well to second lieutenant. First Lieutenant
Patton is also on the staff of Colonel Dur
hin
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Union veteran League.

WILLIAMSPORT. Pa, Sept. 1.-THE
opening session of the thirteenth annual en-
campment of the Union Veteran League was
held to-day at the Lycoming Opera House.
An address of welcome was made by Col.
James B. Smith, after which Gen. Archi-
bald Bakely, the national commander of
the legion, took the chair The chaplain
in-chief, Rev. Charles l.. Shergur, OF eaton,
N. Y, followed with prayer, after which
Mayor Mansel, on behalf of the city, made
an address of welcome. Hon. Emerson Col
Inns was then introduced by the commander
and made an eloquent address OF welcome,
Commander Blakely responding George w.
Skinner, of Pittsburg, also made a speech.
The encampment then went into executive
session.
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WILL MEET IN DETROIT.
Sons of Veterans Locate Next Encamp-
ment and Change Ritual.

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 14.-Detroit was this
morning selected by the Sons Of Veterans
as the place for holding next years annual
encampment. That city won after a hard
fight, in which it's principal opponent was
Denver The other business transacted by
the encampment consisted of a number Of
changes in the rules. A new ritual more
simple and impressive than the one now in
use was adopted. 1t provides for only one
degree, instead of three. Attempts to re-
strict membership to the male descendants
of those who saw actual service in the
civil war was voted down and the same
action was taken on a proposition to raise
the muster fee from 81 to 49, A resolution
was adopted favoring the continuance of
military tactics in the public schools 1t
was decided to get up petition to the sec
rotary of the navy to name one of the new
battle ships Lincoln. A roll of all sons of
veterans who served in the late war with
Spain is to be published. John NJ. ThurSton
was elected a life member.
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HEROES AMONG THE REGULARS.
Two Men Under Captain Hoyt Who
Showed Their Mettle.

Showed Their Mettle.
Captain Hoyt, of the Eleventh Regular
Infantry, well known in this city, where he
was recruiting officer for the two years
ending shortly before the Cuban war. was
in Porto Rico with his regiment. A letter
in a New York paper relates this incident
in which his men figure:
"Hormigueros is not much of town. It's
chief interest To Americans just now is the
TACT that its vicinity gives the name to one
OF those little engagements which, in this
rather opera-bouffe campaign, we denomi-
nate as battles 1t was here that there
occurred one of those little exhibitions of
individual courage which are of greater fire.
than is generally known to the public Capt.
Hoyt's company, of the Eleventh Regular
Infantry, was in advance. The Spanish
troops were hunting cover and falling back
with great agility. The side of the little
hill which lay before the American lines
was cleared field; its top was wooded and
formed an admirable cover. The wood
might be filled with Mausers. Captain Hoyt
hesitated about sending his men into it.
TWO men stepped from the ranks. One Of
them had been in the army for some years
and had seen service on the plains. The
other was of recent enlistment With as
much GOODNESS as they would have shown
in following a deer track, the two started
up the slope at a trot, plunged into the
t!lh a , and >, rsGaEpeareo with cry to
repeat the process on the next hill. Who
were they? ] 90 not know. The army is
full OF such men. We hear very little about
them 1t is true that they might be we'll
advertised as the heroes of Hormigueros,
because they did, il a little way, what
Dewey and Hcbson old on a larger scale 1t
is the way Of the army and navy, that is
all. All that IS needed is the opportunity.
Had it been necessary or desirable, the
whole commend would have gone as the
two men did,
Captain HOyt is now on sick leave in New
York city, where his wife has gone from
Chicago to join him. His illness, which is
not understood by his friends here to be Sc
rious, is sUppC sed to be the result of his
summers stay in Tampa.
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STATE FAIR WEATHER.
Clear Sky Most OF the Day! with Pos
sibIy Few Showers.

Local Forecast for Twenty-four Hours
Ending IL p. M, Sept 15.-Generally fair
weather on Thursday; possibly a few show
ers in the afternoon.
General Conditions Yesterday-High baro-
metric pressure continues from the lower
lakes and New England southwark to the
eastern gulf coast; elsewhere the pressure
is low. Warmer, fair weather prevails and
light local rains fell only in Illinois, near
the upper lakes and near the gulf coast
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
For Ohio and Indiana-Showers; slowly
rising temperature; fresh southerly winds.
For Understanding weather and
light showers; slowly rising temperature;
southerly winds.
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Soldiers mt Manila to Vote.

PITTSBURG, Sept. 14.-Ex-State Senator
S. S. Steel. of this city, has left for Ma
Mia, where he will receive, supervise the
counting and carry back to Harrisburg the
votes of that band Of heroes who are
marching i'll advance of the American flag
on the other side of the globe. Senator Steel
goes direct to San Francisco. He expects to
remain there three or four days before sail
ing for Manila. He carried with him in
structions to the voters and expects to have
cabled to him the complete ballots. He ex-
poets to hold the election on Nov. 8. when
the election will be held in this State. The
election will be held under the laws of the
State and the effort will be made to have
every vote counted as the soldier voter in
tended in casting 1t.
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The First Transnort En- Route.

SAN JUAN, Island of Porto Rico, Sept.
14-The United States Porto Rican avacua-
ton commission met this morning. The re-
ply of the Spanish commissioners setting
forth their position in accordance with the
instructions from Madrid vas received last
night. 1t is satisfactory to our commission
ers who hope the main details of the
evacuation will be arranged within a few
days. The protocol says immediate"
evacuation, which is construed to mean a
reasonable time. 1t is understood that a
Spanish steamer is expected here in a few
days from Cadiz to embark the first detach-
ment of troops, the Principado de Asturias
Regiment, numbering eight hundred men,
which arrived here from Cuba prior to the
outbreak of the war, and a battalion of
engineers. The Spanish soldiers dread yell
low fever. and this fear may hasten the
evacuation of the island. Over Loo Span
sh troops persisted during the epidemic of
1896. The steamer expected here to embark
the first detachment is the Condo Wifredo,
of 2272 tons, belonging to the Pinillos line.
She is commanded by Captain Andranea
and left Cadiz on Sept. l for this port and
Havana.
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Lieut.. Goodrich Has Bad Mix-Up
with His Horse at Camp Cuba Libre.
fV,,- tla

Correspondence of the Journal.
CAMP CUBA LIBRE, Jacksonville, Fla
Sept I.--Lieut George Goodrich, acting
adjutant of the e-hundred- d-sixty- first
Indiana, had a narrow escape from death
last night. He was riding to the city on
horseback when his horse frightened at
some objecr and became unmanageable. The
lieutenant was thrown to the pavement and
his horse rolled over him. DR.. w. c. Ro-
land, surgeon of the provost guard. was
called and upon examination found that the
lieutenant sustained only some skin cuts
and bruises.
The government paymaster stationed here
is gentleman of color. When he presented
himself to the Second Mississippi regiment
yesterday, and told the boys he had $4,000
for them, they declared they would not
accept their pay from a d niger" Later
in the day the paymaster returned TO the
city and as the boys now have money in
their possession it is presumed they COM
promised.
The number of patients in the Third Divi-
SION hospital is daily decreasing The One
hundred-and-sixty -first Indiana to-day has
two sick in hospital and only few reported
for light duty, which means they are ex
cused from drill and guard duty, but can be
detailed for police work The hospital tents
have all been braccd and prepared for the
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THE SURGEONS KNIFE.
ONCE BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY
CURE FOR PILES AND REC
TAI DISEASES.
A Better Way Now Discovered which
Cures Every Form of Piles With
out Pain or Inconvenience

Many people suffer the pain, annoyance
end other serious results from piles for
years, and after trying the many lotions
salves, ointments and many so-called cures
without cure or relief. give up the hope OF
final cure rather than submit TO the IN
tense pain and danger to life which a surgi-
cal operation involves.
Happily, all this suffering is no longer
necessary since the discovery of the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure. a remedy which is approved
by the medical profession as being abso-
.lutely safe, free from any trace of opiates,
narcotic or mineral poisons, and which may
be depended upon as sure cure mot mere
~ relief in any form of piles, whether Itch
ing, blind, bleeding or protruding. Some
OF the hundreds of cures recently made
are little short of marvellous, as perusal
Of the following will demonstrates:
James Jamerson. Dubuque, Ia, says 1
wish to add to the number of certificates
as to>the benefit derived from the Pyramid
Pile Cure. 1 suffered from piles for forty
years and from itching piles for twenty
years. and two boxes of the Pyramid Pile
Cure has effectualiy cured me.
DR.. ]. w. Meagan, Leonardvine, Kan,
writes: / have used box of Pyramid Pile
Cure, and received more benefit and relief
than from any other remedy had. used in
the past twenty years.
James Jamerson, Dubuque, Ia, saws: L
suffered from piles for six years: have just
used the Pyramid Pile Cure and am well
man.
Mrs. NJ C. Hinkly, Col Mississippi street.
Indianapolis. Ind SAYS: Have been suf-
ferer from the pain and annoyance of piles
for fifteen years. The Pyramid Pile Cure
ana Pyramid Pills gavet me immediate re-
The Pyramid Pile Cure may be found at
druggists at 80 cents and 81 per package.
a book on cause and cure of piles will be
Drug Co., Marshall, Mich.
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sentiment we have the greatest respect.
What Cuba wants is rest and this our cor
respondent believes can be obtained not by
a protectorate. but only by annexation. This
may be true. but the interests of the United
States are paramount, and these would not
be promoted, in our Judgment, by the incoT-
poration into our body polite of a country
so completely alien to US In ideas. In GUS
and people four months ago, and we have
seen few signs of change in that behalf as
yet. An experiment in the way of self
government ought 10 be made. If it fails
something else must be tried afterwards.
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Joseph Reed, Company C, Twelfth Penn
syivania, died yesterday at the Medico- Chi
rurgical Hospital, Philadelphia. His home
was at TeraltO, Preston county, w. Va.
There were two deaths of soldiers at Gin
cinnati hospital last night, those Of Joseph
BastOn, Forty-ninth Iowa Infantry, home,
Dubuque, Ia, and Warren Cadwallader,
First Ohio Infantry, home Morrow, o. Both
died of typhoid fever. Alpha Thorpe, TWEEN
ty-fourth Regular Infantry, home, lola,
Kan, is dying of typhoid at Cincinnati hos
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CINCINNATI. Sept. 14.-The body of Charles
Spipks. the Newpofth wealthy coal merchant and
contractor, the fact Of whose being missing was
sent in these dispatches last night, was found
in the Ohio river to-day near his coal fleet II is
supposed that he tripped and fell overheard while
inspecting his fleet. Mr. Spinks was worth half
a million dollars. He was prominent not only
socially. but in all business circles where he
was known and esteemed as a man of affairs
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public of Cuba was one of the most momen-
tous passages in the history of Congress
during the months leading up to the war.
Those who steadfastly supported the admin
istration throughout those trying days are
very proud of the record they made.
The textbooks will be rushed into circula-
ton rapidly as they come from the press,
and will be placed where they will do the
most good.
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Arrnnging Cor Madison Companx,

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, Ind, Sept IA public meet
ing, called by Mayor MCGUIRE, was held at
the City Hall tonight at which preiimi-
nary arrangements were made to receive
the members of Lieutenant CARRIERS com
pany, about sixty of whom are expected TO
be mustered out of Colonel Barnett's reei-
ment at indianapolis in time to reach Madi-
son by Saturday noon.
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Capt. Dyer Resigns His Commission.


KOKOMO, Ind, Sept. 14.-Capt. George
Dyer, of Company 1, Observation-Disclosures
ticth Indiana, has resigned, and will re-
turn home from his regiment at Lexington,
Ky. The resignation was accepted and Col.
Gunder Will name the successor. Captain
Dyer will resume his position yardmas-
ter Tor the Lake Erie & Western Railway
at TiDton
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Connecticut Republicans.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 1.-THE Re
publican state convention met in the Hy-
perion Theater tonight. The session was
brief, occupying little over an hour, and
was devoted solely to the transaction of
preliminary business. Little enthusiasm
was displayed. Organization was COM
pleted, committees appointed and the con-
vention adjourned until 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning