Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-22

udy - dHOln6F Gay OF activity at Chick
amauga; officers and men, one and all,
are hard at work. The eQuipping work
IS now progressing rapidly and if the
present rate keeps up the whole army
VIII be armed and equipped in a short
time. Recruits continue to come in by
the hundred. IL is stated on very good
authority that Gen. Brooke, Gen. Wade
and others at Chickamauga Park have
recommended to the War Department
that no troops be removed from Chick
amauga until the date of the departure
OF an invading expedition is fixed.
Transports, they think, can be loaded
with supplies and ammunition in ad-
vance. Then with just time enough
to make the journey the troops can be
moved directly from the camp to the
ports and marched at once fully equip
ped on shipboard. The generals sug-
gest that this is a better way than to
move the troops to the Gulf, camp them
again and hold them until the eXpedi-
ton is ready to start. They believe a
higher degree of efficiency can be main
tanned by their plan and that much of
the confusion and delay encountered in
the departure from Tampa can be avoid
ed The department, it is stated, is
seriously considering the plan, and it
is altogether probable it will be adopt
ed
The New York paymasters were again
at work this morning Two more reg
iments will likely be finished to-day,
and the one remaining will be disposed
| of tomorrow.
Maj. R. w. McCallughrey, Freder-
lex Howard Wines, secretary OF the
State Board of Charities. of Illinois,
and Capt. Hartwell Osborne, of Chicago,
a committee appointed by the Illinois
army and navy league to investigate
the condition of the Illinois regiments
on the fed, have returned home. These
gentlemen have been all over the battle
fld and were pleased with the camp,
and will make a favorable report 1t
is understood that this league will al
low each regiment on the field from
$500 to 81 900 a month to be used in
the purchase of ice and hospital sup
plies. The league will also furnish the
boys underclothlng and other garments
that may be needed.
Mai. H. E. Bradley, former surgeon
of the Second Wisconsin, who is now
a surgeon of the United States volun-
teer army, has been permanently as
signed TO the hospital of the First di-
vision. First corps, and is now in charge
there. There are now forty patients
there against 70 two weeks ago. The
camp, or at least the First division, Is
in a very healthy condition. During
the past few days a number Of men
have been discharged. The majority
of the inmates are Ill with pneumonia
and typhoid fever There are about six
men in the hospital who are in pre-
carious condition twenty-five of the
present inmates will be sent to the
Letter hospital to-day or tomorrow.
Hundreds of men are suffering from
the effects of vaccination.
The special term Of court called at
Lafayette, in Walker county, to try the
offenders of the Park Midway, is now
in session. Judge Henry, the presiding
Judge, in opening the court, made an
emphatic charge to the jury, ordering
them to ferret out and punish all who
had violated the law by selling whisky
to and gambling with soldiers. Solic-
itor General Wright expects to secure
indictments AGAINST $50 offenders be-
fore the grand jury completes its in
vestigations 1t is Likely that court
will be in session all the week.
The matter of target practice appar-
emily remains in an indefinite. state.
Nothing has been heard from the plan
submitted by CAPTAIN Rockwell three
weeks ago. Neither ammunition nor
targets have arrived and many of the
regiment commanders are at a loss to
know when they will have an oppor-
tunity to train their men in the most
important feature of the drills.