Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-31
Eli TIRE BRIGADE KFRF
General Grants Troops
Ready to Embark.
FROM The HoosIER STATE
indiana Regiment Arrives from Chick,
"a"ra PARK ana tine> Into
Camp. May Sail f"rr or,o
Hi:" "Wednesday.
THE H0OSIER STATE

All three Of the regiments commits.
ing General Fred D. Grants brir,d.
;afe IN the city waiting To ..mh,,.,S ~,
Porto Rico. '''''' ~ io'
~, The leoth Indiana regiment reached
T., s Ses!eraaS morning ana wen,
70 camp with the other troops ,hoy,
shipyard. The third brirada -
up OF the First and Third Ken.
and me !tOth Indiana regiments
there is not :, finer body of men
'''e volunteer army than this hri
ade. i:esid.s General Gr:,n,.s ~ vi
81 are the third battalion Of ,hs
,S'eshth fennElSvania regiment h,t
So \ and c and two troops Of c,r
~ from pennsylvania in tbs. camn
Ellha 10 start for Porto E;cE, a. !; =
,,-'t known when the troons VA a., -
p.,fS, nut it is thought they VIII ant
~ .i"t later than Wednesday. nr.,hahlv
'ohs death has occurred in c,n,
the arrived 81 th, trnaps ~, W.. SINCE
~" fhird Kentucky r...;n1ant ~ IN
..,'i'.s Was IN Henderson vile Nv dia',
-, -. the HOSPITAL last night If c,.ra a'1
sci .'' Ia, The Young man was takan
IiaS afternoon.
lNp1ANI5AN:s Appl,-r.
- Sfie Hundred ana SiSt,.rl, Ina,
sntry arrived At Newport n,,sn.<
~. +" CLOCK yesterday ,nornin.-
v.t,;, ''u"pS came from tiiic,ia,nanr,
.iY,,'., pite+ they left al 4 30 n.,l,l'L
'''N'.i'iiiSs ana * ,S.;Ni lE..
ili!'s from the Park. 81 ,],n s'V'sA
- colonel OF the regimen. is {: "
'un"cE. ~ Marion: Ii.ut..n,,,4t ",
80, N"iErr. ~ E!urrton: ruai,rs :,
''asi'r, 'f WARSAW: !. A.. t,:lrhn,,,, -
'" W.. ''i'G +. 7. Miller, Or D.calmr
are: ~ i''ti':ihon
'hlif'HE G. I, u. Harrison.
I"f's:,ny p. M-rn. Winner
Company Fl. C. \. Sharn
nG!nn.ny {. Il, K. Marks
follows: Gains arc as
Company i. r. u. Eall,n
company f. chas L. Er.lnn
Company 3, I,,il. ~ I.4enhar.
NraAy t. r.. =, Derr.
az -. 'i'e lh'rd Battalion the captains
Company I. George nyar
G" "r.pans n n, e +: ~ L:Alr
f Comn,ny *. p. Fl. Lee.
-ri.srI- are .::.25 totttce and men in til, |
whole regiment
The regiment was mustered into serv- |
ice on Tie 18th u May and went to
CEickamaus;. on The 18th. They were
called cut rs the national guard of the r !
state, on :e .1t;a II Anril. TE.s cons
maud is tn" ''sSni:ine regiment in Cen
eral Grants .li.:2 a.. 1t received or
d.rs to Join thu. brigade on Thursday !
being the better drill1i and equipped
Of the tWo organizations.
Captain Dyer is i ii'!i's-:td man. alc:
was general Aardma-it"r OF tie LAX
Eric aud Weattrn halfway ~ Upton
before entering; lie United states :;arv-
ice. y The com !tnil:-S ar. pretty good
rlarisslnei! II llia nr1elire. Captain
Dyer made fly. bnliS -s,s at loo yards
range, and ri the 100 ana 80 wards
range th, average OF Company was
Very Egh.
Colonel t;nndrr is 4 business man ~:
Marion. and Was 4 CAPTAIN In, The late
war.
The q;iarteri:,astes. Captain -. -Nien.
was also in the late war.
The pay-rt.s al the regiment were
being made up yesterday and the .nan
will receive. their pay up 10 date while
in camp here. probably Tomorrow.
Captain Dyer told 4 Daily Press
representative that wliila on route t.,
Newport News they received TIE hand
soonest treatment ut the hands Of !rir-
ginians wherever = stop WAS made by
tho trains.
Chaplain w. y. Weaver. of the rcsl-
n,ent is a BAPTIST clergyman. il, charge
of Il cilnre:, at Marion. ami was alsn
Superintendent of the public school OF
that city.
Captain Zoe Harrison. OF Company c.
l;.s been visiting his home III C1ium-
nus. and returned from there yesterday.
after n weeks leave Of absence.
rs The regiments equipments are so :u-
nlerous that thirty army Wagons were
required TO transport them. aud even
these were rot enough and othe:s had
to. he borrowed.
The men are greatly pleased With TIL.
lnCa ton OF their canip NJ 50 ohtr was
the work Of erecting their tents com
pleted than large numbers OF thu pri-
y},t ts>.:l. ~
river banks wi,era they snoll plunged
beneath the nt,ou for Il bath and
SWIM Numbers of he men procured
beats. and Wen, out o. t.a river 20 fish
and some Of them returned TO ,rainT
with good strings OF the i:nnE tr!DS
which were in Il brief space of Tins
placed iii the frying pan an! reappear-
ed o add TO the Naria ion frcin hare
tack" at some captain or lieutenant 5
mess at supper time.
All soldiers are fond OF mascot
Company I had enc in the shape OF
raven. which was handed on the tran
when the regiment was ut Lexington
In honor OF Ilentucky's United stats
Senator il was named lin Black burn
] got familiar With all the men arr
visited all the company tents, shown:
the sarae thevish propensity that dis
tineuisheu the celebPht ted 'JackdiiW o
Rheims. whose amusing Theft of tn
archhlshop's ring is 50 arusnsl
chronicled in Earlam's "Ingoldsb
Legends" but unlike that more famou
jackuaw, its mish:,ps ended in q traGi
career. 1t appropriated to Itself ever
small article it could manage To hnl
in it's bill. and having stolen a penc
one day il swallowed it and was choke
to Death Company l. oil he Regimen
has q goat as its mascot
i5 BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS.
BRIGADE, Headquarters were establish