Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-08-06
LARGEST
WEEKLY CIRCULATION
IN CHICAGO.
TIE EAGLE was RI0HI,

attention Of the Chicago public to IN,
fact that twelve Chicago soldiers. n,
the First Illinois Regiment. had beer
'icserted nj Tampa. Florida. withou,
foOi or clothing.
They were left sick and pennlless and
without n roof over them and no on,
TO give them help.
They telegraphed to Chicago and nc
ono came to their hid.
Not until The Eagle called attention
90 their condition In It's issue OF july
::s3 Was any notice taken OF them.
On Wednesday morning Of this week
the Chicago Tribune printed the fol.
lowing, which ought to put Chicago's
charitable patriots" to shame:
When the First Regiment, Illinois
Volunteers. embarked ON trOopships
nnd steamed away from Picnic Island
In Tampa Bay on July 9 Il left twelve
Of it, members behind sick. Because
'Of rol fape, misunderstanding. and lack
Of proper management these men were
left almost penniless. without medical
treatment. and. for the most part. with.
Oni all OF any kind. For q week. sin.
ely. In pairs, and In trios. the twelve
have been drifting Into Chicago. Two
ar three Of the more fortunate have
come by means OF money forwarded to
them 10y their frlcnrs. Two tone half
slellriOus from sunstrokc, the other his
nftsntlant) have Travelled on semi.gov.
Hrnmcntnl transportation. The others
heat their way rs best they could. beg.
cling their food rs tramps beg. riding
On freight trains, In front Of blind bag.
gage ears. ana on dusty trucks Of pas.
xanEer coaches, rs tramps ride. This
In the substance Of the story for which
the returned men vouch. The names,
companies, and Chicago addresses OF
thc members Of the party follow:
CORPORAL.
u. Burnett, Company +, $40 Wabash
avenue.
PRIvATES.
U. 4. Brigham, Company X, $500
Monroe avenue.
Harold BOyesen, Company 4.
4. Caldwell, Company X, s27 West
Harrison street.
W. Il. Chritton, Company II, sA5
S7fh street.
o. q. Heine, Company \, AS 3lst
sin,ef.
a. Il. Hooker. Company d, 300 Web.
ster avenue.
Arthur langland. Company \.
Jesse Nunamaker. Company T.. 800
Emerald avenue.
I1onis Moss, Company X, 327 Cleve-
lanl avenue.
y. II. Reynolds, Company d, 1905
Prairie avenue.
Fred Smith, Company 4, G512 Jack
son avenue.
by the story which these soldiers tell
with convincing agreement Of detail.
they were ordered to be left In hospital
when the regiment started for the Gu
ban front at Santiago. There was no
intention that they should ever join the
rvspTnsTt for active service, all OF the
cases being serious enough to warrant
thr honorable discharge of the patients
from the service.
The men say that discharges had
bscn applied for, though so tard!ly that
the papers had NOT arrived when the
regiment was ordered to embark. On
the sick list We're members of five COM
panfcs-A, ID, u. ii and X. The cap
,ains OF these companies, at the mo-
ment OF departure, turned the twelve
men over 10 Capt. Brown, of the Engi-
neer Corps, who, with his corps, was
~ remain behind. The officers proba-
bly, thought the discharge papers would
arrive before Capt. Brown received or
4iers 10 Join the regiment.
In a week, however, the Engineer
Corps was sent to Cuba, and the twelve
soldiers were left alone on an unhealth-
Tnl island without as much as n non
commits stoned officer IN command. Cor
pOral Burnett, though OF the nOn-com-
missioneh rank, was q victim OF sun
stroke and delirlous much Of the time
One other member of the deserted par
~. Private Caldwell, Is said TO have
been ont Of his head NJ frequent Inter
walls in consequence Of weakness ana
Illness. He was not more than II
years old and the hardships Of camp
life wore him out early.
The men exonorate Capt. Brown and