The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
MARRIED BY LETTER.
How a Camp Thomas Chaplain Settles
Lovers QuarreIs.

Correspondence of the Journal.
CHICKAMAUGA PARK, Ca, Camp
Thomas July 7.-One of the chaplains here
conducts an old occupation in a new way.
He marries by letter. He is the chaplain of
the First Pennsylvania Regiment, and at
home he is the archdeacon of his diocese.
He has found some men in his regiment
who went to the front after quarres with
their sweethearts. He has consulted the
law, having first patched up the quarrels,
and has married the men to the women of
their choice. He went through the entire
ceremony by mail, even to the procuring of
witnesses. and the marriages are said to be
legal in every way. Later on, when all
monies in person, to make assurance doubly
sure, and to satisfy the principals.
A very considerable number of regiments
here are without chaplains. The batteries
Of artillery from Ohio Pennsylvania. Illi-
nois, Indiana, Georgia and New York, in
Guiding fully two thousand men, with
out them. The captain of the Black hills
cowboys is the Rev. G. s. Clevenger pastor
of the Baptist Church at Pierre, S. d. He
says it is a pity all regiments have not chap
lains, not that the boys are sadly in need of
religious instruction. Indeed, religion is not
what the boys here want in too great guam
titles. What the boys need is sympathy
when they are ill. They want letters writ
ten home when too sick to write them
themselves When dying, they want a spir-
itual comforter present to take their last
words, as Captain Clevenger did in the case
of one of his cowboys last week.
The Black hills cowboys are the toughest
looking men in Camp Thomas, but they
have tender hearts. They come from South
Dakota, Montana and Nebraska The other
night, just for fun, some Wisconsin boys
planned to break up a Salvation Army serv-
ice The cowboys heard of their plans and
attended the meeting in a body. A few shots
were fired, the Wisconsin men retired and
the Salvation Army lasses went on with
their service.
William T. Ellis, editor of the Presby-
terrain paper, Forward, and a great Chris
tian Endeavor worker. is at the head of a
delegation, numbering about one hundred,
which is in attendance at the Christian En-
deavor convention at Nashville. These men
got furloughs from their colonies. A large
number of them are from Pennsylvania
regiments. Some of them are to speak at
the rallies at Nashville.
The hotel here, planned by the Woman's
Temperance Union, where men may spend
the night and not be near saloon or be
disturbed by the boisterous soldiers. is filed
to it's utmost every night, and other similar
hotels are to be put up. An attraction of
this hotel is the bath, which is greatly APP
preciated by the men. No attempt is made to
dictate to the men, and they might be at
any ordinary hotel for all the restraint that
is offered. The only difference is that there
is no bar and everything is orderly at all
times.
Major z. c. Carter, in charge of the Lei
ter hospital, says the hospital is greatly in
more women nurses. When asked what
women, who are SO minded, might send him
that would be acceptable, he said pajamas
ana socks. number OF the wounded from
phons of vichy or English soda, or, better
yet if the hospital had machine for car
Donating water it would be most accept
able to men who are suffering from nausea.
General Fl. V. Boynton, chairman of the
Chickamauga Chattanooga Park Commits
sion, and recently appointed brigader
general reported at General Brooke'S head
quarters to-day for duty. To a reporter
Chickamauga Park and connected Herewith
would move along as usual no remarkable
changes being in contemplation. He also
stated that more troops would be sent to the
but in what numbers or how soon they
would arrive he was unable to say.
Arms, ammunition. uniforms and general
supplies were again distributed in large
quantities to-day Several hundred wagons
were issued where needed. Two carloads of
medical supplies were issued to the hos
pitfalls. A number of dmbuances were
turned over to the various hospital CORPS.
General Greedy. chief signal officer of the
army. arrived to-day and went to the park.
Captain Lee. of the Signal Corps has ar
rived from Brooklyn with batch of sixty
six expert telegraph operators from the