The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-04
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gency. There are sufficient cars in the
Chattanooga yards to accommodate any
move that is likely to be made in a single
day. There is still great eagerness among
the regiments at Camp Thomas to go to, the
front, but the seeming approach of cessa-
ton of hostilities mingles doubt with hope
and causes much apprehension lest the op-
portunity for which every one enlisted will
never come. The officers of each regiment
are however, bringing all possible pressure
to bear on the War Department in their de-
sire to be sent to the front. Senators, rep
resentatives and others who are supposed to
have influence with the War Department
are being called on to help the regiments of
their States. One regiment is said to have
sent out during the last twenty-four hours
over 200 kilograms asking assistance to in
fiuence the War Department.
The Fifth Illinois Infantry was the only
regiment that left Chickamauga to-day. Col
Culver commanding in order to have an
early start, broke camp and packed up
everything during last night and marched
out of the camp in time to reach the Ring
gold loading station at daybreak The wag-
on trains and mules and all baggage and
equipage were loaded as speedily as possi-
BILE, and by noon the regiment was en- route
for Newport News to report to Brigadier
General Grant.
The following government paymasters
reached Chickamauga to-day and went into
Smith, chief; Majors Bostwick, Tyler
Weiss. Arrick, Carr. Mays, Dwight and
Wilkerson. Major Smith and his force spent
the AFTERNOON inspecting pay rolls and ar
ranging the preliminaries to the actual work
of paying off, which will begin tomorrow.
Thomas for the month Of IulV Is a in ro a9
numbers, 81 100000 Following are the regi-
ments that will share in this sum: Thirty
-and-fifty-eighth indiana. First
West Virginia, Second Ohio. First Pennsyl-
vania Fourteenth Minnesota. Twelfth Min
nesota, Fifth Pennsylvania, Eighth Massa-
chusetts, Twenty-first Kansas, Twelfth
New York. Ninth Pennsylvania, Second
New York. First Missouri, Second Nebraslsal
Third Tennessee, First Vermont Eighth
New York, Second Kentucky, Ninth New
York. First Arkansas, Fifth Missouri, Sec
ond Arkansas, First Maine, Fifty-second
Iowa, First Mississippi, Third United States
Volunteer Cavalry. First Illinois Cavalry,
First Kentucky Cavalry squadron and sew
eral light batteries.
Major Hopkins, assistant adjutant general
and Major Reed United States army sur
geon, arrived at Chickamauga this after
noon. having come by order of the War De-
partment 70 inspect the sanitary condition
of Camp Thomas They visited Letter Hos
pital during the afternoon and at General
Breckinridge's headquarters were in confer
encc with various surgeons of the camp.
before tomorrow
The continuous rain of the past ten DAYS
at Camp Thomas has resulted in a general
desire to change camp and the regiments
are, as rapidly as they can get permission
moving their camps to new locations The
dampness of the wooded territory has made
the open fields look quite inviting and the
result is that already number of regi-
ments including the cavalry, have pitched
their tents in the open field and now have
the full benefit of Il generous sunshine
Many of the regiments that have not moved
been spurred up by the rain to put their
camps in better sanitary condition. AS Il
result, gravel walks have been constructed
and as far as it has been practicable floors
have been laid in the tents of the men. The
soldiers of the camp are energetic and will
If they remain at the park. be provided with
many of the comforts so common to Ameri-
can homes
A movement is now on foot to invite Sec
rotary of War Alger to visit Camp Thomas
and the invitation will likely be Forwarded
and strongly pressed during the next few
days. So many untrue stories have been
told about the sanitary condition at the
ested to have the secretary make a thor
ough inspection and settle the matter once
for all.
Brig Gen. j. S. Poland, who has been
seriously i'll for the past several weeks, has
been taken TO Asheville, N. C. 1t is hoped
he will regain his health in q short time and
be able TO resume command of the Second
Division. First Army Corps. I. is not
known who will be placed temporarily in
command of the division, but Ii is said that
Brig. Gen. w. j. Mckee. brigade COM
mander. will be placed in charge. IN this
event Col. n. q. Smith, commanding the
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