Evening star., 1898-06-20
Three Regiments at Camp Alger to
Go to Santiago.
TRANSPORTS AT NEWPORT NEWS
Troops Bwouac on River Front for
Purpose Of Bathing.
ORDER AGAINST LIQUOR
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

CAMP ALGER, Va, June 20, 1898.
Authoritative information has reached
here to the effect that only one brigade,
consisting of three regiments, is to be sent
to Santiago. The regiments chosen are the
three most perfectly equipped, the lst
Rhode Island and the 9th and 9th Massa-
chusetts. The other regiments of the pro-
visional division which was to have been
sent to Fernandina, the 9Th Illinois, Sth
Ohio. Sd and 65th New York and 33d and
34th Michigan, are to join the Porto Rico
movement and will not go to Fernandina
at all. Maj. H. Q. Howard, the quarter
master-in-chief of the corps, left camp late
last night to arrange for the transporta-
ton to Santiago. Going first to Hampton
Roads, he was instructed to arrange there
to have the regiments named carried from
Dunn Loring to Newport News. There they
are to be put aboard transports and sent
directly to Cuba 1t is the opinion of many
of the army officers here that the idea of a
camp in Florida other than that at Tampa
has been finally abandoned
Nearly half the troops in camp set out
today for the Potomac, filled with the noble
purpose of washing and being made clean.
The detachment sent included two whole
brigades, the 1st Brigade of the 1st Dt-
vision including the 65th New York, 1st
New Jersey and 7th Ohio, and the I'd
Brigade Of the I'd Division, including the
7th Illinois, 4th Missouri and 9th PennsyI-
vania. One brigade, that including the
New York troops, went to Chain bridge,
the other to Difficult run.
Chance of IA Capture.
Either command is liable to be inter-
cepted on the way, as secret Instructions
have been given today to the 1st New York
Cavalry to attack and capture one Of the
baggage trains. An inkling of this reach
ed the ear of the two brigade commanders
and each man fortified his expedition
against possible capture by placing it
under heavy guard, a battalion In front
ana In the rear, and a battalion on outpost
Cuty scattered two miles away on either
side. Maj. Gen. Butler accompanied the
expedition to watch the engagement. The
men Will bivouac at the river and return
to camp tomorrow morning. 1t is not now
decided what troops will leave for the
river during the remainder of the week.
Eight arrests for Illicit sales of liquor
within the past twenty-four hours attest
the vigilance Of the provost marshal s
office. The prisoners are Bowling Haw-
kins, Zebblon Denham, Charles williams,
A. Matterson, j. Goodman and the drivers
cf three wagons, who refuse to give their
names. wagon in the woods was the
base of supplies from which the first three
operated, and when this was captured it
was comparatively an, easy matter to find
the offenders. Their stock in trade con-
sisted of twenty-six pint TASKS and two
large jugs, all filled with bad whisky To-
day the whole party is to be turned over
to the sheriff of the county. Messrs. Wat
terson and Goodman sold liquor under
cover of hunters wagon. and the three
wagon drivers were caught by the provost
guard while attempting to take into the
camp leads of beer on .'doctored passes.'
Stringent Order. ..-.... t~
A general order viii be issued today by
General Graham prohibiting altogether the
introduction into the camp of alcoholic
beverages This course Is adopted as the
only way of preventing the abuse of the
privileges now enjoyed by the commits
stoned officers.
Other examples of the watchfulness of
not hard to find. Many complaints have
been received by the adjutant of the corps
for the week past of improper conduct on
the road on the part Of many enlisted men.
The matter was put in Major Channon $
hands and today all the roads in the vi
cinty of the camp will be patrolled by a
detachment of cavalry.
Two deaths were reported to corps head
quarters today at O'Clock. one from the
:53d Michigan and one from the 4th Mis-
souri. The latter was a new recruit and
came from Kansas City. His name was
Thomas Rockwell. The other was a MEM
Der of the Muskegon company, in the 33d
Michigan. His name was not reported.
Major E. A. Kellogg of the I'd Tennessee
has reported the following enlisted men as
deserters: Corporal j. c. Gelliland and Pri-
Yates A. S. Reeves, Sam Dennis and A. J.
Cook. These men left camp in a body
June 8, and have not been seen since De-
scriptions of them, individually, have been
sent to the police in all the large cities
about Washington.
Surgeons Inspection.
Chief Surgeon Greenleaf, U. S. A., has
just arrived in camp. He is sent here by
the surgeon general to look into the admin
istratior of the medical department of the
I'd Corps. In company with Col. Girard, the
head of the medical department. he has be-
gun tour of the division hospitals.