The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-12
Was Fought On a Plan Entirely
His Own.
SEVEN HOURS CONFLICT
IMAGINARY ENEMY WAS COM
PLETELY REFUSED.
Other Incidents of the Day at Chick
amauga Camp-Pcstofice Handled
175,OOO Letters-How Staff Off
GERS Are Apportioned Among
States-Division of the Plums.

Chickamauga National Military Park
June 1.-THE event of today at Chick
amauga was the execution of General
Fred Grants battle problem, which
comprises a number of new and diff
cult maneuvers, and was watched with
great interest by officers and men. The
maneuvers were well carried out ac-
cording to General Grants excellently
conceived plan, and the fact was DEM
cnstrated that many of them would De
very useful in actual conflict. The
battle began at O'Clock, and was con-
Guided before noon.
There were two columns in the for
nation. The first, consisting OF the
First Vermont, Third Tennessee ana
Eighth New York regiments, was COM
manded by Colonel Clark of Vermont,
and was formed along the vineyard
road. The second column, consisting OF
the Fourteenth New York, Second Ne
braska and First Missouri, under COM
mand of Colonel Charles j. Bills of Ne
braska, formed on the ThedfOrd road.
On the first hill the two columns met.
when the struggle was begun in earnest.
When this was finished, General Grant
threw the two columns together to ward
off a supposed attack from some dlrec-
ton, of which he was supposed 10 nave
knowledge in advance.
General Grant was highly pleased
with the way in which the maneuvers
We're executed, as were also General
Brooke and all the other officers pres
eat
Governor Hastings and staff of Penn
sylvania spent the day Witnessing the
sham battle, inspecting the Pennsyl-
Tania troops and driving over the neld.
A number of recruiting officers left
for home states this morning. Under the
e rrnlN ~
ment for company of infantry is l06
men; for a troop of cavalry 100 men:
for a battery of light artillery, 173 men:
for a battery of heavy artillery, 200
men.
The health of the camy continues to
be good. and the authorities are en-
couraged to believe that there will be
very little serious sickness. There are
still large number of regiments par
TALLY or totally lacking uniforms.
CAMP POsTOFFIE.
A new postoffice, or rather a dis
tributing station of the Chattanooga
office, has been established and is now
in charge OF q postal clerks. The bus
mess handled by this station today was
$4,000 letters received and distributed,
net to speak of papers and packages.
The famous First Kentucky regiment
arrived in Chattanooga this morning
at 6 o'clock and reached the park at
noon. Tic regiment is the first to
reach Camp Thomas with its full quota
OF men, the number on the muster rolls,
including officers, being 1850. The reg
iment is commanded by Colonel John
B. Castleman, an eX-Confederate vet
eran, who was one of Morgan's most
trusted staff officers.
General Grant today received orders
from General Brooke to report to the
first corps headquarters for assign
ment. It is believed that he will be
given a brigade IN the first division of
the first corps, which, it is thought,
will be the next contingent to be or
dered to the front.