The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-03
CHlCKAMAUGANS PACKING UP

Chickamauga, July To-day has been
another excessively warm one at Camp
Thomas and the men have again expert
enced trouble in getting through with
their drills.
The work of paying the army was the
main feature of the day. A number of
regiments whose payrolls have been
checked and approved were paid before
noon. The work is now systematized and
hereafter at least six regiments will be
paid per day. The whole army will be
disposed of in a very short time.
Although the army now in camp here
has received no orders to move to the
front. preparations for such an event are
going on.
Ever since the arrival of this army the
Southern, Western and Atlantic. Chattan-
ooga, Rome and Southern and Alabama
Great Southern have concentrated a
large number of passenger coaches at
this point. These cars remained on the
sidings in a rather promiscuous order
until today. when the two former roads
began the work Of Strengthening out and
making these cars up into trains of one
freight, three baggage and nine passen-
ger cars. Major Nye, commissary of
subsistence of the Chattanooga depot, is
engaged in preparing for a movement of
the army. During the past several days
he has shipped to the park a quantity Of
travel rations." canned corn. beef. hard
tack, canned salmon and other prepared
and cooked food. sufficient to last the
army for ten days. These supplies have
been portioned out to the commissariat
officers Of the park so that when the time
comes to leave for the front every SOL
der can secure his travel rations'' from
his regimental commissary and pack the
same in his haversack in a very few
minutes.
Three rife ranges are now established
for the use of the boys of the Third di-
vision, First army corps and they will
commence prac he at cnce. This division
is among the number ordered to the front
and the men will put in all the time
pssible in target practice. The regi-
ments which will practice at. the new
ranges are the Twelfth Minnesota, the
Twelfth New York, Eighth Massachu-
sets. Fifth and Ninth Pennsylvania,
Twenty-first Kansas. First South Caro-
lima, Second Missouri and First New
Hampshire The new range is located
near the camp of the Twelfth Minnesota
and on a hill.
Major Alex Rogers, who has been the
inspector general of General Grants d.
visions, has resigned his position and
gone to Connecticut to accept the posi-
ton of lieutenant colonel the Second
Connecticut. 1t is not known who will
succeed him. but General Grant will pos
siby appoint Professionally a member of
the Eighth New York.
Results of two court martials were an
nounced today at the headquarters of
General Poland. commanding the Second
division. The most interesting case of the
number was against Allen Hume, COM
pany I. Second Ohio infantry He was
tried on the charge of larceny. having
stolen money from his tent mates. The
man confessed, pleaded guilty before the
court, and was sentenced TO serve six
months Imprisonment at Fort Mcpherson,
Ga, forfeit all pay due him and be dis
honorably discharged. The prisoner
will be sent TO Atlanta at once under
guard. He is from Hardin county. Ohio.
The second case was against Homer
Moore, company E, Fourteenth Minneso-
IA, who was tried for disobeying orders
and given ten days IN the guard house.