The times., 1898-07-21
CAMP ALGER'S SHAM FIGHT
A SkirmiSh Between PennSyl-
Vania Infantry and Cavalry.
THE SICK MEN IMPROVING
All of the Soldiers Suffering From
PtoInnfne Poisoning Are Report
ed 10 BE ont of DRnger-The Sec
ond Division Expects TO Go to
Porto Rico.

camp AlEer yesterday reSounueQ Win
the crash OF musketry and the shouts Of
charging cavalry. The peace of the even
ing was disturbed by the din of sham
battle between the Twelfth Pennsylvania
Volunteers and the Philadelphia City
Troop.
The education of the troopers horse
forms an important part of the daily rou-
tine Of camp. and. to vary the monotony,
Col. Coryen agreed to assist Capt. c. G..
Groome, Of the horsemen, by furnishing
his men with blank cartridges and allow-
ing them TO charge the Troop.
The cavalry advanced steadily toward
the mass Of flame and performed all sorts
Of maneuvers in the face of the Infantry :
fire without the slightest excitement he
ing exhibited by the mounts.
The mock fight was the cause of a little
disturbance among the hospital stores Of
the Philadelphia City Troop.
The team of negro was standing in
the company street, and when the firing
began the animals took fright and raa
through the camp, demolishing the hos
pital tent. Luckily, no one was injured.
Continued Improvement is reported in
the condition Of the Twenty-second Kan
sas Volunteers, who are suffering from
ptomaine poisoning, the result OF eating
hash cooked in a kettle, the lin upon the
inside Of which had become corroded. The
twelve soldiers who were believed to be
most seriously i'll are now convalescent.
The Second Tennessee and First Rhode
Island regiments made the far ends Of
the camp resound with their reckless use
Of powder yesterday
An attack was made upon the Tennes-
see quarters by the Rhode Island men.
and the mock contest lasted for over
an hour and a half
The battle was waged with all the seri-
business Of a real conflict, the attack and
defense being conducted upon the most
approved military principles. The men
performed their part coolly and avoided
all chance Of accidents
The ultimate destination of the Second
Division, Second Army Corps, was a
leading topic Of conversation yesterday.
II is reported that the haste in moving
Gen. Buffers Division TO Dunn Loring
is a fair indication Of the War Depart
ment's desire to have the men OF the
reg ments in the best of health for the
expedition to Porto Rico. The soldiers
have now become hardened to the or
dinary eXaclions Of camp life and will be
greatly benefited by the change When
they have been at Dunn Loring long
enough TO get nd Of any possible infec-
tions contracted here Gen. ButIer's
nF-igrglA will l.s.
advance Of the Porto Rican expedition.
The First Rhode Island has been under
waiting orders for some time, and will
probably be included.
Other regiments outside of the First
and Second divisions likely to be
called upon are the One Hundred and
FifJy-ninth Indiana, Second Tennessee
and Seventh Illinois. These regiments
are now fully equipped. according 10 tne
reports submitted by their ordnance Of
hceTs yesterday.
Typhoid fever seems to be getting the
upper hand Of the surgeons. Eighty men
are now under treatment at Fort Mver
and Il Is known that four new cases have
been sent 70 the Division Hospital from
the SiXty-ffth New York Their names
are: Corp. G. 9. York and Privates
Henry 1. Churchill and Robert Olsen. of
Company z. and August F. Bucnholtz,
Of Company a.
The First Division court-martial Is con-
sidering the cases Of F. I. Smith. Com
pany A; c. F. Davis, Company F; Adams
and David Downey. Company 3. Of the
Third Virginia, who are charged with
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
A young man dressed IN a privates uni
form, with the shoulder straps of a firsr
lieutenant Of artillery, was taken in
charge by Col Gross, of the Third Ms
souri,, on the charge Of impersonating an
officer yesterday. Lieut. Haskell" as he
calls himself, claims to be an officer of
Battery G, Fifth Maryland Artillery. He
says he is home on furlough and that he
left Santiago de Cuba on Tuesday of last
week and made the trip TO Tampa IL
thirty hours in d seventy-foot steam
launch.
The prisoner was sent TO Gen. Davis and
by him to the Provost Marshal Lieut..
Col. Resby. His conduct. was such that
the officers were convinced that he was
slightly demented
Chaplain II. A. F. Hoyt. of the Sixth
Pennsylvania, viii soon begin lectures
illustrated by a stereopticon. One Of his
subjects viii be A Walk Around Jerusa-
lem