Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-09-10
WAR BREVITIES.
Wednesday, Aug. 81.

The New Orleans, Admiral Schley'S
flagship, has arrived at Ponce, Porto
Rico.
Philippines insurgents will be repre-
scented before the Paris peace commits
sion by Filipe Agoncillo.
Governor Black, of New York. after
Inspecting southern camps, declares re-
ports of starvation exaggerated.
Major Webb Hayes. son of the late
President Hayes. proposes a scheme for
reorganizing the state militia under the
national military.
Thursday, Sept. 1.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders are to be
mustered out of the service at the end
Of GO days furlough.
Captain Edward Murphy, the noted
Cuban nlibuster, died Of typhoid fever
in New York. aged 35.
Ohio railroads have volunteered to
bring home sick Ohio troops from
southern army hospitals.
Spanish naval prisoners at Annapolis
and elsewhere will be returned to Spain
at the expense of their own government.
The government is determined to
move all volunteers from Camp Wil1off,
Montauk Point, L. l., as soon as pos
sible.
Orderly Robert Stanley, Of the Ninth
New York regiment, declares surgeons
at Chickamauga are brutal in treat
ment of dead bodies
Friday, Sept. 2.
Captain Sigsbee, formerly of the
Maine, has been ordered to command
the Texas.
General Shafter arrived at Camp
Wikoff. Montauk Point, l.. l., yester-
day, from Santiago.
General Merritt arrived at Hong
Kong from Manila. en- route to the
peace convention at Paris
General Miles left Porto Rico yester-
day on the OLDHAM. The Fourth Penn
sylvania regiment is also en- route.
Another trainload of sick soldiers
from Camp Alger and Dunn Loring
have been taken to Philadelphia hos
pitfalls.
All the men of the cruiser Brooklyn,
from Captain Cook to the firemen, will
be presented with medals by Brooklyn
citizens.
General Brooke, now in command in
Porto Rico. has arranged for the re-
cepton OF our peace commissioners in
San Juan.
Lieutenant Bowers, of the Sixth
PENNSYLVANIA regiment, at Camp
Meade. is to be court martialed. He
and his friends claim to know no
reason.
Saturday, Sept. 3.
General Goblin has secured leave of
absence to attend the Grand Army en-
campment at Cincinnati
Governor Black. of New York, has
investigated the hospitals at Chicka-
manga, and commends them.
Up to date SO volunteer military or
CARNATIONS have received mastering
out orders.
For violation of war articles Cor
poral Ellington, of the Fourth volun-
teer infantry is dishonorably discharg-
ed and sent to prison for three years.
Colonel Studebaker, OF the One Hun
dred and Fifty-seventh Indiana vol
unteers, declares the health of his men
/, was ruined by their stay in Florida
without food and medicines.
Nlond Sept. 5.
The Philippine insurgents continue
active, having recently made an inn
portant alliance with the Santiaglesia
party.
President Mckinley spent Sunday al
the home of Vice President Hobart in
Paterson, n. j.
Admiral Cervera and the other Span
ish prisoners will leave Annapolis fol
home on Thursday morning.
President Mckinley spent five hours
at Camp Wikoff Montauk Point, L. l..
on Saturday, and made a speech eX-
pressing the nations gratitude to our
heroes.
Among the volunteer troops to be re-
tanned in the army are the Fifth, Sixth
Ninth, Tenth. Twelfth, Thirteenth
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Pennsylvania infantry, First Delaware
infantry, Third and Fourth New Jer-
sey infantry and First Maryland in
fantry.