The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-31
SUPPLIES FOR NEEDY SOLDIERS.
How Friends Can Send Them to Chicka-
mauga-From Camp Alger.


Chickamauga National Park, Ga,
Nav S1.-Sunday was a day of rest at
Camp Thomas, all drills of every kind
having been dispensed with. Memorial
services were held in many of the reg
mental tabernacles and large number
of men were given leave to attend the
services at the various churches in the
city. Lieutenant Colonel Hartsuff, CHIEF
surgeon on General Brooke's staff, asks
the Associated Press to announce that
he cordially indorses the plan adopted
by the national relief committee Of re-
ceiving and disbursing supplies to sick
and needy soldiers contributed by
friends at home. He asks the Associated
Press to announce that the national re-
lief committee organized in Chattanoo-
ga will take care of and distribute all
contributions of this character prompt
ly and satisfactorily.
II was learned from the chief surgeon
Headquarters that the largest per cent.
of sickness in camp is in the Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Illinois regiments, ana
| that the percentage of sickness among
| these regiments is very small and in
| consequential The health of the camp,
| considering the conditions, is remark
| ably good and it is believed that ASIDE
] from the usual slight complaints incl
| dent to the season, the worst or IL Is
| now over with the men who nave mace
such a radical change in temperature
| water and diet.
| There were three deaths yesterday, as
! follows: Pierce Collyer, aged Is, Com
pany II, Fourteenth Minnesota, or Bea-
| yer Falls. from pneumonia, contracted
in camp before reaching Chickamauga;
| Harry O. Burnham, of Lynn, Mass
| Company d, Eighth MASSACHUSETTS
pneumonia Ludwig Bohnert, OF spring
field. Ills. Company d, Fifth Illinois,
blood poisoning. All three men were
nrepared for burial and will be sent 10
relatives for interment. The complaint
about water among the various regl-
ments has now been quieted
Washington, May 31.-General Cor
hin said that il had been definitely de-
cided TO use about $4,000 Of the volun-
teers TO be raised under the new call
in filling out deficient regiments already
organized under the old call. 1t would
take about that number he thought. 10
6ll each company up to the maximum
limit of 106 men. The remaining zo'ooV
would be organized into regiments OF
three battalions each and distributed
among the states and territories In ex-
| actly the same proportion as under the
first call. The cavalry. however Woulo
be accepted and only very umi,eo
number OF artillery.
When taps were sounded at camp Al
ger Sunday night $4,000 men giaaIS
sought their tent covered bunks'
. the brigades which constitute the sec
ond division of the second army corps
1 the following assignments were made
First brigade-One Hundred and FIFTY
e Ninth Indiana, Third New YORK an
t Twenty-second Kansas. under comman'
: of Col. Barnett, of the One Hundred an
a Eiftv- Ninth Indiana. Second brigaoe-
: sixth Pennsylvania, Fourth Missouri an
: Ninth Ohio battalion, under comman
Of Colonel Scholl, of the sixth Fenil
sv,vania. Third brigade-Third mis-
souri,. Second Tennessee and First hhou
5 island: Colonel Abott, First Rhode Is
= and, commander
n indianapolis, May 31.-When the iot