Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-23
IN THE TROOP CAMPS.
Few Arrivals Of Men at Chickamauga,
Yesterday.

pected To-Day, However-Car
Loads of Provisions and Fifty One
Ambulances on Hand, and Water
Works Being Constructed-The
Troops in Camp at Atlanta.
Caickamauga National Park, Ca,
May 22.-This has been a quiet day
at Camp Thomas. The Second Ne
braskaAregiment, which reached Chat
tanoogaA yesterday afternoon, arrived
this morning, and were assigned to the
camp grousd selected for the First di-
vision of the Third corps, and the
men have bes7 busy getting into their
tents during ne day. Only two bat
talions arrived during the day. The
second battalion of the Second Ne
braska, which hal become separated
from the regne ant at ST. Louis,
reached here at 8o'elock. They came
in to-day over the Cincinnati South
ern. The belated battalion was COM
manded by Major w. c. Mace.
The first battalion OF the One Hun
dred and Fifty-seventh InGiana infan-
airy arrived in Chattanooga at
o'clock, accompanied by the regimental
band of twenty-four pieces. The bat
talon spent the day on Lockout Noun
tain, and reached the park at $3.50
o'clock, sleeping
UNDER THE STARS
on Lyttle Hill during the night AS a
result of the few arrivals the rail-
road yards, which have been enorm-
ously congested with loaded and empty
cars for nearly week, had an oppor-
tunity to clear off the tracks and sid
ings to make room for the troops that
will begin to arrive at lively rate
tomorrow morning.
Twenty-Five cars of provisions ar
rived to-day and were stored In the
large warehouses now completed on
the park grounds near the depot OF the
railroad company. Fifty-one of the
latest and most improved ambulances,
built with a special view to adaptable
ity in a hot climate, arrived from
South Bend, Ind, to-day, and will be
distributed to the First corps.
The park force of men under the al
rection of General Boynton was at WORK
all day preparing for the engines ana
pumps to be
from the Chickamauga river to the va
rious camps 1t has been definitely de-
cided to erect improvised water works,
and a contract has been let and all the
material ordered, the first consignment
of pipe arriving to-day. There is no
scarcity Of water now, but it is feared
some of the wells are from "wet wealth
err springs, and later they will dry up,
and the piping of water from the creek
and Crawflsh Springs is precautlon-
ary measure General ]. S. G. Bates,
recently ordered to Mobile, left to-
night at $50 o'clock to take command
of brigade at that point.
WORK OF ORGANIZATION.
The wark Of completing the Third
army corps was begun to-day. Gen.
Lewis H. Carpenter, who arrived to-
day and reported to Gen. Brooke. has
been assigned to the command of the
first division of the Third corps. The
organization, so far as perfected, is
as follows:
First Brigade Col. Fred D. Grant.
commanding, Fourteenth New York;
Liel1l. Col H. Sine.
Second Brigade, Col. Hardin, Second
New York, commanding; Second New
York, Lieut.. Col. Lloyd; Second Ne
braska, Col Bliss. The first regiment
to arrive tonight will complete the
brigade.
The Fourth Ohio regiment, under
Col. Colt, has been assigned to provost
guard duty in Chattanooga, by order
of Gen Brooke, made necessary by
the disorderly conduct OF many OF the
Young soldiers, who have been guilty
of many lapses of discipline, in num-
Der of cases of violence and insulting
ladies in the street. Col. Colt will be-
gin his duties tomorrow.
The four members of the First Mis-
souri, regiment in yesterdays acct
dent were sent to st. Vincents in
Urinary, are doing well, and will be
out in a few days.
The report that Lieut.. Col John ia
cob Aston was injured in the railroad
accident yesterday is absolutely false
Col. Astor was not even bruised.
Charles Eek, company E, Third Wis.
consin, from Eau Claire, died to-day
from commissions superinduced by over
exertion and nervous arrangement.
Troops B and e of the Grigsby regt.
ment 144 officers and men, with 100
head of horses, from Sioux Falls, Da-
kota, arrived this evening In two SEQ.
lions over the Nashville & Chattan-
ooga road and are on the barracks
switch for the night Col. Grigsby
himself accompanied the troops, and
Major r w. Stewart was next in
command. They will reach the park
tomorrow. The two troops will be
followed tomorrow by two trains car
rying their 200 horses. These troops
are all COWBOYS