The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-26
FROM CAMP TO FIELD.
General Grants Brigade
Leaving Chiokamauga for
Newport News.


CHICKAMAUGA-CH A-CHATTANOOGA Ma
TIoNAL MILITARY PARK. Ca, July &c,
1ssS.-The Third Brigade, First Division,
First Corps, commanded by General
Grant, are now loading at Rossvile Sta
ton They leave Camp Thomas for
Newport News. This brigade Is COM
posed of the First Kentucky. Third Ken
lucky and Fifth Illinois. The brigades
will be accompanied by the Third Bat
talon of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania,
which arrived after the departure Of The
regiment for Porto Rico. The four
commands will march five miles to Ross
willie and there load. The route to New
port News viii be over the Queen and
Crescent and Chesapeake & Ohio via
Lexington, KY. and Richmond, Va.
With the exception of the regiments
which go out tomorrow and which are
busy today packing, all commands are
hard at work drilling. The weather is
cool and pleasant and it is being fully
taken advantage of. Late this afternoon
there will be two shooting contests in
which a team of twelve men from each
regiment of the First and Second division
win participate. The contests will de-
eide which regiment of the division is en-
titled to be known as having the finest
team. The firing will be at a distance Of
$50 yards and each man will be entitled
TO ten shots.
There Is much interest in the contests
and there is perhaps not a team of marks
men that does not feel confident of win
ming.
Major Skunk, Chief Engineer Of the Sec
ond Division, is now lecturing the conn
missioned and non-conrnissioned officers
on the art of constructing hasty field for
tifications. The officers are deeply inter-
ested in this important feature Of the
service. and are gaining many valuable
points from Major Shunk's clear and for
eible talks.
Major Nye, commissary of subsistence
of the local military supply depot, has
shipped 50 cars of provisions to the Park
during the last 4S hours.
Judging from these heavy shipments it
would appear as though more troops
would shortly arrive at the Park.
Major Nye has not received any or
ders up to the present writing to pro-
vide travel rations' for troops that are
going to leave the Park.
An enormous quantity of letter mail is
now being handled at the Chickamauga
postal station of the Chiekamauga Post
office.
All Of the soldiers mail goes to this
office and all civilian mail is sent to the
Lytle, Ga, regular postoffice. AT the
Chickamauga station branch over 1000
letters are handled each day. This in
cludes both the incoming and outgoing
| malls, requiring a force Of seventeen
| clerks to distribute and make up the
mails.
In addition to these letters an average
of 25.C50 mail packages including papers
| boxes ETC.. are handled each day. This
| makes up over 200 sacks of paper mai
every twenty-four hours. The mails are
| now being received and dispatched with.
out delay and much credit is due the
| postal authorities.
| DR. C. M Drake, former surgeon of tht
| Southern Railway, has been transferred
| from the Third Corps to take charge o.
! the First division, First Corps Hospital
| There are a number of patients in thi.
| hospital left by the commands which art
now en- route to Porto Rico. Troop NJ
| First Illinois Cavalry, from Chicago, ha!
been named by General Wade as hi.
guard Of honor. The guard will go OF
| duty as soon as General Wade decide:
| upon the location of his headquarters.