The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-11

Sweeney boys secured T. ]. Ryan's APP
pointment to Annapolis back in 1875. The
| latter went to Annapolis from Summit
Hin and passed the ordeal with flying
| colors. The Press ays:
| Lieutenant Commander II. w. Ryan, OF
| the United States auxiliary gunboat Peo-
ria, which was formerly the tug boat
Philadelphia, is a Penn sylvanian by birth.
| He graduated from Mahanoy City high
| school, being under the tutorship of Ell
| S. Rheinhod. In 1875 he entered the Unit
| ed States Naval Academy. and during his
| term of study there made a tour around
| the world on board the Richmond with
| President L, S. Grant, and shared, as a
| Junior the honors showered on his chief.
During the past month Lieutenant
Commander Ryan distinguished himself
| at Los Tunas and Palo Alto. on the
southern coast of Cuba, and has the credit
| of landing a large amount of supplies tor
| the insurgents The supplies were land
| ed under heavy firing from the Spanish
| lines. In the space of forty-eight hours
he and his little band of heroes were four
| times under open fire, but only one was
| killed and one wounded. 1t was during
one of these attacks that Captain Jose
| Manuel Nunez, brother of General Emilia
| Nunez, was killed, and Winthrop Chan
| ler of New York, was shot through the
| right elbow.
In these encounters with the enemy
| Lieutenant Commander Ryan displayed
| a heroism which earned for him the enVi-
| able sobriuuet of Little Dewey" The
| Peoria, which was one OF the mosquito
fleet, was mentioned at the time in all
! the dispatches and was stated to have
proved herself. under Lieutenant Com
| mander Ryan. entitled to the full glory Of
| achieving victory from task beset with
| peril and difficulty.
John j. Ryan, who is at present in
| command of the signal corps at Porto
| Rico, is brother of Lieutenant Com
| mander Ryan.
Captain John w. Phillip, whose re-
! tirCment as captain of the battleship
! Texas Is announced in the telegraphic
| columns today. is a cousin of William II.
| Harder, the grocer. 10 Clinton street.
| BinEhamton. Mr.. Harder assisted the
captain in getting his appointment to the
naval academy at Annapolis from CO.
| lumbia county. His transfe, ence to shore
| duty is in the order of promotion, as he
will now rank as commodore. In the
struggle about Santiago Captain Phillip
repeatedly showed himself to be brave
and daring.
| The Philadelupha Press says: News
| reached Camp Thomas at Chickamauga
| that it is the intention of the pres-
dent to hold the volunteer army intact
| for one year and to have those reei-
mcnts that form the army of occupa-
| tion serve two years, the full term Cf
their enlistment, and the question is
raised whether or not the declaration Of
peace disbands the volunteer army.
The Improvement of the sanitary condi-
! tions of the reGllncntal carIrs at Ckicka-
| maugua is the absorbing matter at the
park now. Definite plans will have been
| fn Lot t..l HnitI,t 4
which the management of all camps will
| be under new and Ncrf rigid regulations
as regards the disposition of garbage and
refuse matter and the preparation and
serving of food. All drinking water will
be boiled. This regulation is one which
! in future will not be deviated from. Col
olonel Lee is now purchasing boilers for
all the regiments, and will provide each
with iiftr boilers as early as II is possi-
! BILE TO do so. Another condition 1t IS
| hoped to bring about as early as possible
is that of having the tents of all the men
provided with board floors.
An order has just been issued affecting
| the application of convalesccnts for a
thirty days leave and for transportation
| home. Instead of these applications be-
| ing made to the surgeons In charge of the
| division hospitals. they are to be made TO
the general at Letter. The departure of
| these convalescents has already begun,
| anu IL VIII De Olly snort llfne until the
| daily sick reports are diminished. Con-
Nalescents are retained on the sick list
until they have grown strong enough to
return to duty.
Lieutenant Leon Merrill regimental ad-
| jutant of the Third regiment, and Private
| Roy Stevens Smith, of Company l.. ar
| rived in Elmlra Tuesday morning at
O'Clock from Camp Alger. Lieutenant
| Merrill is in i'll health and is thought 10
be coming down with typhoid fever. lie
was ordered home on 3O-Gay frrlough.
"Smithy" appears to be IN the best of
| health and looks much stronger than
! when he Joined Company l.. In speaking
of camp life he said:
! Camp Alger is not nearly as popular
| among the soldiers as was Camp Black
| The climate is warmer and at times al
most suffocating. Secretary Alger and
! President Mckinley often drive over to
the camp, which also is frequently visited
/ by large numbers of Washington citi-
Gems. OF late much typhoid fever and
| HShcr diseases have prevailed in the caYnp
| resulting in the sicknegs of many men.
| Ono company from Williamsport last
! thirteen men in about one week. The
| officials, however, are doing everything
in their power to stop the sickness from
| spreading"
Mr.. Smith does not think, from the
present outlook, that the soldiers st
| Camp Alger will be DISCHARGED before
| December The men are very anxious
| to he ordered to the front but have
nearly given up all hope of seeing active
| service.
In a letter to a friend. says the Strouls-
burg Times, Second Lieutenant Brown of
| Company l., says: Il have been buying
matted milk and lemons with my own
| money for the boys What we
need mostly is money to buy lemons
Some of the men are anxious for tobacco.
pins, old kind and safety handkerchiefs.
| matches and tea for the sick ones
| Lieutenant Brown is taking coEious notes
of his experience and may lecture upon
his return home.
The paymaster began paying Tuesday,
says u special to the Wilkes Barre Rec
ord, Many Of the boys of the regiments
began sending money home 10 friends and
| relatives right away, while Others be-
gan TO spend their money quite freely.
| Many, however. said they intended TO
keep their money in their pockets and
not get caught short during the coming
| month,
Major Smith, tho chief paymaster,
| said each paymGster would pay ONLY
one regiment day. Each regiment
received about, $4,000 The provost
| guard also received its money this morn
ing Major Smith expects TO have tho
work finished by Friday. There are fif-
| teen paymastors here, and as many
| regiments a day can be paid providing
there are found to be no errors in the