The age-herald., 1898-06-04
MOST ACTIVE DAY
 AT CHICKAMAUGA Each Company Spent Several
 Hours in Drilling. ,r THE FIRST OHIO CAVALRY Will Proceed to Tampa as Soon as They Are Supplied With Horses and Equipments
 Rifle Ranges for Target
 Practice Being Prepared
THE FIRST OHIO CAVALRY

Chickamauga National Park, Ga, June 3. This has been the most active day at the park since the volunteer army assembled. every regiment and brigade on the field having spent from four to five hours in drills. The men are becoming accustomed to camp life and rough fare. and are sea- soning rapidly and being put through the routine of instructions with more vIgor bach day. Every open field at the park was covered during the morning and afternoon with regiments, brigades and divisions, and avery company in camp was engaged at pne time or another during the day. Some complaint is being indulged in by num- Der of regiments over the delay in receiv- Ing equipments. A number of regiments are yet only partially unuiformed and number have not yet received their guns
 The chief of ordnance department states that he is distributing arms and ammuni- ton as fafst as it is received and he hopes to have every regiment equipped within a week or ten days.
 No Orders Received
 General Brooke stated today that he has received no orders to the effect that 75 CO) volunteers will be in camp here during the summer, as indicated in dispatches from Washington, but says it has been under stood that such would be the case. Cap tain Richards, of General Brookes staff, stated that in case regiments now here were filled to war strength there would be with the regiments yet to come, something like 9O000 men at this rendezvous.
 The First Ohio cavalry will proceed to Tampa just as soon as they are supplied With horses and their proper equipment. They now have about 800 horses and some difficulty has been experienced in getting the necessary number, though it Is stated at headquarters that they will be ready to move within t nsx xt week
 Use of Fire Arms
 Steps were taken today to begin at as early day as possible instructions in the use of fire arms, ard orders were su from headquarters to division commanders to detal three men from each brigade t) select and prepare rifle ranges for target practice. This branch of military nstruc tion has been neglected because of the lack of arms. Preliminary work was be- gun today remodeling the Park hotel for a corps hospital and the work will be a )i ly pushed under the dire ton of Lieutenant Colonel Hartsuff corps surgeon, and as sistant surgeon-general of volunteers, Nicholas Sonu.
 Rev. w. J. R. Trimble pastor of the First Presbyterian church here. and George w. Ochs, secretary of the local branch of the Natior al Relief association, had a con renee with Gene al Bro Ike to6ay with reference to tn work among tn soldiers. General Brooke heartily approved of the plan of the assoc ton and designa ed hospitals as Repositories of the relief sup- plies furnished by the association.
 Gotlleb Schmeren, private of Third Perm -sylvania infantry. of Philadelphia. left here on the sick list, died this morning of ty- phoid fever. The body was shipped to Philadelphia for intermelt