Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-23
ON LAND AND SEA.
Bits Of News from Our Gallant Soldiers and
Sailors.

Preliminary surveys and borings to se-
lect site for a new dry dock at the Kit
terry navy yard, have been ordered.
The water at Camp Meade, Middletown.
Pa, has been pronounced by Surgeon
General Sternberg to be organically pure
More wells have been sunk in the camp
and the supply will be sufficient for the
entire I'd Army Corps, comprising 80 900
men.
The United States transport steamer
City of Picking. one of the first transports
to leave for the Philippines. arrived at
San Francisco on her return trip. late
Monday. Ehe left Cavite, July 30 She
brought with her Is enlisted men of the
United States Asiatic squadron.
The camps to be visited by the board OF
medical officers named a few days ago
are: Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va:
Fernandina, Fla; Jacksonville. Fla:
Huntsville. Ala: Camp George N.
Meade. Pa; and Camp Wikoff. Montauk
Point. l.. l.
The fleet of naval vessels in Hampton
Roads was augmented. Monday, by the
arrival of the Talbot. Manning, Bancroft,
Eagle. Detroit, Scorpion. Window. Uncas.
Tecumseh. Supply. Osceola, Helena. Ma
rietta. Yankton. Newport. Apache. Cush-
ing and Lebanon. A dozen more vessels
are expected by Tuesday morning.
The Panama Line steamer Alliance,
which arrived at New York. Sunday
night, from Colon, is detained at Quar-
antine by Health Officer Doty. Five of
the crew are sic& with malarial fever.
The sick wiN be sent to Swinburne Island
for observation and treatment, and the
vessel after disinfection will be released.
A special to the Washington Star from
Thoroughfare, Va. says: Another
change of plans has been made with re-
gard to the movement of Gen. Davis d.
vision, now at ThOrOughfare. Orders were
received. Saturday night requiring the
regiments to be moved to Middletown as
rapidly as possible. One regiment will be
moved each day."
Lieut.. Hobson will leave New York,
Tuesday. on the Seguranca for Santiago,
where he will superintend the raising OF
the Spanish warships. Hobson made final
arrangements, Monday, with the makers
Of air bags. which will be sent to him by
instalments. There will be nearly 200 OF
them. which will have a lifting capacity
of from 1900 to 1900 tons.
An explosion at the plant Of the
station, Is miles from Chattanooga.
Tenn, killed two men, Lucius B.
Eakum and Harlon Morihou. and
wounded seriously If not fatally. six
others. After the explosion the plant
was destroyed by nre.
A telegram has been received at San
Francisco from the war department, or
dering all the troops of Gen. Merritt de-
partment remaining there to be sent to
Honolulu with at least four months sub
sistence and medical supplies and to be
held there until further orders The
transports Australia and City of Sydney
are being cleaned. preparatory to carry
out this order,
Private Charles Anderson of Co. 1,
55th Pennsylvania. committed suicide
at Chickamauga Park. Saturday night.
He reported at sick call. and asked for
a furlough. This was refused by his
surgeon, and he was sent to his quar-
tiers. Shortly after nightfall he. went
out into the woods and with his pocker
knife cut his throat. =,
Notices have been posted at the
Frankfort arsenal at Philadelphia, to
the effect that the services OF all the
extra men who were put to work since
the outbreak of the war will be dis
pensed with on Sept. I. About 700 per-
sons are effected by the order. The re-