The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-27

Frank commander of the Third Corps. who
returned to-day from Huntsville, stated that
the water supply there would not be suffi-
cient for the men already on the ground and
his corps, and that the only way the diff
Guilty could be surmounted would be TO put
in a pumping station. This would cause de-
delay of about month, and General Breck-
inridge deems a delay at present very poor
policy. General Frank went to Huntsville
under orders from General Breckenridge to
inspect the proposed camp site. While he
expressed himself as pleased with the loca-
tion, he does not favor the massing of
troops from two or three camps there This
means that General Franks long expert
ence in military affairs has proven to him
that the dangers from fever are due largely
to putting so many inexperienced soldiers
in one camp.
BY Sunday night or Monday morning the
entire First Army Corps will have gone
from Camp Thomas. The regiments that
left to-day were the Ninth Pennsylvania
and First New Hampshire, for Lexington,
and the First West Virginia. for Knoxville.
The Pennsylvania regiment left early this
morning and the New Hampshire and West
Virginia regiments late this evening. The
New Hampshire regiment boarded trains at
Lebanon Junction, this being the Louisville
& Nashville route, and 80 miles farther
than the most direct route. Colonel Rolfe.
commanding the First New Hampshire. re-
ceived notice to-day that his regiment is to
be included in the list of those to be mus
tered out. The details of mastering out the
regiment will be arranged at the Lexington
camp after which it will proceed to New
Hampshire and be formally mustered out.
The Second and Fifth Missouri regiments,
the former commanded by Colonel Caffee
and the latter by Colonel Moore, will leave
for Lexington tomorrow morning. The
Sixth Ohio will leave for Knoxville in the
afternoon.
the Eighth New York Regiment started
special hospital train from Camp Thomas
to New York city tonight, with upwards of
two hundred sick and convalescent soldiers
of the regiment on board
Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, will
arrive at the camp early tomorrow morn
ing with a hospital train. on which he will
| carry one hundred sick Pennsylvania SOL
diers to their homes. Several special trains
have been sent out recently for the benefit
of the sick among the Pennsylvania regi-
ments.
Gen. r. r. Frank, commanding the First
Division, Third Corps, here. has issued an
address to his men, which promises to have
a very beneficial effect. He urges the men
not to weakly yield to present depressing
| influences or to waste time complaining
over the poor prospects of being given active
| service or being mustered out. He eX-
presses confidence that the command will
| soon do garrison duty in Cuba, a work
which, he declares. is as honorable and of
as great Importance as any yet done. There
is much dissatisfaction in all the regiments
which have good prospects of being mus
tered out, but the wise counsel of the Off
GERS prevents any trouble.
The statement published in a number of
papers during the last forty-eight hours to
the effect that six hundred men have died
at Camp Thomas since it's establishment is
without foundation. The number is little
more than five hundred