Evening star., 1898-05-21

encountered first the LIST New Jersey Vol
unteer Infantry. from Newark. and after
ward the 18th Ohio Volunteers, from Chilli
cothe. Both commands, tired and dusty as
they were. draw up along the road and pre-
sented arms. The buckeye soldiers, like
their associates Of the sth. did the cere-
mony up brown by having their band play
until the whole regiment had passed by.
Many of the companies were somewhat
depleted in consequence of the levy of 12O
men for special guard duty with the bag
gage train. These were under the COM
mand of Capt. Simms, the officer Of the
day. and Sergts. Shepley, Company c;
Shroupshire Company M, and Corps. Rick
enbach Company B; Duffy. Company A;
Pepper, Company l.; Rosenbaum, Company
1; Ryan, Company D, and Owen, Com
pany E.
Announcement Of the details Of departure
and the rules and regulations governing
the trip, with other information, was made
just before the troops left the camp
grounds.
The Order Issued.
The announcement came formally in an
order, as follows:
Order No B.
/. In compliance with instructions con-
tanned in letter from the department ad-
jrtant generals office, Washington, May
20, 1898. the following named enlisted men
OF the 1st Regiment Infantry, District of
columbia Volunteers. are discharged to
take effect upon the arrival Of the regiment
in Washington, D. c., this date: Privates
James Quigley and Charles Staut, Com
pany A; William P. Hutton, Company b:
Arthur ]. Matthews and Walter H. Reiss,
($Cmnapv
c. Biilingsley. Company 1: Frank He'll
muth, Clarence E. Langley and Albert M.
Hayden. Company L. and William Frizzen.
Company H. Company commanders viii
see that all government property in the
possession of these men is turned in before
they are discharged
The following named enlisted mon are
detailed to take the horses belonging to
the officers of this regiment from Dunn
Loring, Va. to Washington, D. c.: Cor
Ecral c. H. Lyman and Private Clifford f.
Cross, Company G; Thomas H. Boucher,
Company A; Frank Smith, Company A, and
Ross Wise. Company D. They will report
to the sergeant major upon the arrival of
the regiment at Dunn Loring, and will
conduct the horses to the end of Long
bridge and 18th street, Washington. and
await the arrival Of the regiment. Upon
the arrival Of the regiment at the Raltf-
more and Ohio railroad station in WASH
1ngton, after the parade the same detail
will report to the sergeant major for duty
as guard for the stock car containing tho
regimental horses.
The following named officers are detailed
as acting battalion commissaries of SUBJ
sistence. and will report at once to Lieu
tenant Thomas H. King, acting regimental
commissary of subsistence, for instruction:
First Lieutenant c. B. Hudson, Second
Lieutenant w. r. Harrison Second Lteuten-
ant s. c. Redman.
The troops of this regiment will proceed
from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad sta
tion, Washington, d. c., to Chickamauga,
Ga, in three sections. The first section will
leave Washington at pm. this date, and
will be composed Of 1st Regiment staff.
the 1st Battalion and the horses Of the regi-
ment.. The second section will leave at
ITO pm, and will be composed of the I'd
Battalion. The third section will leave at
7:20 p.m., and will be composed Of the Sd
Battalion.
'"The baggage Of each battalion will ac-
company the first section. Each battalion
commander will turn over to the railroad
official in charge Of his train a certificate
setting forth the number of officers and
enlisted man transported in his section,
also the number of sleeping car berths
furnished for officers. The officer in charge
of the first section will certify to the num-
Ter Of horses in stock car.
upon the arrival of each section at
Chickamauga, Ca. the commanding off,
Ger thereof will report to the commanding
officer OF the regiment.
''V. The senior medical officer of the
regiment will detail a medical officer and
two hospital stewards to accompany each
section.
wi. Each battalion commander is
charged with the duty OF seeing that no
person is carried upon his section except
officers and enlisted men OF this regiment.
and officers servants and cooks attached
TO this command, without written author
ity from the commanding cficer Of the
regiment.
by order: COL HARRIEs.
(S!gned) WIN. e. HORTON.
Capt. and Adjt
Late Arrivals at Camp.
Three regiments have reported since yes
terday noon to take the place of the de-
parting District volunteers These are the
9Th Illinois. LIST New Jersey and 18th Ohio.
The 9Th Illinois spent all yesterday after
noon in marching from Dunn Lorinr To
Falls Church. but by dint of considerable
effort were able to get up their tents before
the showers which came in the early even
ing. Their quarters are between the 9th
Ohio regiment and the Pennsylvania troops.
and In remarkably. short space of time
were in splendid condition.
Death of an Illinois Soldier.
The spirits Of the 9th Illinois are, how