The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-11
ARRIVAL OF RECRUITS

commission. lie is now the ranking
officer of the camp, and by courtesy all
communications from the war depart
ment will be directed to him, excepting
such as deal particularly with the spe-
cial mission of Major Paxson, who is in
charge of the regular army squad de-
tailed here. An order for troops, for
instance, would come to Colonel Case
and he would oversee their departure.
Colonel Willis J. Hulings, Sixteenth
regiment, Third brigade, has also had
all its companies mustered in and Col
onel Robert Ralston's Third regiment,
First brigade. with one more company
mustered in, will be ready for the field.
GETTING READY TO MOVE.
This makes nearly $500 of the 1900
men who are at once to be moved to
Washington. If the Thirteenth regi-
ment should muster in tomorrow before
any other regiment can get all its COM
panies lined up at the mastering office,
it would be one of the -four regiments
of infantry" that Secretary Alger's al
lotment of yesterday stations at Wash
ington. 1t is expected that the first
mentioned and some other would move
out of here tonight. All the extra can
vas, such as Fly" tents in front of Off
GERS quarters, extra tents for COM
missaries and the like are being taken
down and packed preparatory to ship
ment. The government. it will be re-
membered. has purchased the tents.
Inspector General Edward Morrell, OF
Governor Hastings staff, was thrown
from his horse on the parade ground
near the Eighteenth camp, this even
ing, and painfully injured. He' sus-
tained an ugly cash over the right eye
and various bad bruises besides. He
was brought to consciousness and cared
for in the Eighteenth's hospital, whose
stretcher corps was at his side in a
jiffy. Later he was taken to his cot
tage in the park. The brass band of
the Carlisle Indian school came over
today and serenaded General Goblin.
The weather continues to be fine and
the hospital empty.
The anXiously-awaited marching or
ders for the batteries came today and
| this afternon they proceeded with the
| work of loading up preparatory to
Newport News. Their duty there, it is
| expected, will be to guard the shipping
| in course of construction or repair and
| to be at a convenient place, incident
ally, for transportation to Cuba, If their
| presence is needed there. The follow
| ing order signed yesterday was pro-
mulgated today:
| Headquarters National Guard of Penn
| sylvania. Adiutant Generals Office.
Camp Hastings, May o. 1895,
Brigadler General ]. =. S. Goblin, Com
| ma1der Third Brigade, n. g. L.
| Sir: The comander-in-chief directs that
you will notify reglmental commanders
to direct their company commanders to
observe the following before presenting
| their CompaIi les to the United States mus
| tering officers.
| ]. As soon as they have sufficient re-
| cruitS passed in camp and passed the
medical examiners they will report to the
inspector genrals office for muster rolls
which are to be made out in triplicate.
II. AS soon as the rolls have been
| made out in triplcate, they will again
report to the inspector generals Office
to have these rolls examined and verified
H. After these rolls have been veri-
fed a time will be appointed at which
they will parade their companies for
muster Very respectfully,
| (SignedD Thomas j. Stewart.
Adiutant General.
This is the order in detail mentioned
in my dispatches published this morn.
| ing.
Four more Scranton men went hom,
| today. Major j. w. OakfOrd, judge ad.
| Vocate of the Third brigade, whose
office was ruled out by the new ordel
of things, found nothing left for hin
to do here and this morning bid adel
to General Goblin and his mates a
headquarters mess and returned Il
| Scranton.
Sergeant ]. NJ. Edwards, of Compan!
| +, underwent another change Of hear
last night, after receiving a begginl
letter from his sick wife praying hin
to come home, and this morning h,
took his departure.
| William Marsh, of Company f, whose
physical fitness was referred to Majo
Hail. was today rejected and he, too
went back to Scranton.
Joseph d. Myers, of Company H,wen
home to his sick wife His return Il
conditional upon her recovery befor
his company is mustered in.
T. J. Duffy.