The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-02
1000 MEN LEAVE CAMP.
other Regiments to Take Trains fOl
Tampa TO-Day-Gen. Grant sworn In.

other Regiments to Take Trains for
Tampa TO-Day-Gen. Grant Sworn In.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 1.-The
first of the volunteer infantry ordered from
Chickamauga to Tampa got away this
morning. The regiments which left were
the One-hundred-a and -fifty-seventh Indiana
the First Ohio, the First District of Colum-
bia and the Second New York. Tomorrow
the Third Pennsylvania, the First Illinois,
the Fifty-eighth Maryland and Sixty-nnth
New York will leave. No other regiments
are under orders to move, but the best
posted army officers intimate that more or
ders may be expected in the near future
The d-and-fifty-seventh In
diana left camp at o'clock and marched to
Ringgold, where Western & Atlantic trains
were boarded at noon. This regiment had
been in camp at Chickamauga since May
16. 1t is fairly well equipped and unusually
we'll drilled. 1t has a good hospital corps
and a band of twenty-three pieces The
companies are from the following Indiana
towns: South Bend, Angola, Auburn,
Waterloo, Fort Wayne, North Manchester,
Ligonier, Elkhart. Plymouth, Knox and
Goshen. Col. George NJ. Studebaker is one
of the youngest colonels in the army, being
but thirty-fve years of age
The Second New York, under Col e. c.
Hardin left camp at 5 o'clock and marched
five miles to Rossville station, where South
ern Railway trains were taken. This regi-
ment had been in camp at Chickamauga
since May 20 and was one of the best drilled
and best equipped there. Colonel Hardin its
commander, was formerly a regular army
officer and is a skilled drillmaster The
regiment is composed of companies from the
following cities in the Empire State: Troy,
Cohoes. Schenectady, Saratoga, Hoosac
Falls, Whitehall, Mohawk, Poughkeepsie
and Amsterdam.
The First Ohio started on a nine-mile
march to Ringgold, Ga, at o'clock 1t
boarded special Western & Atlantic trains
at Ringgold about 8 o'clock The regiment
has been 1T Chickamauga since May Is. 1t
is we'll drilled and fairly we'll equipped. Col
d. B. Hunt is in command.
The First District of Columbia left camp
at o'clock and marched to Rossville where
Southern trains were taken for Tampa.
This regiment is composed of LOSS men
from Washington under Colonel G. II. Har-
res. 1t has camped in the park since May
22 and is thoroughly drilled and we'll
equipped.
The First Illinois Infantry lef. this morn
ing on three trains over the Nashville.
Chattanooga &c st. Louis railroad The
command numbers LOIS officers and men
under Colonel e. C. Young. With the ex-
ception of horses, the men are well
equipped Arrangements have been made
to supply the horses and get the command
in hard training during the next few days.
Notwithstanding the fact that 1900 volun-
teers left this morning, there are still 43, 900
here. The order issued to recruit all the
regiments to the standard Of 1927 men will
largely increase the number, and with the
constant arrivals will keep the army near
the $1,000 mark. Regimental and company
drills are going on with increased vigor to-
day. All the men and many of the officers
are inclined to the belief that large part of
the army win be sent south soon. and they