New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05
SUPPLIES FOR VOLUNTEERS.
ACTIVITY At ARMY HEADooN AK H"'
FITTING OUT THE vIGILANcIA AS
su1p-prANs FOR MANNING THE FORTS

su1p-pr,Ss FOR MANNING THE FORTS.
H. .....,,r =, commssary and subsistence
sunnlios IN the Department OF the East Oh VIC
Regular Army will hereafter be under 'he '"%'
OF Licutena Mt Colonel Charles A "oou'u \.
commissary and assistant commissars ~. s,.n
subsistence He returned TO his place y" ~
~ General Merritt and took charge OF the o"''-
IN the Army Building Yesterday. Colohei "o ~
vas a member OF the Carter court-maruaL "aIo
Wells Willard who has performed the du''es IN
Colonel Weston went to Washington iast 'o'.n'
asked 10 he relieved on account OF Hi-he''
has served thlrty-six years In the Army "''."n
been four years IN the Civil war ana Twelve S'"'
tho frontier. . ...a,v
Al the commssary's Office It was SAID yes'ei'as
tia, ratIons for ten days being snippeu "
the camps at Peeksk and Hampstead Every 'o
that was needed on hand save oa0on' u,,h
had been ordered from Chicago. ana Del w."
the commissaries AZ the camps wou'o pun ,
There will he eighty thousand rations' supp,
for eight thousand men for ten days io'" 60
10 Camp Black and half this quantity 10 lamp
Townsend An agent for firm when put III
bid for lettuce soap at the recent oido'"s ~
plies asked yesterday II his bid haa pee, 1922
"Tou will receive notice II II IS sa'd Nv ava
missarv but do not think the troops j" "
will get much lettuce soap -
The Commissary Department sent snosise"0-
sunnlies 70 Kew West by the steamship AlaHo'
which ia 10 reach Key West this morhl'f' Oh"
also carries two pontoon trains tu''v ea''pP.' 80
use IN cuba and a company Of expert engineers
under command OF West Point ofncsrs' WIN ~
trained I'm pontoon dge-building
Az announced from Washington. the war DC
nartment has chartered the steamship Nisi'anc''.
OF the Ward Line. for use as hoauhs nosti'"'
when Cuba Is invaded. II will take TWO o. 'n.-'
weeks TO nj the vessel for her new uses ana TINS
will no done under the direction ~ Major w. II
Torrev l. s A. Of West Point who was one"
an assistant surgeon in the Navy The vessel mas
a tonnage OF ais sh. Is 5ol feet long ana 20 rect
beam Shc will be equipped with hospi'al rooms'
medicine chests. refrigeraung plant ana huse 'ce-
box for carrying a large quantity OF Ice ana Keep
ing II I'm hot climate.
Bids werc opened in the Quartermasters Depart
ment yesterday for general Army supplies. inc.ud-
ing cloth field desks. tents and field supplies Inc
gas receivers for the balloon at Fort Wads"orth
have filled. that everything Is now IN reani-
ness for the removal OF the balloon 10 the front;
70 fsmiliarize hmseY With the position Of the
troops there and to attend TO any matter wnicn
the East II is likely that as soon as me troops Ii
he divided among the forts near this city and IN,
sruced in artillery pTaS T. s0 fhey can relieve
the regular artlllerymen; II Is not REARED as a,
al Eey ha any r al is over in October
First Lieutenant c. +. Echols. o. the Engineer
At Nest Point has been appointed engineer officer
on the staff OF General Merritt. 10 succeed Iaptaln
\ :
Major William 3 Patten has returned 10 his dut'es
as chief qiiartormaster o. the Department Of the
East Al Governors Island . ,,, .,
Bids were opened In the Army building yesterday
for ! 7oo pouches for the Hospital Corps Ihey are
Instruments There were bids also received tor
- mess chests. containing table outfits. ldeuten-
ant-Coonel J Morris Brown. in charge 81 the Med
teal Supply Department. has received innumera9 n
appllcat ions from the owners o. nostruns Tor the
cure 81 yellow fever and other Ills incident 10
tropical climates =. -
George Coughn. y, the 9Th Artillery, |. : A,
who was seriously hurt at the military tournament
in Madison square Garden on March l. BY being
thrown from a gun-carriage and run over. hai
sufficiently recovered yesterday 70 cave Bellevue
Hospital and return TO Fort Hamilton "here
part o. his regiment remains .
Colonel George L. Gillespie has returned 10 his OF
a-e In the Army Building from Washington.
whittier he went 10 attend TO duties as A member
OF the Lighthouse Board