Thirteenth May Yet Go to Cuba Rumor Reaches Camp Alger
Special from Camp Alger Virginia reports rising belief that the Second Army Corps will be posted to Havana Cuba by mid October. General Butler may be replaced temporarily with Brigadier Gobin or another senior officer to command the division. Divisional officials deny delay of moves to Middletown while confirming Cuba plans. The corps could arrive in Cuba to garrison Har dina and ready for possible clashes as yellow fever season continues.
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Beranton Tribune
Camp Alger
Dunn Loring
Second Army Corps
Cuba
Havana
Butler
Washington
Mall
P. 8
Strong
Gobin
Butter
Middletown
Pennsylvania
Eame
Virginia
Hardina
Coursen
United States
Thia
Military ball game ends in a score for Company E
In a recent match broken by sickness in both camps Company E beat B's representatives by a slim margin. Corporal Gus Moore of A complains about two shade Khaki trousers and a soldierly lack of style. Private Charles Whipple and Charles Bacon of D are home on thirty days sick leave. Officers on duty include Lieutenant Harrington of G and Lieutenant Davis of F with guards led by Lattimer Reese of I and Sergeant of the Guard, while corporals George Biddleman and Ralph Northrop and Private Herbert Swan are listed among the orderly forces.
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Gus Moore
Sam
Charles Whipple
Charles Bacon
Lieutenant Harrington
Lieutenant Davis
Lattimer Reese
Second Army Corps to Garrison Cuba via Meade Camp
Information from Camp Alger indicates the Second Army Corps is to garrison Cuba with about 60 000 men drawn mainly from General Lee and General Graham led units. The Middletown camp will be renamed in honor of General Meade as training and deployment proceed, with the 13th 12th and 8th Pennsylvania regiments joining the command. First Sergeant Girard of Roosevelt's Rough Riders arrived at the camp and will serve as assistant hospital steward under his father, Lt Colonel Otrard, the second division chief medical officer.
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Washington
Camp Alger
Cuba
Middletown
Lee
Graham
Harrisburg
War Department
George Gordon Meade
Second Army Corps
Pennsylvania
Girard
Roosevelt
Roughriders
Cubu
Otrard
Pennsylvania to move sick soldiers home by hospital trains
Governor Hastings seeks war department aid to gather Pennsylvania troops from Camps Alger Thomas Tampa and other southern camps for transport to state hospitals. Hospitals including University of Pennsylvania Medico-Chirurgical Jefferson Philadelphia and others in Pittsburgh will assist as soon as soldiers are announced. A letter from Andrew Brown of Wilkes-Barre reports his son aboard the battleship Helena recovering from an elbow injury and recalling naval actions near Cuba and Key West. News from Camp Thomas notes possible muster-out of volunteers, with ongoing political pressure as preparations begin to return twenty convalescent men.
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Bellefonte
Hastings
War Department
Pennsylvania
Alger
Thomas
Tampa
University of Pennsylvania
Medico-Chirurgical
Jefferson
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital
Andrew Brown
Scott Street
Wilkes-Barre
Andrew
Helena
Hawley
Key West
Wilkes- Barre
Clenfuegos
Cape Cruise
Cienfuegos
Manzanillo
Port Tunis
Trinidad
Cabana
Carthy
Fagle
New York Yacht Club
United States Navy
Milex
Santiago
Porto Rico
Chickamauga
Excent Lays Out Leave and Army Camp Developments
The Fifty second lown sends sixty men on private leave to Des Moines under Assistant Surgeon Nott as Red Cross nurses increase to 125 with Misa Maxwell and Miss Crumilin directing a camp hospital. G H Sternbergen hospital opens, tents gain amenities, and artesian wells are dug. Major Cestin sets a bacteriological lab. Pennsylvania regiment sick to be moved Friday. Lieutenant George Hoffman, Cuba bound, reports map work for campaign operations.
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Excent
Tueadey
Lown
Des Moines
Nott
Red Cross Society
Misa Maxwell
Presbyterian Hospital of
New York City
Crumilin
G. H. Sternbere General Hospital
Red Cross
Cestin
Pennsylvania Regiment
Philadelphia
Iron and Steel Trade Improves Across Regions This Week
The American Manufacturer reports broad improvement in the iron and steel markets. Philadelphia shows best changes in years with firming prices, while New York and Chicago see steady or rising activity. Southern plate and structural demand grows, pig iron outlook improves in Cincinnati and St. Louis, and Cleveland notes stiff pig iron prices and active wrought iron.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Bessemer Pillet
Merchant Bar
Skelp
New York
Chicago
Southern Platron
Cincinnati
Birmingham
St. Louis
Wheeling
Cleveland
Trolley Car Wreck Kills Man at Cascade Park
In New Castle Pennsylvania on August 18 a trolley wreck killed Cooney Hitchue of McKeesport and injured several others. About 10,000 picnickers rode New Castle traction cars after a Cascade park outing when a train leaped the track on a curve causing a collision with an oncoming car. James H Wyant and his two year old son, also from McKeesport, suffered serious cuts and bruises but were expected to recover.
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New Castle
Cascade Park
Cooney Hitchue
McKeesport
Hitchue
James H. Wyant
Bodies Recovered Of Two Girls In Delaware River Suicide
Philadelphia report Aug 18 states Maud Hoffnagie and Bessie Foust died by jumping from a ferry deck into the Delaware River. Their bodies were found within hours near the site of their disappearance, both bruised and swollen. Families say the girls shared a close unusual affection and offered no motive indications.
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Philadelphia
Maud Hoffnagie
Bessie Foust
Delaware River
Dewey Seizes Manila as Cable Line Restored
A Manila dispatch reports American troops occupy all former Spanish positions with 6000 prisoners. No Spanish resistance occurred as the fleet took the town. Admiral Dewey raised the severed cable end on Friday but the line remains inoperative. Hong Kong merchants rush to Manila amid expected trade boom.
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Hong Kong
Manila
Associated Press
Dewey
Cervera Plans Delayed Return to Spain
Washington reports that Admiral Cervera will not depart the United States soon and may be the last released Spanish captive to go home. Dr Jureda, a feeble naval surgeon, is to be released with a Spanish chaplain. Captain Moreu, a Spanish parliament member, also freed to return and address sessions about U S treatment of prisoners.
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Spain
Dr. Jureda
Moreu
Washington
Cervera
Annapolis
Navy Yard
United States
Navy Department
Jareda
Jureda
Havy Department
Morel
Heatwave Devastates Europe Tiring Cities
Intense heat in Hamburg and Berlin on Aug 18 caused numerous deaths and many collapses on the streets. Fires erupted across Germany due to dryness, with Mir in Vilna province largely destroyed and eighteen killed when a burning building collapsed.
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Hamburg
Berlin
Germany
Mir
Vilna
Russia
Duties of the Staff in the U S Army An 1870s overview
The New York Tribune describes the ten staff departments led by brigadier generals and their duties. Adjutant general acts as secretary to commanders while Inspector general handles information and troop condition. Judge advocate prosecutes military crimes and settles legal questions. Commissary buys food. Quartermaster funds clothing shelter and transport. Ordnance provides weapons. Signal Corps handles all army telegraphs and telephones.
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Ordnance
Engineer Corps
Signal Corps
United States Army
Bureau of Information
Judge Advocate
Commissary
Quartermaster’s Department
Quartermaster's Department
Ordnance Department
Staff Officers and Civilian Talent in Army Departments
Corps members are attached to troops for signaling and supply. Many staff appointees in the commissary and quartermaster departments may lack military training yet show business capacity. Medical and legal staff similarly need not be trained soldiers, and an apothecary officer from a bank is as welcome as one from West Point.
Baseball scores from leagues with multiple games
National League results Philadelphia 8 Pittsburg 4 Cleveland 2 Brooklyn 0 second game postponed Jair Boston 10 Chicago 0 New York 7 Cincinnati 0 Baltimore 9 Louisville Washington 6 St Louis N Ferr? Eastern league Providence 3 Wilkes-Barre 3 Buffalo 3 Montreal 3 Ottawa 4 Toronto Syracuse 7 Springfield 0 Atlantic League Hartford 1 Reading 4 Lancaster 4 Allentown 0 Richmond 6 Paterson 0 Norfolk 10 Newark 2
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Jair Boston
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Ouisville
Washington
St. Louis
Providence
Wilkes-Barre
Buffalo
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Syracuse
Springfeld
Hartford
Reading
Lancaster
Allentown
Richmond
Paterson
Norfolk
Newark
Amateur Base Ball Double Event In Jessup August Second
The St Thomas college team meets Jessup on Jessup grounds for a 825 prize game. Lineups include Cummings Griffin Sweerey Tighe Weir Ruane Cooney Payton Burke. Evening program at St James hall features a talent show, double quartet, a farce A Crowded Hotel and hypnotist Profesor Mayo from Beranton.
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St. Thomas’ College
Jessup
Thuredas
W. Cummings
J. Griffin
M. Sweerey
J. Tighe
J. Weir
Boise
M. Ruane
J. Cooney
Feild
T. Payton
Burke
St. James’ Hall
Annie Lawler
Kearney and
Cawley
Michael Hoban
Moses Mendelasohn
Michael Holleran
John McDonald
Edward Milner
William Lynott
John Howley
John McAndrew
Josepn Weir
Annie Brown
Maggie Reap
Linsle Dempsey
John Jones
Arlington
Bernard McGurl & Co
Profesor Mayo
Beranton
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General Gobin
Stover
Plume
Burdett
Nag
William Beckman
Harry Meinzer
McDermott
Vienna
Smith
Karl Gunster
Division
Fellows
E. D. Fellows
Captain Fellows
Corporal Carter
Fairfax Court House
Wagoner Frank Mallet
Division Hospital
Ftahl
Kings’ Daughters of the
Green Ridge Presbyterian Church
Edward Wichards
James Williams
Camp Thomas
Flood
Rende
Dbo
Mathew Hoffman
George Hoffman
United States Engineer Corps
Shafter
Hoffman
San Diago
Iron and Steel Trade
Admiral Dewey
Europe
Army
The
New York Tribune
Connollyara Dallac
Bromsley
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
Third National Bank OF Scranton
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Holmes
Myer Davidow
Lackawanna Avenue
Spruce
Baseball
Scranton, PA
Moosic
Rusidale Works
Laplin & Rand Powder CO
Repauno Chemical Co
Florey & Brooks
Ava
Court Hous
Pilsner
Morgan
MTOM
Nna Avenue
Chas. du P. Swift, Geo. M. Hallstead
Switt
M. van Buskirk
Hall Stead
Connell Building
Scranton
Dickson M
Scranton and
Wilkes-Harratta
General Office
Berantes, Ya
Lackawanna Ava
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