Gobin Will Not Seek Active Duty Amid Brigade Disputes
Special from Camp Alger July 16 reports General Gobin will not seek active service until his brigade is fully trained and disciplined. The Third brigade, largely recruits, faces delays moving to a new camp due to water wells and logistical issues. Mutinous incidents with the Sixth Pennsylvania and others are described along with disciplinary actions and personnel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Alger
Goblin
Shafter
Second
Massachusetts
Santiago
Second Massachusetts
Uke
Thirteenth
Brigade
Crittenden Farm
Eighth Regiment
Corps
Schall
Houtboy
Graham
Schall T
Shenton
Gobin
T. J. Duffy
Burkehouse
Tenny
Greenburg
Company A
The
Tribune
Third Brigade
Gossip of the Camp at Camp Alger Virginia
Special from Camp Alger Virginia reports Private Charlies Koehler of Company F accidentally stabbed in the leg with an unsheathed bayonet while rising from a reclined position. Wives of officials visit the Pennsylvania brigade. New commissary sergeant Private Wormser of Company G takes formal duties. Privates Lewis and Tighe return from furlough. Chaplain Stahl preaches at Salvation Army tent and distributes Christian materials. Typhoid fever hospitalizes Private Learned of Company H Third New York. Regiment equipped with new, fault-free guns. old weapons condemned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Alger
Charlies Koehler
Blanchard
Hastings
Salvation Army
Edith Marshall
A. P. Dean
Young Women's Christian Association
H. M. Bookstaver
Wallace K. Huntaberger
Berry
Foote
Wood
Kambeck
Learned
Third
New York
Beranton
Fort Myer
Coxe
Connecticut
War letters from Archbald sailors amid Cuban coast patrols
Walter Burke reports from the Pompey stationed off Cardenas Cuba detailing delays from Lambert's Point to Key West, a captain's death, burial with honors, and orders to intercept vessels. He requests news from home and notes Mangrove's movement. Burke and Indiana gunner Morgan Williams relay vivid battle scenes and prisoner figures from the Spanish-American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael O'Boyle
Archbald
Walter Burke
United States
Pompey
B. Pompey
Cardenas
Cuba
Michael
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Lambert's Point
Key West
Keys
Mr. Miller
Havana
Tee & Weasel
Willam P. Williams
W. J. Williams
Wilkes-Barre
Morgan B. Williams
Indiana
Monitor
Bourgogne Inquiry Ends Exonerates Cromartyshire Captain
Halifax July 1 The Bourgone inquiry concluded with witnesses the helmsman and carpenter of the Cromartyshire. Counsel urged exoneration for Captain Henderson and asked the court to hold an international character capable of trying vessels of various nationalities. A decision will come in a few days. The trial focused solely on the British ship's captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Bourgone
Cromartyshire
Henderson
Corbett McCoy Match Ends With Signed Agreement
Articles of agreement for a September 10 boxing match at the Hawthorne Athletic club in Buffalo were signed in New York. The bout between James J. Corbett and Kid McCoy carries a $20,000 purse with a winner take all arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Corbett
Kid" McCoy
Hawthorne Athletic Club
Buffalo
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Tie
Pennsylvania
Twelfth Regiment
Twelfth
Coryell
Mattes
Matten
Tweilfth
Leutenant Staier
Staier
Leutenant
Philadelphia
Washington
Falls Church
Carolina
Fleet Division
Virginia
Burkhouser
William Carpenter
Ninth United States Infantry
Arlington Cemetery
George Auranger
Bennett Sparks
Carbondale
F. W. Trumbower
Scranton
Frank Bailey
One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
George Ward
Halmtead
Private Ward
James A. Corbett
Jack Hayes
Derman
Butler
C. R. Parke
Dewey
Manila
Porto Rico
BK. D. Nichols
McKinley
United States Army
Nichols
White House
Alger
Brooke
Quartermaster's Department
Weet
Middle West
Melville
Vulcan
Chickamaugare
Dougherty
Robert Mercur
Connelly
Pittston
Holmes
George Hoffman
United States Engineer Corps
Fifth Army Corps
Hoffman
Sturdevant
West Point
Cubs
Sampson
Royal
Local Bamind Powder CO
New Yorm
Bourgogne
Corbett
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
Florey & Brooks
Ava
Court House
Third National Bank
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Lackawanna Avenue
N. B
Conrad
Lacka. Ave
Chas, du P. Swift
Geo. M. Hallstead
Hallstead
Swift
Veo Buskirk
Connell Building
Ga. m
G P. m. H. C. Frink
Prescott Ave
Morgan
National Supply and Metal
Zoo West
Scranton, Pa
Wolf & Wenzel
Adama Ave
Court Neuss
Richardson-Boynton
Hauges
Pilsner
Seanard
Mation & Densten
James Mahon
J.C. Densten, Btudent At Law
Bucknell University
John Howard Harris
Lewisburg
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