Winter Campaign at Camp Meade Signals Preparations
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports Camp Meade near Middletown Pennsylvania bracing for a winter campaign with overcoats capes blankets and underwear piling up. Fifteenth Pennsylvania suffers malaria fever with over thirty cases. Thirteenth Pennsylvania shows fewer illnesses and two men discharged from hospital after minor treatments. General Young arrives and a wage dispute with wagoners ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Pennsylvania
Camp Meade
Middletown
Wagonera
Young
Santiago de Cuba
von Schroeder
Corps
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Sheridan Point
Feldman
Sur- Keon Keller
Camp notes mention policing and sanitary care praised
The report commends the policing and sanitary care of the camp while detailing various soldiers on leave or returning from furlough. Privates Magill Harris and Montague return from Danville with an armed detail for a funeral. Several personnel are listed as absent, on sick furlough, or visiting, including officers at the Hotel Lochiel in Harrisburg and visits to the Pennsylvania Military College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coursen
Koller
Magill
Harris
Montague
Danville
Day and
Cleary
Gregory
Hanford Swingle
Harry Hall
Alvin L. Frans
Thomas Carroll
Wolff
Chambersburg
T. & J. W. Johnson Law Book Publishing Co
Philadelphia
Stephen Phillips
William Decker
L. T. Mattes
Scranton
George A. Redsecker
Pennsylvania Military College
Ezra Ripple
Ripple
Ray Smith
Paschalls
Benjamin Pechter
Richard J. Bourke
Yella
Alliance
Frank Seymour
Honolulu
Liamond
Company H
Hitchcock
Worthing
Hinman
Hospitals Consolidated and Troop Movements Planned
Chief Surgeon Girard orders consolidation of Red Cross hospitals with the Second division hospital under Major Charles C. Wiley. Executives officers include Captain Whittington. Nurses from the Red Cross to stay. Troop movements to southern camps for garrison duty in Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines begin in October. Sick moved to Philadelphia city hospitals. mutiny fears rise as volunteers seek home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Meade
Middletown
Girard
Red Cross
Charles C. Wiley
Pennsylvania Regiment
Wittington
Missouri
Red Cross Society
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sternberg Belives
Uncle Sam
Oficers
Alger
Funeral of Private Frederick Gay in Calvertton Church
The funeral for Private Frederick Gay of Carverton Luzerne county who served in Company A Thirteenth regiment and died in Lancaster hospital was held Tuesday at 11 AM at the Calvertton Methodist church. The service featured scripture, prayers, a sermon by Rev Abel Wrigley and a lateé choir performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gay
Carverton
Luzerne County
Lancaster
Calverton Methodist Church
Clark Callender
Robert R. Thompson
Wyoming
Abel Wrigley
Lehman
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Chronic Catarrh
Alrr E of Yrvet Hoernerstown Pennsylvania reports years of catarrh relief after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. He describes a sense of head fullness and ear ringing, one nostril blocked, and inability to breathe clearly. After a few bottles he is cured and able to work hard on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Alrreep
Yrvet
Hoernerstown
Pennsylvania
Funeral with Military Honors For Late Soldier Montange
The interment was held with military honors at a cemetery near the church. Riley Post G A R of Wyoming attended, Commander Jacob I Shoemaker led the committal, and Sons of Veterans camp Wyoming participated. Scranton soldiers on furlough from Company A attended. Pallbearers named, flower bearers named, designs on the casket, silk flag draped. George Montange of Plainville Luzerne died in St Peters Hospital Brooklyn at 26 of typhoid after service from Wilkes-Barre to Fort McPherson Tampa Porto Rico. His father Samuel Montange was a Plains G A R member who died June 28. A Lexington Ky report notes regiment homeward delays and officer escorts. New commissions for Company B and D officers listed. officers mustered in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Wyoming
Jacob I. Shoemaker
Sons of Veterans Camp of Wyoming
Company A
William Wall
Corporal Gee
Millett
James O'Malley
Roy Nelbell
Scranton
Thomas Nixon
Rexford Wrigley
Jason Baird
Ziba Atherholt
Herman Raibert
Edward English
John Bodie
Charles English
George Montange
Plainaville
Luzerne
Eleventh
United States Infantry
St. Peter's Hospital
Brooklyn
Samuel Montange
Dentler
West Market Street
Wilkes-Barre
Fort McPherson
Alabama
Tampa
Porto Rico
Plains Grand Army of the Republic
Lexington
Dougherty
Pullman Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
Washington
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Alger
James ¢. Kenney
John A. Kenny
Gordon Bevatt
Edmund D. Camp
FP. Hart
Morris M. Keck
Honolulu
Company H
Diamond Head
Boya
Lehigh Valley Rail Offers $3 Round Trip Saturday
Fare for round trip only $3.00 applies this Saturday via the Lehigh Valley railroad, inviting travelers to enjoy a low cost excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley Railroad
American Naval Ordnance and Projectile Weights Explained
Leslie's Weekly details U.S. Navy ordnance with projectile weights, calibres, and charge comparisons. It lists 6 and 5 inch rapid fire guns, secondary batteries, machine guns, small arms including the Colt revolver and Lee rifle, and varieties of shells. It notes armor-piercing shells lack fuses, and describes torpedo types like Whitehead and Howell, launcher methods, and bayonets and cutlasses still in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie’s Weekly
United States Navy
Driggs-Schroeder
Gatling
Colt
Hotchkiss
Maxim
Maxim- Norderfeldt
Medi- Nerd
Lee
Burden of Work for German Emperor Shown in Monthly Figures
Figures illustrate the emperor’s workload over twelve months. He received 1 020 immediate reports including 28 tele grams, issued 70 decisions and signed cabinet orders and appointments. About 60 00 documents were addressed to him and 400 letters and telegrams arrived daily.
New York Troops Arrive in Honolulu on Homebound Voyage
Letters from C. W. Fetheroll describe the New York volunteers aboard the Alliance leaving San Francisco and arriving in Honolulu. The journey features welcoming crowds, Red Cross hospitality, and a trek into the city that ends with camp setup near Diamond Head and a view of Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Fetheroll
Tribune City
New York Volunteers
Honolulu
Binghamton Herald
Hawaiian Islands
Alliance
San Francisco
Bay
Winter Fur Showings Offer Wide Collarette Range
The display features collarettes in Electric Seal, Persian Lamb, Chinchilla and Mink combinations with linings and storm collars. Prices start at 4.50 and include Blue Fox and Gray Fox collars.
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Fort Myer
Strong
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Flest
Second Army Corps
George G. Meade
Blrong
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Hospitals Consolidated
Hood’s Pills
Rove Baring
Kitw von
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NAVY
Tribune
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Golden Gate
Albatross Island
Port Bow
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Winfield Scott
Farallones Islands
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Nassau Ave
Moragis
Connollyan
Smollyara Wallace
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
Lackawanna Avenue
the Scranton Electrical Works
Lackawanna Lumber Co., Manufacturang
White Alok
Hardwood Lumber
Cross Fork
Potter Co
Buffalo and Susquesbanoa
Mina
Potter County
Coudersport
Port Allegany
General Office—Board of Trade
Scranton, PA
Moosic and
Rushdale Works
Lafplin & Rand Powder CO
Repauno Chemical Co
Lackawanna Ava
Dickson Mfg CO
Keranton and Wilkes-Harre
General Omice
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Chenango
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