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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY. JULY 1, 189S.
GOBIN MAKES
A PREDICTION
It Indicates That the
Thirteenth Will Go to
Porto Rico.
HONOR FOR COL. COURSEN
President of First General
Court Martial Assembled.
IT WILt, TRY miVATE 8T. JAMHS,
OF THE SIXTY-KIKTII NEW YORK,
WliO IS CHARGHD WITH SAVAGU
1.Y ASSAULTING HIS LIEUTENANT.
BRIGADE QUARTERMASTERS DI
RECTED TO RErORT AT DUNN
LORINO TOR WHATEVER EQUIP
MENTS AND ORDNANCE ARE RE
QUIRED. Specl.il from a Stuff Correspondent.
Camp Alger, Va Juno 30. While
discussing the movements of troops to
day with General Go-bin, I nsked him
if there was any Immediate prospect
of the Third brigade gettlnpiout of
here. The general hesitated for a time
and then said, eyeing the poct-llkc locks
of his Interrogator: "If you stay with
your Thirteenth regiment you will get
your next hair-cut In a Porto Rico bar
ber shop."
Word was sent out today from corps
headquarters for all brigade quarter
masters to repot t at once to Dunn Lor
Ing for whatever equipments and ord
nance their regiments have ordered,
everything In that line having been
received and prepared for distribution.
Colonel Coursen was accorded an
other signal honor today, being made
president ot the first general court
martial assembled In the First divis
ion. Major Stlllw ell and Lieutenant
Roberts are also members of it. It 13
specially convened to try Private St.
James, of tho felxty-tlfth New York,
who Is charged with savagely nssuult
ing his lieutenant, a capital offense In
war times.
HAS CAUSED TALK.
No end of discussion has been engen
dered by General Gobin's action In
substituting Colonel Hoffman, of tho
Eighth tho general's old regiment
for Jolonel Coursen, of the Thirteenth,
pj ranking jeglmental commander.
There Is a nice question emolved und
while Genctal Gobln is trenerally con
ceded to bo right in his ruling, thete
are many who do not agren with him.
General Gobln takes the ground that
the colonel who was first sworn In
as a United States volunteer Is tlm
bcnlor colonel. Colonel Hoffman took
tho oath on tho evening of May 12.
Colonels Coutsen and Coryell were
made United States officers tho follow
ing morning. There would bo no ques
tion of Colonel Hoffman's seniority If
it were not that there was an under
standing between Governor Hastings
and the war department and among
tho officers themselves that all com
missions should be dated alike. May
5, and that the seniority which ob
tained In the national guard should
govern their rank in the volunteer ser
vice. Under this agreement Colonel Cor
yell would be tho senior regimental
commander of this brigade with Colo
nel Coursen next In rank and Colonel
Hoffman, who became a colonel tho
day before he was sworn In, tho Jun
ior. When the three regiments wcie
formed Into a brigade soon after ar
rival here, it was expected that Colo
nel Coryell would be placed In com
mand. General Graham, however, de
clined to consider National Guard ser
vice In designating the benlor colonel
and called upon the three colonels to
send In their military records. When
ho saw that each was commissioned on
the same day, May C, he proceeded to
fix tho seniority by previous service
In tho United States army, as tho war
department Instructions, according to
interpretation, directed him to do This
made Colonel Coursen the ranking
commander, he halng served as a
captain in the civil war, while Colonel
Hoffman was only a private and Colo
nel Coryell not in the war at all. Colo
nel Coursen did not expect the dis
tinction and did not want to accept,
but Colonel Coryell very graciously
insisted that he should take It and
after some hesitation he did.
HE MADE NO CLAIM.
Colonel Hoffman made no claim or
pietenslons to the office until Cleneral
Gobln arrived. No sooner had his old
colonel taken command of the brigade
than the question of seniority was re
vived. General Gobln, through his ad
jutant, Lieutenant A. Wilson Norrls,
who was, until General Gobin's com
ing, adjutant of Colonel Hoffman's
regiment, asked for the military rec
ords of the colonels of his brigade.
When they were compared It was found
that, In the one particular referred to,
Colonel Hoffman was the senior.
Yesterday when the brigade drill was
conducted Colonel Coursen found him
self relegated to second place by Gen
eral aobln's decision that tho date of
taking the oath and not the date of
the commission was the criterion by
which seniority In the present service
should be judged. Like the true soldier
and gentleman that he Is, Colonel
Coursen silenced the murmur of dis
approval that cama from his oillcers
and gracefully took his place to the
left of Colonel Hoffman. Ho was sur
prised and no doubt not a little
chagrined to And himself outranked by
an officer who becumo his peer only a
few hours before being sworn In as a
volunteer, and It Is likely ho will ac
cede to the demands of his staff to
ask General Gobln to reconsider tho
matter, Under the present decision it
would fall upon Colonel Hoffman to
command iho brigade should General
Gobln be Incapacitated.
Some of thereslmentsuthat were
.wont to class thePennsylvanla. troops
with the Tennessee .or Kansas "rook
ies," were made to change their ratings
by yesterday's brigade drill. Pennsyl
vania Is one of tho few states that
maintained division and brigade for
mations In Its national guard and con
sequently one of the few capable of
presenting a brigade drill. General
Gobln put his 2,800 men through tho
complicated manoeuvres with as much
ease as If It were a mere battalion
that he was drilling. The whole parade
ground was occupied In the evolutions.
The general directed the movements
from a high piece of ground, giving his
orders by buglers or mounted aides.
He kept the whole body In almost con
stant motion, assembling them In vari
ous forms of battle array, dissolving
them again Into regiments, battnllons
or companies, and again bringing them
together In nn entirely different for
mation. DETAILS OF THE DRILL.
At times It would look ns If every
thing was In hopeless confusion, A
battalion would be going one way, a
company another and a regiment would
be seen twisting Itself every which
way Into what would appear to be an
Inextricable knot. A word to the
bugler, a blast from his trumpet and
In a twinkling order would como out
of tho seeming chaos and 2,800 men
would be formed Into a pretty and
symmetrical battle line, skirmishers to
the front, a line of resistance next and
tho reserve following. In this order
they would advance across tho field,
keeping perfect alignment and step,
and going through various movements
of the manual of arms.
Another blast of tho trumpet and
confusion would once more reign. Then
would come another command and
without tho semblance of a hitch every
company would be returned to Its bat
talion, every battalion to Its regiment
and every regiment to Its place, oTHcers
of staff and line wnltlng In position for
tho next manoeuvre. Thousands of
soldlern nnd civilians watched the evo
lutions and cheered every time the
human kaleidoscope formed some now
and pretty figure.
General Oraham, tho corp com
mandei ; General Butler, tho division
commander, and General Garretfon, of
the Second brigade, rode out with their
staffs to pay their respects to General
Gobln nnd to watch tbe drill. The
generals had to return early as the
hour was a busy one for them, but
many of the stuff oflleerr remained to
watch the oolutlons to the end. They
complimented General Gobln highly on
th work of his brigade and he In turn
exprcFf'ed his extreme gratification nt
the progress the colonels have made In
getting their reciults Into line. "No
wonder cveiy corps commander In the
army wanted Gobln" was the "iibstance
ot mary a lcninrk dropped by soldiers
fiom other states, who had heard much
ot Ppnnsylanla's famous old!er, but
never saw him nt wnrk.
ON THE GENERAL'S STAFF.
Lieutenant Ingllf, and Mnjor Parke
made their f'.rst appearance as mem
bets of Genctnl Gobin's staff nnd with
the others were kept busy dashing
hither and thither ncross the field with
oiders from the geneinl. Lieutenant
Morris, the brigade adjutant, made his
Initial bow In his new position and
made a very favorable Impression. His
youth r.nd dasand succers with which
he acquitted himself In his difficult of
fice won him a general verdict of "he'll
do." Should the war department grant
General Gobin's request for hit: perma
nent appointment It will meet with tho
hearty approval ot the brigade.
Lieutenant Inglls' position as aide
to General Gobln Is a permanent one
but It does not cause him to lose his
standing In his company. It Is In the
nature of a permanent detail and
should General Gobln and the Thir
teenth leglment become divorced,
Lieutenant Inglls could, If he so de
sired, icturn to his company. As an
aide to tho brigadier his rank re
mains the same but his pay is In
creased to that of captain.
Lieutenant Marcus E. Crlsman, of
Company G, who was made assistant
quartermaster In the medical depart
ment of corps headquarters does not
enjoy the same option as Lieutenant
Inglls. He is divorced from his regi
ment entirely and if his commund was
taken away from the second corps, he
would have to be relieved from his
corps office before he could rejoin his
company. He Is not particularly
pleased at the prospect and thinks of
asking permission to resign his new
honor nt once. If his company goes
out to the front he does not want to
stay behind at Camp Alger looking
after Colonel Glrard's mules and am
bulances and the like.
HAS RETURNED HOME.
Charles E. Daniels, the Truth's war
correspondent, returned1 home today
after bravely, but unsuccessfully
struggling for three weeks to over
come a complication of Ills brought
on by the change of climate. Last
week Major Parke, who was attending
him, ndvlsed that he return to the
ni. r th, and on Monday last when his
condition was shown to be growing
worse, rather than better, the physi
cian's directions that he return to the
north were made mandatory. With
reluctance Mr. Daniels notified his of
fice that he would have to be relieved.
John H. Blackwood, a former mem
ber of the Truth's staff, was sum
moned from New York by wire and
sent on to take Mr. Daniels' place, ar
riving last evening. This was tho
seventh tour Mr. Daniels made with
the Thirteenth and tho reclment had
come to legard him as much U part
cf Itself us any of its attached mem
bers. Regret was universal through
out the cai."r last evening when it was
learned that he was not to continue
with the regiment and that regret is
felt by no one more keenly than the
writer, who for two months as tent
mate, messmate and friendly opponent,
learned to appreciate more fully the
good qualities that made Mr. Dan
iels so popular with his fellow news
papermen. T. J. Duffy.
GOSSIP OF THE CAMP.
From a Staff Ccrresrf.ndent.
Camp Alger, Juno 30. General Oobin
frowns on sham buttles. "No sir," ho
suld when hsked If he Intended to have
his men engage In this kind of war
training. "There Is nothing shami
about the Pennsylvania soldiers. When
they shoot they will shoot to hit some
thing." It Is his purpose to establish
a rifle range and give his men regular
target practice.
Lieutenant Jolirtbon, of Company A,
was this morning detailed to tho bri
gade engineer corps. It is a temporary
detail and does not call for detachment
from tho regiment.
Hon. William Connell and Hon. Mor
gan B, Williams paid a. short visit to
reglmentql headquarters yesterday.
General Gobln has announced that
brigade drills aro to be regular fea
tures of the Third brigade work.
The band participated in guard mount
yesterday for the first time.
Hp RpnHtnr David, of Indiana, ia
visiting his son, Acting Adjutant D. I.
Davis.
Hospital Steward George C. Mcrrl
man Is back from his furlough.
Quartermaster Sergeant Isaac Brown
returned this evening from a live days'
visit home.
There nro three boys In the regiment
who wero memhors of tho high school
graduating cluu and they arc not a
little disappointed that the authorities
did not stretch a point as did other ed
ucational Institutions nnd send them
or their diplomas. Two of them wero
promised this they say when they left
their class to go to tho front for tho
Hag.
Captain KambccU hns n'ppolnted tho
following as nddltional corporals in
Company B: Gcorgu Beldleman, Charles
Keller, Fred Bcllershelmor, Herman
Blunk, Edwin Jones and Alexander
Barr.
Arrangements nro being made for
the accommodation of tho Pennsylva
nia troopers who aro expected to como
on from Mt. Gretna any day.
Captain Gllmartln, of Company D, Is
brigade officer. of the day.
Captain McCauBland, of Company O.
is officer of the dny nnd Lieutenant
Varcoc, of Company E, commander of
the guard.
Company F's ball team yesterday de
feated Company C's club by a score of
26 to 1C. This makes ilftoen out of
eighteen games that tho Hyde Porkers
havo won.
Rev. nnd Mrs. William Alexander
and sons, Reese nnd Wllllsm, jr., of
Washington, were yesterday enter
tained bv Captain Fellows, of Com
pany F.
Mr. and Mrs. George Seeley, of Wash
ington, were yesterday the guests of
Corporal Hay Hardenberg, of Com
pany E. Mr. Seeley Is a former rest
dent of Honesdale. He Is now cm
ployed In the patent office.
Mrs. William Hardcoste, of Wash
ington, formerly of Montrose, accom
panied by a number of Washington
friends, dined with Company G head
quarters yesterday.
General Gobln this morning con
ducted an inspection of his three regi
ments nnd this afternoon the men
underwent the regular pro-pay-day
muster.
All officers must now report to bri
gade headquarters before leaving the
limits of tho camp, even though It Is
only for an hour. Heretofore it was
simply necessary to report to regi
mental headquarters.
Palmer Williams, of Company F, Is
orderly at regimental headquarters.
The Third Virginia after Friday next
will be a part of the First division,
taking the place of the Eighth Ohio,
which leaves on that day for Santiago.
Lieutenant Edward Burkhouse, of
Company C, the only sick man In the
Thirteenth, Is Improving rapidly at
Fort Myer hospital.
Private Reed, of Company B, Sixth
Massachusetts, who was injured in the
sham battle at Dunn Lorlng, is pro
nounced out of danger and his physic
ians say that he will probably save his
eyesight, although he will be disfig
ured for life by tho loss of his ear. No
orders have been Issued yet regarding
sham battles, but it Is more than prob
able they will be discontinued.
Tho Blnckwell Tobacco company
with a large force of men and teams
went through the corps yesterday dis
tributing tobacco and cigarette papers
to the soldiers. It is the company's
purpose to give to every toldler in the
entire army a package of their cele
btated Durham tabac-o. While the
principal motive may be t!i..' advertis
ing, it is commendau t nevertheless,
and that is not cheat adcrtlslng Is
attested bv the fuct that It entails an
expenditure of $14 000, nrcordins to one
of the agents.
Corporal William Sautell, of Com
pany B, has secured a seven day fur
lough. Quartermaster Cox is in leceipt of
advices indicating that nearly all the
equipment yet needed by the regiment
has been shipped from one or the other
of the arsenals. Canvas suits, web
vests nnd 248 guns are the main tilings
lacking. Yesterday a big Invoice of
hard tack was received. It was se
cured by tho quartermaster in lieu
of soft bread that was owing to the
regiment in this month's Issue. The
men did not use up all the bread that
was coming to them and as It must
b drawn before the end of the month
or forfeited, Quartermaster Cox, with
commendable shrewdness for a begin
ner drew what was still owing of the
month's Issue of flour In hard tack,
which can be stored away until It is
needed.
He Is doing the same thing with ra
tions of which the full amount has not
been drawn. The fact that a small
rtort'house full of food Is left over
from the month's allowance ought to
be r.ioof enough that the soldiers here
aio not being starved. T. J. Duffy.
BEEF FOR CUBAN FORCES.
Chicago I' inn Receives tho Largest
Conirnot of the W nr.
Washington, June 20. Commissary
General Eagan, of the army, has
awaided to Swift & Co., of Chicago, a
contract for iupplying the troops In
Cuba with lefilgerated beef In such
quintitles und at such places as may
be required. Tho contract is a big one
and Involves the shipment to that coun
try of cargoes of dressed beef to be
used not alono for the soldiers but also
for feeding the retoncentradoes and
tho Cuban troops.
The government guarantees the con
tract to last lor not less than three
months and the beef Is to be furnished
so that It will be perfectly good and
nt for use 11 hours after Its delivery.
About 100,000 pounds a day will be re
quired. FAST TIME AT LATONIA.
Tliroe-Yonr-Old Colt ol John might
Ciiplurp llimynr Ninltes.
Cincinnati, June SO. Pink Coat and
Han D'Or, the two Derby winners.went
down to defeat before the great three-year-old
colt John Bright In the Hlm
ynr stakes at Latonla today. There
were but three starters in tho raco and
John Bright was the outsider at 4 to 1.
Han D'Or was always favorite at 4 to
5, whllo 6 to 5 was tho best price that
could be had on Pink Coat.
The race was at a mile and an
eighth and was ran in the remarkable
time of 1.5314. The net value of the
stake to the winner Is (5,000.
I'or (iotcrnor ol .lllunmotii,
St. Paul, June 30.- The Republican btato
convention today nominated William
Henry Eustls for governor on the third
ballot.
franco's Duty on Hhent,
Paris, June 30. The cabinet has dd
elded that the full duty on wheat is to be
restored tomorrow.
DECKS NOW CLEARED
FOR HAWAIIAN BILL
Senate Cleans Up Everything Ete oo
Its Calendar.
ROUTINE APPROPRIATION BILLS
AGREED TO AT THE ELEVENTH
HOUR, TO SAVE THE NECESSITY
OF HAVING TO PASS THEM ALL
OVER AGAIN-FILIBUSTERING IN
THE HOUSE.
Washington, Juno 30. Late this af
ternoon the tenntij cleared the leglsla
tlvo docks for what may be the final
action upon the Hawaiian annexation
resolutions. Through Its notion today
thu last or tho appropriation bills that
has been pending In confeicnce was dis
posed of and was a law before mid
night. After a debate lasting three hours
tho senato finally receded from its
amendments to the sundry civil and
adopted the conference report on In
dian appropriation bill. Mr. Allison
(la.) In charge of the bills, explained
that It was necessary that tho reports
should be agreed to today as this was
tho last day of the llscal year. Ho
pointed out that if the bills were not
laws by midnight, they would have to
be passsed again by tho two branches
of congress. Tho delay consequent up
on such action would seriously embar
rass the government and might force
congtess to remain In session several
weeks longer. In denouncing the ac
tion of the confer! ees for striking out
tho free homes provision of the Indian
bill, Mr. Pettigrcw (PH. Rep., S. D.)
charged tho Republican party with be
ing dominated by the "money power"
and with the election of senators by
thj coirunt use of mency.
Mr. Bate (Dem., Tenn.) and Mr. Till
man (Dcni., S. C.) discussed at length
tho Hawaiian annexation resolutions.
The latter discussed the race problem
from the standpoint of a southern man
and was characteristically vigorous In
his icmarks. Ho accounted for tho
slight interest manifested In tho Ha
waiian debate by Faying that the ques
tion was fully discussed in executive
session early 'last winter and that It
was only natural that thero should be
a lack of Interest and an unwillingness
to listen to a repetition of speeches de
livered then.
IN THE HOUSE.
An attempt to Hecure passage of the
bill to incorporate tho International
American bank met with a determined
opposition today In tho house Filibus
tering was indulged in, but it was not
effective in preventing consideration
of tho bill. Adjournment, however, was
forced befoie a vote upon the measure
could be repelled. It will be argued
tomorrow. The house today adopted
the report upon tin- Indian nprroprln
tlon bill, Insisted unanimously upon its
disagreements to the senate amend
ments to the sundry civil bill and sent
the general deficiency bill to conference
Joe" VI hoplrr'n Sent Sccurr.
Montgomery, Ala.. June 30. Governor
Johnston hns declined to permit nn elec
tion to be held for the purpose of choos
ing a successor to General "Joe" Wheel
er In congress. He declines to acknowl
edge that thero ,ls a acancy, contending
that, should he now order an-election
and congress ndjourn before the eler-tlon,
It would be void, and another election
would be necessary.
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I had Eczema of the scaly, itchy kind seven
years. I thought my face and arms were
afire. My faco was full of largo white scales,
and my bead was full of sores. I was ashamed
to go in company. I tools Ave bottles of Ccti
con Rksolvent, washed with CrmccitA
Soap, put on Cuticcba (ointment), and found
grent relief inttantbj, and got a clean face
again, thanks to Cuticcba.
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