Show CHICKAMAUGA RESERVES Army Numbers 45000 and Continues to Grow Chattanooga Tenn May 27The big volunteer army at Chickamauga now numbers nearly 45000 men and it continues con-tinues to grow Today the Sixtyninth New York the First Arkansas the Fifth Missouri and three troops of the Third volunteer cavalry Colonel Grigs bys cowboys went into camp Together To-gether these commands number about 3500 men The Sixtyninth New York attracts great attention on account of the evident fact that It Is composed entirely en-tirely of Irishmen The Fifth Missouri infantry lOS men under Colonel Milton Moore arrived ar-rived this morning The regiment Is poorly equipped and must receive immediate Im-mediate attention from the supply officers of-ficers Nearly all the men of the Fourth Ohio regiment were vaccinated yesterday yester-day Today their arms are very sore Drills will probably be suspended for a few days Numerous complaints are being made by men of various regiments of the army but according to good authority these complaints are not well founded General Brooke and his assistants are giving the men every possible accommodation accom-modation and those who complain are doubtless men who cannot make up their minds to endure the hardships attendant at-tendant upon army life Dr M Seward Webb of New York today sent his check to the colonel commanding the First Vermont regiment regi-ment now in camp here for 5000 to be used for the benefit of the sick and needy of the regiment General Lees Staff Tampa Fla May 27 Major General Fitzhugh Lee commanding the Seventh army corps announced his staff officers today as follows Personal staff First Lieutenant Algernon Sartoris First regiment United States volunteers First Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee jr4 First regiment volunteers engineers corps Staff Lieutenant Colonel Dorst first adjutant general Captain R E L Michie assistant adjutant general Lieutenant Colonel W Livermore chief engineer Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Guild jr inspector general Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Colonel J N Morrison deputy judge advocate Lieutenant Colonel L M Maus chief surgeon Colonel C P Miller chief quartermaster Lieutenant Colonel O E Wood chief commissary Hail Par Soldiers Washington May 27First Assistant Postmaster General Heath today said that hereafter second and third class mail will be forwarded to soldiers in the same manner as letters Only first class mal under the general rule can be forwarded when mail as originally addressed does not reach the person to whom it was sent Under this revision however papers and packages will be forwarded from place to place until they reach the soldier The change in the regulation was made for the benefit of those soldiers whose regiments change their location Seview at Camp Alger Washington May 27 President McKinley Mc-Kinley and Secret Alger accompanied accom-panied by Major General Miles and his entire staff will review tomorrow afternoon ternoon the 12000 troops now concentrated concen-trated at Camp Alger Va I promises to be a Imposing spectacle The only additional troops that arrived at Camp Alger today were those of the Fourth MIs5ur Colonel Corby 1024 menThe men-The regiment is poorly equipped not 25 per cent of the men having uniforms They lack guns and almost everything that goes to make up a Infantrymans equiDmest The Muster t Dt Washington May 27 Adjutant General Gen-eral Corbin announced tonight that volunteers to the number of 120544 had been mustered into the United States service This number Includes some cavalry In addition to the first call for cvar There Is yet a shortage In the call from the various states of 5633 men distributed as follows Alabama 1355 Iowa 1640 Kentucky 1230 Mississippi Mis-sissippi 1000 and North Carolina 400 Kansas Wants T Regiments Topeka Kn May 27 Governor of War Al Leedy has wired Secretary ger a follows Kansas can quickly furnish two full regiments I would be more than our quota In view of these facts would ask to have two full regiments assigned to us |