Army Notes

H. Danforth, Co. I, has been trans ferred to Co. A. Mosquito netting is in great demanc among the soldier boys at Camp Thomas. The students from Ann Arbor have received "bonsewives" from their lady friends at home. Capt. Ross Granger is ohairman of a oommittee of ofïioers to arrange for a minstrel show in oamp. The 24 buglers with the 31et have been added to the band and tnrn on with it in trne regular army style. Capt. Granger in a letter says "the rations at flrst were a little tongh, bn snch is war; we did not ooine out here for a pionio. " Private Ernest Hinz, of Ann Arbor now at Chickamanga Park, bas been transferred from Co. H to Co. A a bis own reqnest. Shelter, or "pup" tents as they are oalled.have been issned to the 31st regiment. They will acoommodate two men each and eaoh man will carry half of one on the maren. Richard Flynn, Arthnr C. Warren, C. F. Jnttner, Osoar F. Bnrkbardt, C. F. Stevens and Ralph V. D. Magoffln, have been promoted to corporalships in Co. A, 31st Reigmeut, ü. S. V. Co. A has a little money saved at Ieland Lake, wbiob is nsed to add spice to their government rations by adding to them such extras as oatmeal, syrnp, ginper snaps, eggs, cabbage and milk. Each oompany at Camp Thomas bas as rations fresh beef sis days out of ten, bacon three days, salmón steak one day, potatoes one or two meals every day ; beans, rice and tomatoes alternating to snit the taste of the men; fresb bread every day ; coffee with sugar and bard tack. Three sentinels from different regiments have been tried fnr sleeping on their posts. One received six months bard labor under regimental guarrls and forfeitnre of $10 per month pay dnring the same time, anotber got six months and a fine of$8 per montb, and still another three months and $8 fine per ruonth. Governor Pingree, accompanied by [nspeotor General Case, visited Camp Thomas, Alonday. He was oaliy received by the regiment, both officiers and privates. He made them a characteristic speech ia the oourse of which he assnred them tbat he would not inflict any "papa's boys," or as he called them p. b. officers on them. This assnranoe was received with renewed cheers. Tbs post office department bas opened a money order branch office at Camp Alger as a branch of the Washington offioe. It is known as Camp Alger Postal station, Washington, D. C. A money order offioe has also been opened at Chickamanga park as a branch of ;he Chattanooga office, known as Chickamanga Park Postal station, Chattanooga, Tenn. Persons rdesiring o send money orders to soldiers in these camps shonld request that tbey be drawn on these stations. The 31st Michigan has the orack ball team in Camp Thomas. Sunday afternoon it defeated the Indiana team by a score of 13 to 1. The batry was C. Whan and G. Gill, who 'ormerly played with the City leagne at Detroit. The members of the team are: Arthur Rathburn, G. Gill, C. Whan, Co. K; Winthal, Co. E; Monroe and Bethke, Co. A; Alfred Devail and Frank Chantar, Co. M; C. Falvey, Co. Li. Next Snnday the team will meet that of the First Geogia. Lient.-Col. Shubel has evolved a plan for giving the majors a chanoe o learn bow to bandle a regiment, and the oaptains a obanoe to bandle a battalion. He divides the drill with the ranking major, tben the next day with tbe second major in rank, and tben the hird. When a major commands the regiment tbe senior captain of bis batalion will command tbe battalion. n this way all tbe officers will beoome competent to command the regiment, so tbat in oase of injury to the oolonel or lieutenant-colonel, or their absenoe from the regiment their jnnior in command will know how to do their work. Capt. Newell, of Co. H, 31st ment, in writing to the Jackson Pariot, advises friends of the boys who eüd them boxes of provisions not to end them rich foods, as it makes them ick, but to send brown bread, piokles, olives, ginger snaps, cookies and craokrs. On the other hand some of the boys say that he is too previons in nis advice that they have not been made iok by a plethorn of good things and hat they are only too glad to get them o relieve the monotony of camp food. 3owever tbis may be, one piece of the oaptain's aflvioe is oertainly good and t is tbis . Hesays: ''The men wbo vear ñannel bandages aronnd the waist iave little or no tronble with the stomach ot bowels and if the friends of the members would send them each a onple of these bandages it woold be he best thing they conld do for the boys.." '