Very little s 1 c I ness now prevails in
camp. I'ive men were discharged .from
tile Held hospital yesterday, and only
three are left, all of them sufferin:i
from minor ailments. The physical
condition of the soldiers is excellent.
Under the five hours nf hard drill in
the sunshine, throuch which 11?\
every day, the men are brconilnc
bronzed and hardened into real so!
fJiers.
TK.I.KI.ItA PIIS Itr.POItT ?\
< f?>I MA N II* AT ( \ >11*
Major Johnson. Inspecting of!l. er
from the United States Army, tele
graphed the Department of the I'.ast
yesterday a report on the Virginia mili
tla '-amp and organization in whi h he
was very complimentary to th< State
troops.
The report stated that the battalion
of artillery, the squadron of -avalry.
the tiehl hospital company an<! the siK
nal company were efllcient. sufficiently
equipped and ready to entrtlin. Hat
ters ?of Portsmouth, the report
stated, did not >et 1 \* t he minimum
number i'-. utired to !..? mustered into
the Kedeial scrvici and t"r.? - engineer
?onpan\ hMfl not '?! been taken into
the Stnte millti.i
li .id'! i * ion t.? i i?e telegraphed re
port. .i written -t.itrmi'M n .is sent
ui.oii g:?\c .i full account of condi
t "ns I dis ?. v ^ 111 the sanitary sit
? iat:ori. Majoi Johnson explained that
the grounds wer> in bail condition it
the beuinnms the camp. l> >: t that
tr rea t itnj>ro\irnent had come as a re
sult of the wok (ioiie by the city au
thority- The report continued to the
e f f ? i'j that the s;?nitar> eril of the
camp was under complete control and
c-i, 11 rep. satis factory.
