Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-19
CAMP ONWARD.
surgeon's Orders Expected-The Rifle
Tennt-PersonaI.

| Tenm-Peraonai.
| SAVANNAH, GA, November Js-Spe-
claL)-The chief surgeon of the corps,
| Colonel Maus has requested the War De-
| partment to be allowed TO send at once
| all medical stores to Habana. together
with a number of the men in the Hospi-
| tai Corps. so as to have ali the c)rps
| hospitals I'm proper order for use upon the
arrival OF the troops. Orders in comp'i-
| ance with this request are expected in o
| day or two.
A contract has been awarded by the
government to a New York firm to .ur-
nish ], 10000 feet OF lumber. and 70 a firm
| In Atlanta TO furnish 5000 pounds OF
| nails to be used in the construction OF
| permanent buildings and hospitals for
the army at Habana. Matanzas. and
other places. Shipment is to be made al
| once.
| Colonel Ribbed, the judge-advocate tf
| the corps, Is suffering from severe cold,
and has not been able to attend to the
findings OF the various courts-martial re-
| Gently.
THE RIFLE MATCH.
Leutenant-C Colonel Curtis Guild is max
ing rapid Roadway towards completing
! the ARRANGEMENTS for he rifle match,
which will take place next Thanksgi ing
"shots" from each regiment, making a
| total of sixty men, of whom the fifteen
bearing the best record will he chosen
! for the Seventh Army Corps team. Tacn
] man will fire ten shots at 200 yards
range, off-hand: ten shots at 300 yards.
sitting or kneeling, and ten shots at oVO
yards, lying down.
| While the Georgia team has the advan-
tage in using their own rife range, and
| having been raised up in this kind of
| practice, Colonel Guild expects to give
| them a tussle before they are allowed TO
] crow.
| The Krag-Jorgensen rifles are expected
| TO arrive here within week, when all
the Springfield rifles will be displaced by
the modern weapons. The Fourth Vir-
ginia will receive loo OF them, and give
back the Springfelds as soon as they are
received.
Colonel J. II. Dorst. Acknowledgement
| of the Seventh Army Corps, has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of major in the Fourth
United States Cavalry. He formerly rank
ed as captain.
| Following are the recent arrivals In the
| Fourth: Private Lanier, OF Company
| NORFOLK. Private NJ. w. White, CT Com
| pany E. from Berkeley. Va, and lrivate
| A. II. Harvey, Of Company +, from Rich
|
on furlough.
Private A. F. Barrett. Of Company d,
left yesterday to spend thirty-day sick
| leave in Baltimore.
First-Sergeant Johnson, of Company F
| (Suffolk) is still very i'll at the Division
| Hospital His sister arrived from Suf-
| folk this morning to nurse him.
| Mail-Orderly j. K. Reid, who has been
confined to the Regimental Hospital with
| malarial-fever. has been discharged End
will soon be able to resume charge Of the
Fourths mail.
Private Terrell Higgins. Of Company III
| Is convalescing rapidly at the Regimental
Hospital and will soon be able to leave.
Company-Clerk Tayloe. of Company NJ
was this morning transferred from the
Regimental to the Division Hospital.
There are now only three men in our
| Regimental Hospital.
Owing to disappointment in recurring
| the Guards Hall the Richmond Blues
have postponed the german which they
were to give tomorrow night They made
way for the First Texas.