The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-11
MITCHELL AND WILLIAMS
THEY ARE NEW RECRUITS
FROM WAYNE COUNTY.
OFF GERS SENT IN SEARCH OF THEM
The 0:d.r in Regard TO the Mobilization of
North Carolina Troops to Chickamauga
Changed. They viii gOto Tampa
NEGRO Battalion Examined.

The first desertions Of enlisted men
from Camp Bryan Grimes occurred
night before last, when two of the Colds
boro company flew the coop.
They are new men from Wayne coun-
ty-Robert l.. Mitchell and Paulus vii
liams. They have been restless and I'M
easy looking for several days, and he
tween and . o'clock Monday night,
after taking the oath they left the camp
and could not be found.
Yesterday morning Capt. Balm and
First Lieutenant Lewis left for Colds
boro to find the deserters and bring them
back. Later in the day one of them
was caught and is now in chains ut the
camp. The other one is still at large,
bat Capt. Balm will hardly come back
without him.
The penalty for desertion, in time of
war is death or such other penalty us the
court may prescribe A court martial
will have to he formed for the trial of
these men.
In several other eases the men have
run away before being sworn in, but this
is the first time regularly enlisted men
have taken French leave of their own
command. and it will probably he the
last for sometime, as the Goldsboro de-
serters will be made examples Of.
1t will be remembered that the War
Department sent out orders Monday to
send the First regiment of North Caro-
lima volunteers to Chickamaug;i and the
Second regiment, with the negro battal-
ion TO Tampa, Fla.
Governor Russell yesterday morning
received a telegram from the Secretary
of War General H. A. Alger, saying that
owing to changed conditions the destina-
ton of the First Regiment of North
Carolina troops has been changed from
Camp George ii. Thomas, at Chicka-
mauga, to Tampa, Fla, and that they
viii be sent there at once, provided the
troops are uniformed, armed and equip
ped for service.
As they are not uniformed and equip
ped. they will be kept here until they
are. which means that they will be here
for at least another week.
The field staff and line officers of the
First regiment, North Carolina volun-
teer United States army, are rs fol-
lows:
Colonel-Joseph Franklin Armfeld.
Lieutenant Col0ncl-Calvin Duval
Cowles
Major Whiteford Gamewel Smith
Major-Georgc Frederick Rutzler.
Major George T.. Butler
Major IIillory NJ. Wilder (surgcon)
Captain Charles s. Jordan (surgeon).
First Leona Marion
.Archey (surseon).
First Eugene Graham
IIarrell (quartermaster).
First Lieutenant-Lu Burgyn Al
exander Qcgimental Adjutan0.
First Lieutenant-.IohnM Matthews Al
lison battalion AdiutanO.
First Lieutenant Thomas Walton
Patton battalion AdiutanD.
First Daniel Russell John
son battalion Adjutant).
First Lieutenant-Aidred AdinO Pru-
den chaplain.
Lieutenant Marshall, in accordance
with Instructions, is preparing the ra-
tions for them while on the road to Tam
pa. He will have everything in reads
ness by next Thursday
1t is due Lieutenant Marshall to say
just here that he has, since his arrival,
not only made Il great number of warm
friends among our people. but has shown
himself to be n most capable and eff
cient officer and thereby has won the
love and respect of all the officers and
men in camp here He has looked after
every detail of camp life. and everything
possible has been done for the comfort
| and convenience of the men.
Another company of the Second regi-