Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-03
LONESOME AT CAMP.
THE SECOND REGIMENT MISSED NY
THOSE LEFT BEHIND.
COLONEL ElLLB ASSUMES COMMAND.
Colonel Taylor Not Yet Mustered in
Clothing for the Men To-Dny-The
second VIII Get Everything Mt
Jacksonville

colonel Male assumed command Of
camp Lee yesterday Had Lieutenant
Colonel Taylor. OF the Fourth. been mus.
tered in as colonel. which will be done as
soon as ne Is mustered out as lieutenant
colonel he would have succeeded Colonel
Baker as the Fourth was ready for SER
wee before the Third, and the commits
sions OF colonies will bear the date of
their muster-in.
Everything at camp wore rather a
lonesome aspect. owing 10 the Second
having left. Captain Willard. who was
oHeer OF the day, had a number of the
men from the guard-house at work re-
moving the debris about the site Of the
tents Of the Second The fellows did not
"orA very willingly. but on the whole
seemed to pretty well realize the rough
ness Of the way of the transgressor.
All the Third and Fourth Regiment
companies have been vaccinated now. the
iast OF the former having undergone the
! operation yesterday. Companies A. h.
| ana Z, OF the Second, were the only ones
IN that regiment that were vaccinated
THE SUPPLIES WILL COME.
senators Daniel and Martin wired the
governor yesterday that they had called
| on Quartermaster-G Ludneton. of
the army, and ascertained from him that
! there are equipments of every character
awaiting the Second Regiment at Jack
| sohVlhe. They were also informed that
the troops now at Camp Lee will at
! once receive necessary supplies, which
| Is taken 10 mean shoes, underwear. and
other things. Colonel Coullng was 10
| nave issued 100 undershirts, the same
NUMBER Of pairs of socks and drawers,
ana as many shoes as were needed yes
teruay, but will not do so until tom or
row. 1t is thought now that the National
Government will pay for these at once.
IL was intended that the State should
pay ior them and trust TO the Federal
Government for compensation.
Acknowledgement Stern has received
report Of the election Of officers of the
Fourth Naval Battalion, Norfolk. and a
military board has been ordered TO CON
Vene there at an early date for the rIr-
pose OF examining the officers -or their
commissions.
Rear-Admiral Erben, United States
navy, will soon examine the officers and !
men OF the Virginia Naval Reserves for |
the purpose Of having them mustered into |
the United States service.
THEIR MAJORS COMMISSIONS.
Governor Tyler yesterday commissioned |
Lheutenants David D. Price and David c. |
Shanks majors in the Second and Third |
regiments, respectively. The former is |
the quartermaster az Camp Lee, and the
latter the muster-in officer for Virginia
Major Shanks will probably have entire
Iy completed his duties by Sunday, anC
VIII go TO Fort Monroe to be examined |
Tor promotion to the rank of captain. He
VIII almost certainly join his regiment by
the end Of the next week. Major Price
VIII probably be kept here considerably
longer. Lieutenant Blow, also of the reg
ular army, who will become one of the
majors of the Fourth Regiment, will be
commissioned as soon as he reports for
duty.
SOLDIERS RECOVERING.
Sergeant Carey Wills, of Company D
Third Regiment, who fell from
window recently and sustained serious
injury, and Private Henry L. Be
lote of Company L. Fourth Regi-
ment, whose arm was amputated, the re-
suit of an accident at Camp Lee, are at
the Old Dominion Hospital The resident
physician there reported both soldiers
getting along nicely" yesterday.
Hon. Joseph r. Lawess, Secretary of
the Commonwealth, has just returned
from his home in Portsmouth, where he |
made inquiries regarding the possibility
OF getting recruits for his proposed com
pany OF 6-footers. As he feared, ne die !
not meet with great deal Of encourase
ment owing to the fact that there ar,
not many suitable young men left in
portsmouth who will volunteer at this
ume. Portsmouth and Norfolk have al
ready sent five companies of infantry |
ana there are now two batteries of artil-
lery left, who are wInIng TO 20 wherever
there is a place for them. Besides these
a number Of naval reserves have joined
the service. This leaves hardly enough
suitable young men I'm the
two cities who are willing to go at this
time 10 make up a full company.
Mr.. LaWless found a dozen or more
who expressed a willingness to enlist, anC
altogether he can get about forty men
from Norfolk and Portsmouth. He is H.
with parties in Alexandra
and Mathews county with reference tC | ,
recruits from those places and It may be 7
hat company will be organized in case I
here is another call for troops by the I
War Department.
The new order 10 recruit the three regi- q
nents up TO LOG men for each company | q
md taking the negro troops as the re-
nainder Of Virginia's quota on the last ! r
all, will operate against Mr.. Lawlesss =
undertaking. for the present. He will con
niue his efforts to organize the com
any, however, in case there is another
all for troops by the War Department
THE YOUNG SERGEANT.
Mr.. Lawless's son, Sergeant Gregory. -
he youngest officer in the United States b
olunteers has not given up going to the r
ront by any means. He continues to 4
pend practically all his time with Com "a
any G, Of the Third, and whenever ne IS | II
OF at home his parents know he is in | n
amp. There will be squa;y times il \
regory's home when his company is or =
cred 10 the front He is determined 10 :,
o.. The little fellows dearest treasure | r
the so-called commission recently given
i'm by the Governor. If he were three
mes seven. instead Of only once that
no shudders 10 think what a Thereafter .,
9 would be. 90