Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-30
RUSH TO VOLUNTEER.
ytRGINIANs BECOMING q To
DON THEIR UNIFORMS.
MANY COMPANIES ARE NOW FULL.
states Entire Quota VIII soon lie
Hcady-Ni Have 10 WAIT for the
Camp EIuipagc-rroops Anxious
TO Comc-Thc Hoard OF Surgeons.

Nirginians are volunteering rapidly for
service wherever they may be ordered.
Some Of the companies report 10 tho
Adjutant-Genera that they are already
recruited up to the maximum. one or two
having enrolled above this number in or
der TO have enough after the medical ex-
amlner has passed upon the fitness OF
the mon composing the organizations.
General Male says he thinks tlis idea
"a good one.
Wrginia's three regiments will be ready
TO enter the national service before the
War Department has the camp c~Quipage
here necessary for their ton.
There is practically no doubt of this.
Every company ordered out reports en-
listments every night. and in q few days
no more recruits will be taken.
ARE ANXIOUS TO COME.
Several companies have signihed their
desire 10 be ordered into camp at orce,
as they nave been recruited 20 their maxi
mum strength. but they cannot be order
ed here until the necessary camp equip
q Is received from the War department.
As set forth in general orders. the Gov
ernor and General Male do not think IL
likely that the department will lie ready
20 have the troops modified here before
May 10Th.
General Male evidently favors having
the men brought here By companies. If
possible. but they will he moved by Tcgi-
ments. II is recognized that il would
be very beneficial 20 the companies al
ready up to the maximum strength to
have them begin camp life as soon as
possible, but the delay in receiving the
camp equipage prevents bringing them
here NJ once.
Governor Tyler and Adjutant-General
Male We're not worked as hard yesterday
as for several days past, owing 10 all
arrangements for mobilization OF troops
until the actual order for them TO begin
moving is given having been completed.
The companies that will enter the
national service have been designated and
assigned to regiments, and their captains
have been ordered TO recruit Ub 10 the
maximum lim.t as soon as possible. This
is being done. and. as stated. viii be com
pleted before camp equipage necessary
10 mobilization is received. When this
reaches here the final order Of the Cover
nor will be %given-the order to regiments
10 assemble I'm Richmond, to form a pro-
v%isional brigade under Brigadier-General
Male.
The Governor has notified Adjutant-
AftAtIdl AOl Ullls 0lilAth RAdAf0 al ny AioN
Virginia's three regiments are ready to
come to Richmond on short notice. An
officer from the department of the quar-
termaster-general is expected here soon
10 make arrangements for the encamp-
ment Of the troops.
FOR MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
Governor Tyler yesterday recommend
ed to the Secretary of War DR.. Charles
v. Darlington, Of this city, and DR.. W.
s. Savers. Of Norfolk, as members OF the
Board Of Surgeons TO examine the men
who desire to enlist in the volunteer
army from Virginia. The Board of Sur
geons is to consist Of one from the regu-
lar army and two civilians. The regu-
lar army surgeon detailed to examine
Virginia troops is Major q. w. Adair. in
telligence of whose detail for this pur-
pose was received by Governor Tyler
from the war Department yesterday.
The Governor was also officially noti-
fed that Lieutenant X. c. Croxton had
been detailed as the muster-in officer at
this point.
The Governor received a telegram from
Mr.. i. G. MOsbv. Of Utah, a son Of Colo
mel John S. Mosby. rendering his SER
vices 10 his native State in any capacity
in which they can he used.
HONOR THE GOVERNOR.
6oNttlNI lAItI mas bctH OlllCldllN III
formed that three volunteer companies
have recently been raised and named for
him. one is the Tyler Rifles. of Iron
Gate. Another is the Hoge Tyler Light
Artillery, OF Pulaski, and the third IS the
Hoge Tyler Light Infantry, Of Lancaster
county. The ~last-named company was
raised 10y Hon. r. Spicer Curlctt, former
ly "a member Of the House of Delegates.
HOSPITAL RENDERED.
The faculty of the Medical College Of
Virginia has rendered TO the Governor
the free use of the old Dominion HOspi-
tai and its staff of physicians and train
ed nurses for the care of sick and disa-
bled soldiers. Governor Tyler accepted
the tender, and asked DR.. Christopher
TOmpkins, dean Of the faculty, 10 call 10
see him with reference to the matter.
Governor G. W. Atkinson. Of West Viz
ginia. has written TO Governor Tyler that
the troops of his State have been ordered
TO rendezvous at Martinsburg. He Will
make an effort 10 have them sent to
Richmond. in order that they may go into
camp with the Virginia volunteers.
A gentleman of German descent writes
to the Governor, Offering 10 make water
proof uniforms for the soldiers. He
writes he could make them bullet proof.
The letter MAS referred To the War De-
partment.
Nothing whatever is known as 10 the
date Of the issuance of Secretary Ayers
order for the mobilization here Of troops
from other States. II may be as
late as the 1st of June, but hardly. The
presence Of so many soldiers in Rich
mond viii attract numbers of visitors,
and IL is understood the railroads are ar
ranging 10 run frequent excursions from
Norfolk. Petersburg. Danville, Roanoke,
Lynchburg. Clifton Forge, S|taunton.
Charlottesville Fredericksburg. and New
port News.
The Hotels at Old Point.
The somewhat prevalent idea that the
hotels at Old Point are TO be closed by
the government IS pronounced absurd.
There are also current reports that no
trolley-cars are allowed TO run to Old
Point or to leave there after 8 o'clock
at night. and that all the guests at the
hotels have 10 be inside by the same
hour.
OF course. this is all very ridiculous,
but the hotel people there say many
people seem to believe 1t. Were il not
for the fighters Of the flying squadron
lying out in Hampton Roads. and the
fact tina civilians are no longer allowed
inside the fort proper. visitors and resi-
dents at Old Point would have no knowl-
edge OF war in that locality.
As a matter Of fact. what with the
guns Of the fort. the warships. and the
mines I'm ,he bay and roads. old Point
is probably the strongest place on the
Atlantic coast, and really the safest. 1t
IS also true that no vessel can come into
the harbor without a pilot, which adds
10 the security Of the place.