Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-05
CAMP ALGER.


ton of the Sixty fifth New York, is en-
campei at Ddun Loring, The Sixty
fifth New York will remain where it il
until Monday. when it will join thu
FIRST Division, which marches for Ma
nassas on that day. The Second Di
vision, with the exception of the
Fourth Missouri and its hospital, is on
the road TO Manassas. Last night was
spent at Burke's station.
Capt. Freeman, Serg't. Murphy, Cor
pnrals Shields and Mallory, and Private
Fisher, of the Third Virginia Regi-
meut, have established a recruiting Of
flee at Armory Hail in this city and
such recruits as they secure will be
sent to Camp Aiger.
The sutler has vanished from Camp
Alger. All day long the hundreds OF
booths were being pulled down, their
contents loaded in farm wagons and q
procession OF them was soon on the
trail of the moving column.
The order designating troops to be
SAINT to Porto Rico has resulted in no
end of speculation among the officers
and men concerned, and for some
reason the general impression is that it
will never be carried out. Maj. Gen.
Graham and Maj. Gen. Butler both
visited the War Department yesterday
to make inquiries concerning the order
which, it has been announced, was is
sued. The officers nave never been Of
ticially notified of it, however. Now
that there seems to be little chance for
their being sent to the front the men
are anxious for the conclusion of the
peace negotiations and the disband
ment of the army.
One company of the signal corps left
camp yesterday for Manassas, while
the ether company will remain at Camp
Alger.
The Second Division is expected to
reach Manassas junction this afternoon
aud will so into camp at once.
Maj Gen. Butler left Camp Alger to-
day Tor Manassas.
Twenty-Five new cases of fever were
reported at Camp Alger to-day.
A letter to the Fairfax Herald says:
Capt. Willard, who was detailed for re
cruiting service for the third battalion,
soon after our arrival at Camp Alger,
has six more men to get before the
companies will be full. When he
started out he was instructed to get
ninety four men. He has sent in one
hundred and forly-seven, and, as be-
fore remarked, has six more to get. 1t
would seem from this that men were
discharged from the regiment almost as
fast as they were recruited.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Richmond Dispatch says: The
Third Virginia Regiment, one OF the
commands under orders for Porto Rico,
is still at Camp Alger, but may leave
Oh the march for Manassas to-day
with other troops Of the brigade and
division to which it belongs. 1t is not
yet settled at the War Department
when these troops will embark for
Porto Rico. 1t may be two weeks be
fore they will embark at Newport
News for their final destination. Il
the meantime, they will be taken away
from the camp in Fairfax county. Il
will be just as easy and convenient to
transport The Porto RICO troops lrom
Manassas as from Dunn Loring, and the
former is probably the point from which
they will leave for Newport News.
There is the best authority for the state
ment that it is not the intention of the War
Department to make Manassas permanent
camp for the Second Army Corps, now On the
move there from Camp Alger. This corps
will be moved from time TO time in light
marching order, with skirmish aud thanking
p kcts deployed, wagon trains, hospital SER
vice and provost guard, just as i'll iegu ar
cumpaign. The troops may rem 'in longer
period at Remington. on the banks OF the
Rappahannock, than porhsps at auy other
pont, and will than probably move up 10
Fredericksburg. short stay would be made
there, as now contemplated AMI if tho scr-
vices of The corps are not sooner required i'll
Cuba or Porto Rico, this march, with fr,quc
changes of camp might be extended to kich'
mond.