The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-14

16SteEudN dJ NdIlp I>uSStll was " ""'
of life and movement, of JOY and sorrow
and keen disappointment. The whisper
ings from Washington that the regiment
might be ordered To the front shortly,
had set expectation on tiptoc, and
all day long the officers and men had
gone through the routine of camp lifcI
with the hope that its dull inaction was
soon to end, and n new chapter i'll theI
life of the regiment to open.
About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon or
1ers came. hut they were not the orders
desired and they came from the wrong
quarter. Orders from Washington toI
move on Santiago. colonel and bugler,
were what was wanted: orders from At
lanta to Colonel Burgwyn To designate
sly con l,anies of the regiment for iu'y
Mt points in the South, and hold them mi
readiness to move. were what came.
And. therefore, was there Joy and sor-
row.
1t was an odd scene that met one after
drill was over. Here and there in thel
company streets were groups of soldiers
around some one who had picked mp Il
scrap of information as to the rumored
movement. Does Company \ go?
they asked. Company y goes" And
of Company A would 80 up Il shout
that woke the echoes. When tired of
hollering the ever growing group would
break into song. Then w,uld' come AM
individual who had been told hat Com
pany A did not go. and the song would
be hushed, and the merriment would end
on the instant. But it would al break
out again when another messenger ar
ply with anpfbpr rpnprt copt,o Al tct
the contradiction. And so it was
throughout all the companies. Those
who were to go were jubilant. They
would have chosen to 60 to the front, to
be sure. but anywhere to feel that they
were being used at last was better than
waiting. Those who were to remain
were gloomy, all the more thats their
comrades were bubbling over
Wherever you met an officer you me.
man out Of humor. Colonel Burgwyn
smiled as usual and said nothing. 9th
ers. many others. frowned and said
things. They wanted the regiment to go
together They had helped to lick it
into shape. to create out of Il formcss
mass of raw individuals an organization
i'm which they and the State could take
pride. Now all this was to end. The
TeE1IHt1iI WIS W bc blOhtH UP anu s'hbAt
no one except Colonel Burgwyn knew
where. and he wouldn't tell. Privaics
scurried about to ask the officers what
was up, and the officers asked other Off
GERS. Everybody questioned the news
paper men. and the newspaper men Ques
toned everybody.
To complcate the soldiers emotions
and add new elements to the scene, it was
In -Iov hIrt n
MONTH The private would make a jump
for the door of the quartermaster's
office when his name was called, re-
ceive his hard earned pay and get out
side as quickly as possible. Then he
stopped. The crisp new bills. which
alone are used in paying off the troops,
were matters of interest. and for the
next few minutes the possessor would
stand in absorbed contemplation, finger
ing them lovingly. Orders might come
and comrades go but for the present he
was indifferent.
Supper had to be eaten and The boys
of the Second ate it but the chances of
information were more important than
satisfying appetites. The sun went down
in Il wreck of broken clouds ''fringcd with
fire. and it began to rain but little atten-
reliably abroad which companies had
been selected Colonel Burgwyn chose
companies A, C, ID, +. / and NJ, to hold
themselves in readiness to go to such
points as had been designated. Com
panies A and ID belong to the First
battalion. Companies G, Il, ] and NJ
compose the third battalion. Company
A. Captain Husk. is from Fayetteville;
~ in Ionns Iapnniy..
company ID, Captain Gray, from Greens
boro; Company f., Captain Cobb, from
Lincolnton: Company |. Captain .Jeffreys.
from Tarboro: Company NJ, Captain
Cooper, from Murphy. The majors des-
ignated to accompany the companies are
Wilder and Cotton. For the present the
headquarters Of the regiment will re
main here. The surgical staff, the band
and all regimental officers, of course
remain at headquarters.
The points to which the companies
will be assigned are as follows
FORT MCPHERSON, near Atlanta,
Company NJ, Captain Cooper: Company
+. Captain Cobb. Major Wilder goes
with these companies.
TYBEE ISLAND. Georgia. near Sa-
yannah. Company A. Captain Huskc.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Florida, Company
G, Captain Jones, Company, Captain
.Jeffreys. Major Cotton accompanies
these companies.
PORT ROYAL. South Carolina, Com
pany ID. Captain Gray.
This leaves in camp here Companies
b, T., G, III. j and *. No intimation
has been received as to what disposition
will be made Of this part of the regiment.
Thpra "A a rnnprt cnrPput that the
officers appealed to Senator Pritchard
by telegraph to see the War Department
officials in Washington, get the order
from Atlanta revoked. and have the
{ company sent as an entirety direct to
the front.
All sorts of rumors We're afoat at the