The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-24
ALGER'S ORDER
IS TO RECRUIT.
He Yields to the eIOquence Of Gov
ernOr Tyler.
GEN. LEE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
lie Is Requested TO Give the omccrs
Detailed Information as to How
They should Procccd-sinmp
Speech over Telephone.
GEN. LEE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

Governor Tyler yesterday succeeded In
having an order issued from the war Dc
partmrnt for men from the Second ana
Third fceimcntst 10 bee accepted as recruits
for The Fourth. Ite had "a talk with sec
retary Algor over The Long Distance Tel
ephono and. wlilo tho head OF the War
DeDartmcnt at first refused 90 DO as the
Governor wished, be finally yielded to
tho pload.ugs OF the Virginia Executive.
Tho Governor az once notified General
Leo by telegraph and asked him 60 furn-
.sh the recruiting officers with an the de-
tailed information as % hOwsthey should
proceed.
Captain wyatt and his assistants nave
gone 90 work 20 secure the names OF the
men who wish TO enlist. The official or
dcrs will probably bc received to-day.
LONG DISTANCE TALK.
Tho Governor and Secretary had a long
.alk over the phone and this Is about
the substance of what they said.
"Mr. Secretary, L trust that YOU are
wcll2"
THANK you Governor. ] I'm very well.
! hope you are enjoying good health
"Ncvcr felt better in my life replied
the Governor.
"Mr. Secretary. 7 wish 10 talk w3th YOU
about the enlistment of recruits for the
Fourth Virginia Regiment said the
e.. ,.ar.... IA ..t.t ID, tLfs
s,ht.., snr.r.tr -r5c~stonI tb9t
,,, ,,o,,fd @u.,r r., u,ste~c5 ,ut ,r tho
Second and Third 90 enlist I'm the Fourth.
Officers have come from Savannah to
enlist recruits. After they reached here
a telegram from Gen. Lee was received
by M requesting that I inform the Off
t"' .h.. rrrrriting
,-o,,r1 A.. atfo,-oa I,+ ~., c.-l@ bo .r,ns-
f.r,,d fr,r rori,,orts NOT mustered ont
NJ scerCtsr. a.. Tsfrd .,,. hecn mus
,er.1 o,t ana a.. r,ii. or tbo second
49, | D.,o,fo,.5 ana th,t ,,mwand
,.t, . .,. a., -o., 1,vs n
p " IN ,te
to, i'l' '' N" g' a.
p, D.. and
.
'
THE
Ihe Governor paused 10 learn the ell
feet of his remarks, as ne sometimes
does when addressing audiences face 10
face.
Governor. am very. very sorry Whal
You ask cannot Zoe gr9 ltcd.' came the
reply from the alleged s'~1ny-hearted man
from Michigan. we have laid down
rules 60 govern matters of this sort and
We cannot depart from them. not even
WHOM requested hv $50 patriotic "a Governor
al. the one i'm dear OLD Virginia
Governor Tyler is too ola % politician
a.I too sbrewd al stump speaker to "rins-
an ON fho FIRST set back DE receives. lie
fn for Governor twice before he was
elected ANA hc believes perseverance wlH
win in AM good ana noble CAUSES. lie
u,nt back at the phone with "a new de-
elimination to win.
THE MELTING PROCESS
.or now. NIr. Secretary. give one more
t..upht to fbie matter" said the Cover
nav in tbat tone he uses when hc wishes
H.. moit cold hearts. eve people down
here folt highly honorod when General
10 WAS Given command of 4the Seventh
ARMY Corps. lie is going to Cuba and
he would feel Inundated b. the r-siment
rom his state were the poorest one in
rie corps. AS Governor of the state /
v.ish olr regimen To- Doe the best. SO does
Colonel Tavlor and AN the people of Viz
rIris "
Tbo Governor was beginning 10 ges-
t~iculafc "a little. He continued:
ov,u have mustered out only about