Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-29

shall Not Be Turned Down for
Col Casteel--If Col Smith Does
Not Get the Place to Which He
IS Entitled, He is Not Likely to
GO Nor Will the Second Regiment.
saocial 10 the Register.
charleston, w. Va, April 2S.-The
capital city has begun to assume mil
uary aspect
National flags blended with Cuban
eoers displayed from every business
house and flying from the fiagstahs OF
every public building.
C. dcers of the National Guard are
everywhere in evidence. They are
busy doing the preliminary work Incl
dent to the establishment of their
camp and the enlistment and filing out
their regiment of volunteers to be fur
nished by West Virginia TO serve in the
war with Spain.
Major J. C. Gluck, chief quartermas-
Ter. Of Auburn; Maj. r. H. d. Willis,
inspector general of Wheeling, and
Major Phil d. Neal, CHEF commissary,
Of Parkersburg, have been working
hard since yesterday preparing the
camp and providing for the men.
As nothing had been done toward
getting the camp in readiness and sup
plies on the ground previous to the ar
rival of the troops, everything was
naturally in a chaotic cor dition last
night
Most of the men had neither blank
cts 10 sleep on nor anything TO eat till
late in the night but the men
BORE THE HARDSHIP
with becoming fortitude. The work Of
erecting the tents and getting the
camp in order went on briskly to-day
and tonight the troops v i'll have fairly
comfortable quarters.
The remaining companies of the Sec
ond regiment-A, of Bluefield, and E.
Of Parkersburg arrived early this
morning.
y special train Of ten coaches r.
rived just before noon to-day bringing
Col Smith and staff with four COM
pauies OF the Second regiment These
companies We're B, OF Moundsville, with
. enlisted men and 20 new recruits,
under Capt. H. R. Humphreys; H, of
Burton 81 men, under Captain Levi X.
Hoge; G, of Palatine, Sc men, under
Captain W. w. Scott, and K of Clarks-
burg under Captain Harry Smith.
The last detachment of troops, con-
sisting of Companies A, of Elkins; E,
Of Martinsburg; D, of Berkeley
Springs; |, of Charles Town, and H, of
Piedmont, arrived at o'clock this af-
ternoon and went into camp. General
Spilman and staff arrived fl ON Charles
ton early in the afternoon and estab-
llshed the brigade headquarters
1t is expected that the troops will
he III camp at Kanawha City at least
ten days and the enlistment of men
into the United States army VIII
BEGIN NEXT MONDAY.
1t Will first be ascertained who
among the officers will volunteer for
service and the list of those who want
70 go Will be submitted to the Govern
o. and he will appoint the officers FOR
we new regiment.
A list of the men who want to enlist
VIII then be taken and those who pass
successfully the medical examining
board will be mustered in
he list of volunteers from The Ma
uonal Guard will be exhausted before
HE raw recruits are allowed TO enlist.
me number of men who will volun-
leer from the National Gujrd will de-
pend upon the appointment of their
commanders. If there appears any I'M
5alfness in selecting the officers the
u'eh VIII kick and refuse to enlist This
"lIl be the condition of affairs. espec-
'ally among those of the Second regi-
ment, where it is proposed to give the
Lieutenant Colonelcy to Col. Casteel in
'ne place of Col. c. l.. Smith. who is
e"litied TO it. 1t is safe to say that Col.
Smith
WILL GET THE PLACE
10 which he is justly entitled or he
WIZ not go with the regiment at all,
dHd i Col. Smith is turned down it is
equally safe to say that but very few
members Of the First regiment will en-
list
he effort to advance Col. Casteel
over Col Smith has raised a storm
among the National Guardsmen.
Governor Atkinson received a tele-
sfam from Senator Elkins tonight.
SaVhg that the Secretary of War has
[Ni0ed TO the request that the West
MSinla regiment be recruited to its
,"H strength of twelve hundred men.
'ul insists that the troops be
MoBILIZED AT MARTlNSBURG.
Ae Governor still refused to send the
oops to Martinsburg. He says the
iemoVal of the troops TO that point
would cost the State $1,000 The
oops will therefore remain here till
u'F a"e recruited and ready for SER
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