The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-18
CAMP NOTES.

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Can't. Cooper,of the Murphy company
Yesterday telegraphed the AdJutant
General that he would be here Thursday
with one hundred men. Capt. Wagner.
IF Asheville, and Cap. Love, of Waynes'
vile, say that they will arrive with one
hundred men each Friday.
These three companies viii complete
the Second regiment, if no more com
panies fail to recruit and have to drop
out.
If they do it will not be hard to get
TO take their places. The
whole west seems to be on fire with
patriotism and desire for war.
Every mail brings offers of companies
of 100 mountaineers each. And. strange
to say, there is not one from the eart
Gordon Hackett, Of Wilkesboro. in
forms the Adjutant General that he has
100 fne-lookmg mountain men that lie
can bring down at an hours notice.
Robert Gadd, of Charlotte. wires that
he has 100 men ready and can have
them in camp here by Thursday night.
j. Il. Love. of Silver, says he can get
100 men easily in a week.
A. !. Bailey, of Bryson City, says he
can raise 100 men in four days time.
Tom Newland and Manly Mcdowell
have offered their services to the Adju-
tant General to raise a company in
Burke and Mcdowell counties.
j. VIII Roberts, of Marshall, asks per-
mission to raise a company of 100 men.
Capt. Bell. of the Rutherford company,
deserves much credit for the work he
has done in raising the Second regiment,
He brought Il full company of picked
men-many of them his own students.
Since then he has had new accessions to
his ranks-all men that he could trust.
On arriving here he found other com
panies lacking just Il few men. Until
they were secured they could not be mus
tered in. and instead of securing them
the men they already had were deserving.
Captain Bell came to their rescue. He
loaned men to TarbOrO and LenOir and
perhaps other companies who were
sworn in before he was. But through
it all his men stood by him and obeyed
him, whether he told them to wait for
the mastering in time or go join an-
other company. And Monday when he
went with S6 men before the surgeons
he had only three turned down. There
IL no more popular captain. among men
or officers Of the Second regiment, than
is Captain w. Z. Bell.
Captain Durham, Of the Gastonia com
pany has just returned from Kings
Mountain and Lincolnton where he Sc
cured Il number of recruits to help OUT
some Of his fellow captains of the Sec
ond regiment.
The Concord company will be happy
to-day for they will this morning re-
ceiye boxes from home, filled with good
things TO eat They are longing foi
some good wholesome food cooked at
home. How happy soldier can be
made and how much lighter his lot by
a little thoughtfulness on the part OF
those who do not have to go to the
front
During the storm Sunday night one Of
the men IN the Lenoir company was
struck by lightning and it was two
hours before the physicians could re-
yiye him.
These companies now in camp have
made very fine records on physical exam
nation. Goldsboro went through solid
Rutherfordton lost three out Of 11G. The
Goldshoro men were examined by IL
physician before they came here, the
others were out.
Railroad men are expecting a big
movement Of troops over their lines. 1T
is understood that most Of the soldiers
will be from Virginia, District Of Co
lumbia, Pennsylvania, New York ana
Massachusetts.
There is noa village or hamlet N
North Carolina to-day where some
heart does not quicken with renewed
interest to hear anything about Camp
Grimes. Every town has furnished it's
share of the men who inhabit that ro-
mantle city which has Aprung up as il
by magic.-Greensboro Record.
Battery 6. artillery. regiment G. from
Fort Caswell, has been taken to Fort
Macon. The battery is composed Of
twenty men under the command of Lieu
tenant III. G.. Bishop. They were fully
equipped and carried considerable
amount of baggage They left Whining
ton, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad
Private G. II. Brown. Of the w. l.. L.,
is home on furlough from Camp
Bryan Grimes, being called home on
account of the sickness of his wife. He
says that the impressions that have got
Ten out about the disagreeable conditions
in Camp Grimes are somewhat Incorrect
The food is much better cooked than it
was at first, and the men are getting
accustomed to camp life. The box sent
from Wilmington last week was highly
appreciated by the boys. The officers
are well pleased with the men. and the
men do not wish for better officers.
Private Brown will return TO Raleigh
Thursday Wilmington Star.
The contract for the erection of nh
the signal stations along the North
Carolina coast has been awarded to
Capt. $. w. Skinner. The authorities
refuse to say what will be the dimen-
sions of the buildings or when they
will be completed.
The people III Rocky Mount have n
good chance to see what extensive
preparations are being made to prose
cute the war with Spain. On Sunday
train after train passed over the At
lantic Coast Line by way of Rocky
Mount loaded with soldiers There
were 105 ear loads i'm all. Then there