The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-26
SOLDIERS ORDERED HERE
THE CAMP WILL BE IN THE NOR
DECAI FIELD.
LATER THEY WILL GO TO RICHMOND
BY TO Morrow Night ''the Boys VIII be
Coming 10 RaIeigh---The Governor
Still Troubled About who viii
Pay the Freight.

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From The News and Observer. April -.
Tomorrow morning will see the volun-
tccr militia Of North Carolina leaving
their homes 10 the rattle OF drums and
the strains Of martial music. Tomor-
row night will see them going into camp
here. probably on thcNIordccai field.
north of the city.
The President will today Issue in
StrnciionS to the Governors of the va
rious States 10 mobilize their quota of
troops ut once.
these Instructions Governor Russell will
issue his call for 1he2.IS4 men appor-
toned to .\Ortn Carolina. This done Al
jutant General CowleS will call upon the
companies comprising the State Guard
to Indicate their willingness to volunteer.
As soon as replies are received those
indicating their readiness to serve any
where they may be sent under the flag
will be ordered To Raleigh. The com
handing officers Of such companies rs
Will volunteer for service in the volunteer
army Of the United States will be order
cd to at one proceed to recruit thei.
respective companies to at least eighty
enlisted men. Any company volunteer
ing as 4 body for Such service will be
mustered in with its own officers.
The Governors proclamation is practi-
cally prepared. and it will take but 4
few minutes today to complete the dOcI-
ment. 1t is not often that 4 Governor
has occasion TO prepare a PAPER calling
for troops. therefore. His EXcellency
has drafted his call with much care.
His ENcellency will ask that such en-
listed men as cannot, by reason of hay
ing families solely dependent upon them,
or through physical infirmities. go to the
front. be given their honorable discharge.
He will also request employers to retain
open the positions of such of their EN-
ployees as do enlist. or are in the mill
tary. and restore them to their employ
when the war is ended. A similar course
has been followed in Virginia and sev-
cral other States.
1t is the Governors desire that the
North Carolina troops be purely a volnn-
teer force and he will give every man
the opportunity 10 90 or stay at home.
But the latter class will be uncOmfOrt-
ably small. Those who prefer to stay
at home are vastly outnumbered by those
who are eager to go to the front. There
will be disappointment in any regiment
that is not called upon. 1t is no longer a
question of whether the Guard will be
called upon: 1t was Il question of when
the regiments will depart for the front.
1t is not the Governors intention to
form any new regimental organizations.
He will only ask for troops to recruit
the present regiments to their full
strength. North Carolina will have to
furnish 2.5S4 troops under a call for
125.OOO men. and it is proposed TO recruit
the present regiments to about 700 men,
which will make slightly over the num-
Der asked for. as there are four regi-
mentS in the State.
The troops can be brought here in
eighteen hours. but it is probable that
some time will he given the companies
to recruit and otherwise prepare for
coming here. General COwles thinks
they will be kept here several weeks TO
be r%e-equippcd and drilled for active ser
vice. before being taken to Richmond or
Atlanta to be brigaded with other troops.
Governor Russell held Il further con-
ference yesterday with Adjutant General
COwles and certain members Of the state
Council. in regard TO the expenses of the
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State is unable to bear ii and he will
not call the men out unless the govern
ment will guarantee early repayment OF
the money. This. of course, it will do.
Governor Russell. in this connection.
contendcd that there was no necessity
for the State troops to he modified here
or at any other place. They are prepared.
he thinks. to 90 from their armOrleS dl-
rect to Tampa or any other place they
may be needed. either for home defense
or invasion Of foreign territory.
Adjutant General COWleS, however,
convinced him that this would never do:
that the men We're, to Il great extent,
new men. and even those who have
known long service must be mustered IN
and drilled with the new men. The good
name Of the State. so far as its troops
are concerned. depends to a very great
extent on this.
The instructions from Washington
this morning will probably settle the
question Of expense.
The enliStmpntS in the Guard are be-
ing made on the basis of three years
service. the following blank enlistment
being signed by all the recruits:
ENLISTMENT.
[. -. born in. aged - years
and by %OcuDatiOn q -, do hereby.