The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-04
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
The Men are Finding That the
Affair is not all Picnic.

they have no tents FOR the first Two
nights and have TO sleep the best way
they can-fsut little to Eat The way
the Enlistment will be Done.-A good
sized row on If we are TO believe the
reports OF the condition of Affairs
said to exist-G0y. Atkinson and the
war department tangIes and IL Is The
worse for the GoYernor. lie says
that his little fun will cost the state
twelve thousand dollars, which is
rather high.
The National Guardsmen are not
having a picnic at Charleston and
are suffering great deal of hard
ship and priyation. Their tents
were not put properly for the first
two nights and the men had to sleep
anywhere they could. The ground
was cold and damp and the men suf-
fered a great deal. The fun has not
yet doomed up in front of them to
any great extent.
All the companies are ON the
ground and the men expect to be in
camp for ten days or more. The en-
listment into the United States Ar
my will not begin until Monday.
1t will first be ascertained who
among the officers will volunteer for
service and the list Of those who
w MT to go win be submitted to the
Governor and he viii appoint the
officers for the new regiment
A list Of the men who want to enlist
viii then be taken and those who
pass successf lly the medical exam
ming board will be mustered in.
The list Of volunteers from the Ma
tional Guard will be exhausted be.
fore the raw re ruits are allowed to
enlist.
The number of men who will vol
unteer from the National Guard will
depend upon the appointment oe
their commanders. If there appears
any unfairness in selecting the Off
GERS the men will kick and refuse to
enlist. This will be the condition
of affairs, especially among those of
the Second regiment, where it is
proposed to give the Lieutenant
Colonelcy to Col C'.steel in the place
of Col G. l.. Smith, who is entitled
to it, 1t is safe to say that Col.
Smith
WILL GET THE PLACE
to which he is Justly entitled or he
will not go with the regiment at all,
and if Col Smith is turned down it
is equally safe to say that but very
few mem1ers Of the First regiment
viii enlist
The effort to advance Col. Casteel
over Col. Smith has raised storm
among the National Guardsmen.
Governor Atkinson received tel
egram from Senator Elkins to night,
stating that the Secretary Of War has
yielded TO the request that the West
Virginia regiment be recruited to its
fun strength of twelve hundred men,
but insists that the troops be
MoBILlzED AT MARTINsBuRG
The governor still refused to send
the troops to Martinsburg He says
the removal Of the troops to that
point would cost the state $12, 900.
The troops will therefore remain at
Charleston till they are recruited and
ready for service.
What the war department will do
next is problematical but they will
certainly refuse to take the men until
they are at Martinsburg where the
governor was ordered to have them go
in the first place. How he expects to
reduce the expense of moving the men
after the guard is recruited to twelve
hundred men, which is larger num-
Dor than there is in it now, is also
problematical. The state will have
to pay roundly for the fun which the
governor has had, but he will make it
up by dashing off a few more patent
medicine advertisements when he has
time.