The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-20

Grimes by the mastering officer, prcpar-
atory to the troops going to the front.
was appraising the horses of the officers.
The Second regiment is now in camp
at the Fair Grounds and they are most
comfortably fixed. The new tents re-
Gently sent them are $50 of the large
tents used in st. Louis during the Missis-
sippi flood two years ago. They are just
twice the SIZE of the ordinary tent
Mr.. w. Il. Randolph, of the Asheville
Citizen, has been in the city this week
attending the meeting of the Masons
While here he also went out to see the
boys in the Asheville company. They
were glad to see him and give him Il
royal welcome.
Mr.. Will NJ. Atwater. of the Govern
or's Guards, is just back from a visit
to his home in Chatham county. He is
the son of Mr.. John w .Atwater, who
thirty-seven years ago marched away
from here with the First North Carolina
regiment and served in the Confederate
army from Bethel to AppomattoX.
Among the visitors to Camp Bryan
Grimes yesterday were Messrs. r. ID.
Gilmer and Theo. Jones, of Waynesvlle
They both have sons in the WaynesvilIe
regiment and they came here to tell them
goodbye.
Among the new volunteers to the See
ond regiment yesterday was Mr.. Will
liam Boykin, son of Judge II. T. Boykn,
He enlisted in the Greenvile company
that being the only one now in camp no
having its full complement of men.
Judge Walter Clark. Of the North
Carolina Supreme court, was visitor
to Camp Russell yesterday. He went
out to see his son, David Clark who is
adjutant to Maj. b. II. Dixon. "Just
| thirty-six years ago" said the Judge, II
was myself adjutant to Ransom's regi
ment.'
DR. Wilder. the first surgeon in the
| First regiment, went to Charlotte yes
terday to say goodbye to home folks.
He will join the regiment to-day as a
part of it passes through Charlotte.
| There is no little envy on the part of
| the Second regiment as the First is about
| to go to the front. The men in the Sec
! ond want to go too, and they don't like
/ the prospect of being bottled up here at
home under a department commander.
| They fear they will be kept here to de-
| fend the coast instead of being sent To
| Cuba.
Speaking of this prospect yesterday
| morning Maj. Dixon voiced the feeling
of his men when he said Il had rath-
or be killed in this war than to live zen
| years longer and die in bed with a few
| idiotic doctors around me. This is a
| fight for humanity. Where man dies for
| man that's holy ground. This is not n
fight for territory, it is fight for man
kind"
| The pool at PulIen's Park was alive
! yesterday with men. The boys have en-
| joyed the excellent bathing facilities
| thus afforded them by the city and they
went out yesterday to take farewell
plunge.
/ The soldiers in camp who are some
thing in the way of carpenters were busy
1 yesterday making boxes Each company
will take with it to-day a headquarters
box, containing the papers, muster roll
/ and other company property.
The First regiment band is now fair
| ly good one, though it has been organ.
J lied only about two weeks. Even with
its limited practice and the poor instru.
! ments it makes no bad music.
! There is now one case Of measles IN
each of the two regiments. The mon
have been wonderfully healthy since
/ they have been here.
Capt r. B. Davis, the Ouartermaster
/ General for the Second regiment, report.
ed for duty yesterday morning.
DIR. Stockard, the first surgeon of the
| Second regiment, arrived yesterday. He
was in New York when notified of his
appointment, and came here at once.
lie will return to his home in Burlington
to-day to arrange some business mat
tiers. During his absence DIR. Jas. r.
Rogers, Of this city has been detailed to
do his work.
Col. Burgwyn and Mai Dixon, yester-
day received their new uniforms and
wore them last night at the Governors
reception for the first time. 1t goes with
out saying that they looked handsome in
them.