The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-27
REGIMENT NOTES
A Military Band for the
Regiment.
A SOLDIER FATALLY ILL
HIS Case Very Peculfar-Najor T.. n
Hayes Detached from State Guard
Headquarters Asheville's Second
Company TO Arrive Today-Good
Showing by the Murphy Company
Soldiers Drilling ard-LieuI. Cowan
Ordered to Fort Macon.
Especial to The Messengers.

Raleigh. n. c.. May Ex-Governor
Russell today was informed hat Major
E. VI. Hayes, seventh cavalry, was re-
lieved from duty at national h~eadauar-
ters here and ordered to report to the
commander of the Fifth army corps
at Tampa, for assignment for service
with cavalry.
1t was settled today that the Ger
mania band. Of Scranton, Pa, is TO be
the reginental band of he Second reg
iment. 1t was sent transportation to-
day and will arrive tomorrow, "a strong
and enlist. Jacob Guth, its leader. is
appointed chief musician of the regi-
ment at So per month. The adjutant
general says: 1t was found impos-
sible TO secure a band in this state. A
man named Davis of Charlotte offered
to raise a band and enlist it, but he had
no band n was trying to get Guth's
band n be chief musician. DR.. W.
H. Griffith was appointed chief must
clan, but he failed to secure the musi-
clans"
Colonel Burgwyn says he is greatly
pleased at securing the Scranton band.
which is a military band. Guth has
been bandSman in the German service.
The band will be enlisted in Captain
Smiths company from Greenville and
then transfer will be made so as to di-
vide the musicians and give two to
each company. The drum and bugle
corps is now practicing.
Arthur Watson, of Captain Jones'
company is at the point Of death in the
hospital of the Second regiment. Late
Yesterday 9ftPrnOnn he was WRESTLING
with some comrades. He is unusually
a powerful man. Last night he was
sick and at midnight went raving mad.
His temperature today was loo, Cap
tain Jones telegraphed WatsOn's
father, whose home is in Watauga, of
Arthur's critical condition. Captain
Jones said to me he did not expect
| Watson to live through the night. His
case is a puzzling one and it is not
known whether his over exertion caus-
| ed %appoplexy or lesion of the brain.
Adjutant General Cowles had a tele-
| gram this afternoon from Captain w.
A.. Goner of Asheville that the latter
was on his way here with 103 men and
| would arrive at lao o'clock tonight.
The Murphy company will be mus
tered in tomorrow morning, getting re-
| cruits from Burlington and Asheville.
| Mastering Officer Gresham says that
after he has seen the move of the
Murphy company he is greatly pleased
with it.
Captain MacRae is officer of the day
at Camp Russell tomorrow.
The officers of the regiment and
Captain Carl w. Jeffries, of Tarboro,
company, will all be sworn in tomor
row.
There were many visitors at Camp
Russell this afternoon, and these saw
nearly all kinds of drill in progress at
the same time. The Murphy company
was in shirt sleeves, learning to march
while, in sharp contrast, the Whining
ton was skirmishing. Colo
mel Burgwyn was here, there and ev-
erywhere, mounted on superb shestnut
horse, a gift to him from his brother
George BurgWyn Of Northampton
county.
Colonel Burgwyn is much pleased a
the progress now being made. He de
votes an hour daily to ~instructing non
commissioned officers while Major
Wilder instructs commissioned officers
DR.. w. H. Brooks, of Greensboro, is
appointed assistant surgeon Of the reg
iment, vice DR.. J. D. Spicer, Jr., who
declined. DR.. Brooks accepts.
J. R.. MILAN. of the Lumber Bridge
company, is appointed clerk to Muster.
ing officer Gresham.
Lieutenant Marshall left today fol
Fort Macon, also Lieutenant Cowan
of the Wilmington company, the latter
as assistant quartermaster and com
missary. Cowan tells he is to be ir
charge of that line of work there until
the negro battalion is mustered into
more.