The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-02
WEST YIRGINIA'S QUOTA.

Tho Government Insists that tho Present
Regiment IN tho Field aiu.t bc l,scrnit.
ed TO Its Fult tstr.iisth-Capthin Atifin.
sons Revised Figures.
Special Dispatch TO the Intelligenccr.
d CHARLESTON, w. Va, June L.
Through advlces received from the
war department bs Governor Atkinson
it Is quite evident that West Virginia
will not be permitted to send out a
second regiment. The following mes
sage was received to-day:
s. WASHINGTON, D. c., June /. 1893.
To the Governor OF West Virginia,
& Charleston:
Your message OF May 22S, replying to
message from this Office OF May q, Is
definitely answered by message from
this Office OF May 20, wherein It is eS-
plnlned that the regiment already In
the service from your state will be re-
cruited to the maximum under the law
requiring about 800 men, by a recruiting
party from the regiment. consisting OF
one officer. one on-commissioncd off,
Ger and one or two prtvates, acting un-
utt olutlS LioIAl tHC WA AaCpakLNiChs
now being prepared for immediate Is
sue. The balance OF the quota under
the second call from your state Is about
500. The question Of new organiza-
tion,t probably OF one battalion OF four
companies, Will be taken up in the near
future. f
(Signed) H. c. CORBIN,
Adjutant General.
Captain Atkinson called up Senator
Elklns by 'phone" and laid the matter
before him. Young Atkinson showed
him that under the first call for 1885,
900 men we were entitled to 1.7S5 men,
and on the second call for $4,000 men
we should be allowed 1.071 men. The
sum total from this state on the two
calls ought by right to be 2.s5C re-
crults. However. instead OF filling up
the first regiment to Its maximum
limit, as they were asked to do by the
governor. the war. department recruited
only 1.026 men, and now they are ask
Ing that the deficiency be made up
from the second call. But, granting
that the state NIL up their first regi-
ment. there Is still due 1,530 men, which
would allow the maximum number In
the second regiment and 173 men for
the Berkeley Springs battery.
But" as Captain Atkinson exclaim-
cd to the Intelligencer reporter tonight,
''the exigencles of war demand that we
stand firmly by the government. and
obey orders. and the state admlnistra-
tion will go to work at once to furnish
the necessary 300 recruits to complete
the first regiment. though we. are una
Bile to. get the second In the field"
Secretary OF State Dawson was CALL
ed into council. and left tonight for
Washington. as the representative OF
the administration. Before going he
made an appointment with Senator; Ell:
kins to meet tims:at o,eioek In tthe.
morning, and they will call at the war
department to lay the claims Of the
state before General Corbin. The gov
ernor will Immediately authorize one
OF the officers, non-commlSsioned
officer and two privates to return from
the first regiment at Chickamauga
and muster in 800 troops, according to
orders. They will visit the various
towns from whence the companies were
formed and secure the required number.
There Is some speculation MS to the
person who will be selected ma tor 1t
has been definitely settled that Howard
Atkinson would be senior major In the
second regiment, and therefore would
command the first battalion. but II Col.
Casteel Is deslrous to lead the hosts,
he may be given control. in case the
state Is not allowed full regiment.