Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-02

aEcRurrrxa DETAIL Hom THE
FOURTH HAS FINISHED WORK.
THE SECOND is ALMOST FULL UP.
oaly About q Dozen More Men Need
ed-Eourth's Detail Will Start
Home To-Day-Pesce Nay Not bring
the Boys Home.
the Boys Home.

ment has completed its labors. ana VII
leave for Jacksonville to-day.
Lieutenant w. Il. Klein, OF Company
II. who has had charge Of the detail
from his regiment. will remain seyera
days yet completing his report, but TIT
following leave to-day: Sergeant Field
Wlbon. Company II; Corporal Joseph l.
Young. Jr., Company NJ; Corporal Fran
els NJ. Richardson, Company @, ant
Private John A. Crown, Company +.
Tho detail from the Second Regiment.
in charge OF Captain C. Gray Bossieux,
of Company Nj, will be here some time
yet, but its duties will probably be COM
pleted coon, as only about a dozen men
are needed.
Captain Bossieux and Lieutenant Klein
returned Saturday night from Radford.
from which place they started thirty-six
recruits to Jacksonviile-eighteen for
each regiment.
the Second Regiment, arrived from jack
sonville Sunday night, on a twenty-days
leave, n was heartily welcomed by
many frlenQS mere.
SECOND NEARLY FULL.
II viii be only a few days now before
the Virginia negro battalions Will be
ready for service. The two companies
from Norfolk have not been mustered
in. but Major Shanks went there for
that purpose yesterday. and expects TO
accomplish IL in a day or two. The eight
colored companies from Virginia will
a.. l.. l.. ~ -.-r,fg onA AuAgV Ghnnko
can Join the Second Virginia Regiment.
in which he bears a majors commission
Boys May Not he Home Soon.
The prospect Of the early conclusion
of terms of peace with Spain, or at least
of the cessation Of active hostllities,
pending the negotiation of a peace treaty,
was a general topic of discussion yes
tsrdsy, and the opinion was somewhat
general that the Virginia boys might
soon be expected home.
Those who look carefully into the stu
alton. however, especially army officers.
are Of the opinion that even though there
be n more fighting, and though peace
DO arranged within a very short time,
q considerable period will elapse before
the Virginia soldiers are with their
friends again.
WE WILL SEE GREAT CHANGES.
1T is my opinion" said an army Off
Ger to a Dispatch reporter yesterday,
thought though this wal will cause strik-
ing changes in Spanish possessions con-
quered by our armies, the American
people are going 10 witness changes
right here at home. fully as great, and
Infinitely more far reaching in results. l
know IL is a strong statement, and many
viii not agree with me that there will
be changes in this country equal TO
those which will occur in Cuba, for in
stance. the change from Spanish oppres-
sion TO the mildness Of independent re-
publican government. or in Porto Rico,
which is TO ave the justice, law, and
order of American rule, instead OF the
corruption and tyranny of -Spanish Off
Gals, but a year or two will show /
have not overstated the case.
we have for years needed a real army
n navy" he continued. 1.-THE idea OF
our having only 25.OO0 men in ranks-of a
nation Of over 100000 people maintain
Ing such a force as this, while others OF
the world not half so powerful kept ready
for immediate service an army ten times
as great-appeared to many people UNI
wise. but the popular idea that we were
a nation of peace, and far removed from
the likelihood Of trouble with any foreign
nation, caused the great majority of the
American people TO uphold our law
makers in neglect Of the regular army.
The same was true, to a less extent, OF
the navy. What vessels we had were the
best, but, my patience, we had so few Of
them! Where would America be now
had our war have been with England in
stead of Spain? Our ships would have
been where the majority of Spain's are.
and an English army would have a foot
hold at some point on our coast where
there are 40 defences, n there are
plenty Of such.
GREATER ARMY AND NAVY.
1--WE are going to have a larger army
and q greater navy 1t will not be such
an army as those kept up by the Euro
pean Powers. perhaps. but it is going TO
be many times larger than the army we
have been maintaining. In my opinion IL
Is going 10 be about great enough TO adj
NIT Of every man remaining in the SER
vice who desires to do so. You will be
surprised to find how many men who
have gotten a taste of military life like
Il. and are not only willing, but anxious
% remain IN 1t. Take your Richmond
compapfes, for instance. l will wage
that OF the eighteen company officers In
the service from this city fully a dozen
OF them desire to remain in il. and at
least half Of the non-commissioned OFF,
GERS, and p~rivates are OF the same mind.
These percentages are certainly no lower
among troops from other States. SO, es-
timarng the number OF men in the field
now af 10000, 1t is seen that at least
1900 met are willing TO remain there.
I DO not believe We Will ever again see
our stpnaipg army SO small as that, if i
can be increased 10 l0o.o0 / think the
latter fsure WIN represent its normal
size In the future.
NEED ARMIES OF OCCUPATION.
''But even should we be content to shut
our eyes 10 the positive danger to the
OF having An army so utterly In
TO needs liable TO arise at any
time. and allow 1t to be brought back to
It's old size, we will be compelled to keep
IN Cuba. Porto Rico, and possibly
he Philippines. for several years to come.
In each OF these countries. especially the
arst and the last, conditions are very IN
and the duty rests upon the
States TO guarantee them a stable
government. In order to establish this, |
we viii have to keep our troops on the
until the results OF years of rebel
against de facto government are
/
General Lee and the greater portion
of HIS corps will be sent TO Cuba. l make
his prediction because OF the need for
troops which will exist there,
md because of the peculiar fitness OF
Lee for the position Of Military
OF the island-htness which ]
I'm sure Is recognized by the President.
Lees corps Is well suited to the
ask OF preserving; or. rather, restoring.
,rder in Cuba; for. besides being. as ] UNI
lersiand excnnflnnanX dnA men thew