Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-25
RETURNS TO CAMP
Captain Waters Arrives from
" - Phoenixvil|e.
TO HOLD COURT MARTIAL
der of Battery Denie, RI.
charges Preferred Against Him by
A's Men and WIN Take steps
TO Ponish Them

captain George Waters. commanaar
ol hattery Z. one of the companies ~
ehe Sob-poSt OF Fortress Monroe IN
SainP near the Shipyard here, arrived
Yesterday from Phoenixyille. Pa
ne pas been for the last fort
i'she recruiting men for his battery.
ap'aih waters return was fastened
ny the action taken by his men In hi.
absence in drawing up set of resoIu-
ttoliS demanding that he resign az com
hiahuaht OF Battery c, alleging as req
sons Tor this step drunkenness and In.
competency The men gave him sew
heurs in which to act, and
"heh seen yesterday in regard to the
matter Captain Waters said: IT intend
70 court martial every man who SIGN
Ell the resolutions" Canaan watars
denied the charge also.
captain Barclay H. Warhurton of
battery A, Is III command OF the camp.
and 1t is probab BILE that he will order ~.
court martial. II Captain WATERS.
threat is carried out seventy-ssx of his
men will be tried by the court. as that
number signed the resolutions and thew
are the original members of the COM
pany. 1t looks as If there will be trou-s
pie, for the men threaten to carry their
grievances to the War Department.
Yesterdays Philadelphia Times uub-
iished the following dispatch from
rhoeniNville, Pa. Captain Waters
home:
Captain George Waters, commander
OF Battery {. left for Newport News
tonight to join his command. Before
leaving he denied the charges accusing
him of drunkenness and Inconvenience
and FASTENED to face and meet his ac-
cusers.
Captain Waters has been here for
the past nine days, and In that time
recruited ninety-one men for Battery
Z, the last of whom left last night.
Captain Waters has belonged to the
National Guard for twenty-five years,
and the people OF Phoenixville have
the fullest confidence in his integrity
as man and his efficiency as an Off
cer.' -l
Since he has been in this city Cap
tain Waters has made q host of friends
Said City Sergeant E. w. Mfstead yes
terday:
II have known Captain Waters ever
since he came to this city, and was
surprised to hear that his men had pre-
ferred charges against him. I have as
sociated with him and never knew him
to be under the influence of liquor. For
one would be willing to testify to his
general good character"
Other gentlemen who know Captain
Waters expressed themselves in SINH
lar terms yesterday.
There is dissention in Camp Warbur-
ton. The men are dissatisfied and Ill
feeling exists between the two batter
les. The men in Battery A, who rep
resent some of the first families In
Philadelphia. recognize the Battery e
men as their equals as soldiers. but the
social line is. it is said, sharply drawn
and little congeniality exists in the
camp outside Of the military life. The
men in both batteries say they are anx-
RI m 4 >lIbD pnv l,,-
tired of a bomb-proof post. The Bat
terry troopers go further. They al
iege that. Captain Warburton does not
wish to go to the front and that the
post here suits him to IT. This IL
resented by the Battery A soldiers.
They, too. want to see actual service
and are tired Of this post.
AS IL matter of fact neither Of the
batteries is sufficiently trained and
equipped to go to the front and until
they are in better condition they will
remain right here.
Before leaving Fort Monroe to take
command of the department of the
East. Brigadier General Royal T. Frank
was instructed by Secretary Alger to
ascertain whether or not the Pennsyl-
vania artilierymen were on a war foot
ing. His reply was in the negative.
Since then Colonel Hasbrouck. who
succeeded General Frank, has also been
SoltpeliSu " fIldhe Tie saint report us
to the condition OF the batteries.
Some of the artillerymen know some
thing about artillery. but the large ma
jority OF them are recruits enlisted in
the last two weeks. To use the lam
guage of one of the officers at the
camr, There is Il deal of difference in
recruiting men In infantry companies
and recruiting them in artillery bat
terieS."
AS to the claim advanced by the G.
men Of the seniority Of their company.
1t Is true that their command Is older
than as a part of the State MALTA,
but seniority in the service Of the Uni
ted States is based by the time the
men are mustered in by the United
States officers. Captain Warburton
was the first volunteer officer in the
United States service and his battery
was mustered in before Battery c. How
ever, it is limited that Captain Warbur-
ton wire pulled this seniority.
The members of Battery c are under
the impression that the influential and
wealthy Philadelphians are only down
here for summer outing and have no
intention of going TO the front If they
can help it. In this they are very
much mistaken.
THE NEWARK'S WHEREABOUTS
The cruiser Newark, which went out
on her practice cruise last Sunday
morning, has not yet returned to
Hampton Roads and her wherea bouts
is mystery.
The cruiser went out simply for the
purpose of testing her guns and ma
chinery and was expected back in the
Roads on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The impression prevails that posssi-
blv Captain Barker received orders to
proceed directly to the blockading
squadron in the event the ship behaved
all right and that this being the case
the Newark is now on her way to
Cuba.
WASHINGTON. June 24-The Ninth
Massachusetts and two battalions OF
the Thirty Fourth Michigan left Camp
A]ger this evening for Newport News,
from which point they will embark on
the auxiliary cruiser Harvard Tor San
tiago to reinforce General shafter-
N1oessa' Cream.
The Ideal Pharmacy Will deliver