Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-04
THE SECOND ISREADY
the FIRST REGIMENT IN VIRGINIA
TO REPORT FULL RANKS.
IT is A CRACK ORGANIZATION.
Colonel Baker Says He Will Have a
Fine BODY OF Men Behind Him
Anxious to BE Ordered to the
Mobilization Camp.

nopihzauou Camp.
The Second Virginia Regiment has now
reached it's full strength of i.032 men,
and is ready waiting. and anxious TO
enter the service of Uncle Sam and follow
Old Glory wherever duty may call.
Colonel j. {. Baker. who will lead the
regiment. was in the city yesterday. and
reported TO Adjutant-General Male that
all his companies have their full quota,
and are eager to he ordered 10 Richmond
The Second is the first regiment In the
state TO report with full ranks, and
though he would not say So In 50 many
words. II was plain that Colonel Baker
was proud of his regiment. He told a
Dispatch reporter that when he received
orders two weeks ago 10 recruit his com
panies to their fun strength, he went 10
work to do H. and had been devoting his
| entire time to the undertaking ever since.
Some OF the companies have far In excess
Of the number allowed by law.
THE FREDERICKSBURG COMPANY.
Captain NJ 3. Rowe. of the Fredericks-
burg company. reports mis- ranks full and
! says that should any fail TO pass the
J physical examination here, he has only
20 run UP to Fredericksburg and bring
! back as many as may be needed. there
are number of young men there who
want 10 enlist
Colonel Baker says the company com
manders Of the Second have been very
careful in receiving recruits. looking
closely to the physical condition OF the
applicants and their moral character. He
/ thinks that the regiment now is about AS
fine a body of men as could be gotten to-
Sether.
Colonel Baker IS the senior regimental
! commander Of Virginia. having been COM
! missioned in 1893. He has not particu-
larry soldiery appearance, except that
he is remarkably erect. He is of medium
stature. very spare. but his form has
witness and "A sturdy compactness that
! indicate great vitality and powers OF en-
duranoe The eyes that look through
pair Of spectacles are very benign i'm
expression, but there are lots Of latent
fire in them.
FUTS 1T ON HIS WIFE.
Colonel Baker protests that he Is not
! particularly anxious TO STE active ser
vice, but that he was forced to ofsr to
lead his regiment
ION the night ! received the order from
ArtNtldl Maize ItldNiNt ~ lH' NNif'''NN,'''
OF members Of the org lnized militia he
said, Il read it aloud. and my little girl
asked II / would volunteer
"Of course he will" said Mrs. Baker.
Il am not going TO have around me
man who has worn colOnefs shoulder
straps during five years OF peace ana
tears them off when war begins 80 you
see. I'VE got 20 CO."
II j. quite plain. however. that Colonel
Baker did not need a patriotic wife to
drive him into service. There Is more
! than a suspicion that he would have felt
aggrieved had he been deprived of the
opportunity.
THE THIRD AND FOURTH.
Reports from the Third and Fourth
regiments indicate that enlistments are
about as rapid in their companies as in
those Of the Second. Many of these also
report having enlisted above the maxi
mum. in order 10 have men TO take the
places of those who may possibly be re-
! iected BY the medical examiners.
1t is utterly impossible to predict with
| any certainty when the virginia regi-
ments will be ordered here 10 be formed
into a brigade under General Male.
Everything depends upon the arrival OF
the necessary camp equipage from the
War Department. and there is no way
TO tell when this will be on the ground.
To Examine the Surgeons.
Governor Tyler was yesterday notihed
by the War Department that the Board
OF Medical Examiners had been ordered
here. and that the surgeons and assistant
d. surgeons OF the Virginia regiments would
n be examined, preparatory TO their en-
tering the national service.
Adiutant-General Male at once ordered
the surgeons and assistant surgeons of
the regiments to report her for physi-
cal examination. They are all expected
, here to-day.
The Examining Board is composed Of
Major G. w. Adair, surgeon I'm the reGu-
lar army and Dr. &. Y. Darlington OF
= this city. and Or. William 5. Sayers. OF
Norfolk. This board viii examine the
- surgeons, who viii then examine the
troops TO be musterd into the service OF
the National Government
: SURGEONS AND ASSISTANTS.
y The Virginia regimental surgeons and
Y assistants are as follows:
Second Regiment-Dr c. Il. {. Peyton
of Pulaski, surgeon; Or. r. 6. simmons
} Of Roanoke, and DR.. X. u. Calo"ei' ol
, / WytheViile assistants.
Third Regiment-Dr. william NJ. Smith
of Alexandria. surgeon; DR.. W. r.. AndeT'
son. OF Farmvile, and DIR. frank Canihi
: Of Lynchburg. assistants.
Fourth Regiment-Dr. c. l. Culpeper
N of Portsmouth, surgeon. and Dr. {. X
Vance OF Norfolk. assistant.
Or. T. l.. Field. OF Norfolk has resign
( ed as assistant-surgeon OF the Fourih
= and his successor has not been Named
l. II is expected that Drs, Darlington ah'
: Savers. the civilian members of the Eek
i aiming Board. named by Governor Ty
p. ler. at the request of the Wal Depart
ment. will be relieved as soon as th'
work OF examining the regimentai sur
geons is completed.
Volunteer Engineer Compahs.
} An effort is being made by Lieutenah
J. p Barney engineer Officer OF th'
Blues' Battalion. 10 organize a company
| for the volunteer engineer brigade re
7 Gently authorized by act OF congress
He has made several trips 10 Washing
!. ton recently, where he has had consuita
= lions with War Department oncials' wh'
!. have assured him that such company
, would be mustered In at once.
Lieutenant Barney wishes 10 get a
: least $50 men who have worked on ran
roads or in the shops and electrical am
mechanical engineers. The pay IN thi'
branch of the service is the highest II
the army. and men would have an excei
lent chance OF seeing active service. IL u
probs BILE that forty men viii be eniiste'
at Clifton Forge. -