The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-10

FOURTH TO GO TO HAVANA.
They VIII Not Move Until December
The Second Coming Home.

CAMP CUBA LlBRE, September a.
Special-While no official auuouncem'n
has as yet been made in regard 90 the
destination OF the Fourth Virginia Re-i-
ment is fully convinced tina 1.-THE ieei-
ment will go with General Lee To Du1d
and is generally believed that II VIII DC
located IN Havana. From what ] consld-
or very good authority. 1 understand li.-l
the troops of The Seventh Corps VIII Zee
main here IN camp at least until the
middle of December. General Lee docs
not believe that the laDors OF the Peace
Commission will be ended very soon ana
that the spanish soldiers VIII Do Zee
moved from Cuba I'm time to Ndmlt ol INC
transferring of the American volunteers
10 thar island at an earlier date ana ll
Is not considered advisable 20 take pos
session of the island while the spanish
hemain there.
troops from here is TO be delayed MIN
december. then il is thought That ample
opportunity will bee given those soldiers
who desire 10 do so, 10 visit their MONIES
once more on a Through before leaving
for Cuba.
In consequence OF the numerous com
nlaints that have been made recently Hl
regard to the insufficient rations lhdl
have been issued I'm the Fourth virginia
Regiment of late. the quar- mas '''
sereeants of the various compahlt7 "'''
this evening taken by Lieutenant Jon's'
tho rec mental quartcrmastcr, to ulFI-
etor he dolarters where they We're met
bv Cantain flasher the commi-siIy OF
the division and his assistant sergeant
Titus who has served I'm the coininl7-
sary department Of tho REGULAR army lot
about twenty years. ,,.
There the matter was thoroughly dis-
cussed for over an hour n ftihtI i"-
formal manner. and 10 was state" ''',
very often the fault was 10 be loui'
with the various cooks who wasted inc
provisions issued and In that manner
caused the complaints. The same la-
tions and the same quantity Of articles
that was issued 20 the regulars was ais
tribtited among the volunteers and the
latter therefore. should Doe saiisued-
Each Kitchen should be presided over pE
an enlisted man as COOK VINO aHouiu
have am assistant and besides TWO men
from each company should he detained
10 kitchen duty who should De exempt
from all other duties. 49,,
THE only shortage outside OF the reil-
mental commissary department that was
admitted at division headquarters was
that an the issuing OF bread. But cap
tain flasher stated that that eNl wound
hc at once remedicd as an order had Deen
ISSUED providing for TIE immt dia'e es-
tohiishmcnt ~ q recimental bakery
Sergeant Harry Brooks. OF Conn any
II Fourth Regiment is quite iH WIN
fever and had TO be removed to-day TO
The division hospital Corporal walter
Creushaw. OF the same company VINO
has been suffering with fever ana mas
been confined to his tent during the past
few DAYS. is mucn improved. MI J.. IL.
MAYO. of Richmond. has again gwen
tangible proof OF the interest when ne
takes In the RICHMOND Light Infantry
Blues by sending TO companies II ana NJ
~ tne--ourth Rcrment nus check Tor
go for the ice water fund.
Iieutenant-Col0nei T. j. EDWARDS has
as commanding officer OF the Fourth
Regiment detailed Captain captain T.
I Tofninenam TO command me Third
battalion in the place Of Major Blow,
Who has been detailed as mastering out
The second Division Hospital which is
sunnosed 10 take charge OF the sick IN
The nine regiments forming that division
has recently had an average death rate
~ about twenty per day. Yesterday.
however, the number was raised to twen-
Among those VINO died there yesterday