The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-24

Inc Regiment to Leave Camp For
Tampa This M0rning-Ofers From
other States to Furnish cur Quota Of
Troops or False RuEaory Of our In.
ability TO do so.
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Raleigh, N. c., May 21.-The First
regiment leaves. all via the Southern
railway, On a special train OF three
sections tomorrow. Camp will be
broken at 400 O'Clock. The first Sec
ton Of the train leaves at Z O'clock
and others at fifteen minute intervals.
There was a great crowd at CAMP this
afternoon and there VIII be In immense
one a. the depot in the morning to bid
the troops farewell. The Second regi-
ment will march TO the station as an
escort 10 First.
Governor Russell late this afternoon
received a telegram from Senator
Pritchard saying he mad used all his
influence with the secretary Of war
to delay the movement OF either the
First or the Second regiment from
camp here until they were completely
equipped and that the secretary of war
said he would give the matter consid-
Grafton.
United States officers here say the
First regiment will be completely
equipped in forty-efght hours after ar
rival at Tampa. There was marked
enthusiasm among the officers and men
Of the First when the news came that
the movement was certainly to be made
tomorrow.
The adjutant general this afternoon
received a telegram from r. G. A.
Love, captain Of the Waynesville COM
pany, expressing his regret al his fail
ure to get in the Second regiment,
saying he was recruiting, that his men
are enthusiastic and that by Monday
ne will be ready to come here if
needed.
Lieutenant S. B. Alexander, of Cap
tain Gadd's company, at Charlotte,
says he can bring 100 men in two days
on definit orders.
News having been sent out by some
unknown person that North Carolina
was having great trouble in raising
her quota Of troops, letters are being
received by the adjutant general from
other states Offering troops. F. Cren-
shaw, Of Pike county, Ca, says he has
100 men ready, Georgia's quota being
full. Frank w. Vanness, of Joplin,
Mo, say he hears North Carolina
needs troops and offers 100. Colonel
G. K. Fox, Of Los Angeles, Cal, asks
for permission to raise a company, say
ing he can do so in twenty-four hours.
N. K. Phillips, of Philadelphia, Pa,
makes the same request.
A prominent citizen of Asheville to-
day wired that he len the Asheville
company of the First regiment $500.
Lieutenant Colonel Calvin ID. Cowles
telegraphed the war department last
week urging hat his regiment the
First) he armed with calibre 30 rifles.
He has received a letter saying the
war department has not yet decided to
issue that calibre to volunteers, and
that if rifles o in use are unservice-
able new calibre As Springfields will be
issued at Tampa. All rifles in use in
the regiment are pronouncer unSerVice-
able by the mastering officer.
The contract with the Southern rail
way is to have the regiment at Tampa
in thirty one ours but the railways
officials say it will put them there i'm
twenty-nine hours or two hours under
schedule time. It will cost about $14.-
900 to move the regiment to Tampa.
The first section of the train will con-
tain the headquarters, and field music
and first battalion; h second section
will contain second battalion and Off
GERS horses; third section will contain
the third battalion. There will be a
! urgeo and two hospitals stewards
18th each battalion In all there are
| three Pullman, twenty-five passenger
| cars, seven baggage cars and n stock
car. Twelve cars are in each OF the
three sections.
By order of the government the uni
| forms in the state arsenal, -(297 in num-
| ber) were today issued to the First reg,
ment. Mastering Officer Gresham has
requested the adjutant general to ride
no company here in future with less
than 100 enlisted men, saying he Will
not receive a company or allow trans
portation if it comes with a less mum.
| Der.
twenty-five men from Oxford viii
arrive tomorrow to join Captain Smiths
company of the First regiment fron
| Granville