The times., 1898-05-02
THEY Do NOT LIKE It
Members of the District Guard
Highly Dissatisfied.
TRAINED OFFICERS IGNORED
The Question Of Semi prity Also Civ
ing the officials Much Trouble
Assignments of Companies 70 Bat
tafIons Cuban Volunteers En-
Route to Tampa.

| Dissatisfaction with capital d pre-
! walls among the men at the National
| Guard armories since the publication OF
! the roster of the officers of the District
of Columbia volunteer regiment in The
| Times. Many officers who have been
unceasing in their efforts to bring their
commands to as high a state of ef-
ficiency as possible were ignored in the
order from headquarters, and men who
are comparatively unknown in the guard
| have been asked to accept commissions.
In some cases the captain of a company
has been retained as a lieutenant, and
some outsider chosen TO command But
three companies, so far as is known,
have volunteered in body, the Emmet
Guard, the National Fencibles, and the
Ordway Rifles The other companies
have yet to be recruited.
The men are not sure just where they
stand. They do not understand the diff
ference between the volunteer service
and the militia. An officer explained 70
a reporter for The Times that all the Of
icers who have rendered their services
to Col. Harries in the volunteer regiment
will have to reorganze their commands.
Each enlisted man who volunteers will
do so as an individual. They will not
enlist in companies. 1t is, of course, de-
sirable that an organization shall retain
its identity as much as possible, but no
man will be compelled to enlist because
the other members have decided 10 vol
unteer.
Another question that is giving the
officers considerable trouble is the
seniority of the captains. One gentle
man who was seen last night said that
he supposed the colonels and majors who
were reduced in rank would have to OBJ
tain leaves of absence from the National
Guard as Col. Harries has done, or they
will be compelled to resign their present
commissions before they can accept
those which have been rendered them.
The assignments of the companies to
the battalions is as follows:
First Battalion. Lieut.. Col. c. II. Heyl
commanding, containing Companies E,
Capt O'Brien; G., Capt. HCSgson; e,
Capt. Edwards; c. Capt. Domer
Second Battalion, Major c. o. Hine
commanding, containing Companies l.
Capt King: NJ, Capt. Jenkins; l.. Capt.
Graham; K, Capt. Young.
Third Battalion Major NJ. f. Urell
commanding containing Companies ID,
Capt. Hodges; A, Capt. Walsh; II, Capt.
LOCKER: f. Capt. Simonson.
E Gen J.4D Castillo and Gen. Julio San
gully, Of the Cuban army, accompanied
by ten young Cuban officers for Gen. Co
mezs army, reached this city at o'clock
yesterday morning from New York. The
party spent several pleasant hours with
Senior Quesada at the Raleigr and left
on the 11:15 a. m. Southern train for
Tampa, from whence they will be trans
ferred to the island.
SenOr QueSeda stated TO a Times re-
porter last night that 125 Cubans started
from New York Saturday night and went
through TO Tampa, where the Cuban re-
endorsements are forming. Other volun-
teers will follow from Philadelphia, New
Orleans and other cities. These young
Cubans are subjected to strict physical
examination, so that none but strong
able-bodied recruits viii be accepted.
Many applications have been received
from individual Americans and military
organizations who are anxious to serve
under Gen. Gomez and be in at the finish
Several military companies in this city
finding that they cannot be included in
the present or any prospective District
quota, have sought the influence of the
Junta to have them accepted as a part
Of the Cuban army now in the field To
all this Senior Queseda has replied that
there is no way in which their requests
can be granted.