The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-17
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Raleigh, N. c., June 1~5.-Lieutenant
Colonel Cowies Of the Second regiment
says Ieniency to deserters has en-
holdened them and that an example
will have to be made Of some deserter
to stop that heinous crime. He says
that yesterday when the captured de-
serter was brought in Colonel Bur-
gWyn, addressing the man, told him he
should favor the death penalty. At
these words, sternly and meaningly
spoken, the deserter's face was like
that Of a dead man, and great drops
of p~erspiration rolled down his face.
He is the man who was captured at
Morganton. He is in close confine-
ment.
About fifty recruits were examined
today. OF those from the east the pro-
portion Of reflections was rather small,
while of the number from Greensboro
and Winston about 40 per cent failed to
pass the surgeons.
Recruits were quite numerous today.
Gibson's company from NantahaIa got
tWeMy-four, Huske's from Fayetteville
t"tlNt, anu l. cry bIdy > IIOIl NIttIlS-
bOrO fifteen. All these were examined.
Surgeon StOCkard says nearly all the
cases of measles in the hospital will be
discharged tomorrow and Friday.
After the rain this afternoon the
Second regiment had dress parade in
the Cameron field for the first time.
This is the field in which the First reg
iment drilled. The band played
Dixie" and there was much cheering
nv thn cnnct1 tnrc While ('nInnnI prIr-
gWyn was on his horse during the pa
rade a telegram was handed him an
nOunCing the capture at ASheVille Of
Carter, the deserter from Captain Wag-
ner's company, of BuncOmbe, An or
der was issued for Carter to be sent
here. Colonel BurgWyn sent to the
sheriff for shackels for Houston, the
deserter who was captured at Morgan
ton and brought here yesterday. He
is under special guard. Colonel Bur-
GWyn says plainly an example must be
set.
The invoice of rifles for the recruits
was received today.
Quartermaster Harrell, of the First
regiment left for Jacksonville this at
ternOOn, taking twelve recruits.
Captain John G. Gresham, of the ia
NOUS Seventh cavalry today received
orders to join his regiment in Arizona.
All other officers of the Seventh have
received the same orders, and it is
clear the regiment is to go to the front.
Captain Gresham leaves tomorrow.
Yesterday and today ~thirty-tWo re-
Cruits nave come to the Wilmington
company. Most of these passed. Cap
tain MacRae took fifteen of them.
Sergeant Ed. McKOy has joined
Captain COoper's company from Muir
ply n will be one of it's s~ergeants.
other men from Wilmington Joined
various companies.
A private letter from Washington
says Senator Pritchard is pressing
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew D. COWles
of the Second regiment, for ~brigadier
general of volunteers.
John J. Smith, commissioner of agri-
culture says his term of office does not
expire until next June. J. c. L. Har-
ris says Smith will not be busted. John
Graham, who it was said was to be
made commissioner of immigration,
says he does not want he place and
will not be placed in it.
The board of agriculture will have
nine chemists instead of four, so as to
make ifty-four analyses of fertilizers
each week and publish these weekly.
1t will double it's force of fertilizer in
SpectOrs.
The railway commission announces
that June 2Sth it will make an assess
ment of all railway property. Returns
are now being compiled for this pur-
pose.
The board of agriculture his after
noon discussed the matter of making
an appropriation of s., 500 in aid of the
state fair, but the resolution providing
for the appropriation was defeated-5
to I, several not voting.
Professor Brewer was today elected
treasurer of the Wake Forest college
students aid fund. This is now $40. 900.
The superintendent of the Cape Fear
and Northern railways says the work
on it begins early in July.