The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-17
CAPT. BELL MUSTERED IN
THREE MORE COMPANIES FROM
THE MOUNTAINS.
hsHEvILLE AND MURPHEY COME TONIGHT
The New WaynesviIIe Company is Expected TO-
morrow. The Lumber. Bridge Compa-
ny Expects 10 be Mustered in
This Morning.

Another new ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
was yesterday mustered INTO the United
States service.
This makes seven companies now Of
the twelve required to complete the Sec
ond regiment.
There are now in camp two other com
panies-Lumber Bridge and Greenyille.
Capt. Cobb is expecting a dozen new re
cruits to the Lumber Bridge company to
arrive his morning. If they do he will
be at once mustered in. Capt. Smith, of
the Greenville company, is still way be
hind III numbers, having only Do odd men.
He however has in his pocket a letter
from the Adjutant General on which he
is relying. This letter tells Capt. Smith
to come on with his 80 men and the Ad-
iutant General would recruit up to the
full company for his here.
Capt. James II. Holt yesterday gave
ND the attempt to recruit the burlington
up to the required eighty men,
and the Adjutant General ordered Capt.
X. G.. A. Love, Of Waynesville, here
with his company Of 100 men to take the
place thus left vacant. He will arrive to-
morrow. The Asheville and Murphy
companies are expected to arrive to-
night.
The early mobilization of the troops al
the above-named places IS rendered ne
ceSSary from the fact that the State au-
thorities are very fast relinqulshlng con
troll of troops that are passing over the
muster line unde the authority OF the
general government. 1t has become ne
- ,,,,I fha.n tpnnnc at once
in order to meet the problem of their
subsistence, no less han that Of Their
equipment in the way of arms, clothing,
camp ald garrison %equipage, to say moth
ing of the superior advantage Of drill
instruction under trained officers, as IT
is the intention that it shall be i'll every
instance.
As soon rs the officers to organize these
| troops into brigades and divisions are
determined upon the troops Will be order
ed to stations above named.
Cant. Robert Gadd. OF Charlotte. and
Lieut.. Sidney r. Alexander. Jr., offered
a full company to Adjntant General
Cowles of two hundred men, which they
had enlisted as the "Stonewall battery
in compliment to Stonewali Jackson. but
were just one hour too late. rs AdJutant
CowleS had ordered forward Capt. Coop
err. Of Murphy, with 100 men; Capt. Love,
of Waynesville, with 100 men; and Capt.
Wagner, Of AsheviIle. with 100 men.
The Murphy company will arrive on
Thursday. and the two other companies
on Friday. These. with the Lumber
Bridge and G~reenville companies. make
out the full regiment-the Second.
There has been no trouble at all to
form the second regiment, but the AID
jutant General has had Il delicate task
10 perform in adjusting the claims fairly
between those Who patriotically offered
companies. Those that failed rendered
their companies in good faith. hoping to
recruit on short numbers. thereby eN-
Guiding for the time full companies that
We're eager for admission. The Adju-
tant General has endeavOred not to he
precipitlte with any arbitrary action ii,
turning down short companies that have
had to retire, and deeply sympathizes
with the gallant officers and men who
have thus fallen outside Of the breast
works.
There are now, ut least, fifteen fuii
companies that would like to have places
in regiments and could move on order
| of The Adjutant General in four DAYS.
Notwithstanding the greatest trouble has
been with the priority Of claims of con
~testlntS. SO patriotic fervor. it will be
seen. is sweeping over the State with
greater force since the death Of Ensign
Bagley. which has brought the reality
of war more forcibly to attention. 4
call to arms would develop to its fullest
extent the loyalty of our people.
Maj. John G.. Young. Of Winston. who
informed the Adjutant General of the
Fouch incident. after Investigation. finds
some party unknown and not Mr.. Fouch.
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TOuch.
CANT NOTES.