The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-22
Especial War Correspondence
Camp Cuba Libre,

Camp Cuba Libre,
Near Jacksonville, Fla, July u.
Company X of the Fourth Virginia
ergiment lost two of its men today by
DEATH They are Joseph {. Shotwoof.
who has relatives in Raleigh, among
them the Pescuds, and Private
fever. Shotwood's body, accompanied
by detail from his company, was sent to
his home in Petersburg tonight. Ills
mother was with him when he died.
Abels people live in Brooklyn, \. L..
His body has been embalmed awaiting
instructions from them.
The Third Nebraska regiment under
command of Colonel VIM. j. Bryan, Is
expected to arrive here late tonight
North Caroinians here are III
dignant because of Il press dispatch
sent out from Washington Tuesday night
stating that while fairly good progress
has been made with the recruitment Tor
the volunteer army under the President
second call for 10000 volunteers, some
of the States are behind. The worst de
linquent is North Carolina, which has
furnished only 30 soldiers to meet It's
quota of $50.
Now this is positively false, and dis
plays most objectionable ignorance on
the part of the War Department or
somebody else in Washington. 1t Is Il
performance almost equal to that OF IL
month ago. when the Secretary of war
lost the First North Carolina regiment,
ordering a paymaster to Raleigh to pay
it off, and the paymaster. not finding it
n tho SpcOuI TpUl-
ment.
To recruit the companies of the North
Carolina regiments up to JOG enlisted
men each required 695 men, or 34S men
to the regiment. l understand the Sec
ond regiment has secured all the recruits
it wants and is turning away men.
am not sure on this point. but concerns
ing the First regiment | can speak posi-
lively. 1t has enlisted over 800 recruits
since the second call was made. Of
course a few of. these were to fill vacan-
cies i'm the companies. but 2I2 were en-
listed under the second call. leaving only
rs men still to be enlisted to fill every
company in the regiment up to the re-
uuired number of 106 men.
And yet the War Department gives
it out in beautiful ignorance and sublime
disregard for facts that North Carolina
is the worst delinquent, having furnished
only 55 men to meet its quota of 1S5 men.
Nineteen new recruits arrived yes
terday and We're assigned to companies
Twelve from Lieutenant Stewart, at
Ashevile. as follows: Jeremiah daddy,
Samuel ]. Keith, Samuel w. Is. Burch-
field. Jerry Nichols. William +. Gattis,
Edward w. McElroy. William Nj. Evans,
Thos. o. NJ. Jones, William ii. Burress.
t. Jaf1 Nnnon RnhpFtSnu anil
Robert n. Lance. Seven from Lieu
tenant Christian: Jesse II. Regain. Eu
gene Dorsett Albert Maynard, John w.
Harrison, John A. Lambeth. James $.
Jones' Oscar l.. Durham, Pride Il. Beas-
ley and Peter III. Denton.
luther +. Gains, of the Durham com
pany, Yesterday received a discharge
from the service of the United States
CAPT. BOOKHART GOES HOME.
Mrs. r. w. Bookhart. wife of Capt.
Bookhart, left last night for her home
in Ashevile. She was accompanied by
her husband, who has obtained three
days leave of absence.
Capt. Chadwick, who was Frustrated
by heat while on drill Tuesday morning,
is much better today. A few days rest
will probably bring his around all right.
Joe Eubanks, of the Durham compa-
ny. suffered slight sunstroke yester-
day while attending to his duties as regi-
mental wagon master. His illness is not
serious.
Lieut.. u. p. Smith, regimenal commits
sary. has obtained ten days leave Of alb
sence. He intended to leave for his
home in Raleigh last night, but could
not arrange his business so as to get
away until today.
Mrs. Jay Hirshinger and Miss Sadie
Hirsbinger left tonight for their home
i'm Charlotte They have been here on
visit to lieut.. Hirshinger, regimental
ordnance officer
Mr.. Y. II. Young, who has been here to
visit his son. Il member of the Raleigh
company, left for Atlanta last night At
ter speuding n few days with his daugh-
fer. Miss Carrie who is Il professional
nurse i'm the Grady Hospital, he will re-
turn to Raleigh. w.
Needham Wilson. Of the Raleigh com
pany, is sick in the hospital with mumps.
Wilson n son of S. Ohio Wilson, the
POpulist statesman.
Among those responding to the sick
call this morning were: Samuel H. Stew
art. Statesville company. intermittent fe-
yer: Walter l.. Armstrong, Hornets Nest
Rifles. measles: Chas Torrance, States-
vile company. remittent fever; Elias
Kendall, Waynesville company, measles;
William X. Saunders, Reidsvlle COM
pany. remittent fever; Redden Hare
GoldsborO company. intermittent fever;
Charles Harrison. ReidsviIle company,
b adder trouble. All of the above are
now i'm the division hospital.
Samuel Rhea, Of the Waynesvile com