The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
Carolina SOLDIERS IN CAMP
No Effort is Being Spared to Make
the Men
HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE.
The First Thing the Volunteers Had
to DO Was to BE Naccinated As 1t
Is an Army Regulation.

There are now in camp at Columbia
over 800 volunteer soldier boys, un-
| der the recent call of the President,
and things are beginning to look de-
decidedly like war; The first thing
the volunteers had 10 do was to be vac
clnated-it is an army regulation, and
there is no lodging the point" 1t
has been intinated that vaccination will
likely interfere with the drilling and
use of gun. 1t is said that for "a long
time the men will be given marching
movement and Setting up exercises.
ana that their arms will be we'll by the
tlme there Is any occasion to use gun
The mastering officer, Capt. Fuller.
T.. >. A, got his medical board, con-
sistlnS OF Assistant Surgeon Lewis. L.
,. A., and Assistant Ragimental Sur
geons Lawson and Young, together,
and started the work of examining the
men III ranks on the 9Th, preparatory
to mastering them into the l.. 5. ser
vice. This work, taking into con.
sideration the recruiting that will be
necessary, will more than likely con
sumo about one week.
capt. Fuller will probably be in Col
umOla Tor two weeks Mt least. He ex-
planned how the men will be mustered
IN After ell the men in company are
ready, they will be called up in line.
Then the mastering officer makes a
general inspection. The company then
agrees upon its organization, selecting
Its officers. This done the oath - adj
mlnlstered. each man holding up his
right hand. Then the men have to
| come In one by one and sign their names
to the muster roll of the company. The
roll Will be quite au elaborate one 1t
is made IN trlplicate, one going to the
captain, another to the War Depart
ment and the third to the adiutant of
the regiment
Absolutely no effort or EXPENSE is
being spared i'll making the men COM
Portable and happy.
a considerable number of volunteers
are being turned down and rejected be-
cause of physical disabilities. This is
the principal feature of the daily events
at the camp now, and will continue to
be until the work has been completed.
Many of the enthusiastic young men
expressed the deepest regret when thew
| were informed by the authorities of
their rejection.
Stokes Shows Up IL Bogus Society.
In answer to complaints from his
district of an alleged bcgug organiZa-
ton which Is practicing impositions
upon the farmers Congressman Stokes
has issued the following statement
which he asks be given publicity
through the South Carolina press: "A
few days ago | got information OF an
effort III my district to collect mom-
bershlp fees in an alleged farmers
secret organization company, wit.
headquarters at Columbia. =. {. This
company, II is alleged, was originated
by the Cotton Convention, represent
ing the entire cotton belt. In con
slderaton of the fee, all the promise
on the part OF the farmer to cut down
his cotton acreage, the company
guarantees ten cents for cotton III 1899
and indemnity TO tho farmer. | have
made an investigation, and want to say
to the farmers that no such organiZa-
ton has been authorized by the Cotton
Growers Convention. Any claim of
that sort is an imposition on the
farmers, without the possibility OF
benefit. AS similar efforts may be
going on in other districts and States.
1 deem it my duty to oppose it through
the public press. j. VI. STOKES"
Washington, ID. c., May 4, 1898.