The age-herald., 1898-07-05
HAVE RETURNED TO MIAMI
Fourth of July Had Good Effect on Re-
 Cruitins.
BIG SQUAD C0RALLED YESTERDAY
Capt. Hart Leaves This Afternoon Harde man, Co. M, Will Have Charge of Bir- mingham Recruiting Office
 Touching FareweIIs.

Nearly all of the recruiting officers of the First Alabama, who have been on duty in Birmingham, yesterday rolled up their tents and quietly boarded the southbound Louisville and Nashville train forN Miami They were as follows:
 Captain c. l.. Ledbetter and Sergeant Craddock, of Company K; Captain H. B. Kennedy and Corporal J. G. John, of Com pany G; Captain w. J. Parkes, Corporal w. D. Cooper and Private P. H. Ham, bright of Company A, and Sergeant F. M. Gibson, of Company L.
 As anxious as Captain G. F. Hart, Com pany l., was to get away, yesterday morn- ing he received a telegram from Colonel Higdon telling him to remain ln charge here until he was relieved by Lieutenant Hardeman. of Company M. Besides this Captain Hart has been in charge of the office and has all of the money matters and clerical work of the office to get strengthened out Lieutenant Hardeman will arrive today, and Captain Hart will leave this afternoon.
 Sergeant w. E. Gardner, of Company K, left behind for a day or two, as Cap- tain Hart's clerk.
 John Kimball, Company G, is very sick at his home. and so is Corporal shannon Jones' Company A. who is at an infirmary. These two will leave for Miami as soon as possible.
 Fourth of July Volunteers
 The glorious victory of the Americans at Santiago Sunday had a splendid effect on the volunteers yesterday, and the following were sent down in the afternoon:
 Zack G. Jordan, Patrick Daily, James Armstrong, Thos. R. Jones, Calvin M. Jones, Joseph F. Alexander, Hamilton D. Roebuck, J. Walter Graham, Wm. Had dock. HaZewood James, Connally John, John H. Williams
 The following went down for the Besse- mer Rifies Ed Adams, David F. Tussey, Robert l.. Simmons and James H. Gentry. Captain Huey, of this company will leave today.
 The men mentioned above will fill to over- flowing all of the Birmingham companies. and they will have four five men each to give to other companies. Captain Huey lacks one man. Trere is another big squad that has already been sworn in that will leave this afternoon. besides several that will be examined this morning.
 As stated above, Lieutenant Hardeman of the Pratt Mines company will from now on have charge of the recruiting office in this city and will continue to examine and muster in volunteers, though not for the Birmingham companies.
 There were some very touching scenes at the depot yesterday as the boys ieft for the front the second time. There were several pairs of sparkling eyes filled with tears: there were several dainty handker- chiefs that waved a loving adieu as the train pulled out, and as many pair ol fupy lips that burned with the farewell kisses of the departing heroes.
 The officers yesterday were almost en- trely at sea as to what the movements or their regiment would be- Colonel Higdon sudden orders of Sunday night summoning them all to return at once, were not taken to mean an immediate departure or the regiment from Miami as they were sunday night, One of the colonefs telegrams yes terday said that the officers were needed badly to take command of their companies, and as all the Birmingham companies were filled. the officers places was with their companies.
 Tho Immunes
 Captain William NJ. Walkers and Lieu tenant c. w. Orton's immune company was mustered into the Fifth United States Volunteer regiment at Columbus, MISS, last Friday. This company has over a hundred men,, and as they need only eighty twenty of them will have to De disposed of. Captain Walker got sixty or his men from Carmi, III. There are large souads of men up in the cities of the cen tra1 states who being unable to get in with their home regiments, all of them havng been filled, are quite willing to go with one of the southern immune com panies. This regiment has five companies already mustered in and has the skeletons or the other seven in camp Al of them are half ar over half full, and will be mustered in as fast as their quotas are obtained.