The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-09
In the Mastering Out of
Volunteers.
A REPUBLICANS VIEWS
As 10 the Order To Dlsband Ia First
and Retain In Service the Second
observation-disclosures Of the Negro
Regiment for Political Lieu-
tenant Norton at the CapftaI-Settle
Sore Over His Defeat for Recommen.
dattOn.
Bureau,
Raleigh. n. c.. Sept. 5.


A great sensation was caused here
by the sudden change of orders re
garding the First and Second North
Carolina Notwithstanding out the
former instead OF the latter. Most
people blamed the governor for it. He
denies that he made n request what
ever in regard to the matter. It is
well known here hat practically every
enlisted man in the First regiment
desires 10 go to Cuba with General
Lees corps and that the regiment is
perfectly equipped for service there.
1t is equally well known that 50 per
CEN of the enlisted men in the Second
regiment want to be mustered u at
once, and also that the regiment is
not equipped, has no light weight
clothing, has never been in brigade or
division drill and has had no target
practice. In the face of this and look
ed at it from a common sense point Of
view and of merit it is astounding
that the First should be mustered out.
But a republican here said today:
You must put out of sight any idea
as to merit. or preparation for SER
vice or desire to serve. 1t is all poll
tics. Divest yourself OF all ideas
save as to politics. The government
appears to think of service as ''pio'
and that it will eQualize the pie by
keeping the regiments in service as
near an equal length of time. The
First was first to be mustered in; it
is by far the best regiment; now it is
the first to be mustered out. Then will
come the Second, and then the Third,
the negrO regiment. l understand the
only special request made of the val
department was to keep the negro
regiment in service as long as posi-
BILE. You see the order says it is to
leave Fort Macon and go to Knox
vile. That will be politics; simply
moving the regiment through the
state to bring out the negro vote. And
you will see all the Third voting on
election day" Now it was a frank
spoken republican who said his.
Walter r. Henry, of Charlotte, the
new national bank examiner, is here
n today began an examination of
the Raleigh banks.
Labor day" here was observed by
the merely nominal closing of the fed
eral building and the capitol. The of
ficials in both were at work as usual.
Lieutenant George l.. Morton, COM
handing the North Carolina naval re-
serves, was here yesterday. He gives
good news of the d and work of
the North Carolina reserves who were
in service.
Torrents of rain fell Saturday night
and yesterday. Streams are quite
full. LOwland crops are injured.
Receipts of new cotton are quite
light. It is opening slowly, for lack
of sunshine.
The contract is awarded for the
building of the BaXton Craven memo
rial hall at Trinity college, Durham.
The cost is 81, 500. The building will
be three stories high, Of grey brick
with stone trimmings, and will con-
tain an auditorium and chapel. 1t
will be completed March 1st and be
dedicated at the commencement in
June.
Thus far eight members of the Sec
ond regiment of volunteers have died
n four of the First regiment, while
one of the latter regiment was killed
Ex-congreSSman Settle raised a
howl at the republican machine" for
defeating him for denomination for
congress in the Fifth district at OK
ford Saturday. Settle got eleven
votes. He did we'll to get that many.
The populists hate Settle; they are
pledged to support Adams. That is the
milk in the a