Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-18
TO SEND MANY HOME.
AT LEAST A HUNDRED MEN OF THE
FOURTH WILL DE DISCHARGED.
PLACES TO Be FILLED FROM SECOND.
Recruiting Details VIII he Sent Here
to Secure Men for the Vacancies
The Seconds Men Not overly Anx-
fous to Enlist.

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that men from the Second and Third rogi-
ments will be enlisted in the Fourth. ana
that large number from the latter will
be granted discharges.
General Lee will. in a short while, or
der here officers from the Fourth Regi-
ment for the purpose of enlisting men in
the Fourth.
In few days discharges Will he grant
cd to about one hundred men in the
Fourth Regiment, and their places will
be supplied by the recruits.
CONFERENCE WITH ALGER.
The foregoing is the result OF con-
ference which Governor Tyler had with
Secretary Alger in Washington Wednes-
day afternoon. The Governor informed
the Secretary Of War of the large number
Of applications for discharges now being
made by men in the Fourth Regiment.
He also told him that IN his opinion many
OF the cases were meritOrious, and that
the men should be discharged from the
service.
Secretary Alger readily agreed TO the
proposition to discharge the men and en-
list Second and Third Regiment men In
their places. He stated to the Governor
that General Lee would be direcSed TO
send recruiting details to Virginia at once
to enlist the men needed The Secretary
said to the Governor that he would limit
the number Of discharges to one hundred
men.
A HARD DAYS WORK.
The Governor put in one of the busiest
days Of his administration yesterday
making up the list of one hundred for
| whose discharge he will ask.
| The Governor took with him TO Savan-
nah a list of the men who had written
him, asking his aid in securing dis
| charges, and also the grounds upon which
the applications were based. This list
was submitted 10 Colonel Taylor, with
the request that he examine into the
cases and report to the Governor as soon
as possible. Colonel Taylor reported yes
terday. The number Of discharges re-
| commended by him is not nearly so great
as the number of cases submitted. The
total number received by the Governor
! was upwards of two hundred; IL is under
stood Colonel Taylor and his company
officers approved those Of only about SIX
ty-five, All applications for discharge
must he approved by the captain and
colonel.
The Governors mail contains little else
| save letters from soldiers or those de-
pendent upon them, asking for discharges.
Some of the letters reveal terrible oandi-
tons existing In homes from which sons
or fathers went to enlist.
QUIET IN COMPANY NJ.
Everything is moving along very
smoothly in Company NJ, Second Regi-
ment, after the difficulty of Tuesday
morning caused by portion Of the COM
| pany refusing to go out TO drill
| Only twenty-one men of the company
were guilty of insubordina-ion. The COM
pany was i'm command of the first SER
geant at the time of the difficulty Cap
tain Bossieux is acting msiov Of the bat
talon, and First-Lieutenant Fairlamb had
turned over the command TO him twenty
| four hours prior to the trouble. Second
| Lieutenant Gary, as well as Captain Bos-'
sioux and Lieutenant Fairamb, were alb
| sent. None of these officers have ever
had commands disObeyed.
When Captain Bossieux arrived lie
found that the first sergeant had prompt
~ confined the men in the company room,
and had them under arrest Captain Bos-
sioux quietly explained the law TO the
men, and when the order to fall in was
given every man responded. The officers
of the company say the trouble was
caused by a few discontinued men, who
desired TO escape drill, and they natural
ly were able to work up following Only
five men in the company are employed in |
Richmond at present.
1t cannot be told how soon the regiment
will be muste.ed out Of service. but 1t is |
certain that whatever delay there may
be it will not be due in any way to either |
Company + or Company NJ. These com |
panies received the order Thursday morn |
ing to make out their rolls. Saturday |
morning the rolls were in Major Prices |
office
PRIVATE CHRISTIANS DEATH.
Private Frank Wilson Christian, Com
pany NJ, Fourth Regiment, died yesterday |
morning of peritonitis at the residence of |
his father Mr. Robert Walker Christian |
No 2l2 north Twenty-second street. The |
funeral will take place from Christ Epis-
copal church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. /
Volunteer soldiers now in the ci.y will |
act as pall-bearers.
Mr.. Christian was only IS years Of age,
and was a fine young soldier. He had |
been home from Florida for some time
i'll with fever. Recently peritonitis devel-
oped, and this caused his death. He
leaves a large number of acquaintances
with whom he was very popular.
DEATH OF PRIVATE SHINN.
Private j. A. Shinn. formerly of Com
pany II, Third Regiment, died at the Old |
Dominion Hospital Tuesday night. He |
had been there since before the regiment |
was mustered out. The Superintendent
of the hospital notified Colonel Baker, Of
the Second Regiment, Of the soldiers
death, and asked him TO take charge of
the body if possible, as there was no one
to look after IT, and the dead man was
without money.
Though the man was not of his regl-
ment. Colonel Baker telegraphed the cir
cumstances to the Secretary Of War; stat
ing that Shinn was no longer in the SER
vice. Secretary Alger wired that the de-
partment would pay the cost of trans
porting the remains TO the late home of
the deceased, at Concord, n. G., and
would allow $50 for other funeral expenses.
The remains were taken in charge by
Undertaken a. W. Bennett and were
shipped TO Concord at midnight last night.
CORPORAL STROTHER DEAD.
Corporal T. ID. Strother, Company F,
Second Regiment, died in Roanoke yes-
terday Of pneumonia. Corporal Strother
was the son Of the Methodist minister at
Fncastle, Va, and was a fine young sol
der. This is the first death that has oc
CURED in Company + since ii was nus
tered into service.
First-Sergeant Frank w. Thomas, Com
pany f., will report 10 Captain Taylor
here to-day for the purpose OF checking
up the stores received from the govern
ment during the war
Court of Justice John.
Justice John gave his usual performance
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