The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-11
FOUR COMPANIES TO-DAY
SIX MORE WILL COME TO-MOR-
ROW AFTERNOON.
THE REMAINING TWO COME TUESDAY
The Boys" that Have Been at Tybee will Get
Here First. The Port Royal Troops
Come Next, Then the St.
Simon Fon,n,r,oe
Simon Companies.

Inc Second regiment, North Carolina
volunteers, will be honorably discharg-
ed from the service of the United States.
They will begin arriving in Raleigh
this morning at 6 o'clock. -Four COM
panies viii reach here to-day; six to-
morrow and the other two probably
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The first troops to arrive will be com
panies A and e, from Tybee Island,
near Savannah, Ga, under command
of Major Wilder. They will come in
at o'clock. At 11:30 o'clock com
panies ID and G, that have been in camp
at Port Royal, S. c., under command
of Major Dixon, will arrive. The six
companies at st. Simon's Island, under
Colonel Burgwyn, will not leave camp
until tomorrow. 1t is not yet learned
when Major Gotten will leave st. Au-
gustine with his command
The Tybeei troops left their camp yes
terday morning by way of the Central
of Georgia Railroad, and the Southern
Railway. The Port Royal companies
left yesterday sevening over the Char
lesion and the Western North Carolina
railroad. The st. Simon troops will
leave Monday over the Southern Rail-
way.
On arrival here the troops will be
quartered in the Jones Tobacco ware
house on South Biount street. If this
proves insufficient to accommodate the
$50 men, additional quarters will be Sc
cured. This arrangement is made neces-
sary for two reasons: One is that the
soldiers from Port Royal have no tent
age, it having been blown into the sea
by the recent storm, and the other is
that no water can be piped to Camp
Bryan Grimes before Monday.
Major Davis. the acting adjutant gem
eral, and Captain Todd, the muster-out
officer, worked hard yesterday to make
ready for the men, but this is the best
they could do. The men will be fed
by contract to-day, and probably to-
morrow, instead of issuing them rations.
BY Monday night, it is expected to
have the men in quarters at Camp Bryan.
Grimes. the camp ground, formerly &C.
cupied by the First North Carolina regi-
ment. OF course they will be there but
few days, as the mastering out process
will begin immediately on the arrival of
the troops here.
BY this time next Sunday they will
have received their furloughs and be
scattered to their homes in various parts
of the State.
This will prove gladstone tidings TO
tie people of North Carolina, especially
in the West, in which section the most
of the companies composing the First
were raised and recruited.
The gallant boys of the Second North
Carolina enlisted to fight, and now that
all opportunity for active service has
passed away, they no doubt are jubilant
over their being disbanded. This is Il
natural feeling, in which they have the
sympathy of all their friends and adj
mirers.
steps should be taken at once to fl
tingly receive the boys on their return
to North Carolina. Nothing should be
left undone to make them realize that
the people of the Old North State still
retain their pride in the Second and
that they honor and love every man in il
for the dangers he has brayed and the
sacrifices he has made.
1t should be remembered that ''they
also serve who only stand and wait"
The North Carolina troops were not
among the lucky regiments to win glory
at Eel Caney and San Juan Hill, but
they nevertheless merit an appreciative
and spontaneous reception. Raleigh, Is
pecially, must give them such recep-
ton as they deserve.
All hail to the gallant Second, Let
each and every one turn out to greet
our soldier boys on their return to home
and friends.
When they arrived here today and to-
morrow they will be worn out from loss
of sleep, fatigued by the long ride, hum
CRY and travel-stained
What will the people of Raleigh do
about this! Quietly stand by, see them
march to the camp ground and again
undergo the hardship of starting soldier
life? I think not
Tt is not enough to hang out flags and
gay bunting to hurrah and clap hands
as the boys march through the streets.
to visit them in camp and listen to their
stories Of hardships, sickness and pri-
vations in d Southern cline. THESE at
tentions should be shown the boys. They
are well enough in their way, but more
material things are to be taken into
consideration.
Food is to be prepared. Baths are to
be provided, delicacies taken to the sick
and homes given to those who may hap
pen to be too unwell to stay in camp.
as these the people of Raleigh can give
to their welcome of the troops char
acter suited to the needs and the spirit
of the day. The first thought should be
and doubtless will be for the men them
selves, the men who have exposed their
lives in their country's cause, who have
suffered from disease, from privationS,
from the hardships incidental to duty in
the camps, who have endured all manner
of mental and physical distress during
the past four months. The welcome
should begin the moment the first detach-
ment reaches here and continue until
the last item of suffering from the expo
riences of the campaign has been re-
lieved. Tuesday will, of course. he the
day of open rejoicing and greeting and
will call forth the loudest demonstra-
tons. But it will not measure the de-
mands upon the people, upon their purses,