The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03
MILITARY MELANGE.
Especial to The Messenger.

'oPtCIdl " 1T messenger
Raleigh, N. c., April 2S.-The following
is Il telegram to Colonel Armfield today:
You are appointed colonel of the First
North Carolina regiment. Come here to-
night
The appointment of Armfeld is heart
lily approved by the State Guard. 1t has
been reported that a graduate OF West
Point would be made colonel of the First
regiment and that Armfield would be
lieutenant. Your correspondent said day
place. He deserved \. he and his state
Guard regimen volunteering promptly
and as an organization.
The following is the text of the order
issued to the First regiment of vOlun-
tcers: Move your command to camp at
Raleigh Monday, May End. The railroads
Will give you the schedule of departure"
The camp ground for the volunteers
contains about 100 acres. 1t is SO near
both the Sealboard and Southern railways
that the troops will have but a few
yards to march. The water supply has
been inspected and found to be ample.
The Governors Guard, now in the First
regimen volunteers, has three officers
and eighty-six men, with fifteen more on
the waiting list Another white com
pany organizing here for war service has
three day recruiting.
G. H. Currie, of Clarkton, Bladen coun-
ty. tenders a of infantry, as
does J. H. Holt, of Burlington. The state
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by contract tomorrow and Saturday.
The strength of the two white infantry
regiments will be 2,016. of the heavy ar
tillery battery 100. and of the negro in
fantry battalion APO. Total 1856.
There Isl literally no news here save
that Of a military character. A compli-
ment was paid the memory of the gallant
Genera! Grimes in naming the camp at
ter him.
Lieutenant r. P. Davis, U. S. A. who
is here today on his way from Charlotte
to Fort Caswell. spent most of the time
at headquarters.
r. c. Durham. of Gastonia. and w. T.
r. Bell, of Rutherfordton. tender COM
panies for the Second regiment volun-
teers. kilograms from many points say
recruiting is very active.
Great surprise is expressed at the fall
ure of the State Guard east of here to
volunteer. save the company at Green
Vile. 1t is the subject of incessant COM
ment. particularly by veterans.
Gray Toole, a barber, tenders a negro
infantry company at Charlotte. Another
at ASheville is rendered.
1t will require some days to get the
tents here for the Second regiment. It
will require at least a week for Captain
Gresham. the mastering officer, to muster
in the First regiment.
Ramsey of Salisbury. and Rose of
Wadesboro. both veterans, will lead in
forming a battery of heavy artillery.
1T is said tonight that the second regi-
ment is made up of those who tender
Ompdnl that nave raised the required
number of men. but other companies can
offer. and out of all of them the regimen
will be chosen.
The Governors Guard tonight enlisted
the hundredth man. He is David Finch,
a brother of Turbie Finch, who was kill
ed on the Maine.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA RESERVES
TO MAN THE NANTUCKET.
Washington, April 2S.-The secretary OF
the navy has requested the New Orleans
naval militia to go to Port Royal, .. g,
and take the Monitor Passaic from that
port to New Orleans, where she will be
at headquarters.
manned by the militia and stationed al
the mouth of the Mississippi, to defend
the river. A similar request has beer
conferred upon the South Carolina naVa
militia to proceed to Wilmington, y. -.
| where the monitor Nantucket is now un-
der repairs at a private ship yard. and
take that craft to Port Royal, >. G., tC
replace the PaSSalc.