Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-11

of the road inquiry bureau be accorded the
army, and General Stone is now installed
fer temporary duty in the War Depart
ment- The Agricultural Department OWLS
an outfit of road-making machinery with
which 1t has been experimenting with the
state experiment stations in using to the
best advantage the native road materials
This outfit has been placed at the disposal
OF the War Department Nothing definite
VIII be done by General Stone until word is
received from Col. Ludlow of the army en-
gineer corps, who is now at Tampa, and
who is being consulted as to what machia
cry, etc, is necessary
Regiments of Immunes,
Already applications to raise regiments
o. lmmunes under the recent legislation of
congress are being received at the War
department. Today Senator McEnery and
Representative Robertson of Louisiana
called at Secretary Alger's office in the in
teIest of ]. c. Wickiff of Louisiana. who
desires autf GRITTY from the department to
proceed to enlist one of the special reei-
ments- Mr. Wyciiff has been at West Point
for several years. Duncas H Hood, "a
son of the noted confederate general of
that name, also has requested permission
to raise one of the immune" regiments
raise independent regiments are General
Hale Sypher of this city and Colonel Hines.
Some of the applicants are not only will
ing to raise the regiments, but express their
intention of fully equipping them for the
service of the government
Senator Sewell of New Jersey, recently
appointed major general of volunteers and
assigned to command the troops at Wash
ington, was again at the War Department
today. He is still undecided as to whether
he will finally accept the appointment of
major general. He certainly will not If in
doing so he is compelled to relinquish his
seat in the Senate.
The 9TH Regiment of United States Cav
airy, scattered at various posts throughout
Texas and with headquarters at Fort Sam
Houston, has been ordered to proceed i'm
mediately to New Orleans. Later it will
be sent to Cuba, although it is not yet set
tied whether or not the regiment will be
part of the first expedition to the island.
Colored Cavalry Regiment.
A movement is on foot to organize a
cavalry regiment of colored volunteers,
with Lieut.. H. o. Flipper as it's colonel
Lieut.. Flipper is one of the three colored
men who We're graduated from the West
Point Military Academy. The other two
were Messrs. Young and Alexander, both
Of Ohio. Mr.. Alexander died Il few years
ago. while serving as military instructor
at the Wilberforce University. He was
succeeded in that office by Lieut. Young
who bears the distinction Of being the only
coiored commissioned officer in the line of
the army. He is still OH duty at the uni
versity, although his regiment, the 25th
Infantry, has been ordered TO Tampa for
service in the Cuban campaign. Nearly all
the other officers of the army on similar
detached service have been ordered to join
their commands.
Lieut.. Young appears. however, to have
been overlooked in that respect, and the
fact is the subject Of considerable adverse
comment the part of the colored ele-
ment.
Lieut.. Flipper. spoken of as suitable
commander of the proposed regiment, had
only short service in the army. After
graduating he was assigned to duty at a
western army post. where, after a short
service, he was court martialed fer con-
duct unbecoming an officer and gentle
man, and dismissed the service. Since
then he lived for the most part of the time
in New York, engaged in the work of a