Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-22
HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.
DISAPPOINTMENT OF vIRGIyIANs
At CAMP CUBA LIBRE.
FUNERAL OF PRIVATE CHAPLIN
A Violent Rain and Wind-storm-
To Have N Rife Range-suppiIes
Issued-Money Galore mt Camp
AlEer.

| JACKSONVILLE, FLA, June 2t-
| (Special.)-There was great disappoint-
ment in camp to-day over the non-ap-
| pearance OF the paymaster. He had in
| tended paying off the Virginia regiments
to-day, but u heavy downpour of rain,
lasting from about 10 to o'clock, as well
as several matters connected with the
preparation of the rolls. prevented his be-
ginning the discharge of the gov
ernment's obligations to the men. En-
listed men will be paid from the time
they reached Camp Lee 10 May 3fst. but
officers will only be paid from the date
OF their muster in. The men of the two
Blues companies will receive 1870 each,
but the members Of the majority of the
other Virginia companies will get much
more.
Private William L. Chaplin, Of Com
pany +, Fourth Regiment, native Of
Rockbrdge county, who died OF typhoid
ieVer saturday night, was buried this
morning with military hOnors A very
large crowd attended the funeral services,
which were conducted in the brigade
GOSPEL tent by Chaplain sttingfellow
The body was borne to Evergreen Gene
terry, mile distant, in a heavy rain. Six
pall-bearers and an escort of eight men
from the company, and Captain Causey
and the chaplain followed the hearse to
the grave AS the little cortege wound
through the beautiful cemetery the
bugier awoke the echoes by the mournful
dead march.
Chaplin was buried with a United
States flag on his bosom, placed there
by Captain Causey. and on his grave
were strewn beautiful aowers, sent by
Jacksonville ladies.
The service at the cemetery was brief.
At its close, three volieys were fired
over the dead soldier. the bugler sound
ed taps and then the escort marched
away. leaving the young Virginian to
dreamless rest beneath the droOping
palms
TENT BLOWN DOWN.
The tent in which the services were
held was blown down but a few minutes
after the funeral party left. the rain
being accompanied by heavy wind.
Nobody was hurt. The rain last night
flooded several tents in the camp OF the
Fourth, and a good many men had to
spend the rest OF the night i'm the big
Gospel tent. As n precaution, many
tents were ditched to-day, and no more
trouble Of this character will be expe-
risnced.
A surgeon Of the Second Regiment told
me to-day that sickness was decreasing
and he thinks he can see the effects of
the hardening process through which
the men have been put since coming
here. Private Zimmerman. of Company
+, Fourth Regiment. is quite i'll with
malarial-fever. Private Eggleston, Of
Company c, Fourth Regiment. who was
operated upon for appendicitis, is no
worse.
Captain Higgins, quartermaster OF the
Fourth, issued a number of blouses and
trousers TO the men to-day. supplying
sizes which could not be obtained before.
The Blues companies are all in regula-
tion uniform now. Quartermaster Coffee,
OF the Second Regiment, issued a large
number OF blankets to the men to-day,
each soldier being entitled TO two He
will tomorrow issue a pair of trousers
TO every man in the regiment. The busiest
officers in their regiments are the quar-
termasters.
PRIVATE IRVING ACQUITTED.
1t develops now that the court which
tried Private Irving. of Company M,
Fourth Regiment, on the charge of steal
ing, did not even fine him. 1t was an
ted.
Private Deaffel, of Company L Oynch-
burg Zouaves), Second Regiment, has
been detailed as regimental postmaster.
Details of twelve men from each regi-
ment in camp will be made tomorrow
TO work on a rifle range under Leute-
nant-Colonel Currie, OF the Second New
Jersey, Inspector of small arms practice.
When the range is completed the men
will be- given target practice, something
greatly needed.
Company +, of the Second Regiment,
now has ll6 men, the recruits having ar
rived in the last day or two. Captain
Taylor says he will take the best men 20
make out his 1O6, and will turn the rest
over to some other company. This Is be-
lieved to be the first company in camp to
recruit up to its full strength.
A formal protest was sent to Colonel |
Baker from Company X (Stauntom TO- |
day. in which the men asked that Quar- |
Sergeant Dennis Brown be |
dealt with for having given |
them a dinner that endangered their lives |
by being 50 good as to cause oyereatlnS. |
Food is abundant and good.
The Mississippi Regiment arrived to- |
lay, and went into camp at Panama, two
miles west Of here
The Virginia Cotillon Club, composed |
Of officers from the Second and Fourth |
regiments. gave a brilliant dance at the
Armory tonight.
There were many dancers, including
not only the military men invited from
)ther regiments. but many ladies' and
gentlemen from the city. The patronesses
we're OF the most exclusive of Jackson
yIIia society