Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-24
MORROW
Colonel Baker Ordered 10 Take his
Regiment to Tampa.
WILL GO BY ATLlHYIt-coASr LINE.
The HOu! at Which the Start viii Be
Made Not Fixed.
THE THIRD is NEARLY READY
Only One Company Lacking, which
May BE Mustered I'm To-Day
Two TO-Day-suif for n Soldier.

| after leaving Richmond. The hour o
their departure will be fixed to-day, afte
Colonel Baker has consulted with tn
| representative of the railway company
who will be sent here.
| Adjutant-General Corbin wired Colone
| Baker about / o'clock yesterday after
noon to take his regiment to Tampa a
/ once by way of the Atlantic-Coast Line
| to wire the Quartermaster-Genera TO
| transportation, and also to telegraph tn
| War Department the number OF men II
| his regiment and the amount of tentagt
| and ammunition they would take witt
| them. The order also directed Colone
| Baker to wire the Commissary- Genera
| for ten days field rations, and to notify
the Adjutant-General of the time a
which he wished to start and the proba-
BILE hour of his arrival at Tampa.
Colonel Baker at once wired General
Corbin that he had l,02l officers and
men--forty-iv officers and 976 men. lie
also wired for transportation and for
rations. General Corbin was wired the
information he asked and later, Depart
t-Quartermaster True, in response TO
telegram, was notified of the number
of men TO be moved, and number OF
NdBOlS W itHONS equipment 10 tue
depot.
THE MEN ENTHUSIASTIC.
The news that marching orders had
been received for the Second created con-
siderable excitement in camp, and the
greatest enthusiasm among the men of
that regiment, who, In common with
those Of the Third and Fourth, are tired
Of being In camp so far from the front,
and eager to see active service.
That's the stuff" was a very general
expression among the men of the Second
yesterday. in commenting on the order,
while there was a universal wish among
the men of the Third and Fourth that
they had been the lucky ones
There is still a question as to whether
the Third or the Fourth will follow the
Second 10 Tampa. The first ready will
go. Including the companies mustered in
yesterday there is only one company re-
naming in the Third while three Fourth
Regiment companies are to be mustered
in yet. The companies mustered in yes
terday were ID and G., of the Fourth. and
G and l. of the Third. Companies -H-ans
NJ QSiekmond Bees). of the Bo1rth. will
he mustered in thk morning, leaving only
Company 1 TO be mustered in to conn
plete the regiment. Company c Farm-
vile), of the Third. is the only company
of that regiment not mustered In. 1t lost
several men Oh physical examination;
otherwise II would have been mustered in
yesterday afternoon. Captain ALEX ex-
poets to get the Eequired number OF mem
by Tomorrow. II
THE OTHER NEARLY READY. y
1t may be that these will be obtained
this afternoon, and that the Third will
be completed by that time. 1t is also pos
sible, and not improbable, that Company
II, of the Fourth, will be mustered in to-
day. II has for some time been well un-
derstood that the first two regiments
ready would be sent to Tampa, while the
last would go to Washington. Hence the |
ca gerness of the men in these regiments |
to learn which will be mustered in first.
Nearly all the field and staff officers OF |
the Fourth are in the city, Colonel |
Hodges reaching here last night while |
Major Edwards arrived yesterday morn
folk to-day, but will probably come back
tomorrow.
Major i. r.. Edwards was the Treasurer
Of Southampton county, but resigned the
position TO go with his regiment, being
succeeded by Hon. j. c. Parker, member
Of the House of Delegates from South
lmpton. Major Edwards is an old Con-
veteran, and 1t is safe to say
10 man in the American army looks the
soldier more than this tall, straight,
,ronzed grizzled hero of the war between
he States. He attracted a great deal of
attention in the lobby at Murphy's yes
erday and last night
VETERANS TO ESCORT THEM.
Several leading members of r. T.. Lee
amp, Confederate Veterans, last night
sked Colonel Baker 10 allow the mem
ers of the camp i'm fun uniform to act
5 escort TO his regiment when il march
$ from the camp to the station to-mor-
ow. Colonel Baker was glad to accept
he offer, and expressed himself as high
, appreciative of the honor conferred
pom him and his men by the veterans.
REAM AND FRUIT FOR SOLDIERS. !
An order was posted at camp
esterday directing each company
to detail a squad and
no corporal to serve ice-cream and
'uit to the men at o'clock
lis afternoon. This will be furnished by
number Of well-known ladies of this
ty, who will meet this morning for the
lrpose OF completing all arrangements.
he committee appointed to collect funds
nd donations for this purpose consists
the following ladies': Mesdames f. ID.
otchkiss tchairman). Clay Drewry,
oseph A. White. S. II. Boykin, Robert
reen, George Stacy Courtney Jenkins,
I'd Misses Bette Ellyson and Bette
arke Contributions will be received
= the above ladies until this morning
10 o'clock. Ice-cream, cake. lemons,
id ice are particularly desired and IL
hoped that generous donation will be
ade in order that the soldier boys may
bx,I ID foh oft
ms.
THE GOAT HAS COME.
There was happiness among the men :
Company f. OF the Fourth. last night. !
hen a squad OF them, under Private 4. :
Wood went TO the express office and !,
und there a beautiful kid which a Suf- A
TX gentleman had sent them. The box
ntaining II was broken open In a hurry :
d the bleating young Billy dragged =
rth. In the strong arms OF Wood he
Is borne to camp being first brought :.
the Dispatch office. for IL was through II
e efforts of this paper that the future =
tier was obtained, and the men de- a
ed to make their acknowledgements. =,
member of Company X, Staunton.
10 received a water-spaniel. about a
ar old, whose beauty excited the ad- n
nistration of every one who saw II. K
tn the goat and the dog will go with v
, men to Tampa and TO Cuba. or some Il
ely-laid plans will fail far OF carrying. n
Trying tn Get His Son Back. %
udge Waddili. sitting in the United
ties District Court yesterday, heard II
. applioation OF Anton r. Koerner, OF Il
rfolk, for a writ Of habeas corpus TO G;
directed to Colonel j. c. Baker, COM r
ndaEt at Camp Lee. to produce his v
!, Frank L. Koerner. who is a member II
Company A, Fourth Regiment. before