The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-26
VERY TIRED WAITING.
(From Our War Correspondent
Near jacksonville. Fla, July 20.
Camp Cuba Lihrc.

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The impatience of IT, troops here at
not getting into active service is most
marked. Within the past few days. as
the news comes that troops elsewhere
are embarking for Porto Rico. but moth
ing is said of the Seventh Corps going,
the men have formed the opinion that
they will never get into active service.
Politics, they think. is controlling their
movement. The fact that Col. William
]. Bryan is ordered here tends to CON
firm this opinion. 1t is argued that
Mckinley and his crowd are planning
to hold these two men and the volunteer
forces under them back until the war Is
over and then send them to Cuba to
support the civil authorities in estab-
fishing Il stable form Of government.
This is mere conjecture. of course. but
the men here have come to believe it..
and many of them express sincere re-
greet ut having enlisted. They volun-
teered. they say. to fight and not to be
pe1ned up in camps Of instruction. The
thought Of marching away to war amid
the waving of anners and the farewell
Of loved ones and then never hearing
the whistle of bullets is not Il pleasant
one to Il brave man.. The men here
want to go to the front and if they fail
10 yet tltlt IitH VIII lstlSc al lliiSHia
wall of dissatisfaction
THE RIFLE RANGE OPENED.
The rifle range for the Second di-
vision having been completed, it was
opened for rifle practice this morning
by Il detail of two hundred men from the
~Forty-ninth Iowa Regiment. The First
North Carolina being the ranking regi-
ment, it was put first on the list and was
to have held the first practice in this
range yesterday. But the range being
fall of water the Tar Heels lost their
turn. They now 90 to the foot of the
list and it will he ten days before they
get the use of the range.
Two hundred men will be sent out to
the range each day. Sundays excepted.
for regiments i'll the following order:
First North Carolina. Forty-ninth Iowa,
First Wisconsin. Second Illinois. Fourth
Virginia. Eiftieth Iowa. Second New
Jersey. Second Virginia and Fourth IL
Iln0is; and in this order until all unin-
strHcted men nave fired. Each dctach-
lnent will be in charge of Il well-in-
structed officer. -Four other officers will
be detailed to assist ut the range. The
range being four miles from camp and
the men being required to report there at
every Hit1I 1ilIS. tttH Ntlill
will be supplied with cooked ~rations for
two meals. Lieut.-Col. Currie. Of the
Second New Jersey regiment. is the
officer in charge of the range. Records
VIII BE kept of all target practice.
NEW MUSICIANS FOR THE BAND.
Three new musicians arrived yesterday
To enlist in the North Carolina band.
They are from Edna. Kansas. and come
mighty recommended. They are II. II.
Campbell. Dale Hileman and w. |.
Burnside. Campbell and Hileman play
comets and burnside 4 clarionet. There
are now thirteen men i'll the band: these
three accessions will make sixteen:
tWenty-four are allowed and are neces-
sary to make the band what it ought
to be.
All the ordnance officers of the First
brigade North Carolina. Illinois and
New Jersey regiments met at 10 o'clock
this morning with Major Harrison. ord
nance officer Of the Seventh Army Corps.
They made statements showing condi-
fl"n of the arms i'll the hands Of men
OF their respective regiments and made
rtpunSltion for what is still lacking to
complete their equipment.
brigade Skirmish drills. under com
li"ila OF Gen. Burt. are now held every
"'i HiliS. They take the place of the
,'Ii"rl'al drills that have been daily
hrld 10y the First North Carolina and
other regiments. '
CAPT. CHADWICK VERY SICK
,hpi. IhadWlck, of the Queen City
'uards' has been Frustrated by heat
ana IS Il very sick man. The heat here
is something terrible.
AiOnZO (raacb of Al
pany. is very i'll. He is sufrerin@ fran,
appendicitis and an effort is being made
10 get a discharge for him.
Capt. Bessant, of the Winston com
p!ny' received an injury from "A fall while
fhS company was on provost dirty in
Jacksonville some weeks ago Uo no.
never completely recovered from H.
hurt. though he has all along been able
TO perform his duties, except going .on
drill with his men.
seven recruits sent in by Lieut.. Stew.