The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-12
THREE CARS CARRIED u
r WILL BE PUT IN -
MORROW.
GIN AND CARRIAGE WEIGHS FIVE loNS
The FREIGHT on Them is Nearly S9OO---mIni'g
the Harbor at Neutrality-suspicious.
Daily Expecting Orders
From Washington.

from WdSIiIIS OH'
Patience. tomorrow VIII DE aho'ne
day."-Spanish Proverb.
The impression prevails among N
neople that President Mckinney Is con
forming in action in regard to Cnoa 10
the readings OF this proverb.
There were few people in Raleigh yes
to-day who believed that he would really
send in his message To Congress to-day
as he has promised.
They have cot used to being put or
and they naturally look for IT. 10 nave
the President stiffen up his back ana
utter one word Indicative of a determlha-
ton would be positively refreshing.
.McKinley's a coward said one man,
land he'll let anybody tread on our toes
and then set to work trying TO convince
them they've lone wrong. If he sue
ceeds he thinks he's accomplished Il
great victory.
I've been with him all along uAtil
the last few days said another, but
I'm not any longer. | was for peace II
we could get it honorably: seeing that
we can't. I'm for war. Mckinley has
ti1dled and fooled so much that we We
not only lost our own self-reSpect rs !
nation, but we are an object of contempt
in the eyes of the world.
And vet. despite all this delay. war
preparations 90 on as actively as ever.
About 300 hands are working night and
day on the Notifications at Fort Casweti;
and yesterday the fourth disappearing
gun passed here over the Seaboard All
Line on its way there to be put in
place to morrow. 1t took three ears 10
transport the gun and its carriage. i
is an S-inch disappearing carriage and
comes from Plaintield. y. J., and the
1O-inch breech loading rifle comes from
Sandy Hood. They came by way Of the
Pennsylvania railroad and the SeabOard
Air Line. The weight Of the gun is
$1,000 pounds. and the weight of the
carriage 10000 pounds. The freight
charged is 40 cents Il hundred, with S50O
additional for transporting the guns from
the Wilmington depot to Fort CaSwpll.
AT these rates the delivery of the BIC
gun for Fort Caswell will cost the gov
m SS1S.25 for transportation.
a detachment of United States army
engineers from Company Il. corps Of en-
g%ineers. Willet's Point, \. Y. arrived
at Wilmington Friday. in Of
Corporal William !. Costello. and have
gone to Fort Caswell today to miaa
the harhor. All the necessary explosives
are at the fort and the harbor is being
+, thoroughly mined.
The Naval Reserves continue under
waiting orders, meanwhile recruiting to
! their full force. The same is being done
by the State militia. though it is nCt
! under orders as yet. Some communica-
ton in regard to them, however. has
been daily expected at the Adiutant
Generals office for more than a week.
The military notion is that practically
the full force Of the standing army vii
ne thrown into Cuba as soon after 4
war declaration is made as the regiments
can be formed into an army. Tao
soldiers believe that. while the navy
may be competent to take the ports OF
Luna. they cannot spare the detail Of
men from the shiDs which would be no
ceSSary to hold the cities. And in This
Line the officers argue that experiment
ing with small land forces will nor he
considered wise and that it will be ne
cessary 10 utilize the full quota Of the
army as it stands.
Military men are wondering at what
points in the South the forces will
rendezvous. Tampa. for its nearnnss
ana because Of its harbor, seems 10 he
a reasonable choice although New Or
leans IS making very strong claims IF
Is pointed ont against New Orleans
lhat lt affords poor facilities for the
forming OF an army. and it is conceded
that 1t will take some work 10 amal-
ganlate the various regiments uttorJv
unused TO anything like united action
nfto an organization which will do any
'hihS like what the ball-players call team
WORK. IT IS suggested that New Or
r'hS mas 10 room for so large Il body
OF men rs would be moved info tho
| cOnflDpS OF n CITY IF ra,1c ~,
Louisiana city is so low that aside froro
a lew parks there is not sufficient vacant
space 10 furnish tions of ~,
sanitary sort for an army. Tn = wo~
Sometnlng of the same sort may no
argued against Tampa and Mobile ana
just now a good deal Of attontio, :.
nelnS gwen to the project of utilizin,
Atlanta as a place of catherine AZ
iah!a. WhlIe 1nland. is claimed 10 no -
pei'or III every essential to the othor
Inns named. having plenty of high
naa ' Iienrs OF water and abundant rail
road facilities, both from tho o,,ts;da
country and to the seaboard Cbiaa
manga battlefield. in Tennessee !, -"
soSses'ed' and considered with mucn
ia."r' us INLAND position BEING tho a,l,
| objection to it. 7 'he OH!
O"ing 10 climatic and soil conditions
ole held equipment Of the soldiarv vii
49, :, ~ necessity. many new fc,-
'ultS- ne ordinary Sibley and 4 tents
eiipioEed III Indian warfare viii not j.,
suitable for a Cuban campaign Il VII
be absolutely necessary to on,in ~ ~
men with hammocks and annliancas fo~
>MhiSln% them. as the common nra ct;o,
. curing ND on the ground would nr,-
p""i! be very quickly Discourage nv an
.pl"eln!c Of sickness. It is understood
.n'' the lnsurgent army. such Az i i
i obhe"d even with its hardy Lat &c
nch 10 use hammOcks exclusively This
cohditlon. which seems TO be y varv
ShEn. oetall at first mention. is in fact
- uh-hg or very great Importance. IT
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