Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-05
NO SITE SELECTED.
LOCATION OF THE NEGRO CAMP
NOT YET AGREED UPON.
DLOHEL CROxrON TO DECIDE.
Virginia Boys Who Are at santia-
Eo-others Who Are Going to War
No Recruits We're Enlisted Yester-
day-MiIitary Gossip.

No selection has yet been made of a site
for the camp OF mobilization for the COL
ored troops, and none will be made until
Colonel Croxton RECEIVERS from his indis-
position. This. however, will, II is thought.
be in few days. and as already forecast
ca IN the Dispatch, there is every indica-
ton that the ground offered near New
port News will be selected.
The recruiting officers located in this
city enjoyed a holiday yesterday. Their
offices were practically closed all day, and
no recruits were enlisted
Captain w. 81. Coulling has received his
commission as assistant quartermaster in
the army OF volunteers, with the rank of
captain. His commission dates from June
10Th. Blanks were sent for Captain Coul-
ling to execute bond In the sum of &c.
0O0. The Captain does not know when or
where he will be ordered to report for
duty.
The Adjutant-Generars Office was the
only one open for the transaction of bust
ness in the stale Library building yester-
day. Colonel Stern was on hand at the
usual hours.
Mr.. Preston Witherspoon, only son of
Rev. DR.. Jere Witherspoon, Of the Grace
Street Presbyterian church who some
time ago enlisted as a private in Battery
\, Of Philadelphia. received orders yester-
day to report at once at Newport News
TO join his command ana he Will leave
this morning Mr. Witherspoon is an
alumnus of Yale University, and the bat
terry is composed almost entirely of his
college associates.
Mr.. Sherrard Coleman. of Virginia, Is
lieutenant in Colonel Woods regiment Of
Rough Riders, and is with his command
A
several years In business in New Mexico,
where his father, Colonel Clayton G. Cole
man, is employed in the government SER
vice. His mother and sisters are WELL
known residents of this city.
The Lieutenant Herman Tor Truman, as
some papers have III. mentioned In the
press dispatches as having been wounded
in the fight at Santiago, is hardly Leu
tenant Hartman, of this city, though II
was at first thought by his friends mere
that the report had reference to him.
Lieutenant Hartman is a member Of the
sixth Cavalry and the wounded oihcer
is in the Sixth Infantry.
Among those who were wounded In the
fight at Santiago was Mr.. Mason Mitchell,
the well-known actor and theatrical man.
aRer. To his friends in this city the news
of his injury caused much concern. MY.
Mitchell is one Of the brightest lights OF
the dramatic world. and having visited
this city regularly for many years, Is
well known here. He not only came here
as an actor, but also visited here socially.
and he has hosts of friends in Richmond
MIR. Dorsey Cullen, son OF the late Dr.
J. S. d. Cullen, OF this city, who some
years ago enlisted as private In the reg
ular army. is at Santiago with the Third
Cavalry Regiment. He is first sergeant
of his company.
Petersburg has two officers who are
supposed to have been in the thick OF the
night at Santiago. Austin Hamilton,
lieutenant III Capron's Battery. is bro
Their of MIR. Alexander Hamilton, and
Lieutenant William Lassiter brother Oh
Major Francis r. Lassiter, is an officer
of the regular troops. II is presumed that
these gentlemen are safe, and they are
not reported among the killed or wound
ed officers.