Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-06-07
AT CAMP ALGER.

nearer to the Potomac is again receiv-
ing serious consideration. A commit.
tee has been appointed by Secretary
! Alger to inquire into the merits of q
tract of land south of Alexandria with
the idea of moving either portion or
the entire corps to that point. One of
the members of the committee, in
speaking of the matter yesterday,
stated that he was opposed to the pro-
posed site on account of the malaria.
The order pertaining to the investi-
cation was issued from Camp Alger and
is as follows:
"a board of officers is hereby appoint.
ed to meet at these headquarters on
Tuesday, the 7th day of June, at s
o'clock a. No., to proceed to the ground
south of the city of Alexandria, Va,
submitted to the Secretary of War by
M. B. Harlow. and make a thorough
inspection, each in his own department,
and ascertain whether it is more eli
gible as site for the encampment of
large body of troops than is that upon
which they are now located. The
board will examine the grounds in ref
erence to its drainage, elevation above
the Potomac, water supply, its ayaiIa-
bility for all purposes for o large Ell
campment, and especially in reference
to sanitary conditions"
A nucleus for the Third Division has
been formed by the arrival OF the Third
Virginia Regiment, which has been brig
AIDED with the Thirty third Michigan
and Ninth Massachusetts, with Col.
Boynton in command. They are
known as the First Brigade, Third Di-
vision. The Virginia boys are all uni.
formed, but are not fully equipped.
Many of them come from the vicinity
of Camp Alger and are thoroughly &C
quainted with the country.
The Third Virginia has been INSTALL
ed comfortably in camp and the men
are delighted with the location. Col.
Male expects his men to make as fine
a showing as any regiment in the corps
when they get brigade inspection.
General orders for recruiting the regi.
ment up to the full quota, 106 men to
the company, were issued yesterday
and the colonel of each regiment sent
out an order similar to the one yester-
day afternoon.
The first division at Camp Alger may
60 to Porto Rico soon. Notice to the
quartermasters have been issued and
they are ordered to make acquisitions
for all necessary supplies at once.
Two moro deaths have been reported
at the camp. The first occurred at
Fort Myer, where the patient had been
sent for treatment, and the second was
the result of an operation at the Divis-
ion Hospital.
Capts. Rowe, of Company K; Free
man, OF Company Fl, and Willard, OF
Company 1, were yesterday selected as
recruiting officers for their respective
battalions by Col. Male, and the APP
pointments will be forwarded at once
to the acknowledgement of the Third
Army Corps for approval. These Of
fcers will be SAINT to different sections
of tine State in this connection and will
also act in the capacity of quartermas-
tiers for disbursements of funds. The
time for their departure has not been
set, but their selection makes it reason
ably certain that the regiment will be
recruited to the full strength and in
short time.
A compliment was paid the regiment
yesterday by the Tennessee Regiment
Band. 1t was playing about a hundred
yards off in the woods when it discov.
cred the close proximity of the Virginia
troops and Immediately struck up
!'Dixie,n the sound of the southern
music being greeted by perfect storm
OF cheers from every company in the
regiment. The boys appreciate the
comradeship of the Tennessee men, and
will try to teciprocate in the near fu-
ture.
A letter from Camp Alger to the
Richmond Dispatch says The men are
indignant at the experience that cor
poral and private of Company K went
through Sunday night. They were on
their way back to camp from the near
est telegraph Office, Dunn Loring, some
three miles dis ant, and had reached
point one mile from camp, when they
were halted by negro sentinels of q
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of lieutenant of their relief. Our
boys, with several others from other
States, were put under arrest, and
negro major named Young sent for.
Upon his arrival he asked some CUES
tons, and was replied to in the same
manner that any Virginian would an.
swer negro, no matter in what capaci-
ty. This aroused the negro officers
anger, and he threatened to have the
two boys court martialed, but ended by
ingloriously backing down and setting
them at liberty. The men in camp
were Justly indignant when they heard
OF the occurrence. The arrest of the
men was for no reason whatever, other
than the false statement of the negro
lieutenant, who asserted that he caught
them on forbidden ground.
MOVING TROOPS on sUNDAY.-At the con-
ference of the Baptist ministers of Richmond