The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-30
COMPANIES HERE TODAY
GOVERNOR ORDERS THEM TO MOVE
TO THIS CITY AT ONCE.
Difficulty in Recruiting the Two Coli
ored Volunteer Comprehensive
Pays Transported ton Bills.

Being in doubt as to whether the govern
ment expected the State to bear the ex-
penses of bringing the troops from the diff
ferent towns to this city for mobilization,
Governor Mount decided yesterday to tele-
graph to the quartermaster general at Chi
cago on the subject. Opinions were evenly
divided among the state and army officers,
many believing 1t the duty of the govern
ment to pay for the transportation. SO
strong was this feeling that Lieut. Water
man yesterday drew on the department for
authorization for the moving of the compa-
MES at the governments expense. Instead
or this, however, there came a message to
the Governor last night from Quartermaster
General Smith, in which it was announced
the government expected to have the troops
moved to this city at the expense of the
State With this ultimatum before him,
the Governor took prompt action, and at
once sent kilograms to Mount Vernon,
Rushville and Jeffersonville ordering the
companies in those towns to move at once.
The precise time of their departure for this
city is not known, but in view of the letters
sent to the Governor by the companies, 1t
is likely all will be here some time to-day.
THE COLORED RECRUITS.
The mastering of the colored companies is
attended with some difficulty, according to
the experience of the recruiting officers yes
terday. When the Governor and Senator
Fairbanks undertook the fight to secure the
enlistment of the colored troops with colored
officers, against the War Department itself.
1t was with the distinct understanding that
both companies were organized and ready
for mastering. 1t was expected, in view of
the concession secured from the War De-
mo-
mission to the ranks. Such, however, is not
the case. Tuesday the surgeons were kept
more or less busy, but yesterday during a
large part of the time, they stood around
with nothing to do, because the local re-
cruits were exhausted and the out-of-town
contingent which was expected failed to
put in an appearance.
So far there have been about enough men
of both companies examined to form one
company, and the rest were expected from
Marion and ShelbyvilIe. AS the officers of
the two companies insist that the men are
IN these towns awaiting examination, Lieut.
Waterman decided to take his medical staff
over to both places to-day and look the men
over. The recruiting officers feel that as the
colored companies are both listed as Indian
apolis companies, the men should be here
for examination, and they should not be
expected to travel around through the coun-
try in search of them. The men examined
and accepted yesterday were as follows:
Captain Buckners company: Lew Smons,
William Henry, Bryant; Matthew G. w.
Thompson, Hurley W. Hill, William Berry,
Cleve Shove, William II. Anderson, Mack
Larter, Joseph Hurte, Albert Allen, Claude
G. Bullieur; George b. Wheeler.
Captain Porter's company: Henry McDan-
iels, Allen Worton, Oscar Sims, T. c.. Sloan
Chester Sanders Robert Jones. James H
Lott, Albert r. Hinton, Bert White.