Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-21
United States without orders or advice
from anybody.
THE MENU.

from anybody.
THE MENU.
The following Is practically the bill OF
fare at each Of the places where the men
ate:
Brunswick stew. bacon and cabbage,
white potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn,
roast beef, onions, tomatoes, potato
salad, coffee. and heaping plate of ice
cream, and big slice OF cake for every
man.
And how the boys ate. Provisions dis
appeared as If by magic, and the walters
were kept flying to keep the hungry sons
OF Mars going.
The last man OF those who came in on
the first two sections was fed by the
time the third section arrived at IL 20
O'clock The companies on the latter re-
celved a welcome along the line of march
to the Regimental Armory that was fully
as hearty as that accorded the earlier ar
rivals. These companies were fed at the
ReElmental Armory, and were quartered
there.
The men have not bedsacks, but each
one has his blanket. and the sleeping
they seemed 10 be doing at o'clock this
morning showed that lack of a bed was
not causing bad nights rest. The men
had a pretty hard trip, though the At
lantic- Coast Line people handled the train
admirably.
A COLLISION.
A rear-end collision occurred at Rave
mel, a short distance south Of Charleston,
on the Charleston and Savannah railroad.
early Tuesday morning. a freight running
into the caboose. which. with baggage
car, was attached to the rear of the third
section behind the Pullman, In which
was Major Watson, commanding. and MS
officers. The freight and baggage-cars
were smashed up pretty badly. but no.
body was hurt. But the accident sus-
pended traffic until 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
This caused the great delay in the ar
rival of the third section, and also caused
the fourth section, on which is Colonel
Baker and staff, 10 be very greatly de-
layed. as this will not reach here until
s o'clock this morning.
THE COMPANIES HERE.
Following are the companies which ar
rived last night: Company A. Wood
stock: Company b, Richmond; Company
c. Harrisonburg; Company ID, Wythe-
Vile: Company T., Lynchburg; Company
G. Roanoke Company II, Salem; Com
pany /, Richmond; Company Nj, Ports
mouth.
The companies to arrive this morning
are: Company +. Roanoke; Company X,
Staunton; Company IL, Portsmouth.
The first section was in chargs of Lieu
tenant Colonel Roller; the second in
charge of Acting Major Wingfield Griffith,
captain of Company II. and Major j. c..
Watson. The section to arrive this
morning will be in charge Of Captain
GnpnpapH ~ ncfipp< major.
THE MANY SICK ONES
The section to arrive to-day will have
attached three Pullmans. in one OF which
will be the officers and their wives, and
two Of which will carry thirtyodd sick.
The majority of these have typhoid or
malarial fever, but Assistant Surgeon
Caldwell stated last night that he did
not think any of the cases were very
dangerous.
Among the sick that will arrive to-day
is Quartermaster Calfee, who is i'll with
typheid-fever All the sick will be taken
to the Old Dominion Hospital at once.
Several men were taken there last
night but none of them are believed to
be seriously i'll.
SICK MEN LEFT BEHIND.
Following is a partial list Of those left
I'm the hospital at PABLO Bedcn. IsleuteH-
ant r. D. Fairlamb, Company NJ 0y-
phoiD; Fred. A. Fosbury. Company Ei
Robert Lewis, Company B; Hugh H. COX,
Company H; Harry Harris, Company G
f. T.. Hawkins Compare NJ; Walter
Mater. Company H. Robert Mitchell
Company NJ; Robert f.. Saunders, COM
pany /; James II. King, Company NJ.
All these have either malarial- or ty-
phoid-fever. Besides this number there
are also many men Of the regiment i'll In
the Second Division Hospital at Camp
cuba Llbre. how many cannot be stated
until Major Peyton, the regimental sur
geon, arrives to-day.
ACCIDENT TO TROOP TRAIN.
CHARLESTON, S. c., September 20
rear-end collision occurred on the
Charleston and Savannah railroad at $50
o'clock this morning. A freight ran into
the rear end of a troop train carrying
part Of the Second Virginia Regiment,
north. Four or five cars and the freight
engine were wrecked but no soldiers or
employees were hurt. The caboose and
baggage-car at the rear Of the train no
doubt prevented serious loss Of life. The
accident was due to a dense fog. Travel
was resumed at i. NJ. to-day.