Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-10

Arms and Equipment to the
Regiment So They May Be Moved
Promptly-State Has Not Enough
Uniforms to Go Round-The
Number of Corporals to Each
Company Reduced ~ Company
B, Mustered in Last Evening.
Officers Anxious to Be Mustered.
Special to the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, May 9.-The De-
partment of War, at Washington, seems
to be anxious for the West Virginia
troops to be sent to Chickamauga as
soon as possibly. Having been inform
ed that it would require some weeks to
equip the regiment by the United
States Adjutant Corbin telegraphed
Governor Atkinson to-day asking him
to turn over to the regiment the State
arms and equipments, SO that they
could move at once. This the Cover
nor will do, but the difficulty is that
the State has not sufficient equipments
for the entire regiment, ncertainly not
in uniforms. Not more than half of
the men have uniforms.
It is contended by the officers in
camp that it will be impossible to get
the regiment ready to move as soon as
the Governor anticipates, unless it goes
u,ithor+ eoIIinroartc
There was a deadlock to-day in the
work of mastering in the companies
on account of a misunderstanding be-
tween the authorities at Washington
and Lieutenant Settle, the mastering Of
ficer in regard to the number of cor
porals each company is to have. 1t
was finally settled that each company
should be allowed
ONLY SIX CORPORALS.
Six of the corporals in the companies
already mustered in must therefore be
reduced to privates. That has already
been done.
Lieutenant Settle was also instructed
by the War Department to-day not to
subject the officers to as rigid examlna-
lions as the privates. The examining
surgeons have completed the examina-
ton of eight companies, and they eX-
pect to complete the work by Wednes-
day evening Company B, of Blueheid,
CAPTAIN John Baker White, was mus
tered in this evening. Other companies
will be mustered in tomorrow and all
as soon as examined.
The officers are getting half pay
while they are State troops, but as soon
as they are mustered into the service
of the United States they will draw
their regular pay provided by law,
ranging accordingto rank from SIS per
month to So 800 per year. They are
therefore anxious to get into the SER
vice Of the United States. while the pri-
Yates are not at all anxious about it,
They are getting 81 per day while they
are under the control of the State, but
as soon as they are mustered IN their
pay will be s13 per month
Following is the completed muster
roll Of company IA OF MoundsVlile ana
Wheeling. First Regiment, West Vir-
ginia Volunteers, now ready to defend
their country. They are fine looking
fellows, and will be the flower OF the
regiment:
First Lieutenant-A. l.. Hooten
Second Lieutenant-CharleS OCon-
nor.
First Sergeant-James w. Nelson.
Sergeants- Henry M. Salter, P. M
Conner. r. c.. YohO, S. d. Parkins and
W. G. Luis.
Corporals John Fry, C. S. Vans,
Harvey E. McGill, Charles Kull, VIM.
nj
l.. Purdy, VIM. E. Cannon, Elmer A.
Kryse, Harry G. Thomas, Elmer l..
Donley, and W. L. Crawford.
Priyates-G. w. Barker, Arthur
Bassett, E. A. Bertrand, c. w. Brant-
ner, Theodore Camp, Homer Carpen-
ter, Elias Charlton, W. II. Connoc,
John Donley. VIM. F. Dryden, c. r..
Echols. Howard Edwards, Edward
English, VIM. Ewing, H. H. Fergus,
Martin Flanagan, Charles M. Gamble,
Harvey Gowdy, Mark w. Goodwin
D. B. Heiskell, VIM. H. Henrietta, w. f..
Huber, James E. Humes, VIM. F.
Hughes. VIM. A. Israel, Alton Jones,
Robert G. Jones. Rufus B. Knapp,
| Reason Koch, Samuel n. Lancaster,
Clarence Legg, g. A. Lewis Edward
Litton. Charles A. Lydick, John Man
VI
Harry McCraw, VIM. E. Miller George
w. Morris, Charles E. Mosier, Frank
Norrington, James A. Norrington,
Floyd Pickard, Frank Potts, VIM.
Price, Thomas Reilly Foster Rine H.
w. Rustemeyer, Joseph Shertzinger
John Slippner, Henry Stroebel, Walter
C. Sweeney, James NJ. Sweeney, Harry
Tidd, John Williamson, Thadtaus
Wright, Claude Wood, VIM. c. Ziegen-
fielder.
Governor Atkinson tonight received the
following telegram:
WASHINGTON, d. G., May 9. 1898
To G. w. Atkinson, Governor West Vir-
ginia:
Referring to my telegram of May I, you
are informed that owing to changed con-
ditions the destination of the troops of
your State mentioned therein, has been
changed from Camp Geo. II. Thomas,
Georgia, to Mobile, Ala, and will be sent
there, provided your troops are uniformed,
armed and equipped ready for active SER
vice.
(Signed) r. A. ALGER,
Secretary of War
EASTMAN ESCAPED.