The age-herald., 1898-05-29
WAR DEPARTMENT NEEDS NO CAVALRY" :. Said Adjutant-General COrbin-RHSl-
 mentS From All States ARE UNIFORMLY REFUSED Report That General Louis Y. Clark Has
 Been Offered COLONEL OF THE THIRD INFANTRY Governor Johnston Says AIabama's Quota Will Be Filled This Week-Negro Compa-
 nies to Go Into Camp With
 in Next Few Days.
COLONEL OF THE THIRD INFANTRY

A special dispatch to The Age Herald from Washington says: "Adjutant-General Cer- bin yesterday told representatives from Tennessee that under the call for 75,Ooo troops, no cavalry whatever would be ae- cepted and scores of offers have been re- jected already. The reason for this is proba- Ely the uselessness of cavalry In Cuba during the rainy season. It seems to be the plan or the department to use what troops we may send there soon merely an army of occn- patton, and not to attempt any extensive operations outside of few towns"
 The above dispatch tells the fate of Ala bama's regiment of cavalry, which has been expecting so confidently to be called out under the presidents second call for 75,oOO volunteers Even before the first call was made this regiment was. organized and its officers and men have been working like Trojans ever since to get the govern ment to accept their services. Governor Johnston, General Wheeler, General Oates and many other prominent Alabamians lent their aid, but the government doesn need them. In addition to the reasons set forth in the above telegram, it costs about s150000 more to equip a regiment of cav airy than it does one of infantry, and for this reason the government doesn't like to call out cavalry unless it is needed. The above dispatch came at such late hour last night that it was impossible to see the officers of the local cavalry battai- ion to get their opinions on 1t.
 Gen. Clark for Colonel
 Another piece of news which was heard in the city yesterday, which in way con- firms the above report is that General Louis V. Clark, of the Alabama National Guard had been offered the position Of colonel of the Third Alabama Volunteers. As Captain A. A. Wiley, of Montgomery, was to have been colonel of the cavalry, this proffered appointment of Colonel Clark must be taken to mean the colonel of an infantry regiment General Clark was out of the city, and the report could not be verified yesterday. Governor John- ston came up from Montgomery last night, and when approached on the subject said that he would not talk about 1t at present
 All of these facts put together, seem to indicate that General Clark will be the colonel of the Third regiment, if in the meantime he is not appointed brigadier general in the United States army by the president For, notwithstanding Colonel Oates appointment yesterday, General Clark's friends still think that he may come in for brigadier general on the sec ond call
 The War Fever
 Birmingham has caught the fever again, and several infantry companies are being organized to go under the second call. Prof. A. w. Orton issued a call last night for all volunteers interested in organizing com panies whether they want to go with his company or not, to meet at Orton's Busi- ness College, 1141s Twenty-first street, next Wednesday night, June 1, at o'clock.
 It was also learned last night that Wm M. Walker, of this city, was organizing company and that he will push the work until his full company complement and over is obtained
 Governor Johnston Talks
 As stated above, Governor Johnston came up from Montgomery last night, and to an Age-Herald reporter gave some most in- teresting news of the movements and con- dition of the Alabama volunteers.
 '"rhe Second regiment has almost entire ly filled its quota" said the governor. .the newspapers to the contrary notwithstand- ing. The latest official advices which have received from Mobile say that only about thirty or forty men are needed, and on Monday fifty will go down from Selma to make up this number Two companies were mustered in today and the Eufaula com pany will go in Monday, making nine com- panies in all. The remaining three will get in within the next day or two think that the whole regiment will be mustered into the United States service about Tues day or Wednesday.
 ''The Montgomery colored company will be taken to Mobile Monday; the Troy com pany. which was accepted in place of the Birmingham company, on Tuesday; the Mo- bile company, Wednesday, and the Florence company, about Thursday. By the end of next week Alabama's full quota of 2,5O0 men will have been mustered in.
 '"rhis could have been done as easily as not two weeks ago, but the war depart ment notified men not to rush the com panies to Mobile as they were not ready to provide for and examine them, and the government did not want to pay the mems wages until they were.
 ''I haven't found the slightest trouble in getting white officers for the colored com- panies Tn Montgomery we had more than ten applicants for commissions In that com- pany."
 Last night Governor Johnston had not heard of the above Washington dispatch with reference to the cavalry regiment, but he said that he hadn't received the slight est information that would lead him to be- lieve that the government would call out cavalry from this state. He stated further that he had heard nothing at all from the war department about the second call for volunteers. and he didn't expect any for ten or fifteen days yet.