The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-21
From Our War Correspondent
Near Jacksonville. Fla, July 20.
Camp Cuba Libre.

are embarking for Porto Rico but moth
ing is said of the Seventh Corps going
the men have formed the opinion that
they will never get into active service.
Politics, they think. is controlling then
movement. The fact that Col. William
}. Bryan is ordered here tends to con
firm this opinion. 1t is argued that
Mckinley and his crowd are planning
to hold these two men and the volunteer
forces under them back until the war is
over and then send them to Cuba tC
support the civil authorities in estab
fishing Il stable form of government
This is mere conjecture. of course. but
the men here have come to believe it
and many of them express sincere re-
greet at having enlisted. They volun-
teered. they say. to fight and not to be
penned up in camps of instruction. The
thought of marching away to war amid
the waving of banners and the farewell
of loved ones and then never hearing
the whistle of bullets is not a pleasant
one to brave man. The men here
want to go TO the front and if they fail
to get there they will raise a mighty
wall Of dissatisfaction.
THE RIFLE RANGE OPENED.
The rifle range for the Second di-
vision having been completed, it was
opened for rifle practice this morning
by a detail Of two hundred men from the
Forty ninth Iowa Regiment. The First
North Carolina. being the ranking regi-
ment, it was put first on the list and was
to have held the first practice in this
range yesterday. But the range being
full of water the Tar Heels lost their
turn. They now go to the foot of the
list and it will be ten days before they
! get the use of the range.
Two hundred men will be sent out to
the range each day, Sundays excepted,
for regiments in the following order:
First North Carolina. Forty-ninth Iowa,
First Wisconsin, Second Illinois. Fourth
Virginia. Fiftieth Iowa. Second New
Jersey, Second Virginia and Fourth IL
linois; and in this order until all unin-
structed mep have fired. Each detach-
ment will be in charge of a well-in
structed officer. -Four other officers will
be detailed to assist at the range. The
range being four miles from camp and
the men being required to report there at
o'clock every morning, each detail
will be supplied with cooked rations for
two meals. Lieut+Col. Currie. of the
Second New Jersey regiment. is the
officer in charge of the range. Records
will be kept of all target practice.
NEW MUSICIANS FOR THE BAND.
Three new musicians arrived yesterday
to enlist in the North Carolina band.
They are from Edna, Kansas, and come
highly recommended. They are Il. III.
Campbell. Dale Hileman and w. /.
Burnside. Campbell and Hileman play
comets and Burnside clarionet. There
are now thirteen men in the band; these
three accessions will make sixteen;
twenty four are allowed and are neces-
sary to make the band what it ought
to be.
All the ordnance officers of the First
brigade North Carolina. Illinois and
New Jersey regiments) met at 10 o'clock
this morning with Major Harrison. ord
nance officer of the Seventh Army Corps.
They made statements showing condi-
ton of the arms in the hands of men
of their respective regiments and made
requisition for what is still lacking to
complete their equipment.
Brigade skirmish drills. under COM
mand Of Gen. Burt. are now held every
morning. They take the place Of the
regimental drills that have been daily
held by the First North Carolina and
other regiments.
CAPT. CHADWICK VERY SICK.
Capt Chadwick, of the Queen City
Guards. has been Frustrated by heat
and is very sick man. The heat here
is something terrible.
Alonzo Creech, of the Goldsboro com
pany. is very ILL., He is suffering from
appendicitis and an effort is being made
10 get discharge for him.
Capt. Bessant, of the Winston COM
pany, received an injury from a fall while
his company was on provost duty in
jacksonville some weeks ago. He has
never completely recovered from the
hurt, though he has all along been able
TO perform his duties, except going on
drill with his men.
Seven recruits sent in by Lieut.. Stew.
art arrived yesterday. They are: Alex.
ander Burnett. Arthur A. Fitzpatrick
Richard l.. bucket, James r. McAllis
ter. Joseph l.. Mclean. Frank Rigsby
and General Wheeler Nichols. The
first five were assigned to the Shelby
company, Rigsby to the Statesvillt
company and Nichols to the Waynes
vile company.
OIl1tE fecFuilS tiat haNN "i'''t' 49,
this week are: Ernest ID. Mills. Walter
G. Goodnight, Rozer T. Lyon, John }
O'Hara, Connie III. Ship, John Hack
ter and Peter s. Miller.
ANOTHER MILITARY FUNERAL
Harper Bros, of New York, have do,
mated a large package Of magazines and
papers for the use of soldiers III camp
Cuba Libre.
The body Of Howard III. I,iersted
quartermaster sergeant of Company II,
Second New Jersey, was sent TO his
home in Orange, n. j.. yesterday after
noon. He died Of sunstroke while on
drill Monday morning. George kaylcr,
the Wis: soldier who died at the
hospital Of typhoid fever, was Inferred
III the United States cemetery here yes
terday afternoon with military honors.
Eighteen paymasters left Tampa yes
terday for Santiago to pay off Skaters
army.
Among the recent prominent arrivals