Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-19
GENERAL LEE And PORTO RICO.
Quiet Protest-wRnt Him to Go
60 Ouba-ChsnEes and Promotions
work OF the ChapIains-our BOYS
at Camp AlGer. IIt4A.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. June lS.-(spe.
ciall-Invoices were received by the ord
nance officer Of the Second Division to-
day for guns for four regiments They
have been shipped, and will arrive in O
cay or two. This is the first active ster
taken 20 arm the men here. but am now
assured that It will be rushed to the ut
most. stu. it viii require two OF three
weeks for all the men to obtain guns
II must be remembered that probably
two-thirds Of the men. at least now have
guns, so that enough for four regiments
really means enough for many more.
Wagons and mules were received here
to-day, coming from Tampa Each regi-
meut in shape is to get four wagons and
tweuty-six mules. An the wagons and
mules needed are expected next week
The Second Virginia will also receive its
uniforms then. With arms for every
man. complete equipment OF every char
ac,er and plenty Of wagons and mules,
it really begins to look as II a forward
movement were not so remote as has been
generally supposed.
PROTEST..
There has been very general objection
made in q quiet. soldierly fashion, TO hav-
ing General Lee sent TO Porto Rico instead
Of 20 Cuba, and am informed that he has
himself protested against this programme.
The officers Of the Seventh Corps, of every
grade. have protested. One of these from
an Illinois regiment said TO the Dispatch
correspondent to-day that he, as a soldier.
would willingly so wherever ordered, but
that when he volunteered he and his men
thought Fitz Lee was going to lead them
IN Cuba, and he would not deny that he
would be greatly disappointed if they
were sent elsewhere.
Northern regiments are fully as DESTROYS
Of going 10 the front under Lee as those
from North Carolina and Virginia, the
only southern regiments in camp.
Nine regiments from Tampa will be sent
here in a few days. Certainly one is
ccming from Chickamauga; also. the
South Carolina regiment. and a cavalry
regiment from Wyoming.
The day at Camp Cuba Libre was al
most uneventful, the usual Saturday sus-
pension OF drills giving the men a rest.
Colonel Taylor had his entire regiment
out policing the camp to-day, and they
have now gotten it into a condition lit
tie short Of spick and span. The sick
roll IN both Virginia regiments was a very
short one to-day and ell the sick are do
ing well. Prvates Gresham and Ripe,
OF the Fourth. who are very i'll with ma
larial-fever. are improving.
Second-IAeatenaRt Jones, Of Company
L, Fourth Regiment. has been appointed
brigade cOmmissary, Seoond-Lieutenant
Lawrence succeeds him as reEimental
commissary. Lieutenant Wright, of Com
pany 3, Fourth Regiment. who was sent
70 Norfolk to secure recruits, wired Colo
mel Taylor to-day that he was on the
point OF starting for camp with twenty
men.
THE Y. NJ. c. a.
The local Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation had a large tent erected on the
grounds Of the Fourth to-day in which
win be held service for the entire bri-
gade Captain Strlngfellow chaplain of
the Fourth. will preach to the brigade to-
morrow morning. Chaplain Patton Of
the Second. returned from Richmond to-
day. Colonel Baker was to-day notified
that Attorney-GeneTal Montague had re-
viewed mis- former decision, and now holds
that an officer in the volunteer army need
not resign a State office he may hold.
Colonel Baker is Commemorative Attor-
ney for Shenandoah county. Captain
Keer, OF Company X, stanton, Second
Regiment, has been appointed judge-ad-
vOcate OF the Third Brigade. Private
Rudolph Bumgardner, Of the same com
pany. has been notified Of his appointment
by the President as second-lieutenant in
the Fifth United States Volunteers. Pri-
waite NJ Irving, OF Company NJ. Fourth
Regiment, was to-day tried by brigade
court-martiaI for theft. the trial by regi-
mental court, which sentenced him to a
dishonorable discharge being pronounced
irregular.
The session OF the court was secret and
the verdict will not be announced for
several days, but ] learn tonight that
instead OF being dshonorably discharged,
Irving Is only sentenced to ten days con-
hnement. and 10 pay a fine Of IS. This
Is not official. but is reliable.
Private Carter Bra1ton, of Company X,
Second Virginia, who was recently elect
Cd Commonwealth Attorney Of Stanton,
was counsel for Irving, and made a strong
defence.
Lieutenant William ~ Blow, Of the reg
ular army, who was recently commissions
ed major IN the Fourth Virginia, has
reported 20 Colonel Taylor. Lieutenant
Blow IS a Virginian, and a graduate Of
the Virginia Military Institute, but has
been In the regular army for a number OF
years. He was offered a position on
General Merritts stan, but chose 90 serve
with the Virginians.
The four patients from the Second Vir-
Rinia Regiment. who have been in the
hospital suffering with measles, have
again returned 10 the ranks, and the
boys are glad 20 again see them about.
While a squad was erecting the kitchen
o. Company l. Second Virginia, on Tues |
DAY, the roof which Is made Of boards, fell
20 The ground. catching one OF the pri- |
Yates under II. II was at first thought |
that ne was seriously hurt, but after |
tine he was himself again. The company |
desires 20 keep his name private"
The Virginia boys say that their meals |
have improved wonderfully recently, and |
are not half 50 bad az when they at first |
arrived here. Each company is now sup
Piled with twenty-five lOaYes Of bread for /
each meal