Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-02
THIRD TO COME HOME.
1T WILL PROBABLY DE HERE
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TELEGRAM FROM SECRETARY ALCER,
Says the Regiment VIII he Ordered
to Richmond and Mustered Out mt
an EARLY Date-Governor Tyler Dis
cusses Military Matters.

The frequent assertion made bv the Dis
patch that the Third Virginia Regiment
would be mustered out Of the service was
fully confirmed yesterday, and the regi-
ment will be here early next week.
This information was brought by a spe-
cial telegram from Washington to the Dis
patch last night. and was confirmed by
the following telegram from Secretary
Alser to Congressman Hay, who is now in
Richmond:
Washington, n. c., September 1, 1893.
Hon. James Hay, Jefferson Hotel Rich
mond, Va:
Third Virginia Volunteers will be or
dered home and mustered out at an early
date. or A ATGER
Secretary of War"
DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Governor Tyler, who was in the city yes
terday from Radford, says that on the sd
OF August he wired the Secretary Of War
that in his opinion the Third Virginia
Regiment was the one to be mustered out
OF the service. and he seems to be Of the
opinion that the order was issued on that
date, though IL may be that Secretary
Alger, who was on the point OF starting
to Camp Wikoff, at Montauk Point on the
day the telegram was received, deferred
action in the matter until his return,
About noon yesterday Governor Tyler
received a telegram from Adjutant- Gene
raj Corbn, asking If there was an armory
in this city that the Third Virginia could
occupy II sent here for mastering out. The
Governor, after consultation with Adju-
tant-General Stern, wired General Corbin
that the four armories here could accom-
modate the entire regiment
Adjutant-General Stern will go up to
Washington to-day to see the department
officials regarding the muster-out of the
regiment.
HE HATED TO DECIDE.
Governor Tyler says he had great diff
Guilty in accedlng to the request OF the
Secretary OF War to designate the Vir-
ginia regiment TO be mustered out of the
service, and that the decision to select the
Third was reached only after the most
careful consideration. The great fact
which influenced the Governor in the mat
ter was that the Second and Fourth regi-
ments are attached to General Lees
corps, which has been selected for service
in Cuba. IT is his desire to have the regi-
ment sent here, where IT will receive the
State flag, which the Governor will pre-
sent il.
Governor Tyler desires, If possible, to
devise some method by which the men in
the Third Regiment who desire TO remain
in the service can be enlisted I'm the Sc
cond and Fourth, 10 take the places Of
hn MAR RI 10 &c
hopeful that an arrangement TO this end
can be made.
WANT TO COME HOME.
There is no doubt but that large num-
Der OF the men in the Second and Fourth
desire TO leave the service. The Governor
has received large numbers of letters from
.men of these regiments on the subject, all
asking him to use his influence to have
them discharged. He received telegram
last night from a private Of the Second,
now in the hospital at Savannah, which
read as follows: For Gods sake. muster
out the Second Regiment, if possible.
These boys want to come home"
A great many discharges from the Sc
cond and Fourth are being granted daily,
but there Is no prospect OF either regi-
ment, as a whole, being mustered out.
MAN WAN L ~ VEL IiOhi@s
Governor Tyler is strongly ayerse to
having any man kept in the service
against his will, now that the war is over.
This is his reason for desiring that those
men in the Third who desire 10 be sent TO
Cuba shall be enlisted in the Second and
Fourth. Governor Tyler has, within the
past week or two, received practically in
Vulnerable letters from soldiers in the
three regiments desiring 20 be discharged.
He brought nearly a satchel full OF these
from Radford with him yesterday and
from the time Of his arrival until O'Clock
was engaged in going through them with
his private secretary. The number mas
recently become SO great that the Cover |
nor finds he cannot. undertake 10 recon- |
mend discharges asked.
GOVERNOR TO Go TO JACKSON |
VILE.
Governor Tyler has used every method |
possible TO learn the real sentiment OF |
the men i'm the regiments, short or taxing |
a poll, which has been suggested by Ad- |
iutant-General Corbin. He now intends |
10 20 to Jacksonville in a short time, II |
possible. and try TO learn more, by con- |
yersation with officers and men, as 10 |
their attitude toward the proposition FOR |
continued service. The reports "hlch the
Governor has received have been very !
conflicting, and he is to-day in doubt as |
to the sentiment.
First-Lieutenant Skipwith, Of Company |
/. Second Regiment is in the city, ana |
told the Governor last night that 1t was |
his deliberate opinion that the great ma
iority of the Virginians in camp at jack
sonyille desired 10 90 with General Lee /
Corps to Cuba. General Lee has taken
occasion 10 let the men OF his command
know that this service is regarded as /
highly honorable and that the army |
would probably not be In the island
longer than five or six months before II |
would be succeeded by regulars. This Is
said 10 have had the effect OF greauy
subduing the sentiment against Foreign |
service II is believed that despite the |
great number of discharges from the De-
cond and Fourth regiments, enough men
from the Third will enlist IN these 10 en-
able them to 90 to Habaha WIN iuH
ranks.
CAPTAIN Robert L. Patton, chaplain OF
the Second Regiment, was IN the city |
Yesterday, on his way TO Roanoke ms
home. He says he thinks the men or MS
regiment are well nigh unanimous IN |
their desire to remain in the service
Governor Tyler did not reach tpe city /
until 9 o'clock yesterday morning, anu
left at 80 o'clock last night. lie spent
nearly all the time in his office until
O'clock when he went to the residence
of his private secretary, Mr.. Ben 4.
owen, where he dined and remained until
time for his train. The Governor ala not
saai that he could remain longer away /
,ror, home owing to the illness of his
son. Hal who Is just begin
1in5 10 recover from a prolonged attack
Of typhoid-fever. The Governors family
win return to Richmond about October
ist. The Governor says ne was glad TO
o., another .draught OF James-river
eater the best I'm the world, and wishes
there were a little more mud in it, so he
could take a few chunks OF it home with
him.
The Ladies'.