Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-31
DoNVlIKE THE PLAN
sTkox OPPOSITION TO nEcRuIr-
Nc UP THE PRESENT COMPANIES.
IHE FOURTH REGIMENT YACCINATED.
The second and Third viii Undergo
the Operation I'm n Day or Two
BattaIions of the Fourth-Uneaf
able Food.

The information received at Camp lie,
yesterday that II had been finally decided
by the War Department to muster the
mon furnished by Virginia under the Sc.
cond call into the companies already ex.
listing created great deal of comment
and In no instance was q word Of com
mendation heard.
officers and men alike oppose II, and
while, Of course, all criticism is very
| guarded, human nature occasionally gets
the better of the soldier and talk very
plain In character is the result. There is
bound TO be delay in getting the men
needed to recruit present companies up
TO 100 men each, including officers. 1t
would have been far easier to have got
ten recruits, If new companies had been
| formed.
NINE HUNDRED NEEDED.
The average number of men needed to
bring the companies up to 100 men is 70,
which, multiplied by So, the number of
companies in the three regiments in
camp, gives 800 the number of recruits
needed to complete the three regiments.
The securing Of these men makes IL sure
that the command will be in camp for
some days perhaps weeks, to come.
The intense heat OF yesterday was felt
very sensibly by the men, though there
were few drills, owing to the fact that
so many of the companies turned out in
the Memorial-Day parade in the after
noon. The men who were vaccinated are
beginning to complain of sore arms, and
II is very difficult for many of them to
carry their pieces. Arms will be much
sorer in day or two
Major Vance and his assistants COM
pleted the vaccination of the companies
of the Fourth yesterday, with the excep-
tion of few odds and ends. The Second
and Third Regiment companies have not
yet been vaccinated, but will be this
week.
BATTALIONS OF THE FOURTH.
Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor of the
Fourth, who will be mustered in as colo
mel as soon as possible, has issued the
following order:
Until further orders the following will
be the battalion formation of this regi-
ment.
First Battalion-Major L. r. Edwards
commanding; Lieutenant Iassiter of
Company X "a p. Hill Rifles. of Peters
burg, acting battalion adjutant; Compa-
mics c, d, 1, and X.
Second Battalion-Captain NJ. Tarrall,
commanding; Lieutenant Spencer, of
Company NJ Company b, Blues Battal-
ion), acting battalion adjutant; Companies
Il, G, II, and NJ.
Third Battalion-Captain II. II. Sheen,
Lieutenant Dunn, Company
Il Portsmouth Rifles), acting battalion
adjutant; Companies A, b, L, and l..
The acting battalion adjutants will ap-
point their acting battalion sergeant-ma-
jors from their respective battalions
In the First Battalion, Captain Hope, or |
the Peninsula Guard, of Hampton, Com |
pany d, is the ranking captain, and in |
the Second Battalion Captain Wyatt, OF |
Company A, of the Blues, Company Ii |
while in the Third Battalion. Captain
Brooks, of the Portsmouth Rifles, Com
pany l., is the senior captain.
In the entire regiment Captain Hope is
he ranking captain, followed by Captain
Wyatt, Captain Brooks, and Captain
Sheen of the Norfolk Rifles Company A,
n the order named.
1t is practically settled that If the SOL
liers are to remain here any length or
ime the camp will be moved. Colonel
Baker and other officers have inspected
ties at Forest Hill and the New Reser-
'oir Park. They are more favorably in
lined toward Forest Hill. officers fear
he present site is unhealthy on account
Il the lack of drainage. Colonel Baker
las authority to remove the camp with
ut orders from the department, and will
robably do so in a day or two, as he is
ot at all satisfied with the present loca-
ion.
Colonel Taylor yesterday, by permission
Z the Governor, offered the chaplaincy
the Fourth 10 Rev. Frank Stringfellow,
he celebrated Confederate scout. Cap
ain Stringfellow at once wired his ac-
eptance. The congregation OF Rev. A. |
. Lloyd, of Norfolk, who had been Sc
'cted, insisted upon his remaining at his /
ost, and he therefore declined
The owners of the camp-ground yester-
ay had erected a number of shower
aths just outside the eastern camp line.
hese were greatly needed, as the men {
ad to march the entire distance to the
ver to battle.
UNBEATABLE FOOD. {
There are yet eleven companies in camp |
eing fed at the mess hall, but 1t seems
Of improbable that death, if nothing
sc, will lessen the number considerably :
thin a short time unless the quality OF !
lie food is improved. Several men have
ready been made Ill by sausage pro- ,,
ounced unsound by butchers who ex-
mined 1t. The contractor receives AZ cents !
n day from the National Government {
II feeding the men. There is loud COM
aint of the food, and the matter has
zen brought to the attention of the Gov =
nor and others in authority. 1t is claim
that many Of the eggs served for
eakfast yesterday were not fresh.
THE NEED OF EQUIPMENT.
The government has as yet sent nothing a
re in the way Of equipments for the r.
ldiers. Governor Tyler has given an e
der for the purchase OF 800 pairs or b
oes. which will be paid for out OF the Fl
fund. Nearly all the men need o
oes. They came here under the i'm h
esslon that the government would equip h
EN-, and many have not change or
derwear. A great number are wearing "
liens clothes, and many of the uni II
rms that are being worn are old and al
oth-eaten. Some of the soldiers are | 81
ounds. Only about 40 per cent. are
med with old Winchesters.
'olonel Coulling, in charge of the COM
ssary department, needs nine more
ives. AS soon as he can secure these n
the companies now messing in the
II will be furnished rations and will
their own cooking.
he Uniform Rank, knights of Pythias,
Portsmouth, ran an excursion to Rich ST
nd yesterday, and the camp was visited 10
a large number OF people from that :,
Y. The Portsmouth companies re- W
we'd many viands from the folks at w
me-" as