Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-16
The Last Company Goes Into Camp
Engineers' Recruiting Station.

| The Last Company Goes Into Camp
Engineers Recruiting Station.
| The First Battalion of Coored Infantry
is now complete, and in camp at Single
| tons. Major Shanks finished yesterday
at noon the work Of mastering in the
| State Guard. Company c, and under Gem
| mand Of Captain Owens the company
| left the city at o'clock on a special train
| for the camp. They were accompanied
10 Camp Corbin by Major Price and Colo
mel Croxton, and after they had been duly
installed in their quarters the white Of
ficers returned TO the city.
Major Shanks was busily engaged after
the company left the city. getting his
muster-rolls In shape, and he expects to
leave on the first train this morning for
Petersburg, where he will begin muster
ing in the Second Battalion.
Captain w. NJ. Coulling, of the quar-
termasters department, who came down
from Washington yesterday. received a
telegraphic order last night directing him
TO repair at once to New Orleans and re-
port to the commanding officer of the
transport steamer Berlin, which, it is
thought. is destined for Porto Rico. Cap
tain Coulling will leave to-day at noon.
HE WANTS RECRUITS.
Captain L. II. Mattair. of the Third
Regiment, United States Volunteer Engi-
neers, is in the city seeking recruits for
his regiment He has opened headquar-
tiers at No. 900 east Main street where he
will be prepared to receive applicants
from A. NJ. TO P. NJ. each day. He
wants able-bodied, unmarried men, not
less than feet 4 inches in height, nor
40 pounds in weight. They must know
ha no
to read and write, and understand ele-
mentary arithmetic. Machinists. steam
engineers, blacksmiths, carpenters. plumb
ers. telegraphers. topographers. draughts-
men, photographers, railroad men, rig
gers. boatmen, and those skilled in the
use of explosives are especially desired.
The regiment is designed for coast de-
fences and work on fortifications.
THE COLORED SOLDIERS ORDERLY.
The Henrico citizens. who live in the
neighborhood of Camp johnson. Poplar
Springs. say the colored soldiers quartered
there are most orderly, and have given
them no trouble whatever.
Mr.. J. G. Bromell farmer living near
the camp, said yesterday that he and
his neighbors had a vague notion that the
men would depredate on their property,
and In other ways make their presence
ODJtcllOHdDlS. he ana tNSy are pleased
to find that nothing of the kind is the
case. The men are required by their
officers to observe strict discipline. and
are promptly punished when the orders
Of the camp are violated The officers
themselves are polite. Another feature
of their being there which pleases is that
they buy the farmers vegetables, and
Chief-of-Commissary Barney Frischkorn
never fails TO see that they are paid for
them promptly.
VIRGINIA IN CUBA.
Lieutenant Carte Johnston, who landed
in Cuba at Palo Alto, in command OF a
lot of troopers, and who was engaged in
a battle there with the Spaniards, form
erly lived in this city and in Staunton
Mr.. Beverly c. Mosby, son of Colonel |
John S. Mosby, who was here recently, |
has been appointed to a second lieu |
in the United States Marine |
Corps. He expects to leave for Cuba |
next week. Mr.. Mosby received the en- |
dorsement and active assistance OF Sena- |
tor Daniel in his effort TO secure the APP
pointment.
Mr.. w. Harry Cardoza, Of the Blues. |
has been transferred to the Engineer |
Corps. with chevrons on his arm.
Miss +. NJ. Walcott. OF HAMPTON. is in |
the city soliciting subscriptions for the
aid of wounded soldiers in Hampton.
Mrs. b. L. Purcell will receive all dona.
tons.