The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-20
JOHN COOLEY DEAD
Second Regiment Loses An
other Good Soldier.
BODY INFERRED HERE
THE REGIMENT GOES ON IT'S
TRAMP TO MILBURNIE.
TWO DESERTtRs SENT TO FT. MCPHERSON
Sentence Reduced from Three Years to One on
Account Of You!hfulness Of The Men.
Left Last Night over Southern.
Uuder Guard.
Uuder Guard.

Private John Cooley, whose critical
condition was reported in yesterday S
paper, died about II o'clock of
night before last. Yesterday morning !;
detail of four men with pick and shovel,
alighting from the cars, told of another
vacancy in the ranks of the Second rcgi-
ment.
At noon the body passed with an es-
cort of seven men from Captain Bells
company to the Federal cemetery, where
it was Inferred Chaplain Osborne read
ing the burial services of the Episcopal
church. Not relative nor even MEM
Der of his company was present.
Cooley was a member of Company /,
Captain c. w. Jeffreys, of Tarboro, now
at St Augustine, Fla. His home was
near Tarboro, where his father, now
nearly 80 years old, waits for his boy
who went forth at his country's call,
and came not back again. Cooley was
hardly more than % years of age.
The records of the hospital show that
he was admitted on June %, suffering
from measles. Before he had recovered
sufficiently to be discharged he develop
ed typhoid fever and had little chance
of recovery from the beginning.
Cooley made an excellent soldier while
i'll the regiment. was dutiful and ODE
dent, none more so.
The order from headquarters approx
ing the action of the court martial in
condemning Robert Carver, of Company
III, and William Miller, of Company NJ
to three years i'll prison for desertion,
has arrived. The time of service was
reduced from three years to one year.
The text of the order follows:
Headquarters Department of the Gulf,
Atlanta, Ga, July Is, 1898.
Special Orders No. IS:
1. Private Robert Carver, Company
III, Second North Carolina Volunteer
Infantry, having been tried by Il gen
eral court martial convened ut Camp
Dan Russell, Raleigh, y. c., and found
guilty of desertion, in violation of the
41th article, was sentenced Ito be dis
honorably discharged from the service
of the United States FORGETTING all pay
and allowances due him, and to be con-
fined at hard labor in such post as the
reviewing authority may direct for three
90 years
The sentence is approved July 18th.
1898. In consideration. however, of the
youth and ineXperience of the accused,
the period of confinement is reduced to
one year. As thus mitigated the SEN
tence will be duly executed. Fort Nc
Pherson, Georgia. is designated as the
place of confinement, to which post the
prisoner will be sent under proper
guard.
BY command of Brigadier General
Pennington.
w. Z. HALL, A. A. G.
On receipt of the order of approval,
Colonel Burgwyn issued the following
order:
Camp Dan Russell, July 10 1893.
Special Order No. 50:
In obedience to special order No. GO,
Department of the Gulf, Corporal b. +. |
Haskell, of Company FL, and Private J.
J.. III. Still, of Company c, are hereby !
detailed as Il guard to convey Privates /
Robert Carver, of Company III, and Will /
liam Miller of Company Nj, to their
place of confinement. The said detail
will proceed by the next train on the |
Southern Railway. and will deliver the
said Carver and Miller to the command !
ing officer of Fort Mcpherson. The !
quartermaster will provide transporta-
ton and the commissary of subsistence
will furnish travel rations.
BY Order of
COL. w. Fl. S. BURGWYN.
S. II. M'RAE,
First Lieut. and Acting Adjutant.
Under this order Corporal Haskell and
Private Still left last night with their
prisoners for Fort McPherson
While the penalty in these two cases
is not IN any sense extreme, it is ex-
pected TO have n salutary effect The
danger of descrtion now, however is
small. The men have become accus-
toned to the life in camp, and so far MS
the men of the Second regiment are
concerned, there is no inclination to de-
sert.
The troops leave this morning for a
march across country, in accordance
with the following order of Colonel Bur
gwyn:
Headquarters Second Regiment, y. c.
infantry, L. S. ", Camp Dan Russell,
Raleigh, \. c.. July 10th, 1898.
Special order No. 80: A practice
march for the command is hereby or
dered for tomorrow "wednesday the
Doth instant. Reveille will be sounded
at a. m.. breakfast served at a. M,
and the march will begin at Il. IN. The
men will be in light marching order;
blouses left behind and canteens filled
before starting.
Blanket bags will contain blankets and
ponchos. Shelter tents for the men and
flies for the officers will be transported
by wagons.
Qaurtermaster will furnish necessary
wagon transportation, and the men will
be supplied with two days rations.
Company commanders will be expected
TO have i'll ranks every man capable Of
march of ten miles, but the GONZALES
cent and weak will remain in camp,
and relieve the present guard and they
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