Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-19
ON EVE OF MOVING.
The Second Regiment Almost Ready to
Start Southwark.
EXPECTED TO MARCH SATURDAY,
But the Order May Not Come from the
Department Until Sunday.
THE FOURTH WILL FOLLOW SOON.
IL IL Expected All the Men Will BE
Ordered from Camp Lee by Middle
of the weeL-yo Virginia Brigu-
der.
THE FOURTH WILL FOLLOW 500

Regiment will start to Tampa Saturday
night or Sunday.
The last company composing the regi-
ment will be mustered in by tomorrow
night The fact Will be at once reported
to Secretary Alger, and immediate
marching orders are expected. These
may not come before Sunday morning
but there Is little doubt OF their being
received some time Saturday.
Among the officers and men OF the Sc
cond there was a general hutter OF eN-
pectation last night at the prospect Oh
soon moving to the front And there
was citation, also, for a fact very notice-
able to everybody during the last war Is
equally apparent among the Virginia SOL
diers of to-day-they are tired OF mac
ton. "To the 'front.'" is the universal cry
ARE ANXIOUS TO FIGHT.
TO those who have not enlisted, ana
have no intention OF doing so, this ap-
pears inexplicable, and if they know no
thing of the temper OF the men at Camp
Lee they may decline to believe that the
soldiers want TO see service. TWO hours
spent with the men any of these fine al
ternoons will convince the sceptical that
the BOYS who have donned the livery OF
Uncle Sam are anxious to fight. 1t can
only be explained on the theory that the
front is the natural place for the sololer-
camp-life is unnatural and irksome.
The officers are preparing for early de-
narture. The field officers are securing
horses and all the commissioned men
are arranging officers messes. several
staff officers are away from Richmond,
having obtained leave to go home and at
tend finally to matters of business, bst
all those of the Second will report here
this afternoon.
BE MUSTERED IN TO-DAY.
Company 3. Captain Russell and Com
pany M. Captain Bossieux, will be exam
ined and mustered in to-day, or rather,
II will be tonight when the work is COM
pleted. Company j., Captain Owen, VIII
probably not be mustered In before to-
morrow, as II lacks seven men of the
required strength. Captain owen had his
men i'm line, the required number yes
terday, and the muster-in was about 10
begin. when seven men fell out, ana the
others had to wait until the necessary
recruits could be obtained Captain owen
was much mortified by the sudden and
entirely unexpected action of the seven
whose hearts grew faint at the last mo-
ment. He has worked very hard to OBJ
tain his full strength having lost
number of men on the physical examine
ton.
The Second has not yet mustered in
musicians, but the band of the Virginia
Polytechnical Institute will arrive pro-
badly tonight, or tomorrow, having
been summoned by wire. Lieutenant
Shanks, who was for number of years
ccmmandant at the Polytechnical Insu-
tute. saws the band is one of the best he
ever saw. and will furnish fine music. III
consists of twenty-six pieces, but two
will have TO be dropped, as the regula-
tons admit of only twenty-four pieces
The members Of the band will be en-
listed in the twelve companies or the
regiment, two in each company, ana as
soon as enlisted will be detailed as musl-
clans. The Blacksburg Band, with the
exception of the leader and probably one
or two others. are alumni of the Poly
technical Institute
WILL FOLLOW IT QUICKLY.
Though the Second will march first, the
preparations for starting South at an
early date are in general progress among
the members of the Fourth, also' as IL
Is generally believed this regiment VIII
move almost as soon as the Second. The
Company ID. Hampton, will reach mere
Tomorrow. and it will almost certainly
he mustered in by Monday afternoon. All
the companies of the Fourth are not full
vet but there are believed TO be enough
men on the ground at Camp Lee, who
came here with other companies that
had their full strength. to make up what
is lacking number of recruits, enough
10 fill up all vacancies in Company
(Suffoll). arriy- 4 yesterday. II seems rea-
sonable to expect that the Fourth VIII
be mustered in by Monday night Pro-
badly Tuesday it will be speeding SOUTH
1r0NPANIEs SHORT OF MEN. y
The muster in of the Third will hardly
no COMPLETED before the middle of the
yeek The last of its companies-Com-
many / CaDtain Willard-will reach here
Sunday morning 1t has not its fuIl
ouota by twelve or fifteen men. though
CAPTAIN Willard thought, when In Rich-
mond Tuesday, that these would be Sc
cured by the time his company starter,
to.searnp.
: Company c. Farmville, lacks aeesst~teY
men vet, but Captain Allen returned thet
Yesterday. and said he felt certain on
securing the men needed. Other com
NAMES of the regimens still lack men
bur recruits >can in every instance u
secured with little or no diftcultY.-/
HINDER -A-REGUhAFa-B
While il is certain that two Virginia
regiments will be ordered TO Tampa, and
may form a part of General Lees divi-
sion. il is not thought the Third will be
sent there at all, certainly not now, and
II IS pretty we'll assured that the Virginia
troops will be brigaded with a regiment
from another State, and that "a regular
army brigadier will be I'm command.
Colonel Baker of the Second. returned
from Washington yesterday, whittier he
went TO urge upon the Senators and Con-
pressmen the ACCESSIBILITY of having Gene
raj Nalle placed at the head Of the Viz
ginia troops, formed into one brigade.
He had to return, feeling pretty well con-
WINGED, not only that the Virginia TROOPS
would not be formed into brigade, but
that an officer from the regular army
would be placed in command of that OF
which the Second and Fourth Virginia
regiments will form a part. 1t was
thought possible, however, that General
Male might receive brigadiers commits
sion. without being assigned 10 brigade
Of Nirginians-
ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNOR
Colonel Baker carried the following
strong endorsement OF General Male by
Governor Tyler:
Richmond. Va, May l6. 1898.
His ExcelIency William Mckinley Pres |
ident of the United States. Washing |
ton, ID. C:
Sir,--Recalling the statement made to
you in my letter of a few days ago. and |
personal representations given suisse !
quently. i write again TO earnestly re-
quest that you appoint General William