The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-16
THE BAND PLAYED DIXIE.
AT CAMP RUSSELL YESTERDAY THIS IA
VoRlTE SOUTHERN AIR WAS HEARD,
Another Deserter Caught Meet Here 10 60
TO Manila Camp Notes.

Lieutenant L. L. Gilmer left yesterday
afternoon to spend a few days at his
| home at Greensboro.
Lieutenant Plato Durham left yester-
| day on the evening train for Greensboro.
| He will return in a few days.
The chief of police at Ashevile has
arrested another deserter and will bring
| him into camp this morning. He is VIII
| Miller, Of Captain CoOper's company.
MesSrs. s. II. Harris, Herman Roedi-
ger and Frank McClain, of Charlotte ar
rived here yesterday to see about getting
assignments in the signal corps that is
being gormed at San Francisco, to 90
to Manila. All are expert telegraphers.
the two former being employed i'm the
Western Union and the latter in the Sea-
board Air Line offices at Charlotte. 1t is
not known yet whether General Merritt
will need these men or not. General
Cowles will do all in his power to get
them in the corps.
Private Jim Burns is the champion
singer and laughing man at the camp.
He belongs to Captain Cooper s company.
and it is said you can hear him laugh a
quarter of a mile.
A farmer coming in the city yesterday
morning said he met two soldiers near
Merry Oaks, and they told him they
had left their company (Asheville) be-
cause the government hadn't done what
they promised. Both Of the men had on
their uniforms.
Yesterday afternoon that grand old air
ever dear to the Southern heart, Dixie"
was played for the first time at dress pa
rade by the band. The crowd present
showed their appreciation by giving the
band three hearty cheers as they passed
in review. The band is making rapid
progress, and as soon rs the new
instruments arrive will discourse some
frst-class music There is now not Il
bass horn in the band.
The invoice and bill Of lading was re-
ceived here yesterday for 400 new rifles,
which are for the use of the new re-
cruits in the Second regiment.
The measles have been entirely stamp
ed out o. the camp. There is not a single
new case.
One Of the men in the Greensboro com
pany has a violin and has an admiring
crowd around him every time he plays.
Captain Edmund Jones is officer of the
day today.
The parade dress took place yesterday
afternoon on the old Camp Bryan
Grimes drill grounds. The ground at
Camp Russell was wet and very muddy
The first sergeant of the Tarboro COM
pany knows every mans name in his
company from memory. and does not
have to use the roll book when forming
his company for drill.
Mr.. Van Horn, who is to conduct the
Young Mems Christian Association meet
ings at the camp, has arrived and viii
erect his gospel tent today. 1t will be
located between the mess hall and guard
house.
Both the chaplains of the North Caro-
lima regiments are Episcopalians. The
Governor offered the chaplaincy
of the second regiment to
the Methodists before Rev.
b. A. Osborne, who was a brave Con
federate soldier, was appointed. The
Biblical Recorder in Il recent issue has
word to say about the chaplains:
1T is one Of those strange transgres-
sions of the fitness of things that the
two regiments of North Carolina soldiers,
composed largely of soldiers of Metho-
dist and Baptist predictions, have
Episcopalian chaplains. BY reason of
the inclination Of the chaplain of the
First regiment to discourage independ-
ent work among the soldiers, very little
was done here, but through the good
Offices of Col Burgwyn, ready access
was given to the Second regiment, and
preachers in this State who have
way. There are not a few Baptist
preachers in this State who would have
been good chaplains, ana there are many