The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-03-23
THE NEW MILITARY.
Arrangements Making to Re-
organize State Troops.

organize State Troops.
There is now ready for use in the equip.
ment OF the Virginia military about 500,
600, equally divided between State and
national appropriations.
Acknowledgement Corbin has notified
Governor Tyler that the War Department
is ready to furnish the State with its
quota of arms. 1t is not probable that
the men will get Krag-Jorgensens, but
that they will be supplied with the i'm
proved Springfield arm.
Governor Tyler wishes to have the State
military recognized as soon as possible.
There has been no need for troops recently,
but the Governor wishes to have military
companies scattered throughout the State
so that he can have a force within easy
striking distance of the scene of any
trouble that may arise.
UNIFORMS on HAND.
The present military force of the State
ISAAC. These have uniforms. In addition
to this there are new uniforms for the
First Regiment. These are of gray cloth.
They were made in Philadelphia about the
time of the breaking out of the war last
spring.
All, or nearly all, the companies which
were discharged from the service of the
State by reason Of entering the national
service will ask to r%e-enter the service of
Virginia. Many Of them had a long
existence prior to the last war, the ma
Jority of them having made historic
records in the war between the States.
The Lynchburg Home Guards, the Monti.
cello Guards, of Charlottesville; the
Walker Light Guard, the Guard of the
Commonwealth, and the Old Dominion
Guard of Richmond, the Portsmouth Rifles,
the A. p. Hill Rifles, the Danville COM
panies, indeed, the list Of historic organ
izations which lost their identity bv enlist
ing for the Spanish American war, could
he prolonged, it the Fourth Regiment,
which has IN it many vell-known organ
i%zations, were included. 1t is understood
that every one of these will reorganize
under its old name.
Assistant Inspector General 10 Lane
Stern is at work on a plan of reorganizing
the State troops, which will be submitted
to the Governor in Il few days. Owing TO !
extreme illness in Adjutant General
Males family, which has kept him at his
home, in Culpeper, for several weeks, he
has not been able to work on this ,
question. 8
CAPITOL NOTES. .
Governor Tyler is devoting considerable !
study to the recent capture in Tangier
Sound by the Virginia police-boat, under C
Captain Parks. of two Maryland vessels !
that had been taking oysters in Virginia l.
waters. Governor Lowndes asked that
the two men of the crews still held in
Jail he discharged, and that o
their vessels, awaiting condemnatorv pro- e
~~~N'"b9, " teturheu 10 tnem. Inc mat y
was referred to DR.. Frank Fletcher. y
OF the State Board of Fisheries. I
who in turn referred it to Commonwealth
Attorney B. 7. Guntner, of Accomac b
Mr.. Guntner reports that the D
men were unquestionably, so far as he can g
guilty of taking oysters in Virginia ..
but were pursued into MARYLAND CO
waters and oyerhauled. Mr.. Guntuer IN
bitterly opposes surrendering the men and
boats TO Maryland. Governor TYLER is re
INVESTIGATING the matter iu. iher. At II
east, a portion of the men have been in. =.
iicted, and, of course. these cannot be B,
discharged except by the court. an
A Washington county man wrote Gov. y,
'rnor Tyler yesterday asking for a .soot wa
u close to carry the mail in"
DR.. A. s. Priddy, of Charlotte county. at
allied at the capitol observation-disclosures nc
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