Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-07-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
TOorrespondsnce OF TIL a'ex .rdrin Gazette. !
Washington, July 6.

Correspondence OF th- A'extciris Gazette
Washington, July 6.
The order containing toe general rules
prescribed for toe recruiting of ten vol
unteer regiments, to be known as the
26th-36th, regiments of Infantry, U. S.
Volunteers, was promulgated from the
Adiutant Generals Office today. Ap'
plicants for comm ssions, except officers
of the regu ar army. will be required to
pass a satisfactory examination as to
age, moral, mental and physical tit'
ness, and capacity 10 command troops,
and must have had service during the
Spanish American war. Enlistments
will be made for the period ending June
80. 1901, unless sooner discharged, aud
without restriction as TO citizenship or
educational qualifications, but in all
other respects under the same rule and
regulations as are prescribed for recruit
ing the regular service. Except IL
special cases only unmarried men will
be enlisted. The 9th regiment will
be recruited at Camp Meade, Pa, and
the district from which the recruits will
be taken includes the State of Con.
necticut, the portion of the State of
New York, south of the AID degree Of
latitude, the States OF Maryland, Vir.
ginia, West Virginia, North Carolina
and the District of Columbia. The
total number of officers in each regi.
meut will be so; the total number of
enlisted men 1859. Height, not less
than feet 4 inches, weight not less
than l20 nor more than 100 pounds.
A handsome group photograph OF the
party who recently inspected the bat
tlefelds near fredericksburg, taken at
the time of that inspection, has been
completed. The most prominent pic
lures in its are those of Senator Martin
of Virginia, Mr.. Frank Hume of Alex
andrie county and Major 0. E. Hine of
Fairfax.
Colonel Henderson, who Will be
Speaker of the House, is here, on his
wav to Massachusetts where he will
spend the summer. He has been called
upon by many members of the House
in referen CO to committee positions,
but he persists in his statement that he
has not and " i'll not as yet consider the
composition of the House committees.
The President today appointed seven
additional colonies of volunteer regi-
ments for the Philippines as follows:
Major James NJ. Bell, Isl Cavalry, to
command the 9th regiment, was ap-
pointed from Pennsylvania; Colonel
James S. Pettitt, to command the 2Sth,
was formerly colonel of the 4th I'm
munes, appointed from Ohio; Captain
Edward E. Hardin, colonel OF the 29th.
was appointed from Kentucky; Captain
L. A. Craig, 9th Cavalry, to command
the 32nd, was appointed from Missouri.
C,l. Luther B. Hare, of tho SD, is cap.
tain Of the eth cavalry; he was appointed
from Texas. Major William A. Kobbe. 3rd
artillery to command 35th, was appointed to
the army from New York. CAPT Cornelius
| Gardner, of the 30th, is from the 18th in
fantry he was appointed from Michigan
The President also appointed E. E. Spence, Of
Georgia. as major of volunteers Frank E.
Crenshaw. OF Georgia, captain; Marion
Madison, of Alabama, second lieutenant,
aud S. G. Orr, Of Georgia, as assistant quarter
master. Cspt. NJ. F. Steel, Sth, Cavalry;
First lieut.. Hairy L. Hawthorn, 9th, Artil.
lery; First Lieut.. Walter c. Short, 10Th,
Cavalry; First Lieut.; Albert Laws, Oath, In
fantry; First Lieut.. George L. Bryan, LIST,
Cavalry; Second Lieut.. Jos. Wheeler, jr, 4th,
Artillery.
Dispatches from Cuba today report the yell
low fever there as on the increase.
Harold c. Snyder, who has just been COM
mssioned as se"ond lieutenant in the U. s.
marine corps, is son of Mrs. s. K. Snyder
formerly of Alexandria. He has been conf.
dental secretary OF Senator Daniel and OF
Secretaries Herbert and Long.
The friends of Lieut.. J. NJ. Nesle, U. 8.
Amy, convicted of embezzling are trying to
have him pardored upon the ground that
Captain Carter, convicted a year ago Of steal.
ing thousand times more. is still on the roll
and drawing pay. This evening the Presi.
dent approved the sentence OF dismissal in the
csse of Lieut. j. NJ. Neal.
Major General Joseph Wheeler, has been
ordered TO report to Major General Otis, at
Manila.
Ex-senator Mills of Texas is here or pri
vate business. BE has suddenly acquired
large fortune by the sale of valuable oil wells
on his land to the Standard Oil Company,
and is not now bothered about politics. He
lays friend gave him pair of peacocks
some years ago, and bad luck came with
them, but that having gotten rid of them. his
luck changed, and that he is better oil now
than he