The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-02
THE FOURTH MAY
60 ON A MARCH.
General Lee Awakened al the First
BugIe Call.
THEN THE HOUR WAS CHANGED.
tie Rents a House for His Family near
Camp-Capt. WIZARDS Residence
IN the Ncighborhood-MsJ. Tyler
on TO mpa-Promotions

CAMP COLUMBIA, CUBA, Jan. 10
SpeciaL-1he Fourth Virginia remain ID
its customary inactivity outside Of tha
morning dun. guard mount and dress
parade Ia the evening. one battalion
each OF the Fourth illinois. siNth MS
souri, and First North Carolina hegi-
monts started as a provisional regiment
on practice march early IN the week
with the intention OF going about forty
miles into the country. making from
eight 20 ten miles day After TWO days
OF rest they will start on their return
trip. IL IS likely that the Fourth VIZ
ginia Regiment viii soon be selected Tor
n similar trip
our regiment IS now the third one IN
numerical strength in the entire army
corps. following closely the torty-ninih
Iowa and Sixth Missouri Regiments in
the order named. The First North Caro-
lima Regiment. which BIS the oldest one in
the corps. is the smallest n numbers.
The soldiers are we'll pleased With tho
change I'm the hour OF rcveille. FOR they
| did not Ike much the idea OF answering
rou-call before daylight.
OWE IT TO LIE
They owe the change 10 q peculiar Incl
/ don't ON last Saturday General Lee
/ arose AZ the first bue'e call 10 meet his
! family upon their arrival from mo United
D
shortly OTTER - o'clock. and subsequently
inquired az what hour the FIRST bugle call
I was sounded. Upon being informed that
{ this took place at G a. ~ be decided thar
this was entieeiy too early. ana immc-
+ diately directed am order 20 De issued.
postponing rcvollle until 6Ij a. NJ
J General Lee has rented n house for he
family in Quemados about a mile and "a
/ half from corps headquarters. The build
J inc - In 80 no
pied hy the family OF Captain Joseph
! r. willard. the assistant quartefmaster
{ Of the Seventh Army Corps. Captain
/ willard recently returned from Tampa.
J whore hc had been on O leave of alb
scnce to bring his family over.
MAJOR TYLER.
Major Heth Tyler who LETT last Mon
| dOy week with an escort from the Four p
/ Virginia Regiment 20 pay on troops in
| Trinidad Province Santa Clara, has not
: yet returned. He went from there 10
Tampa 20 pay troops On camp there.
! Private Charles j. Parker. Of Company
| IT, who received his discharge from the
| service over a week ago. is s.iii with Us.
} When his discharge paper reached here,
! 10 was discovered that 10 had been Is
! sued for Charles j. IIarker instead or
! Charles j. Parker and 10. therefore, had
! 10 be returned 20 Washington for cor
/ ftfNlNN TIC ANM'N JUS AliI"NfA Nhtfi' f'' p
! easy. being satisfied that 90 viii be only
| "a question of ~ few days when he Will
| be once more a free man.
J Ny attention has been called 70 pas
4 sage IN one % my recent letters. which.
as some of my friends think might De-
| misconstrued implying an injustice,
1 which was hy no means intended. IN pee
| ferring u the heavy rain stoim that Wis
| tied our camp 'me Two weeks ago, ani
| describing its effects. 1 remarked that the
] rain drove the guards from their posts
| and that the officer OF the guard int
| mated that he might have acted ikeNi+'
| under similar circumstance.
This was Of course said ln jest AMI
| as the standing OF the Fourth Virginia
! Regiment is known 10 have been always
| without blemish. a breach of discipline
OF such nature could not have very
/ well occurred and would certainly nor
J have been in keeping with us previous
reputation as 20 military efficiency
PROMOTION.
| The following promotions have been
! announced IN Company J. Of Franklin.
/ CAPTAIN Vaughan commanding. PriNate7
! William + skinner. TheOn o. Camp and
/ Roy /. Warning have been made corro-
! rails. and Private John Morris has been
, appointed company cook In the place OF
! Private John II. Skinner.
Some promotions have also been made
! In Company II as PriVates Kinds King
and CulDepor have been appointed cor
] porals. and Private Penny has been IN
} stalled az company cook. with the rank
. and pay OF a corporal
! Several members OF the regimenial
band have. upon their own application.
been turned over 10 different companles.
; The remaining members. however. are 10
[ form the nucleus OF a. new band % be-
, orranized BY Mfr Fred. Raycraft. the
! former principal musician. who has been
/ promoted 10 chief musician. I'm the place
J ~ W ". White. who has received his
! discharge Musician ". Manual has been
} promoted 10 principal musician ~ sue
/ cessor % Mr. Raycrat C. w