The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-15
BUCKETS
FULL IN CUBA.
Fourth Regiment Learn Something of
Tropical Storms.
SOUTHWESTERN OFF THElRP POSTS
Richmond Soldiers Arrested by the
Provost Guard and Confined Were
Released by Gen. Ludlow's Or
dcr-9Ien Start in business.

CAMP COLUMBIA. CUBA. JAN s.
The worst night which the Fourth ever
experienced was last night, when the
rain came down On torrents. Shortly
after dark black clouds began 70 unload
tbo.r contents and with few brief in
termissions there was a continuous
down-pour until morning. An empty
watcr-buckct that was set out empty
from our tent soon after it began TO
rain. was found 20 be filled TO overflow
ing at royoille this morning.
When q awokc this morning about
three inches of water stood on the
ground The tents of the regiment are
pitched ON somewhat slanting ground,
those on the upper end Of tho company
streets occupying a large plot Of grass.
The tents on the lower end or the camp
were erected on corn or sweet potato
fields. Contrary t0 expectation. the
tents I'm the corn and potato patches
were found % be dry this morning while
the others were visited by a genuine
flood.
We were supplied with wooden floors
to-day. which viii be laid tomorrow,
after the limestone. which we broke up
to-day and dumped into the mud, has
absorbed all the superiuous fluid and
become sufficiently hardened.
SENTINBI4S DESERT
Tho greatest sufferers of an. were the
scntiuols who were exposed 20 the IN
c.fmcucy OF the elements without the
least shelter. One by one they retreatcd
from their posts. when thcy saw that
there was no end 90 the dOWn-pOur and
sought shelter as fas as possible in the
80 Il 81
remarked that ne could not blame the
scnuncls for leaving their posts under
these circumstances and that he would
have done the same thing. had he been
Ia their position.
Company T.. Of Suffolk. Captain
Causev commanding, has lost another
member I'm the death Of Private Joseph
Moles. OF Manchester. who succumbed
10 spinal meningitis yesterday morning
Tho interment took place las. evening
under military hOnOrs in the cemetery
near camp. This is the eighth death
that has occurred in this company since
it has been mustered into the service Of
Uncle sam.
A letter from Second Lieutenant James
T. Hagen. who is on a sick leave at his
home in Bon Air with typhoid fever.
stated that az the time Of his writing
he had left his bed for the first time and
that he would have 10 apply for an eX-
tension OF sixty days before he would
be able 10 report FOR duty
SENATOR DANIEL IN CAMP.
The men of the Fourth Regiment were
greatly surprised. when they learned
from the newspapers that Senator John
w. Daniel was in Havana on evacuation
day. A few evenings later he visited
Colonel Taylor I'm camp. but on both oc-
casions he failed 10 make his presence
known 20 the men. much 10 the aston
ishment OF everybody.
Corporal Arthur Schaan. Of Company
X. OF Petersburg Captain Jackson COM
handing. has been reduced TO ranks at
the request OF his captain. Private j.
A. Campodonico, OF the same command.
has been appointed cook OF that COM
pany with the rank and pay OF cor
poral
Several officers OF Company NJ started
for a visit 70 the city yesterday IN
charge Of First Lieutenant Spencer
Upon dlsembarking at the railroad sta
ton they were stopped by Captain VIM.
Pitcher OF the Eighth U. S. Infantry. as
their passes were only endorsed by Col
onel Taylor. and not by the commandant
OF the division. as the latest order re-
quired.
SCENE SHIFTED.
Sergeants Tim Lansing and Thurby
Cav managed 70 slip away from the
crowd. but were soon afterwards cap
tured and incarcerated in Castle de la
Frouta, near Morre Castle. where they