The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-25
MILITARY SCENES
Strange.Appearance Of the City Under
Af Military Rule,

tWhile tHe tramp, tramp Vh many tesL
echoed through the streets OF Richmond.
The sight and the sound were 9 like ,ii1-
Usual, and they created a profound sen
sation In tho city. People gathered curi-
ously along the sidewalks to watch the
men as they marched by, and focks OF
boys and others 4 lioyored around the
TANKS Of the columns whenever one APP
pearcd. Every car as It passed along tho
tracks presented a9fostile front. which
oHclted tho curiosity and frequently the
ire of those who beheld the sight Front
and back sat grizzly blue-coated soldiers,
with bayonetted rnuskets standing stark
and straight before them It was a
strange and startling sIght-slcll az has
never before been witnessed IN Richmono.
Eight Hundred Of Them.
Perhaps eight hundred men were In the
city by the early morning All OF the OUT
.of-town companies arrived carly IN the
day and reported at once Tor duty.
Arond the Scvcntieth Regiment Armory
the scenes were warlike in the extreme.
Patroling tho streets were several pckets.
while in the doorway stood two sentincls
who challenged every man who ap-
preached the door who was not himself
a soldier. Admittance was gained only
after waiting for various and sundry IN
quiries and considerable running about.
Or the inside the sight was perhaps more
striking than ever. Bayoncts and NUS
kGLS DIlSllCu Ut OFCEy pOAhtp dAu eSh7
cral air OF preparation for trouble per-
,vaded the place. A long table stretched
out for the full length OF the building
held food for the men, many OF whom
were tired and hungry when they reached
here Everything was business-liko ana
thorough, In the extreme.
OFT to one, side was the ONCE OF Colonel
George Wayne Anderson, who was IN
command. with a full STAFF under him.
In the same room most of the time we're
Adjutant .Bosslaux and Sergeant Boshor,
both Of them busy and hard at work
transcribing and issuing orders and look
ing after other matters. Consultations
wero being held from time to time and
plans being mapped out whereby the city
could be most effectively covered. There
was little or no confusion In tho place.
The men wero stamping about like vet
Grams, doing their business IN q business
( like way. slt
Those Which Reported.
Besides the Richmond companies on the
sccne there were several others from
outside Two Of them arrived before
midnight Tuesday; the others cana In.
late, and all OF them were here by yes
terday morning. Those which reported
for duty arc the following: i.
Company D, Of ,arlottesvllle-Captal
7. P. Peyton; two officers and forty
three men.
Company q, Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES r.
z. CraiBhll; two. officers and flfty-two
mcn. fS.sfs "a
S. Martin; two officers and thlrty-nine
men. W.
Company X, OF staunton-Captainc Car
ter Braxton; two officers and forty-three
Company N, Of Danvllle-cap tain J. e.
Tarrar; three officers and forty-slx men,!
Company G, of lAle1andr ia-ca ptain
James r. King: three officers and forty
six men.
Company L, Of Fredericksburg
tain r. H. Revere; two officers and forty
six men.
All the Richmond companies Of the
Seventietll regiment were on duty. The
Blues and the Howltzers were also on
tho field ready for any emergency. Dur
ing tho day the Blues were held at their
armory, and mono Of the men were al.
lowed to leave. The Howitzers were
held In a, similar manner at their ar
s,nory on North Eighth Street. Every
sthInr. was held inEreadtness for response
to the slightest call. Every hour the
officer in command reported In person or
by telephone with headquarters. n
The men OF the various companies
were Housed In the three armorles-the
Seventieth regiment, the Blues and the
Howtzers-and the strictest discipline was
observed around the three places. The
filled by Mr.. Trischkorn and Mr.. HUI
cher. Huge tables were laid Tut In the
armores, and the food was cooked on
the spot by colored cooks. who We're
assisted by staff OF negro servants.
There was plenty to eat-good whole
some, well-cooked stuff, much better.
than the regular army ratons. Tor !
breakfast Mr.. 1Trischkorn gave the. mon
one hundred gallons Of coffee 40 loares
of fresh bread, $50 pounds Of pork steak.
and 100 pounds Of veal outlet At dinner
there were 100 pounds of beef. 1875 cab
bages boiled with ham. three barrels OF
Irish potatoes, 175 leaves OF bread, be-
sides coffee and pickles. Cold ham,
corned beef. potatoes, cheese and water
were provide for supper.
Hard at Work.
Work began for the men early In the
morning. In fact, many OF them set an
the night before, and were thoroughly
tired and worn out yesterday. morning,
Some OF tho men had not eaten for hours
and had not slept a wink for equally as
long.
Quite batch OF orders were issued,
during the day, but many Of them are
secret, This is the case with the instruc-%
lions as to when and when not to q, shoot
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to the cars. Company D., OF Charlottes-
vile. and Company K, Of staunton. es-
;tablshed headquarters It Main and LON
hardy Streets. and had charge OF tho cars
from the city limits to Fulton and re-
turn. Company and a portion Of Com
pany j., from l'arinville and Frederlcks-
burg, had charge Of the Clay Street line.
Company T. OF Lynchburg, and portion
Of Company l., of Fredericksburg, had
charge Of tho Eroad Street line, In some
cases, at one or two OF the most in,por-
tant points, entire companies were sent
out, Two companies stayed at Twenty
ninth and r Streets during Tuesday night,
One OF the most interesting OF the or
ders issued yesterday morning was one
irstructing the soldiers to break up all
OVER THE FENCE