The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11


themselves. have tntigln the volunteers
4 y how TO do the same
rho 5rcrimcniai organizations were in-
sufficient In many Instances, which
caused the volunteer troops to so hungry
& tic first two days. The regulars on
e those days had plenty to eat and when
tim n,anocuvcrs concluded Mt the end
+ OF the second day, appeared as fresh
al when they started ort. Their supply
trains were never out OF touch with
the regiments. and u short time after
the recall sounded the wagons numbered
up With supplies.
,rhe volunteer regimental commanders
and the utiartcrnlastcrs appear to have
learned that tho secret OF having the 11ei,
n lii good shape was to have them We'll
fed and that the only way In which the
mon could be well fed was to have the
wagons close at hand, or, ut lenst TO
know where they were when the engage
mcht closed. This was given special at
ID ,tention "Wednesday and Thursday, with
tho result that most OF the men had
plenty OF food as soon as they were ready
to cat 1t after the signal for the close
y OF the hattie. There we're few strng-3
glcrs, and there was but little grt,inb-
I ling.
Better Equipment.
The close contact into which the vol
II unteers have been brought with the reg
ulars has put into the heads OF the for
nier n desire for better cQlipment. They
liavo discovered that the regular soldiers
have many things with which to make
themselves comfortable OF which votn-
tecrs never heard. aud 1t is pretty GER
tain they Will begin Kicking for these
when they get home. And they VIII get
them, for Uncle Sam Is VIGOROUSLY gen
etous in the matter of supplying his c...i-
RI n 5xl.it \, n ~
need Iii pr;icticing the art of killing their
fellow men In u scientific manner, and
also in furnishing them whatever Is pos,
sible to make themselves comfortable III
81 doing so. E5S
In this connection .it Is mot amiss 10
state that's general officer who forbade
% the use or his name said on tho after
& noon of thu arrival of tho virginia troops
NJ ut Camp Mol that the Seventeen $V VI
ginia had several articles of equipment
5 which tho regulars hnSc not! vet 8Decn
X given. 1t occurred to me hat this SPOKE IEk
4 well for tljutant-C General Nallc and other
officers, WHO have been atsworks for years
trying 10 increase the efficiency of the
Virginia volunteer soldiers.
Virginia's Fine Showing.
ssh may interest Virginians to know.
that regular officers think tho average
height and weight Of, the Virginia sol
Ss5 tlicrh is under that nf the men from any
other State represented In the manocu-.
5vres. The Massachusetts men were sad
s. to be the largest. This Is the nlon or
2 an officer of the regular army.
There Is not doubt that the Virginia
s4 soldiers however, were q the III equals II
@ not the superiors. Of the soldiers OF any
u other State in bcaling, ana there is mo
doubt thu they were, no. surlS $50 by
those or any other State In endurance
of the fatigue OF the, manoelivrcs5 OF
3 d course there were some stragg lers, but
the number was small 5ns8compared with
that from otheriiesimcnts5o of equnl size:
The discipline md training OF the reg
Z i1nent was evidenced By lis being select cd
HI; every day as the advance of the Fourth
Brigade: This was the post Q u honor
Il II The Sixteenth regulars, which marched
4 behind the Nirslnans, have declaration
E every cccas Ion that they have aneYersfol-
lowed men who marched faster or5sWnp
: could stand it better.
sj5 EveryIo inc Of the Thousands Of soldiers
here during the rlanocuvres, has been on
the lookout for souvenirs. There have
been many bullets found, and Il Massu-
chuscttss man found an old cavalry
ID .;ftre III the woods sou of the NYarrel-s
5 ton Turnpike, about two miles west Of
81 Grovetoli., Il a. Massachusetts soldier also,
4 found an old sariny musket, the stock,
" rotted away and the: barrel almostEeatcll
7fS up With rust. fi .g 81 fl "
tic 5,trst had not eaten It would"
0 hc said, M II had only two sandwiches sin
q two days IL 4yy}s
All old gentleman from Iowa, sixty
IS two years old, wearing n PRINCE Albert;
& coat, the broad black tie, stiff, shiny
II shirt /, general air OF benevolcncc. and
prosperity. arrived III camp 81 hursday.s
6 He announced that Ills object was 3firdi
the grave where his leg was buried after
tg being a mpututcd at the hospital Esnssthe
rs old stonehousc at the second battlc.tsEa
He declared the next day, he had found
$50 the exact spot where the leg wns In
.ss5tcrrcd. AZ Georgia soldier declares the
& old follow shed tears over the legs grave
q And IL Mark Twain wcpt when he stood
Y by the grareeOfS Adam. his earliest an
cestor. why Should not that Iowa VET
81 Gran have INDUCED In lachrymosc rcflcc-
lions al the graYcside OF his leg?
'Preraration for War
Avery significant sentence occurs IN
Tho general order published by General
Corbin o-day on '&eiinuuEhing his com
u1and OF The mattoetfv:e corps. II is this:
preparation for war no, an illus.caiion
Of war itself has been The object sought. :.
II does not rcGulreSnn acute mind nor.
very profound student Of the growth OF
popular ideas TO realize The wonderful!
incrcnsc In strength Of tho military sen
timent III America in less than decade
ever since he slipuldercd The musltet to
mako Spain ASSUME Il different attitude
toward tlyat portion Of her people who
dcsided In insulnr possessions. The So.
called ppmp and circumstance or war
has always stirred, md perhaps will al
ways stir the blood Of the popuncc until