Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-06
MOBILIZATION IS
ON. IN EARNEST NOW.
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in gold currency. Which was Skinned
mere from the treasury department in
Washington by express. A squad of
artillerYmcn with fixed bayonets
guarded the ,loubic.horse wagon
which conveyed the money from tho
express oiilcc Ia the vacant store
room ut 25i2 Washington avenue
where 1t was stored yesterday after.
noon and where Colonel Whipplc cs-
tahliShed his headquarters upon his
arrival. TIC store room was guarded
last night ny II squad of artillery
men under First L!eutcant 4. G.. Pen
dicton.
II was stated at the army head.
quarters last night that the money
would be put aboard the transport
Ianaina This morning aui sent 10
Cn'a. whcrc il will be used TO nav
oil the soldiers of the hrst cynr,!.
'ionary brigade there. None of the
Soldiers will bc paid of while tncv
arc in this city
Lively Scene at Encampment.
y lively scene was presented mt
tlc ehcampmcnt OF cmharkaiion lust
Ecyond the northern limits of The
cry when the soldiers went Into
camp yesterday aftcrn0n. A small
army OF men was busy pitching tents
'nr Gacn ana officers, laying cut camp
streets. "i'iiIg provisions ana co.,
ral!ng The i.'rscs, which were brought
III owe: the Chesapeake & Ohio :a.l.
r"'i !cSS. cay. Tho mon worked
RAPIDLY a:.i Systematically .and hv
niahliall everything was in cx1Gicnt
Shal Z" and he cncampmont looked as
.hough it !.lieht have been pc,,:nloG
-" several Gays, instead of amy
few hours
Many Soldiers on Streets.
soon alter the soldiers went INTO
camp many of them were given lib.
cf'y All Il large number VAS scs n
oh me streets late yesterday after
noon and 'a:t night. Tho t"Dorcr:
were well lcEavcd on the streets, and
me pnitcn department had No ,roiIhie
IN LccpinG CIDER and no arrests war.
Hide last night. CHIEF OF Police
ltrAnol S stated last night that. wine
he had received one or two com.
paints from the people Of North End
about the language used by some of
the soldiers, he expected To have
very little trouble with the soldiers.
He said they would not be molcsted
so long Us they conducted themselves
properly.
New Guns Issued
All OF the infantrymcn who arrived
yesterday, last night turned In rheir
guns to the ordnance officer and re-
ceived new guns with knife" bayo-
nets and improved sights These new
guns are Of 80 caliber and OF 1908
model. The "knife" bayonets are
OF 1908 model.
C"lonel Nallery Hazard chief sur.
seon here. and all nj the surgeons
now in this city held an important
conference at the army hcaduuar-
tcrs in the Darling building last
msh'. Colonel Hazard will leave
ms city for Havana via Tampa
Fla, NJ 10 o'clock this morning and
he issued his final Instructions TO
the surgeons here last night.
MAJOR Richard w Johnson surgeon
IN charge Of the medical department
OF inc first e&Dcdtionary brigade M
Cuba, yesterday morning received or.
ders TO at once proceed 10 Havana
via Tampa, Fla. and he will leave
inns city with Colonel Hazard at 10
O'Clock this morning.
Officers Not Assumed,
The following officers. not ASSIGNED
" any ol Vie regiments here. have
arrived in this city en- route for
Cuba: Colonel Charles Fl. Whipplc,
First Lieutenant Max G. Tyler ana
First Lieutenant w. c. Fiske, of the
engineer corps: Captain Edward Sig
orsioss, Captain George +. Rattzell.
FIRST Lieutenant a. l.. Singleton and
Second lieutenant n. j. Wiley. all
OF the Fifth infantry. The Fifth in
tantry loft New York for Cuba on
the transport Sumner eariy in The
week and these officers were left be-
hind with the horses and some of tho
equipment, which could not be load
ed on the Sumner.
Lieutenant Thomas Duncan, of tho
provost guard, was yesterday granted
leave OF three days and he left last
night for Washington, where he vas
called on account of the death of his
grandmother
Contract for Reyner.
TIE contract for supplying canned
goods vegetables, bread ana ice for
the cncampment ana the transports
has been let TO Mr.. j. Royncr The
shipchandler. and Armour & Co. have
been given the contract for supplying
the meat for the troops and trans
ports.