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White Feather Crowd
(Special to the Messenger)
Raleigh, N.C., May 15. -- The crowd at Camp Bryan Grimes today broke the record in point of size. Excursionists from Goldsboro and Durham had a grand time. Several thousand people saw the battalion drills and dress parade.…
Raleigh, N.C., May 15. -- The crowd at Camp Bryan Grimes today broke the record in point of size. Excursionists from Goldsboro and Durham had a grand time. Several thousand people saw the battalion drills and dress parade.…
The Outlook For Cuba-- A Duty for the President
There is yet plenty of fighting in Cuba; the Cuban cause yet engaged the attention of Congress and the administration; Spain is yet perverse and Cuba yet inflexible; we have reports of Weyler's deeds of savagery; we hear, says the New York Sun, again…
Divers Find Absolute Proof
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, Febuary 26. - A copyrighted cablegram to the Evening World from Sylvester Scovel, at Havana says:
"Divers working forward yesterday found absolute proof that the forward big magazine, which alone could…
New York, Febuary 26. - A copyrighted cablegram to the Evening World from Sylvester Scovel, at Havana says:
"Divers working forward yesterday found absolute proof that the forward big magazine, which alone could…
The Policy of Grab
One of the most striking features of the present expansion movement is its sectional character - sectional in the sense that its advocates are for the most part Northern and Western men. Southern men, no doubt, contributed to the movement favoring…
Be Sure You Are Right
With nations as with individuals, the prudent maxim of old David Crockett holds good - "Be sure you are right and then go ahead." If there was ever a time in our history when the spirit of this often quoted but less frequently observed maxim needed…
Proclamation of War
Congress today formally declared war to exist between the United States and Spain; the Senate passed the naval appropriation bill, carrying large amounts of money for improvements of the sea fighting arm of the service; the Hull army reorganization…
The Invasion of Cuba
Kingston, Jamaica, April 26 - Liutenant Andrew S. Rowan, United States Army, has landed on the coast of Cuba, near Santiago, from an open boat, accompanied by Cuban guides. He is on his way to General Garcia's camp as representative of the War…
J. F. Armfield is Colonel.
Governor Russel has named Col. J. F. Armfield, of Statesville, to be colonel of the first regiment of volunteers. The appointment of Col. Armsfield is a most commendable and meritorious one, and the governor acted with great wisdom.
He is the…
He is the…
Boys All Well
Camp Bryan Grimes, Co. L, 1st NCVUSAThere is a general hustle in the camp today, though no definite information has been given out regarding the removal of the first regiment to Chicamauga or to Tampa, which will very likely occur during the next…
A Pleasant Trip
Camp Colombia, Near Havana, Jan. 22, 1899. For the Standard- Garrison duty in Cuba is not so humble a task as was supposed by the boys before leaving the states, and since the active service has begun, the operations give the soldiers ample…