The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-22

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little maids retalliated bv coming 70 90 80 10
Doys. Ihey were shown all over the camnino
grounds by the ''favorites. 8
Inc Herman Volunteers had an entertai,-
nlen1 IN their quarters tonight. Thew drank
Deer ana sang and played uutil the tans
opeecnes were made and the SONGS we're
sung In German. Acting Corporal Raslar
Is leader OF the sheet iron band D and he
soirS the souls and the slumbers of the
soidiers IN his own and adjoining tents when
ne plays. The Germans cook and eat in the
ss1poSitlon building Quartermaster Ehr-
ncner and Private Goeltz have charge OF
TINS department.. By everybody who has
taken meal with the boys it is said that
'ney nave regular hotel bill Of fare
VETERAN IN THE RANKS.
Private Brown AN aged confederate mem
per, Is here with the German Volunteers
he is active, doing as much as ANYBODY
else. he was orderly sergeant during the
war under Capt. Derst. Lieut.. Schwarz Of
Inc volunteers is regarded as a thorough
oHcer: de has improved his company won
dertully since he has been at Camp Rich
mond. He said to-day that if he could
remain here longer he would be willing
70 put his men against any in camp.
Capt Derst is pleased with the
improvement of the men. Private "Tug5
Wilson of the Cadets is regarded as an
exceedingly clever man. The boys say tb at
MS cleverest tricks are performed when he
is trying to get out of duty. He is said to be
lazy. Wilson denies il. He said that be-
cause he refused to allow soldier to lean
upon him or to sit upon his lap, and other
ike thrilling things, he is called law. Will
son said that the boys do not understand
that there is science in what he does.
Said he. keep them away from you and
you will not be tired when you are called
upon for duty. Again if you break gun
or ruin helmet, exchange it for a better
one with some of the hoys in their absence.
and then save yourself the wearisome job of
looking after the broken things. You are
not tired, then" Never try to repair a
broken chair, Wilson says. Always put it
in some fellows tent and take away a good
one.
BIG FOUR.
Capt. Dixon's company has "big FOUR
in it. The -four" Is composed by four
large, robust soldiers. VINO wear, in the
captains absence, a big flag on their left
breast. They are considered the joIliest
fellows in camp.
Capt John Reilly of the Savannah Volun.
teer Guards came to-day. He is pleased
with the camp. He was out at the dress
parade and governors review, and he pro-
nounced 1t splendid
Capt. Kenan of the Macon Hussars is
making the Cadets headquarters his
home during the encampment. He i;
pleased with the encampment. In fact, al
military men who have visited the encamp
ment have pronounced it a grand success
Acting Sergeant Maj. Tison of the Cadets
has been heaped down with compliments.
Lieut. Terrett has singled him out from
among the four other sergeant majors every
afternoon when the guard mount wa:
formed. Tison makes splendid officer anC
Lieut.. Terrett said that he appreciated hi!
ability very much.
LETTERS FROM HOME.
It is very interesting to watch the boy:
get letters from home and their best girls
They haunt the captains headquarters wher
the mail man comes around. and whenever
a mans name is called he fairly flies" tc
the tent. Sometimes he gets a paper, anC
often he is detailed to some duty. He come:
out of the captains tent with a woe
begone look upon his face when the
letter that he looked for never came. There
is rejoicing, though, when he does get it
A young officer got a letter in one of the
Savannah camps to-day, and before he
opened it his companions took it away from
him, and it was in the night before he got il
again.
THE CoUNTERSIGN.
"Shiloh" was the countersign last night
and the guards lodged all soldiers who failed
to give it in the guard tent, if the soldier
was caught out after hours. A guard from
one of the companies in some of the small
towns, waslpatrolling the exposition road
when a struggling soldier came in from the
city.
"Haltm said the guard.
81 want to come in" replied the soldier.
"You can't do it," sooutly replied tht
guard.
well, but must come in" retorted the
soldier.
Cant help it," replied the guard, capt.
Field told me to be shore not to let no
fellow in here less he said Shiloh, and I'm
not going to do it." The struggling soldier
passed in. Capt. Field and Col Mercer
gave ATLANTA" as the countersign in max
ing up the guard mount to-day, but for some
reason Col Mercer exchanged the name
after Capt. Field was gone. The United
States officer had occasion to come back to
camp after 10 o'clock, and he started
to pass the guard, when the soldier
halted him. A Savannah soldier thrust his
gun out and commanded The officer to halt
that he had given the wrong countersign.
Capt. Field was compelled then to get a
lieutenant to pass him over.
GRANTED A PENSION.
Col. William w. Gordon signed the pen
sion papers for w. H. Colding, a manned
confederate soldier, to-day. Colding was in
the battle at Kennesaw and was shot in the
head and piece of skull crushed in. He is
in reduced circumstances. and has lived up
here ever since the war, getting no pension
because he was too poor to go to some Of his
friends who were with him in the fight at
Kennesaw. AS soon he came to camp to-day
he was identified by J. Bird of the Fifth
cavalry regiment, and also by ]. II. Long,
formerly of SO" troop, Liberty county.
and James Martin of the same troop. They
met on Cavalry hill, and it was almost like q
revelation. They went back over the CID
times. and each told the other what
has passed since those times.
Mr.. Long brought the manned veteran
to Col Gordon's tent and the colonel signed
the papers, which were presented to Gov.
Gordon. The pension will be granted.
Surgeon Owens of the camp got his medi-
cal bill passed by the advisory board to-day.
There was formerly no provision for medi'
cines, and the companies would have to
hear the expense. Over 800 worth of
medicine has been procured and the expense
would have been an unnecessary one had
the bill not passed. The board regarded
the bill very favorably at once, and saw
that it was a feature which had been over
looked by it. u. II. H.