The morning news., 1890-06-19


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Camp R1c1uood Is sit1s1ed Cpon a. el--
vstiOl two 1-l-ss Ses- q re cry TIE hi1
upoa which TIE CAMS ara locztsd Is :
-1-cxs. q D-1sz pretty drive ru1s
through tos camping ZrOU1d, sod Chs Az
gCstz sLpos1uon b1il1inEs lie Inmsd lately
oo-th TIE main b1i-dinZ : large and
7 roony snd 3 occupied BY several companies
which Ne7s uaprOFItsd for II camp.
Ihs FLrst regiment of Georgia LES . tie
I right q tcs drivs On en-srlnE ths exposi-
Z -on gr- uad Ice iocsuon . ons q TIE
7 prs.ries- II camp TIE difere1t conpzziss
I e1np1sinZ rhs regiment are locatsd u tents
Z running no--h ard soQth hu1drs1 yards
I Regular srsez are thus formed, and the
Z Savannah boys have named them The
I Irish jasper Grseas occ1py tie tents on
/ FLrs. ssres., fronting the drive The Re-
I publican Bus occupy Second street the
( Cadets Third street., the Ogiethorpss Fourth
I s-ree-, snd the German Volunteers Fifth
I street
QUARTERS OF TIE OFFICERS
The oi1csrs' quarters are e. the s7ds Of
I each street Ihs sCsf officers are Quzrtersd
I just north Of the company oficsrG Lieut.
I C1L Reilly, Acting AdI1tant O'Byrns and
I Lieut. Roman occupy three tents, and from
I Col RsiIlyis tsnt al orders are issued 70 the
I compsuiss of the regiment The Columbus
| Guards were assigned with the First regi-
Ensnt a. Company 2.
The CADETS have splendid cooking ar
rangsnents. Their mess hall il large, sc-
/ commodsting avery man. Their pantry
/ and kitchen Is roomy. The boys brought
I e barber along and he Is very tempting 70
l thoss men with thrse-day-olds, but he Is not
/ allowed 70 put his razor On enybody's face
a
| Blues have very nice Insss hall and the
| German Volunteers Likewise. The other
| companies eat 81 the " omen's Exchange in
/ the exposition building. The COS. Of living
this way is higher probably than cooking IN
k quarters, but toe very bes. that IS 70 De had
Is served by tbe exchange.
The exchange Is managed BY a most esti-
mabie set Of women. /. is q charitable
society aud assists the POOR gentle women
| It's president i Ms. Virginia Butler and il
vice president IS Mrs. Z. j. Dawson
Col. Mercer and all Of the slsff officers
| eat az the exchange. They are provided q
table in one portion Of the building sspa-
rate from the company's.
The CAVALRY.
The cavalry portion Of Camp Richmond
/ IS situated 70 the west. ard Of the infantry
| part. A meadow separates them. Both
are on hills and are one-quarter Of a mile
/ apart. They can watch one aaothers
movements Col Gordon has sole control
| Of cavalry hill. His quarters are situated
| % the north Of the camps. Large water
oaks cast their shadows over MS quarters
| and the colonels tent is very nice and cool
The cavalry tents differ from those of the
| infantry in that they are round and much
I longer. As many as nine men may occupy
cavalry tent, and but three or four can
scrouge into the other tents.
Tainzs are pretty crowded here, the boys
| say, ana whenever little foraging on the
| sly can be done, in the way Of taking
blankets or straw mattresses, the soldier
boys do not lose the opportunity TO get in
| their good work. Lieut.. Shupurine told
| a Brunswick soldier, who came around
| hunting mattresses, that he might as well
| 90 20 a goat house for wool as to come TO
| his tent for mattresses
In front Of Capt. Pritchard's quarters is
| the pretty flag Of the Georgia Hussars. 1t
| attracts a great deal Of attention from
| visitors
vALDosTAs vIDETTEs.
The Valdosta Videttes slept on the floor
| Sunday night. They were unable 10 get
| their baggage checked through TO the camps,
and their mattresses and quilts did not get
here until Monday night. They did not 90
out TO dress parade Monday afternoon in
| consequence. Capt. Varnedoe Of the Val
! dosta company secured private car for his
men coming up from Savannah, and when
| within few miles from Brew station the
| car caught fire. 1t began burning on top
near the end, and before anybody knew it
| the flames burst through into the car and
almost stified the men
The Videttes snapped the belt line in two
trying to stop the train. and they had to get
/ out OF the car the best they could. Thestam-
| pede for the door leading into the front
coach, which was occupied by the Thomas
vile Guards, caused almost panic in that
/ 4 l.
vailed until Private Hunter of the Georgia
Hussars pulled the steam whistle cord and
brought the train to stop.
| The flames were soon extinguished by
| water from the engine. The Vid3tts caused
some merriment among the other soldiers
| as they walked around through the train
| hugging their guns, as il ready to leap
! through a window if a second alarm of fire
was turned in. The fire was caused by
/ spark from the engine.
GETTING THINGS IN ORDER.
Monday at camp was devoted to getting
| affairs straig htened out. Assisting Col
| Mercer, the commander of the camp are
| Assistant Adjutant Field and Lieut. Ter
rett, Of the United States army. They are
both hard at work, and to- morrow will be
| properly the beginning of the encampment.
| All the companies that were not in camp by
| II o'clock Monday are barred from coming
now. The United States officers are well
pleased with what they have seen
Of the Georgia companies, and Capt. Field
has more than once complimente some of
the Savannah companies. When Sergt
West reported to Lieut.. Terrett, the camp
instructor, Monday morning after forming
detail, the lieutenant took occasion to speak
out 80 everybody might hear him: "Sergt.
West, | compliment you. You are the only
officer forming the detail correctly"
CAPT BROOKS HoNoRED.
Capt. Brooks received compliment Mon
day afternoon of which every Savannahian
should feel proud. He was summoned to
the headquarters of the camp officers and
appointed officer Of the day on first guard
mount. Considering that there are so
many captains who are Capt Brooks
senior the compliment was a great one.
asked one of the officers why a junior cap
tain was given the highest office except that
of commander of camps, and he replied
that an officer was wanted who could set an
example to the rest, and Capt. Brooks was
| that man.
The Cadets captain rode out Monday
night at the head of eighty-five soldiers,
stationing them wherever he thought best.
His lieutenants were Lieut.. Gleason of the
Irish Jasper Greens. Lieut.. Lowell of the
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