The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-27
THE CROWDS ARRIVING.
TIE CITY FILLING UP WITH MER-
CHANTS WEEK VISITORS.

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the Rush Expected To-day and To
morrow-Fine Weather Promised the
Entire Week-The Programme OF To-
days Events-The Veterans Reunion
and Memorial Day Observauos-"Ihe
Last Days OF PompeiT Tonight.
The Fifth Georgia regiment encampment
will be inaugurated at noon to-day,
Everything is in ship shape at Camp
Anderson, and good deal is 70 be seen there
70 interest. The camp is on Sixth street,
between Absrcorl aud Habersham streets.
The order in which the tents are erected, the
convenient arrangement Of quarters aud the
neatness of everything has a ecidedly
military air.
Col. Gordon has been comOlimented upon
the location and the splendid order Of things
by every visiting soldier, and the United
States officers who are here are very highly
pleased with the camp.
The Brunswick Light Horse Guards
was the only company TO ar
rive yesterday. Capt. Thomas brought
up ~ men at noon and they marched into
camp like veterans. The captain expects
10 and possibly 10 more men to-day. The
Brunswick men speak in the highest terms
Of their quarters.
THE CAMP STREETS.
The tents are erected in streets running
east and west, facing north. The officers
tents are put up in streets north and south,
facing vest on the privates' quarters. The
order in which the troops have been assigned
to the tents is as follows:
First Street-Liberty Guards, Com
pany 4.
Second street-Georgia Hussars, Com
pany A.
Third street-Efingham Hussars. Com"
pany G..
Fourth streOt-wayne Troop, Com
pany !.
Fifth street-Brunswick Light Horse
Guards. Company F.
Sixth street-Liberty Independent troop,
Company B.
Seventh Street-Burke troop, Company
h
Eighth Street-MoIntosh Light Dragons,
Company G.
Ninth Street-scrivent troop. Company D.
All of the companies will arrive this
the Liberty Guards will ride
in. The former will assemble
at Broughton and West Broad streets at II
O'Clock, the latter on Liberty and East
| Broad streets. They will then march to
camp. The Burke and Scriven troops will
arrive by the Central railroad at $50
| o'clock. The special train on the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway trans
porting the horses Of the
Brunswick company and the Liberty
Independent troop will arrive at Gas.
The men will meet the train and as soon as
the horses are removed from the car they
will be saddled and ridden out to camp.
TO INACCURATE ENoAMPMENT.
The companies will be formed on COM
pany streets at 1l:30, and the regimental
line will be formed at l1:45. The camp
will be formally opened at noon, when
Adjt. Lawton will read the rules and orders
Of the encampment, after which the de-
tails will be taken up. The guard mount
will no gone through with and the sentinels
will be- established. Then the soldiers will
eat their first dinner at Camp Anderson.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the companies
will assemble. mounted, and the regiment
will be formed at 2:30 o'clock. A march
| will be taken up along Broughton street to
| join the confederate veterans In their
memorial services. The march will extend
| down Habersham street to Henry, down
Lincoln to Castor. to Bull, to South Broad,
to Lincoln. and back to Broughton, 90 as to
| get into Broughton, and form on the north
| side of the street, facing south, with the
| right resting on Whitaker.
TO BEGIN CAMP LIFE.
After the regiment has escorted the veter-
ans TO the park extension and returned it
will go back into camp, whore it will re-
main until tomorrow morning. The SOL
diers will be employed getting their uni
| forms and equipments in order during the
rest of the day, and will start out out on the
second day Of the encampment refreshed.
Quartermaster Young Of the Brunswick
| Light Horse Guards arrived in advance of
his company, and when the boys got here
| he had dinner for them. Quartermaster
Blount Of the Burke troop is here also,
looking after the tents and getting things in
order for the arrival Of his company this
| morning.
Lieut.. James B. Erwin, of the United
States army, who is to be inspector Of the
camps, with orders to report to the Secretary
of War, was on the grounds yesterday, and,
accompanied by Col Gordon and Adjt
Lawton, went through the tents and walked
over the grounds.
Maj. WyIy and Quartermaster Wright
OF the regiment were also on the grounds
VISITORS TO THE CAMP.
Among the infantry officers who visited
tho camp, were: Col. Peter Reilly, Capt
John Reilly, Capt Brooks, Adit O'Byrne
and Lieut. McGrath. Lieut.. Terrett of the
United States Army. whom the soldiers sc
much admired at Camp Richmond last
year, will be instructor in the camp.
Capt. Thomas of the Brunswick Light
Horse Guards is regarded as one Of the est
desciplinarians in the regiment He has a
fine so!dierly bearing, and his ideas of
discipline and military duty are as good.
AS soon as he arrived yesterday noon he de-
tailed Privates Baker and Leavy to guard
duty, and although the boys were fatigued
from having ridden a long distance in q
dusty train they patroled their beats and
endeavored to keep the eager visitors out Of
the company's street.
A telephone has been placed on the
grounds, and to-day everything will be in
perfect order. The minute the soldiers ar.
rive their duty will be pointed out to them
and the officers are supposed to have the