The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-16

Their company drills we're also uniformly
good without beiug up to the crack compa-
MES of the other organization. Guard
mounts were very good. Everything went
smoothly and for the most part ac-
curately, the only flaw being an oc-
casioDal failure on the part of details
to touch in promptly when halted 1t is a
singular fact that in every organization in
camp the details were marched up with de-
| tail front instead of by a flank, which is so
much easier and quicker, one detail follow
ing closely behind another, whereas much
time is wasted with green details by the
! other method. The adjutant was thoroughly
up in all his duties.
The first dress parade was not as good as
! either battalion or company drills The
right company was not steady during the
beat-off. Two captains did not bring up
| their swords at the command present,
and two executed q command Of the man
ual. The other companies were steady and
the manual was good. In brigade dress
parade the men were perfectly steady and
the officers only made one small error.
I'm review and inspection the men were
steady and the passage good. The salutes
we're especially good"
THE COMPANY INSPECTIONS.
The inspection of companies was as fol-
lows.
Company Capt John Reilly, 3 officers and
81 men. Guns quite clean and entirely service
able; belts and boxes servics able; uniforms ex
cellent admirably adapted for wants of service.
both dress and fatigue); physique excellent;
soldierly bearing excellent; manual generally
very fair; tents, mess house and kitchen very
neat.
Capt Reilly is a veteran Of the war and every
inch soldier.
A most excellent company in every respect.
Company B.-Capt. Thomas Screven, 2 Off
GERS and 81 men. Guns generally servceable,
holt aY,th
deal RUBBED but all serviceable; uniforms ex-
csllent for service; dress and fatigue good;
physique good; soldierly bearing good; manual
very fair; tents mess house, kitchen, generally
neat
Good company.
Company 4 Capt. W. W. Williamson, 2
officers, and "a men. Guns fairly clean. SER
viceable; belts and boxes somewhat worn, but
serviceable; uniforms somewhat worn, but well
adapted to service; physique excellent; soldierly
bearing excellent; manual fair; tents, mess
house. kitchen, very fair.
Good company
Guard duty was done intelligently
and faithfully. There was some DISPOSE
ton on the part OF non-commissioned Off
GERS of the guard to trip sentlnels up and
worry them, a thing of doubtful utility
anywhere, and especially out Of place where
every available moment is required for in
struction but on the whole the guard duty
Of this battaliou-like everything else, was of
high character.
DISCIPLINE BY COURTESY.
In the matter Of discipline Capt. Field
says: THE composition Of this command is
peculiar and is more like the Seventh New
York than any other organization / know
The companies of the Georgia militia as a
rule represent the best portion of their res
spective communities, but this battalion is
largely made up of what is known as club
men; in fact, it is both a social club
aud a military organization, and has a club
house well fitted up with every
thing necessary for comfort and
amusement. In most cases such
an organization would preclude the idsa of
discipline, and yet this battalion has discip-
line, and, in essentials, very good discip-
line. Col. Garrard does not seem very
strict for the reason that he is so beloved
that his slightest wish is law to the battal-
ion, and the higher mans social position
is, the more he seems to make it
a point Of honor to obey and respect his
military superior. do not commend the
organization as one to be followed or even
entirely approved. Discipline depends too
much upon the personal character of the
commanding officer, but it Is only justice
to say that at present nObleSSe obttge liter
ally and that the same spirit which causes
them to obey implicitly the commands of
their own officers causes them TO show
punctilious courtesy to other officers. On
duty, even social intercourse is
more or less suspended, and 1
saw instances in which init
mate friends and cbums did not approach
each other except when tie military
superior sent for his inferior"