The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-06

Through the efforts OF Maj. Meldrim
! every convenience has been provided for
I tire troops. Neither time nor expense has
been spared 10 make the grounds beautiful
| and attractive. The bath houses are fitted
| out each with four shower baths. The
| stables are neat and amply large TO ac-
| commodate 30 horses. The parade
| grounds and rifle range are conveniently
near and among the best in the state.
| The officers Of the First regiment are as
\ follows. W. ". Gordon, colonel; f. p.
I Miller lieutenant colonel; A. S. Way, regi-
mental adjutant; DR.. Owens, regimental
/ surgeon; J. S. Wright. quartermaster gen
/ eral; - Smith, cOmmissary sergeant; J.
! Byrd, paymaster; p. W Meldrim. major
First battalion, with ". +. BiOis. adju-
/ tant; ]. J. Brewer. major Second battalion,
| with NJ ID. Lanier, adjutant. The frst
[ battalion is composed Of the Liberty hide
pendent troop. the Liberty Guards, the Nc
| Intosh Light Dragons, and the Wayne
| Light troop. In the Second battalion are
| the Georgia Hussars. the Efiingham Hus-
sars, the Screven troop and the Burke
troop. A dispatch from Camp Atkinson last
night said: Troop G, from Da-
rien was first to arrive. II got
in at 40 in the afternoon via Savannah.
! The boys lost no time. but went imme-
diately TO camp and began to put up their
| tents. They knew how 10 work and in a
few minutes had everything in order. The
| following is the roster Of the company:
Captain. B. T. Sinclair; first lieutenant, r.
d. Fox; second lieutenant II. @. Atwood;
commissary sergeant. James Mansfield;
first sergeant. T J. Meldrim; second ser
geant, j. NJ Hopkins: fourth sergeant, W
II. Rogers; NTH sergeant, W. a. Brewster;
color sergeant, Arthur Hamilton; cOrpor-
ais, J. H. Hopkins, w. De Barclay, u. 5.
Quarterman, T. w. Delegal; chaplain, ID.
7. Beatty; privates. r. +. Cannon, J. A.
I a
r. II. Forbs. Sam Fennell o. c. Hopkins,
J. A LaROche. c. b. Moye, A. W. Mckee
than, ". Quarterman, e. W. Quarterman,
H. p. Sheffield. W. II. Smith. George Tair-
elton. r. J. Britt, John Butts, making
total of thirty-one.
Troop l from Jesup arrived at 5;5O
O'Clock. The following compose the com
pany: Capt. VIM. NJ Clark; Lieut.. j. w.
Bennett: Lieut. II. W. Whaley; Sergts. J.
w. Robertson. o. r. Bennett J. +. Sur
rency., J. II. Williams; Corpls. E. II.
Fushback, T. X. Hatcher, w. b. Robertson,
d. Aver; Privates c. c. Butler, c. +. Ben
net, p. e. Bingham, f. w. Barbee, r.
L. Bennett, ]. II. Clark. w. j. Clark, r.
b. Clark, NJ. c. Little, T. NJ. Morgan, w.
L. Perry II. H. Robertson o. Robertson,
w. NJ. Robertson, c. c. Fendle, j. T. Will
hanson. j. L. williams
The Liberty Guards, Troop E, under
Command Of Capt ]. w. Hughes. arrived
the country, but were none the worse for
the trip. The Liberty troop are a good
lot OF cavalrymen and do not mind
ride of a few miles. Lieut. r. S. Henry;
Sergts. ]. II. Long. W. Fl. Tallette and
S. ]. Hughes. with the following privates
compose the company: L. Chapman. J. T.
Chapman, c. L. Daniel, b. u. Dasher.
E. B. Dorsey, E. B. Dean, w. II. Hughes.
J. NJ Hughes, W. L. Martin, ]. r. Mar
tin. d. p. Talette, W. 3. Stafford j. 5.
Shuptrine, NJ. w Wells, w. J. Zone. Only
twenty Of the troop are now in camp,
but more are expected later.
Troop B from Liberty was the first
to arrive through the country. They
started from home about o'clock in the
morning and reached camp at 8 o'clock
in the afternoon. The distance travelled
was thirty-six miles. The following are
the officers and privates: Capt, w. 3.
Waite, Lieuts. A. G.. Cassels and J. L.
Martin, Sergts. II. G.. Waite, d. c. Miller,
w. A. Fleming. r. F, Cassels; Corpls.
j. e. Norman, A. b. Brewer +. c. Miller,
]. r. Waite; Privates, T. E. Cassel, B. d.
Cassel. T. G.. Davis, r. NJ. Davis, J. M.
Fleming, r. 5. Hendry, Jr., c. w. Hendry,
NJ. b. Jones, T. S. Mallard, j. b. Martin,
II. c. Norman, II. c. Ryan, II. c. Rep
pard, d. S Wells, G. N. Wells, NJ. NJ.
Wells, a total of twenty-seven men.
The bingham Hussars came through
the country. arriving at o'clock. A
pleasant trip was reported. Troop C
has the following in camp: Capt. A. NJ.
Morgan; Lieuts. G. H. Berry and II. r.
Dasher; Sergts. d. G. Morgan, ]. ]. Nor
gan. S. A. Morrell, A. L. Bird, G. H.
Morgan; Corpls. c. NJ. Colgan, o. NJ.
Morgan, and Privates r. H. Exley, N. Da-
Wis, c. w. Shearouse, ]. A. Mingledorff,
W. 7. Metzger w, T.. Hodges, V. II.
Morgan, d. N. Morgan. ]. W. Remry, s.
A. Cross, J. N Ralin, G. w. Blanton, J.
F. Morgan. II. A. SeclSinger. p. ]. Abbott,
an aggregate of twenty-four men.
Troop d arrived in camp, but list
of the members could not be obtained.