The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05
TO RIDE TO CAMP ATKINSON.
THE HUssARs WILL BE OFF AT .
O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.

VIII he Accompanied by Several OF
the stan and Field Omcers-Maj. y.
$. Thomas Has Resigned and There
VIII BE Only Two squadrons.
Prizes which Col. Gordon Offers
for Good Target Shooting and
Good TiIting-He VIII Name the
Camp After GeOrgiR's Present Gov
ernOr.
The Georgia Hussars will leave for camp
Atkinson this afternoon about o'clock.
The troop is ordered to assemble at the
armory mounted. and In camp fatigue uni
form this afternoon at 40 O'Clock, and 1t
is more than likely they will be ready TO
start on the march within half an hours
time.
The Hussars will ride to Meldrim horse
back. and will be accompanied by those
Of the field and stan officers who are in
the city. They expect 10 ride along easily
and reach Meldrim about O'Clock to-
night. which Will give them time to get into
camp and get good nights rest. The
members Of the troop who will go are:
First Lieut.. A. Minis. who will be in
command
Second Lieut.. Henry McAlpin.
First Sergt. c. A. L. Cunningham, Sergts
J. b. West. w. G. Harrison and r. p.
/ Constantine.
Corporals Z. S. Elliott, w w Gordon
J Jr., G. a. Quantock. c. a. Gibbes.
/ Musician G.. L. Kayton.
/ Privates r. c. Brooks, c. Z. Broughton
/ W. II. Connerat, Jr.. a. 5. Cooper, G. A
I Gordon, Thomas Hunter, J. H. Kinzie, T.
/ T. Morgan, J. @. Nelson, c. s. Richmond
/ II. L. Rosenfeld. /. Silverberg. W. T. Train,
/ p. Q. Watkins. w. l.. Walthour, III. w.
/ WitcOver and J. B. Yates.
! This will be the troop roster 80 far as
I could be ascertained last night. There
are several OF the men about whose going
/ there is some doubt for various reasons,
/ and II they can get away they will add
! 50 much TO the list already given. Sergt.
/ r. L. Pritchard expects to go up later in
/ the week.
A number Of the field and staff officers
/ will go to camp along with the Hussars.
| Col. w. w. Gordon Will accompany this
/ troop as will also Maj. p. w Meldrim,
who will be in command of the first
/ squadron, with his Adjt. Lieut.. w. f.
/ Blois. or the staff officers who will go
/ from Savannah with the Hussars. will be
/ Capt and Adjt. A. S. Way, Capt J. s.
/ Wright, Quartermaster Capt. j. c. Pos
1 tell, inspector Of rife practice, Capt. w.
/ w. Owens, surgeon; Quartermaster Ser
] a. .. OOfnlSSdrN SER
/ geant William Hunter
There will beonly two squadrons of the
/ regiment In camp this year instead of
! three, as has been the case heretofore.
| Maj. j. S. Thomas, who was major of the
| third squadron. found that he had bust
| ness engagements which would detain him
! In Brunswick, and as most of the duties
| of such an officer are in camp, he decided
| to resign. His resignation was followed
/ shortly afterward by this regimental or
/ der:
Headquarters First Regiment Cavalry,
| Georgia Volunteers, Savannah, Ga. June
| 26, 1S95-Orders No. 1O.-Speclal order No.
50 from the adjutant generals office IN
/ der date June Is, 1895, is as follows:
The resignation of j. S. Thomas of
/ his commission as major of First regi-
ment calvary, c. v, is hereby accepted,
to take effect from this date
2. There being less than nine 90 troops
| in the regiment it Is entitled to two ma
| jors only.
! 8. Troops &c" and Il" heretofore form
| ing a third battalion are hereby trans
| ferred to the First battalion. and will re-
port TO Maj. Meldrim, commanding.
4. Troop "A" of the First battalion is
| hereby transferred to the Second bat
tallion and will report to Maj. Brewer.
commanding.
BY order Col Gordon.
Official: A. S. Way, Captain and AdJu-
tant
Maj. Meldrim viii command the first
squadron, consisting of troops l. E, b,
| and G. / Is in Wayne county, e and b
in Liberty and G In Mcintosh. His ad-
Jutant is Lieut.. w. F. Blois.
The second squadron VIII be in com
mand of Maj. J. j. Brewer. This squad
ron consists of troops C, II, d and A,which
are respectively the bingham, Burke,
Sereven and Chatham county troops. His
4 affta ant 10 fnraf NJ nj
Lieut.. Oscar j. Brown, the new instruct
ing and inspecting officer and camp ad-
jutant, was in the city yesterday. He viii
report at the camp to-day
The camp win be named Camp Atkin-
son in the first order published which will
be to-day Col Gordon had some cores
pondenee with the adjutant general about
this matter, and it was decided that the
post is a camp, which gives the authority
of naming 1t to the commanding officer.
Col. Gordon has therefore decided to call
1t Camp Atkinson.
Everything at the camp has been COM
pleted and the grounds are now in good
shape for the reception of the regiment.
| They will find there a spacious camp and
parade ground, an excellent rife range,
! O. splendid fitting ground, all the stables
| and kitchens necessary, in fact everything
| that first-class trooper needs In camp.
1t is expected that the troops will carry
an average of about thirty men and Of
! fioers. This will make 240 and with the
field and staff officers, the band and the
cooks ii is probable there will not be any
short of 275 men in Camp Atkinson.
Col Gordon will promugate order No.
this afternoon on the arrival of the troops
at camp. This order has not been pub
| lished as yet. one section of 1t, however,
which will be of interest is that which
states the prizes to be awarded. Two
troops will be detailed each day for tar
get practice. A prize OF s. will be given TO
each enlisted man who quanfies as marks
man and $40 to each enlisted man who
I qualities as sharpshooter.
Two troops will be detailed each day
for fitting, which will be every evening
at 6.15 p. m. A prize of IS viii be given to
each enlisted man whose score exceeds 40
points in the tilt of his troop.
Thursday, July II, there will be a regi-
mental tilt open to those who have made
over 40 points In the troop tits. In this
regimental tilt a prize of $40 will be given
to each enlisted man whose score exceeds
81 points. The enlisted man who makes the
highest score in this tilt win be the regi-
mental color sergeant for the succeeding
twelve months. This position is now held
by Sergt. Jones of the Burke troop.