The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-19
THEY WANT TO BE JACK TARS.
THE SAVANNAH NAVAL RESERVES
FIRST TOUR OF DUTY.

They Left for Tybee Yesterday and
viii Go Aboard the L. :. :. Amphi-
trIte at Sunrise This Morning
Went in Their White Duck suits
n the Blue Uniforms Did Not
Come Up TO standard and Were
Rejected-The Company Carried
Forty-Five Wen and About Fifteen
More VIII Join Il.
The Savannah naval reserves left for
the Zorayda club house on Tybee Island
yesterday afternoon ar 5:s5 o'clock, city
time. The company left its arm0ry for
the depot forty-hve strong in white duck
working suits, and ready for active ser
vice on board the United States steamship
Amphitrite, which was anchored in Ty-
bee roads. at g O'Clock yesterday morn
sng. Others VIII join the company this
morning and tonight. and before the
tour Of duty is concluded there will be
sixty men. OF nearly the fun strength Of
the company In the camp.
The orders as published summoned the
members Of the company 10 be at their
armory al 2.S0 o'clock. city time, 10 pre-
pare TO take the train for Tybee at $50
D. m. They were directed TO appear in
their blue uniforms. and it was on account
OF these uniforms that the company did
not go down on the early afternoon train
as at first contemplated.
The blue uniform arrived by express
from Kalamazoo Mich, yesterday morn
ing. The officers swords also were with
them. on examination, Lieut.. Colding
found the uniforms were far from coming
up to the sample by which they were or
dered, and he refused to take them. This,
of course, left his men with nothing but
their working uniforms Of white duck to
wear to camp. After considering the mat
ter, Lieut.. Colding decided he would take
the uniforms at a reduction in price com
mensurate with the quality OF the ma
terial as compared Wl,h the sample and
he 50 wired the contractors at once. The
trip was then delayed until a later train,
In order to get a reply from the makers
OF the uniforms
The reply came just as the company
was about to start for the depot There
were S2.65 charges on the reply from the
contractors, and Lieut.. COlding refused
20 accept the message unless the charges
were first paid on the other end. lie did
not walt TO bother any further about the
blue uniforms but marched his men OF 20
the train, and IL viii not be known per-
haps until to-day what the contractors
EalQ Win IEE0A4 10 NAAt AENuEAAbA VI AAlN
price. II appears now that the men VIII
have to wear their white duck uniforms
throughout the tour of duty.
The orders directed each man 10 nave
with him his canvass clothes bag as pre-
scrbad each bag to contain the working
suit, cap, one pair shoes, brush, comb,
tooth brush, two towels, blanket at
least one change OF underclOthes, black
ing and brush, and a pillow cases. Eacn
man must have attached to his bag tag
furnished by the quartermaster and
there must be no marks on the bag Itself.
Tan. canvass and patent leather SHOES
are tabOoed. A uniform fare viii be pro-
Vided for mess for all the men, and no
special dinners, meals, barbecues OF 9TH
er extras will be allowed. Every man Is
required to carry his arms and equip
ment in good order, and is held respon-
sible for their condition during the en-
campment OF course, the carrying or
spirituous liquors, wine or beer into camp
IS prohibited and 1t is said this rule Is
going to be strictly observed. The other
orders provide for a court OF inquiry on
the return of the company to Investigate
as to why certain members did not at
tend. and also for the maintenance of
a strict and proper military discipline dur
ing the encampment.
Seaman A. A. Morrison has been app
pointed surgeon of the company for this
tour Of duty, and orders have been issued
directing that he be respected according
~ DR.. Morrison, as is well known, Is
the physician in charge Of the Savannah
hospital.
The following is the list of the members
Of the company who went down yester-
Lieutenant-H. S. Colding.
Lieutenant, junior grade-C. e. Brough-
ton.
Ensign-w. G. Cooper. Jr.
Ensign-C. F. Walker.
Gunners' Mates-D. B. Rustin, r. B.
Bostick, w. n. Beckett
Quartermaster-J. A. Thomas
Coxswains-M. S. Herman, S. A. Torlay,
g. Chaplin
Privates-J. NJ. Aiken, d. A. Aaron, II.
J.. Brunson, J. 7. Kayanaugh, r. NJ. Car
aker, c. c. Cambridge, c. Q. Dahl w. +.
Davis, W. d. burden, j. r. Fennell, J.
II. Gilmore, William Gray, J n. Could,
T. ]. Hotchkss, Z. l.. Horton, c. Z.
Rellam, z. A. Lueders, z. w Meredith,
A. A. Morrison. r. G. Morrel, ]. p. Par
nell, T. E. Powers, j. f. Register, w. l..
Roberts, G. d. Robbins, Jr., G. +. Ros-
signol, T, W. Seyle, H. w. smith, Frank
Stewart, w. j. Thompson, w. Il. Wilson,
c. s. Wilson. J. c. Washington, j. A.
Washington and c. O. Washington.
Several other members of the company
went down to Tybee last night, and more
Of them will Join the command to-day.
The company will go aboard the Amphi-
trite at sunrise this morning, and Will be-
gin to learn something of the active du-
ties Of a naval life. The tour of duty will
continue to-day, Saturday and Monday
and the company will return to the city
late Monday night or Tuesday morning
Three excursions are TO be given to the
Amphitrite for the benefit of the naval
reserves and there is no doubt that many
people will take advantage of these trips
10 see one of the finest modern monitors
afioat. The first of these excursions will
leave the city tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock, the next Sunday morning at 10
O'Clock and the last Sunday afternoon al 8
O'Clock. The steamer Gov. Stafford has
been chartered for these occasions and
this is the only steamer that viii be al
lowed TO land passengers on the Am
phitrite.
THE BILL ALI. RIGHT NOW.