The morning news., 1897-07-15
NAVAL RESERVES SHUT OUT.
EXCLUDED FROM THE CPTY's MILL
TARY APPROPRIATIONS.

Officers of the Companies Provided
For in the Original ApprOp riatiOn
successfully Oppose the Admission
of the Naval Reserves to Its Benc-
Hts-Lieut. CoIdingss Argume mt Be
( fore the COun Gil.
/ The ordinance app'rOpriating S2,750 to elev-
! en- of the military companies of the city
! stands The companies will get the second
| installment of the appropriation, the first
| having already been paid The naval re-
serves are left in the cold and will have to
base their hopes upon sharing in the next
! appropriation of the kind made by coun-
! ell.
The officers of the eleven military COM
! panies concluded, after the previous meet
Ing of council, that the appropriation was
! in jeopardy. A meeting of the officers of
these companies was held last week and
a line of action was decided upon.
! Ii was decided that the officers interested
should attend the, meeting of council to
J give force by their presence to the de-
mand of their spokesman for rec
ognition. 1t was determined, of
course, to oppose the repeal of the appro-
priation, and also TO oppose the We'll or
diuance, including the two companies of
the naval reserve in the appropria tion al
| ready made
AS a result there was quite represen-
| tative gathering, both from military and
| civic standpoint, in the council room.
Among those present We're: Col. W. W.
! Gordon of the First Cavalry Col. A. r.
| LaWton and Lieut. Col. Petel Reilly OF
| the First Infantry; Lieut.. Coz. William
| Garrard of the First battalion; capt. Jor-
dan F.. Brooks. Savannah Cadets Capt.
J. J. Gaudry and Lieut.. George w.
Drummond of the Republican Blues, Capt.
John Flannery and Lieut.. p. F. GIe ason
of the Irish Jasper Greens; Lieut.. A.
! Minis and Lieut.. Henry McAlpin of the
Georgia Hussars; Capt. Henry kolsto IN
and Lieuts. Helmken and KonA'-
mann Of the German Volunteers;
Capt. George T. Cam, Capt. w. w Mac
kali and Lieuts f. c. Wilson, W. I.
Hopkins, W. r. Leaken, j. f. Kollock of
the Savannah Volunteer Guards; Capt. u.
H. McLaws and Lieut.. w. f. Law of the
| Oglethorpe Light Infantry; Capt. George
p. Walker and Lieuts. j. A. G.. Carson
and H. s. DTeese of the Chatham Artil-
lery; Surgeon J. G. FARRELL and Lieut.. w.
T. Dixon of the First regiment; Capt. y.
c. Postell of the First cavalry, and Lieut..
H. s. Colding of the Savannah Naval Re
| serves.
stores factors present, attracted by the
trial of Naval Stores Inspector J. f. Nc
Eachern on charges of incompetency pre-
ferred by the S. P. ShotteF Company.
The military men had a long wait while
council was in session as committee of
the whole, and another tedious wait while
it investigated the charges against In
spector McEachern.
Alderman Wells ordinance TO amend the
ordinance granting an appropriation of
81 80 to the military companies of the city
| by dividing the appropriation into thir-
| teen parts and including the two compa-
nies of the naval reserve came up on its
second reading. Alderman Well was not
present, being out of the city
On motion of Alderman Guckenheimer,
| the representatives of the naval reserves
and other military were granted an OPP
| portunity of being heard
was decided to limit each speaker to
| five minutes Lieut.. II. S. Colding of the
| naval reserve was the first heard He
| stated that Adjt. Gen. Brown had told
| him in the morning that the reserves are
! furnished with nothing by the navy de-
| partment, and that they are on the same
| footing as the other military of the state.
! The men pay for their own uniforms.
Lieut. Colding spoke of the lighting of the
naval reserve by the other military COM
| panies. The appropriation by the general
| government. Lieut. Colding said, was only
| IOE purposes OF equipment ana all tNaL
| he had secured was Ieggins, haversacks,
canteens and clothes bags and revolvers
| for the officers. The guns they paraded
| with were loaned to the state by the navy
! department, he said, as the appropriation
was not large enough to buy them. He
| had been trying for twelve months to
get a boat to make the reserve naval
/ company in fact. At present there was
nothing naval about it, as il only paradeGl
with guns.
Col. Lawton said that the only
reason which brought him and others to
the meeting was statements made by
| Lieut.. Colding that the other military OF
the city were lighting him. He had further
| heard since coming to the hall that Lieut..
| Coldng had made the statement that he
had employed detectives to find out what
was done at the meeting of officers of the
military last week.
Col. Lawton reviewed the history Of the
appropriation and its objects. II is thor
! oughly non-politcal. he said, as he was
| well aware, having been in the confidence
! of the author of the measure, Col. Gar
rard. for several months previous to its
| introduction. The appropriation was made
| in recognition of past services, and il had
been a God-send to the military. IL was a
distinction between the old ana the new
he said, the companies which had proved
their value by their past services being
| recognized.
ernment to the military of the state, he
said, was only $l1 600. averaging only So
per man, while the appropriation TO the
naval reserve was 1850, averaging 500 per
company. and from which they could pay
for their uniforms IL they so desired. Col.
Lawton asked that the appropriation be
not Withdrawn or decreased.
Mr.. j. R. Anderson spoke briefly In
favor OF the military of the city. The
eleven military companies Of the city had
proved their value, he said and deserved
the support Of the city. He said the gov
ernment did vastly more FOR the naval re-
serve than for the other companies.
Capt George T. Cam spoke on the same
| lire as Mr.. Anderson.
Lieut.. Colding spoke again. lie said
that Col. Iawton was mistaken about the
appropriation by the navy department.
| lie couldn't even get enough money 20
buy a boat Although the navy depart
ment nominally appropriated S2.a36 to the
naval reserves Of Georgia, SLIGO would be
charged against the appropriation for a
row boat, worth perhaps $50, should IL be