The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
CAPT. CARTER GONE NORTH.
WILL CONFER WITH HIS SUCCESS
sOR IN WASHINGTON.

To Go Direct to London to Report
For Duty as Military Attache to
the American Embhssy-Win At
tend the International Engineers
Convention at StOckhOIm-His
Probable Connection with the Me-
araEun COmmissiOn-His Successor
Coming to Savannah This Week.
Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter of the United
States corps Of engineers has left Savan-
nah and may not return before he departs
for London, where he will report for duty
as military attache to the American en-
bassy.
He will spend several days in Washing
ton where he will meet Capt. Cassius Gill
lette, who is to succeed him in directing
the Georgia coast defense and harbor i'm
provement work with headquarters in this
city
Capt. Gillette will probably arrive in
Savannah this week and 1t is highly prob
able that Capt Carter will go from Wash
ington to New York and sail about Aug.
for London. He will report for duty
there as military attache TO the embassy
and will leave shortly after doing so for
Stockholm, where he will attend the con-
vention of the international association of
engineers for the test of constructing ma
terials. Capt. Carter has been deputized
by the Secretary of War to attend this
convention on behalf of the department
of war Of the United States.
There has been some delay in Capt. Car
ter's departure from Savannah, which has
been due to the hardness of his success
sor in reaching here Capt. Gillette has
been at work on the Pacific coast for
some time in similar line of coast and
harbor work as that which has been pur-
sued by Capt Carter along the Georgia
coast. He is an experienced engineer. and
will take up the work on the Savannah
harbor where 1t was left off by Capt.
Carter.
Capt Gillette and Capt. Carter will,
probably get the business of the SaVan-
nah office Strengthened up for the change
during their conference In Washington
this week II this is achieved it will not
be necessary for Capt. Carter to return
to Savannah. Otherwise he will come
back for a few days before going abroad
As has already been stated in the Morn
ing News, II is quite probable that Capt.
Carter will be asked to be a member of
the Nicaraguan commission President
Mckinley has held the appointments of
the three commissioners on this important
undertaking back for the past ten days.
1t is believed that Capt. Carter name
is certainty for a place on this COM
mission.
In the event that it is offered
and accepted by Capt. Carter, he will re-
turn from Europe after reporting in Lon
don as military attache and attending the
Stockholm convention, probably arriving
in this country about the first of Septem-
Der to take up the work with the commits
sion, and viii probably go to Nicaragua
with the commissioners about the first of
October This, however, is matter of
doubt thus far, the appointment of the
commissioners having not yet been made.
The reports from Washington more than
two weeks ago stated positively that Capt.
dent and asked if he would accept the
position as one of the Nicaraguan commits
soners if it should be rendered him. 1t
has never been known whether the ap
pointment was definitely offered, nor has
Capt. Carter ever been quoted as declar-
ing he would accept the position If it were
rendered. 1t is generally understood, how
ever, among the government officials of
the war department at Washington that if
Capt. Carter will accept the place his
name will certainly be placed on the COM
mission.