The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-12
THE CAPTAINS WILL COMMAND
SENIOR OFFICERS PRESENT TO
HAVE CHARGE OF GUARDS.

Capt. w. w. Williamson Presided at
the Meeting of the Savannah Vol
unteer Guards Last Night, and VIII
Be the Corps Commanding officer
as Long as He Is in the City-New
Temporary Arrangement for the
Conduct of the Business of the
Corps Perfected.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards held
their annual quarterly meeting last night,
and had before them an important ques-
ton, that relating TO the command of the
corps, in the interim. so to speak.
It Will be remembered that Maj. T. s.
Wylly was appointed to take command Of
the corps. temporarily. while Col. VIM.
Garrard and the other officers are away
at the front. Maj. Wylly later on was
rendered and accepted a position as ma
jor of one of the battalions in Col p. H.
Rays regiment of immunes. He is now
in Macon and has arranged his business
affairs so as to take hold Of his army work
in that capacity.
The question of the command of the
corps has been hanging fire for some time.
No new appointment was made by the
Governor, and the officers, after consul
taton among themselves, decided upon
different plan, which they think viii work
to better advantage. A resolution en-
| bodying that plan was passed at the meet
ing last night
Under this resolution Capt w w. Will
| hanson, the senior captain, is In command
| Of the corps, at least for the present. In
| the absence of Capt. Williamson, that
| duty falls upon the captain next in rank
| by reason of seniority. and so on through
| the list of captains. This plan is made
more thoroughly effective and legal, in
| that it is by order of the Governor that
| the corps is TO be commanded In this way
| In other words, the Governor issued an
| order providing for this arrangement in
stead of appointing a new commanding
officer. The resolution passed with regard
| TO the matter is as follows:
| Whereas, Maj. Thomas S. Wylly, form
| erly commanding the Savannah Volun-
| teer Guards, during the absence of Lieut.
| Col William Garrard, is no longer in
| command of the same;
And whereas, under orders of the Gov
| ernor of the state of Georgia, the captains
| of the several companies composing the
| battalion of the Savannah Volunteer
| Guards, are to command the same accord
ing to their rank and seniority;
And whereas, under the charter incor-
! poratng said corps, approved Dec 2, 1851,
! the commanding officer is by virtue of his
| office the. president of said corporation,
| and Is therefore authorized to sign all
| contracts;
| Therefore be 1t resolved, that Capts.
! w. w. Williamson, George NJ. Gadsden,
| c. S. Richmond and Wright Hunter as
| they shall be in command of the Savan-
! nah Volunteer Guards, respectively, and
| being, therefore, eX-offcio president OF
| the corporation, be and the same are here
| by authorized and empowered to sign all
contracts in writing on behalf of this cor
poration, and TO perform all other acts in
behalf of this corps, which may be law
| fully performed by such commanding Of
| fcer as president of this corporation, and
| all such contracts and writings shall be
| held good and valid as against this cor
| pora ton; provided that all contracts in
| writing shall, in addition to such sigma
! ture as president be counter-slgned by
| the secretary of this corporation; 1t be-
| ing the intent and purpose of this resolu-
ton TO give full authority to the COM
handing officer for the time being of said
the Savannah Volunteer Guards, and
| should any one of the commanding officers
named above leave the city, then the
next one in command, in the order named
above, shall have the authority and power
as expressed by these resolutions.
Capt. George N. Gadsden of Company
B announced the appointment of non
commissioned officers for his company as
| follows: Sergts. r. F. Tunno, ]. P War.
ing, ]. ]. Lucas, r. S. Cope and T. w
| Walker; Corps. c. G. Anderson, Jr, H. A
Crane, Jr., J. K. Hazelhurst and w. P
| Holt.
The Guards are getting in new members
right along, and 1t win not be long at the
present rate before the corps is in pretty
good shape.
The Georgia Hussars held their regular
quarterly meeting last night but did lit
tie outside of discussing routine business
The Hussars have nothing important il
hand at present, and some of them are
rather deprecating the fact that the cav.
airy has not been called into service.