The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
THIRD GEoReIA's rRosPEcTs.
Capt. KOIshorn's Company Getting
Its share of Recruits.


Adit W. O'D Rockwell of the Third
Georgia Regiment returned from Atlanta
yesterday morning, having been the first
officer Of the regiment. after the surgeons,
to be examined and given the oath.
Lieut.. Rockwell SAYS there is no reason
why the Third Georgia should not be just
as efficiently Offered as the other two
regiments. While some of the officers are
avowedly civilians. and not soldiers, still
they are all brainy and up-to-date body
OF men and will not require a very long
time to become first class leaders.
Savannah's only company in the third,
which IS commanded by Capt. Kolshorn,
is getting into shape very satisfactorily.
The total number enlisted so far, at Lieut..
Leakens Office and at the First Regi-
ments armory has reached the thirty
mark. About a dozen more of the Ger
man Volunteers will enlist to-day or to-
morrow, and Lieut.. Gilbert of Albany is
expected to get thirty or more men in AL
bany and Brunswick.
Capt. Austin's work or recruiting for
the Second Georgia is progressing rather
slowly. Sergt. Hunter Will arrive this
morning with six or eight men from along
the Georgia and Alabama road.
Several more musicians have been en-
wanted is not yet secured. The pay in
this branch is good, ranging from that of
a corporal to that of a first sergeant, and
the chances of getting killed are consider
ably smaller than in the ranks so there
will hardly be any difficulty experienced
in obtaining the full complement of TWEEN
ty-five men.
Quartermaster Sergeant G. H. Ellis Of
Company L, Second Georgia Regiment,
! formerly Company d of the Savannah Vol
| unteer Guards, is in the city on a three
days furlough, shaking hands with his
many friends. When each company in
the Second Georgia selected a color, so
that ITS utensils and equipage could be
distinguished from those of the other COM
panies, Company L retained the original
coiors of the Guards gray, with red
stripes, the colors that attracted so much
attention when the Savannah soldiers ar
rived at Tampa. Sergt Ellis and his
| comrades are proud that the old favorite
colors that We're discarded for the blue
will be retained in this manner
Lieut.. Palmer of Battery and Lieut..
| Cole of the battery of regular artillery sta
toned at Tybee are getting in few
| stragglers, but they find as the other re-
| cruiting officers did, that recruiting in this
| neighborhood is pretty well overworked
and it is probable that other parts of the
| state will be visited in search of men.
! - " dSAiiAAStOit uiSIdtSil states lIldl rep
! resentatiye Lester has had a consultation
| with Assistant Secretary of the Navy AL
| len, in regard to Mr.. T. H. Gigniiliats ex-
| animation for commander of a naval bat
| talon from Georgia, and it was decided
| to allow him to stand the examination to
morrow in New York before the board Of
| examiners.
The dispatch further states that Mr.
| Gignilliat in the event of his passing the
examination, will proceed at once to Sa.
vannah to act as mastering officer of the
| Georgia battalion.
| The us men here who have enlisted witt
| this new battalion are becoming anxious
| in regard to the delay In receiving orders
| for assignment for duty, but the news re-
! ceived last night will set their fears a
| rest, as it gives assurance that they viii
| be called out in the very near future.
| Both Savannah divisions of the new bat
TALON will meet tonight to ratfy thu
nominations that were made for officers II
! Monday night. The Brunswick divisions
will also elect their division officers ant
| just as soon as eke commander arrives
| the whole battalion win be mustered in.