The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-19
BATTERY 3 HAS DISBANDED.
IT'S MEMBERS ARE NOW SCATTER
ED OVER THE STATE.


Largest Part of the Battery Return
Cd to Savannah Yesferday-Every
Man Left Griffin with a Good Sup
ply of MOney-Capt. Walker Says
the Experience Was an Enjoyable
One. and Most of the Men Liked
Il-Chatham Artillery Could Get
New Guns If the Governor Would
Ask for Them.
Battery B, Georgia Volunteer Artillery
or the Chatham Artillery, as the battery
has been called since it enlisted in the
| service of the government, has been mus
tered out, and about half of the men be-
longing 20 it have returned to Savannah.
Announcement of the mastering out of
the battery was made in yesterdays
Morning News. About eighty of the mem
bers Of the battery returned to Savannah
yesterday morning on the Central train
Capt George P. Walker and Lieut.. H. NJ
Conner Jr., came down with them. Lieut.
George f Armstrong came down the day
before, having been mustered out in adj
vance of the other officers.
There was no organization of the men
go where they pleased. The battery was
mustered out in Griffin, and the men were
turned loose there to do as thy pleased
and go where they pleased.
Every man of the battery came out with
money Those coming to Savannah were
given thirteen days travel pay, besides
their months pay, and the balance on
their clothing account. AS a result, every
member of one battery left with anywhere
from $50 to 500. Some of the non-com-
missioned officers received over 500. The
men were thus pretty well fixed.
Some of them went to Atlanta on leav-
ing Griffin. Others went over to Augusta,
but the largest part of the battery came
TO Savannah Some of those who enlist
ed in Savannah went over to Augusta and
will make the trip down by the river
steamers. Most of the men left in their
uniforms. but some went off and bought
suits of citizens clothes.
The battery left Savannah for Griffin
May 9, arriving there on May 10. 1t was
mustered into service on May Is. 1t has
| been in the service, therefore, about five
months. Capt. Walker carried 1856 men to
Griffin. but only 121 of them were mus
tered in. After going to Chckamauga he
was ordered to recruit his command up to
! a strength of 173, which number was never
reached. There were ISL men in the bat
terry wGen ii was mustered out
The property Of the battery was all turn
! ed back over TO the government The bat
terry did not get its guns until late in
the season, and therefore did not have
much drill with them. In speaking of
| The matter Of securing guns for the Chat
Lam Artillery, Capt. Walker said yester-
day.
! There is no possible chance for us to
/ get new guns now unless the Governor
| makes application for them. If he would
do that I do not think there would be
any doubt about il. We would get them
/ quick if he would ask for them. But IL
is the cost of these modern guns that
/ holds him back. The government allows
the state so much in the shape of equip
ment every year battery of four OF
I the modern guns with harness would cost
about sic, 600, and this amount would come
/ pretty near eating up the states appro-
priation for about two years and a half.
/ OF course, we will try to get them, but
! the only way in which we can do it now
is through the Governor
/ II is said no reorganiza ton of the Chat
ham Artillery win be necessary. The same
/ officers, commissioned and non-commis-
stoned who served before the battery went
10 war, win continue to serve. These Of
ftccrs are Capt George p Walker, and
Lieuts. w. G. Cam, J. A. G. Carson and
II. S. Dreese. There may be one or two
! changes in the non-commissioned officers
owing to designations.
Our experience was most enjoyable
one" Capt Walker said, "and I do not
think there is man in the company who
d
ed to get out, but after they were mustered
out some of them stl wanted to stay
They did not seem TO know what to dc
! with themselves. OF course, we would
have enjoyed a turn az the lighting, but
( circumstances prevented II. The men who
were with the battery VIII now scatter
/ and go 10 their homes