The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-02

them could in forty-eight hours. organ
We and equip ready for immediate service
regiment, that would not be regarded
as mob the inference being drawn
that the two regiments now representing
Georgia iu the field were COMPOSED Of
men who collectively made up d mob AS
some of the best men in both of the resi-
ments commanded by Col Caudler and
Thomson, are now under Coils Brown
and Lawton theey do not relish this eLg-
gestion that their commands are "mODs. -
An officer of Col. Browns regiment said
to-day: why the truth of the matter
is chat the very best men that could be
picked out from all over this state from
among the volunteers are already TN
DER arms, and from the trouble
we have had securing clothing and arms,
l think the writer of the article i'm the Con
stituton went just little too far. While
our men have seen a rough time of it
since We have been in camp, they are
nevertheless in the best of spirits and
mark my prediction, that in a month
there will not be better drilled troops ia
the service than the two regiments from
Georgia, and when the fighting comes they
will make a record that the state will feel
proud Of Why, with more Of the men
green, when we got them, they can put up
a better drill to-day than many of the
state troops who have been in service for
several years"
An Old soldier of the sixties, who could
have visited the camps of the state troops
to-day would have seen many familiar old
sights TO cause him to remember the days
when he was on the field or in the
trenches. one of these sights was men,
Der of a company seated on the ground
in his tent reading a newspaper what had
just reached the camp The man held a
copy of the Savannah Morning News Open
ed up before him, and read the war news
r-f he
group of a dozen or more of his COM
panions who listened eagerly to every line
as it was read, and commented upon each
article before dispOsing of that particular
portion of the news of the day.
Another sight that attracted the atten-
ton of the visitors was the arrival of an
immense wagon iold of provisions and
home comforts from loving ones at home
As the boxes We're opened and the con-
tents taken out any amount of original
wit was launched upon the atmosphere
causing roars of laughter. A dozen or two
small tin boxes, when dumped out on the
ground, were designated as boxes of snuff.
this announcement caused much laughter
as later on they were found to contain
a choice brand of ground coffee ready for
immediate use. The general makeup OF
the half dozen or more cases showed that
the goods had been secured through a con-
cert of action of the friends of the soldier
boys; ana that IN doing so the best of
judgment had been used. Instead of fam
cy dishes of sweet meats. such as cakes.
pies, jellies, etc. the goods were found to
be biscuits, bread, pickles, sugar, coffee.
canned meats, corn cob pipes with plenty
of tobacco, pepper, mustard, hams, break
fast bacon and buttter-just such an out
fit as to be acceptable beyond descrip-
ton TO a young soldier recently leaving
home in the defense Of his country.
The Florida Ohio and Michigan reeI.
ments an camp near the Second Georgia
all have fine bands, and play every after
noon, affording much enjoyment TO the
troops. To-day I was informed that Col
Brown intends soon providing the Second
Regiment with a first-class band He has
in his regiment about twenty-five good mu-
stcians. and is now selecting a leader. He
has two applicants for this position, and
when he gets ready to act, will select the
best one and then organize the band. AS
the government will not furnish instru-
ments, he will make an effort to purchase
them by popular subscription, either
among the members of the regiment or
among their friends at home. He thinks
that he will have no trouble in getting to-
gether the requisite funds with which to
purchases the instruments for the use of
the band.