The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-03
SECOND GEoRGIA'S CANTEEN
1T HASN'T PROVED THE SOURCE OF
EVIL PREDICTED.

| Running It-PrNettce OF Issuing
Canteen Tickets DiscOntInued-The
stock OF Goods Carried Not a Very
Tempting One Lieut.. Col. Gnrrard
| Confident the Regiment VIII Get
Away For Porto RicO Within "A
| Week.
] Tampa Fla. Aug. 2.-The Second Geor-
gia Regiment is taking things very quietly
now, awaiting orders TO remove to Port
Tampa to board transports. Lieut. Col.
Garrard said to-day that he expected the
regiment to be on It's way to Porto Rico
within a week The general orders to be
in readiness to board transports were re-
ceived several days ago. In the meantime
! the regular routine work of drill and guard
duty is going on.
The weather has been hot, but not par
tieularly unpleasant. Many of the men
sleep out under the trees in hammocks at
night.
The muster rolls for July have been sign
ed and the men are expecting the paymas-
ter to-day or tomorrow. The visits Of this
official are always more than welcome
The Georgia canteen which was former
ly located at Palmetto Beach resumed
operations here yesterday. The Fifth In
fantry also has canteen just outside the
Georgia line. Both canteens are doing
very light business at present. but with the
expectation of doing a rushing business as
soon as pay day arrives. The boys Of the
Second have learned the folly Of getting
rid of their money as fast as possible after
pay day. and it is safe to say that they
| win not be so lavish in their
expenditures as on former pay days.
Many of them have learned that it is bet
ter for them to put their money in such
eatables and delicacies as are not furn-
ished by the quartermaster's department
than to put the greater part of ii in drink
ables. They also realize the advantage
of laying in a supply of good things for
the Porto Rico trip and 1t is likely that
| the Georgians will put less money in beer
and more in other things this month than
| heretofore.
The canteen has not proved the source
of evil which many friends of the boys
| in Savannah and elsewhere seemed 10
fear IL would. The judgment of the Off
GERS that it would be better for the men
to spend their money, If they choose TO
do so, at a place under military control
and where order is guaranteed has been
fully confirmed by experience, The men
| are less likely TO indulge TO excess in the
limits of the camp than at Tampa and
| Ybor City, where bad whisky is plenti-
| full and where the men are almost certain
to mix up with it. OF course many OF
the men will, go to tnese places and
| spend their money foolishly any way but
this is one of the things thai cannot be
guarded against. The management of the
| canteen is not very popular with the boys
and many of them prefer TO spend their
| money elsewhere. If a wider range of
| supplies was kept by the canteen there
would be less cause of complaint. AT pres
ent it's supplies are limited to Tampa
beer, soda water, cigars. cigarettes and
| cheap lemonade. The latter is usually
constructed of acetic acid with a few slices
of lemons floating on the top as a bluff.
A limited supply of poor sandwiches Is
sometimes kept. This is about the limit
of the canteen's stock The practice Of ia
suing canteen tickets TO the men who de-
sired them was discontinued last month
and the patronage of the canteeh was re-
duced several hundred dollars In conse-
quence, and three-quarters of the men
have a dollar more to their credit than
they would otherwise have had. Each
man who wished was allowed to draw 81
worth of tickets and as the tickets were
| good only at the canteen the later had
cinch on a large amount of business.
| These tickets were issued after the mid
| die of the month and on the days of issue
1t would be a matter of difficulty to get
to the canteen on account of the crowds
|
The Savannah men were very anxious
Il that Savannah beer should be furnished
! by the canteen but at the Tampa Brew
| ing Company controls the canteen privil-
eye it is very rarely that anything but
| Tampa beer Is furnished II Is said that
the product of the Tampa brewery is
| place on sale very soon after IL Is brew
| ed and that this accounts for the some
/ times unpleasant effects. Anyway 1t Is not
| popular with the men and this accounts
in large measure for the unpopularity of
the canteen.
A number of the Georgia boys thought
1t would be fine sport TO raid the canteen
! the night before their anticipated depart
| ure for Fernandina. This was very fool
ish as the canteer was hardly fifty feet
In rear of the guard house and especially
| as Capt. Wicoxson and Lieut. F. c. VIII
son, two very vigilant officers, were re-
| spectively offers of the day, and officer
of the guard. crowd gathered, how
| ever, and an entry was made by the rear
door Several mer got on the inside and
| were sezng whatever they could lay
| hands on in the dark when Capt. VIII
coxson suddenly appeared on the scene
and called for the guaro. The crowd
scattered and all those inside succeeded
| in escaping with the exception of one poor
fellow named Hughes who attempted to
| hide 10 the inside and was caught red
| handed loaded with cigars and pipes.
| He has since been under arrest, and it Is
said that II is likely TO go hard with him.
| A guard was placed over the canteen and
no further attempts were made to loot
| il.
Corpl Abbott Thomas of Company Il,
left last night for Savannah on fur
Tough.
Private Thomas S. Russell Of Company
B. left for Savannah Sunday night on
| furlough, and Private Herbert Drummer. of
| the same company will leave for Savannah
| -. .rfaff Iaff tsaa tn .
| city.
Funerals are a matter of daily occurrence
from the division hospital, which Is just
west of the Georgia camp. The Georgia
| boys were somewhat alarmed at first az
| the frequency of these funerals but as
none of the deaths are from the Second
Regiment, the men have almost ceased to
| take notice of the funerals.
|
CORBETT WANTS A FIGHT.