The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-19


city, Possibly on the Parade
Ground. To-night-AnOther Fort Il
Command the Entrance to War
saw-PIanting the Submarine
Mines in Tybee ROads-Capt. Glib.
sons Steamers rendered the War
Department for Hospital Service.
Battery f, First Artillery, United
States army, passed around Savannah yes
terday afternoon and went to Tybee ISL
and, where it will so into camp. The ar
tillerymen spent last night in the cars in
which they arrived, and to-day they are
preparing a suitable place TO camp. The
First Regiment is of heavy artillery.
Battery f Of the Fifth Artillery will ar
rive this afternoon from Fort Riley Kan.
1t will come over the Central Railroad, and
the guns and calssons will be run out OF
the cars on their arrival at the station.
The horses will be unloaded and hitched
10 the guns and caissons. The battery win
then march into camp.
The battery of heavy artillery at Tybee
came from Fortress Monroe. The route
was by the seaboard Air Line, the
Charleston and Western Carolina and the
Central Railroad from Augusta to Tybee.
Four cars comprised the train, all belong
ing to the Seaboard. There was a Pull
man sleeper for the officers, two coaches
for the men and a baggage car for the
tents and equipment of the battery.
There was no place prepared for the men
when they arrived at Tybee. That there
would be none was known in advance, and
the Seaboard Air Line permitted the of
ficers and men to use the cars as sleeping
quarters The pitching of the tents would
have been attended with great difficulty
and Inconvenience at the late hour the
battery reached the island, and sleeping in
the open air would have been rather dis
tasteful.
The men left Fortress Monroe provided
with three days cooked rations, so that
no Inconvenience was experienced in pro-
curing food on the island. 1t will be needed
to-day, but it has already been provided,
Mr.. J. j. Washburn Of the quartermas-
ter's department at Washington having
already made provision for the fare of the
battery during the couple of days he has
been detailed here for that purpose. Some
of the supplies have already been sent to
the island, while the greater portion con-
tracted for is being reserved in the city
until a place for its storage can be pro-
vided.
Capt. John NJ. X. Davis of the battery
will probably select the site of his per-
manent camp to-day. There is only one
place that can be used as it stands, as il
is free from the trees and underbrush that
make the rest of the government tract on
the island unserviceable. This spot, which
is near the lighthouse, will probably be
utilized as a camping ground unless it be
decided by the captain that his men will
be able TO clear off a sufficiently large
space in time to pitch the tents before
nightfall
The special train carrying the battery
left Augusta over the Central at $50
o'clock. Four hours later il was at the
junction, where il was transferred to the
tracks of the Plant System. over these
~ was pukttN " the JuHGAtOG punt Ol Tue
Plant System spur with the Tybee Rail-
road. There the last stage of the jour
ney was commenced. and il was not long
before the soldiers had arrived in the
neighborhood of the Notifications 1t falls
TO their lot 10 garrison.
There would doubtless have been a large
crowd to see the regulars had they march
ed through the city or been transferred to
the Tybee from the Central depot. Their
Z being taken around the city was a dlsap-
pointment 10 those who mey have been
expecting to get an early glimpse of the
soldiers. There was a pretty good crowd
down at the Tybee depot, or rather in the
meadows several hundred yards beyond
where the train was run on the Tybee
track, but II was comprised almost exclu-
Eively of negroes. The train did not back
up to the Tybee depot, but put off for the
island at once.
The battery of light artillery from Kan.
sas, left Birmingham at 10 o'clock las;
night over the Central, travelling by specia,
train In cars of the Atchlson, Topeka ana
Sante re Railroad. There are twelve cars
one being a sleeper for the officers, two
sleepers for the men, six palace stock cars
for the horses and three freight cars fol-
The guns, eassons and equipments.
Il has not yet been determined where
the battery will camp. This win depend
upon the place selected by the command.
ing officer after the arrival Of the bat.
terry. Mr.. Washburn has had five or sS
sites offered him, but IL will remain fol-
the commanding officer to make the Sc.
lection. He may accept the judgment oil
MIR. Washburn in the matter and take
whatever grounds he may recommend.
Among the places that have been offer.
ed is a tract near Collinsville, the ex
treme end of Thunderbolt, rendered by
President ID. G. Purse of The Merchants
and Mechanics Land Co; the Iiliibridg,
tract by Col. j. II. Estill and grounds
near Jasper Springs. Mr.. Washburn die
not say which he regards as the mos
satisfactory. II Is probable that the bat
terry will after having limbered up at IN,
depot proceed to the park extension
where a halt will be made until the off
Ger ia command can be shown one o.
two of the sites by Mr. Washburn. /
this Is done and camp for the night 4
not made in the extension, the soldier,
will have hard time Of il getting thei
tents up for the night on the ground tina
may be selected Mr. Washburn saw
they are used 10 pitching them at nigh
and that it can be done without a grea
deal of trouble.
The crowd OF spectators that was alb
cent when the heavy artillery was trans
farrcd frvhna mi ~