The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-02
COMPLETE COMPANY OF GERMANS.
Capt. KOIshorn Is After the German
Guards of Augusta.

Capt. KOIshOrn Is After the German
Guards of Augusta.
The officers and men of the battalion OF
Savannah troops that wiz serve in the
First Regiment under Col. A. r. Lawton
are busy with their work of recruiting.
All four companies, the Cadets, Blues, Ger
mans and Greens, will hold meetings to-
night at the regmental armory when
further enlistments viii be made. The Of
ficers have already received and enlisted
many volunteers. The number VIII be con-
siderab!y increased tonight.
First Lieut.. George W. Drummond Of the
Blues, who will be their captain, has call
in the Morning News Of to-day for able
bodied men to enlist with his company to-
night.
1t has been settled that the four COM
mands named will constitute the first bat
talon under Lieut. Col Brooks. The Kell
Rifles of Statesboro will not be taken as a
whole, but recruits will be received. Most
of these will go to the Cadets. First Lieut.
r. S. Nell, who will be captain of the Ca
diets, has just returned from Statesboro,
where he met the Rifles. Ten of them will
join the Cadets and have given their en-
listments to Capt Nell.
Capt. Henry Kolshorn of the German
Volunteers has gone to Augusta to en-
deavor to effect a combination of the Vol
unteers with the German Guards of that
city. Capt. KolshOrn hopes to arrange
matters so that a large part of that COM
pany will join the Volunteers and go with
them TO the front. II is probable an agree
ment will be reached by which the two
lieutenants of the company that will thus
be organized complete will be taken from
the Augusta company. Neither Lieut.
konemann nor Lieut.. Helmken of the
German Volunteers can go to the war.
so two vacancies are left. 1t is thought
the Augusta command will send a large
proportion of its members, if they are
allowed TO name the two lieutenants. This
VIII be done, and it seems probable thar
company of Germans alone will form
part of the battalion under Bieut. Col.
Brooks.
Capt. Renkel is in command of the Au-
susta Guards. The company belongs TO
the Sixth Regiment Capt Koishorn car
ries letters from Col Lawton to Col. Jones
OF Waynesboro, who commands the Sixth.
and TO Maj. Shewmake of Augusta, who
commands the battalion in which the
Guards are included.
The circulars from the office of the adj
Jutant general giving all the details Of
ehistlnS, etc, have been distributed
among the officers of the battalion. These
convey great deal Of information thar
mas been sought. The commanding off,
GERS view with favor the increase that
mas been provided under the Hull bill in
the pay of enlisted men. This Is 20 per
cent, and ii sends the famous '13 a
month" of the private soldier up TO 81 60
IN time of war, This increase applies to
Inc forces of both the regular and volun-
teer armies
It has long been thought that soldiers
should be paid more In time of war than
IN time of peace, and the advance falls
right into line with the view of officers and
men generally. Enlisted men in The volun-
leer forces think there is too wide a dis
parity between the pay they receive and
that of the officers The volunteers are
drawn from ell walks of life, and MANY
Of those responding TO this call are men
VINO receive good salaries or. good incomes
from their business. Many officers, in. time
OF peace, do not earn as much paw as pri-
Yates who will serve under them, vet. in
TIME OF war, the thing is reversed. How.
ever, It Is not for pay the enlisted men are
going into the war. If that were a great
consideration with them they would stay
at home.
The battalion commanders of the First
Regiment, United States Volunteers. Lieut.
Cox Brooks, Maj. keenan, and Maj. Wooten.
are busily at work organizing their com
mands from the regiments of Georgia vol
unteers with which they have been serv-
ing. In addition to the Savannah battalion
of the First Regiment, Georgia Volunteers
which, of course, will be concentrated here.
a battalion from the Second Regiment.
under Maj. keenan, will be formed at Ma
con from among the companies of that
regiment. Maj. Wooten VIII organize his
battalion from different points. One com
pany will be made up at Brunswick. an
other at Albany. another from Waycross.
| brownsville and Valdosta. and another
from Dawson, Cuthbert and Fort Gaines
1t will not be necessary for this battalion
TO concentrate, unless 1t be at Macon.
meeting there en- route 10 Atlanta.