The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-02
WILL SOON BE BACK IN CAMP.
KEN OF THE SECOND GEORGIA
BATTALION RETURNING.

etir,y-Day FurIoughs VIII BE Up
rriJny-AII VIII Then Have TO BE
- Camp-DiscussiOns Show Belief
rnct the Second Can Not BE ReOr-
,,tked From Material of the Two
o.giments-Grifin is Looked Upon
the Mobilization Point of the
Non Who VIII Elect to Stay in the
service.
Members of the First Battalion of the
es,ond Georgia Regiment are beginning 10
,,p,rn to the city. The furloughs of all
aha command are up on Friday. and the
n,er,bers must be back in camp on that
40, Several of the out-of-town members
ore here and the rest win be coming
right along.
II is upon the men who are TO come in
from the country that the officers of the
Guards who desire to remain in the service
ara counting They expect them to stay
:, the army, and 1t is upon their willing
ross 10 remain in that ranks that The
oe7cers base their estimate of the number
who will 90 with the Second Georgia into
The reorganization plan
considerable discussion is INDUCED in by
tbose interested, either as being or having
t.en members of the battalion, as to the
likelihood of the regiment being made Up
from the men at present in the First and
second The prevailing impression seems
to he that a fun regiment cannot be made
nm from all the men of the two who want
-,
officers desiring to stay. in have many
friends here who wish them every sue
cess in the reorganization of the regiment.
If is boped on their account that the plan
will prove successful and that they may re-
lain their present rank and positions.
There are now more than sixty men in
camp. but there are few of them who
want TO go back in the army. AS soon as
they are mustered out they will try to
get something else to do as they feel they
have had all they want Of army life.
There are some in the camp who are anx
ious to stay, but they are outnumbered by
the others.
The mastering officer is expected here in
in few days. He should be here the day
the furloughs expire, as the camp is put
in his charge for the time the mastering
out proceeds. This officer will have com
plete charge while in camp, and it will
rest with him 10 say whether or not he
will allow the young men who have posi-
lions in the city to fill them during the
time the mastering out goes on. There
are a number of these, and they would be
glad to know that they could continue in
their positions in the city. The work of
mastering out is not of a character to de-
mand the presence of the whole com
panies only two or three men being re-
CURED for clerical work.
Col William Garrard wants the men to
bring their civilian overcoats with them
when they return to camp. He says there
is moi to be anything in the way of pa
rades and that appearances can stand
slight sacrifice for the sake of comfort.
There will doubtless be some rather cold
weather during the fifteen days it is pro-
posed to have the men In camp, and the
overcoats will come in very well. Rations
have been requisitioned for fifteen days,
so that The actual mastering out, or dis
charging of those preferring to be dis
charged win not come about until NOV
IS or 10.
A point that has not yet been under
stood in the proposed plan of reorganiza-
ton is that of mobilization, II is not
known where the men of the two regi-
ments will gather to be received INTO the
one The presumption is that all those
the service will be sent to Griffin, there
to be reformed. This will mean that men
will go there from Savannah, Augusta,
Macon, Atlanta and Rome.
There will probably be a number OF pro-
motions of enlisted men to fill vacancies
that will result from the changes. Many
Of the non-commissioned officers will drop
out. Their places will have to be filed,
and here the privates will get their
chance. Some of the officers of the First
Georgia, all of whom, according to reports,
are to be discharged with their command,
will probably be given post ons in the
Second to fill vacancies that will arise.
Here in Savannah there are number Of
the officers of the Second who do not want
to stay in, and there are a few more of
the other companies about the state,
though it is said the proportion is not SO
large as here
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