The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-16
TROOPS COMING IN FORCE.
MORE SOLDIERS FOR TYBEE AND
sULLIVAN'S ISLAND.

Twelve Hundred Men Ordered From
the West to Savannah ana
Charleston - Railroads Are Now
Figuring on the MOvement-The
Additions VIII Put the Garrisons
on "A Footing for the RepuIse of an
Enemy-RaiIrOads Arc. Making n
Good Thing Out of the Movements
of TrOOpE-OfciaIs Don't Want
War, hut Preparations for 1t Are
Coming in We'll for Them-COm-
pany From Atlanta Reaches Tybee
To-day.
The railroads are making a big thing
out of the transportation of the troops.
While the idea of war is hateful to nearly
ali railroad officials and its probability Is
greatly deplored by them, they are yet
making money out of the preparations that
are being make for it. Many troops have
to be hauled, and the railroads are getting
good price for their transportation.
The company of the Fifth Regiment. In
fantry, ordered by Gen. Graham, in COM
mand of the department of the Gulf, to
Tybee 10 strengthen the garrison at that
place, will arrive there this morning. The
company, sixty strong, officers and men,
left Atlanta last night by the Central
Railroad. 1t will arrive early this morn
ing at the Charleston and Savannah juno
ton, from which place it will be trans
ferred to the Tybee depot. An engine will
be in waiting, and the cars in which the
regulars rode from Atlanta will carry them
to their camp on the island. Two coaches
are occupied by the company, and two
baggage cars carry its equipment
The infantry company is sent to Tybce
to stand guard about the Notifications
new in course of construction. Gen. Ora
ham ordered it sent there with that OBJ
| ject in view. When the infantry arrives
there will be between 1870 and 1870 regulars
on the island There are already two
| batteries of artillery there, one light ana
| the other a heavy battery.
Some of the railroads have been called
upon for bids on another big movement
| of troops from the west to Savannah and
| Charleston. The applications for rates are
made by the initial lines, those which
| will first handle the troops from the sew
eral stations from which they will move.
| The kilograms asking for the rates state
that 100 men, most of them from the
Seventh Regiment Infantry, will be di-
| Vided between the two cities, or, rather,
| stationed at the fortlhcations at Tybee and
| Sullivan's Island.
| II is said the troops are to move at once.
| Ordinarily this would be taken as mean
| ing that any time within a few weeks
would be as soon as the troops might be
/
| tons that have been going on and The
great activity that has been displayed in
making transfers of troops, it is reasona-
| BILE TO suppose that before a week has
| passed the Western companies, which are
| to come from Colorado, Utah and other
| states. viii be down on the Atlantic coast
| If the division is made equally, Sulli-
| vans Island and Tybee each getting 600
| men. there will be considerable garrisons
established at the defenses of both Char
lesion and Savannah. Already there are
nearly 200 men at each fort, and the adj
/ diton of others would put things in a
! state, If the guns are mounted and all
| ready for action, TO resist any attacks that
| may be made.
| The railroads will be watching the re-
suits of the bidding by the initial lines
| with a great deal of interest. The haul
| ing of such number of troops. all of
whom will probably be moved by the same
| route, to great extent, will represent
| considerable money, enough for any line
| to be glad to secure the business.
As stated in the Geographic dispatches
| of to-day other movements have been or
dered, and troops will be sent TO Florida
! and ports on the Gulf. This will mean
more hauling still for the railroads. and
the large number of soldiers to be trans
ported will mean big receipts for the pas
| senger departments