The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
WILL BRING TWO BATTALIoNS.
TRANSPORT MICHIGAN TO ARRIVE
FROM NEW YORK THIS MORNING.


tiIIery, and a Battalion of Engi.
neers-The Michigan TO Garry the
Fifth Cavalry 10 Porto Rico-Thirt
Nebraska. Ninth Illinois and See
end Louisiana Regiments 10 BE
Paid on TO-day-AbOut sG5,0O'
VIII BE Paid Out to the Men-soI'
diers Discharged.
Gen. d. +. Humphrey, assistant quar-
.ermaster general on Gen. Niles STAFF, j.
in The city for the purpose of meeting the
government transport Michigan, which
will arrive from New York this morning
The Michigan will bring from New York
a battalion of the Maine Volunteer Ar
til,ery Regiment, and a battalion Of the
Second Volunteer Regiment of Engineers,
both of which will join the Seventh Army
Corps. The first battalion is composed OF
four batteries of heavy artillery, which
will no doubt be put in charge of the forts
end fortihcahons upon the arrival Of the
corps in Cuba.
There will be in these two battalions
something like 500 10 1000 men. which will
will go into camp on the Avondale tract,
just to the east of Gen H. c. Hasbrouck' s
brigade, which is the Second Brigade of
the First Division.
The Michigan comes here to perform a
double duty. After leaving the artillery
and engineers, she will take aboard the
Fifth Cavalry Regiment, which will come
here direct from Huntsville, Ala Bids
fog the transportation Of the cavalry were
opened in Huntsville yesterday, but 1t
was not known here last night just when
the cavalry would be moved. Gen. Hum
phrey expected to find the cavalry here
on his arrival from Washington but since
learned that the bids for transportation
were only opened to-day. The chances
are the regiment viii be here tomorrow
or next day.
The cavalry win go right aboard the
transport, as Il will be ready for the
troops on their arrival Gen. Humphrey
is here for the purpose of inspecting the
vessel and looking after the embarkation
of the troops. Ii is said the Michigan is
already stocked with supplies for the
troops, and very little material will have
10 be secured here.
The Michigan is a good large transport,
something on the order of the Mime
waska, which carried Col Rays regiment
TO Santiago. It is one of the vessels form
erly belonging to the Atlantic Transport
Line, and is fully capable of accommodate
ing a regiment of cavalry. The Fifth Reg
iment, It is said, is rather small one
ana win probably be easily stored on
board The cavalry will be taken to Ponce
Porto Rico.
Gen. Humphrey is a regular army Of
fcer, and has had wide experience in this
line of work. He went through the San
tiago campaign with Gen. Shafter, and is
al present on Gen. Miles STAFF.
Mai. George r. Smith, paymaster, viii
begin the work of paying off the troops
to-day Maj. Logan, and Majs. II. r.
Wright and John r. Lynch, the two col
ored paymasters, will take one regiment
each. and begin putting the cash in the
hands of the soldiers between 8 and 10
o'clock this morning.
The Third Nebraska. Second Louisiana
and Ninth Illinois regiments will be paid
to-day. The Nebraska and Louisiana reg
iments are in the Second Brigade, and
the Ninth Illinois in the First Brigade of
the First Division, and all are encamped
on Dale avenue. The paymasters will
each be assigned a regiment. and will
carry the cash out TO regimental head
quarters where the payments will be made
Since IL takes nearly $4,000 to pay off
each regiment, this means that something
like $4,000 will be turned loose to-day. The
amount will fall some short of this since
there have been a number of men dis
charged from each. while others are sick
or on furloughs but it win amount TO at
least 100000 or $4,000. The work of pay
4flfe h. rnrs1 al
day to day, probably at the same rate
and the chances are that by Tuesday or
Wednesday at least every man in the corps
win have received his pay. Maj Lynch
viii pay the Third Nebraska, Mai. Wright
the Ninth Illinois, and Maj. Logan the
SecoAd Louisiana.
The transfers and other employees not
enlisted have all received their pay and
good many new dollar bills, and no
small amount of new silver coin is already
floating around. The chances are that the
soldier boys of these three regiments will
be in town in goodly numbers this after
noon and tonight for the purpose of blow
Ing their stuff" This means that the
provost guard has a good nights work
ahead of il. and the chances are several
will go under Mai. Harrison's shower
baths for a third or fourth experience
since their connection with the corps, be-
fore another sun.
Maj. Smith could not tell yesterday what
three regiments he would pay off to-mor-
row. They viii be the regiments who got
their muster rolls in early, giving the
paymaster and his Office force a sufficient
amount of time 20 figure on them.
There are several channels through
which a soldiers pay gets into circulation.
The barrooms and the restaurants get per
haps the lions share. some of them spend
their money for more substantial articles,
such as Injuries in the way Of clothing
which the government does not furnish.
Some few send their money home, or a
part of 1t. but the bulk of it goes into
circulation. and goes quick. The follow
ing discharged soldiers were paid off by
Mai. Smith yesterday:
A. w. Courtney Company NJ Fourth
Illinois; Eugene Pouyal, Company /, Sec
and Louisiana; Benjamin V. Saia, Com
pany G.. Second Illinois; Herman Oelraich
Company F, Second louisiana: Malcolm
NJ. McConaughy. Company D. Fourth ILL
nois; Fred r. Mcconnell, Company l.,
Second Georgia. Jas. A. Coyne, Company
/, Second louisiana; Eleno Costello, Com
pany f. First Texas; Jno. f. Peterson,
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