The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31

Ing foisted on the soldiers. The meats
are all right when bought, but are in
tended for immediate consumption when
taken from cold storage.
THE Georgia Regiment is without a
band as yet, and as probably every other
regiment in camp has music the absence
of one is felt. l was told that one was
to be organized at once
"On Sunday there were delegations at
Tampa from Gainesville and Ocala. both
DESTROYS of having their respective towns
selected as the point for a camp Gen.
Shafter went to Ocala with the delega-
ton from that place to see what facilities
and advantages it offers for the purpose.
l think If Savannah is to secure camp
there is no time to be wasted In sending
petitions. Petitions do not count for
much. What Will be needed at Washing
ton is a good committee of takers and
workers, enthusiastic and determined I'M
Outstanding what Savannah has to offer.
Much might be done with personal inter
views, but mighty little, I am afraid, with
memorials and petitions. If the Ocala
people had sent a petition to Cen SHAFT
ter l don't suppose he would ever have
gone there and made a personal inspection
or the proposed site. A camp is worth
working for. Just see what Tampa will
derive from It, The place is alive with
visitors, who are spending money freely,
anu WHO nave no connection WITH the
army. This week there will be paid out
to the army, ii is estimated, about $500. 00O
of which it is safe to say considerably
over half viii be expended in Tampa be-
fore the next pay day. All that was done
by Jacksonville was to give the use of the
ground and provide the water supply. 1t
was proposed to put up electric lights, but
the offer was declined The camp there
Is small as yet, but will be a large gather
ing of soldiers within a faW
what have seen am convinced that Sa-
Vannah can offer advantages and accom-
modations that would not be passed by if
they were properly presented to those who
Will decide where camps are to be estab-
lIshed."
A number of officers of the Savannah
battalion took supper with Mr.. Myers at
Tampa Bay Hotel Sunday night The lit
tie gathering was a thoroughly enjoyable
one for all
Mr.. Tyrrel Morgan also returned yes
terday from Tampa after spending Sun
day in camp with his brothers, Messrs. I
5. and l.. D. Morgan, of the Second Geor-
sla Regiment. Mr. Morgan reports that
the Georgia men are in fairly good condi-
tion and are doing very little kicking over
their hard lot. The food, which consists
for the most part of fat meat and baked
beans, is both wholesome and plentiful
while the drinking water is materially i'm
proved since the laying of water main.
although a brackish taste is vet very
prominent. Summer uniforms and under
clothes were furnished to the soldiers on
Sunday, making them far more comfort
able than they were in their citizens.
clothes, but the sleeping accommodations
arc not of the best the only thing between
the men and the ground being a blanket.
The feeling between all the Georgia men
is OF the best. A man below the rank of
second lieutenant is not permitted to con-
verse with a commissioned officer. but as
the latter has the right to visit the rner,
in their tents, the friendships that existed
between officers and men in Savannah are
in no way interrupted by the rigid discip-
line observed in the army