The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-20
WINTER CAMPS IN THE SOUTH.
GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND
ALABAMA TO HAVE THEM.

Inspection of Certain Sites-Savan-
nah, Atlanta, Augusta and Thorn
aSvilIe Suggested for Georgia
Aiken Are Being Considered As
South Carolina Camps - Southern
Climate to Temper Soldiers for
Their Work In Cuba and Porto
Rico - Gen. COrbin Compliments
Southern Volunteers.
Washington, Sept. 19.-Georgia. South
Carolina and Alabama are to supply the
sites for the encampment for about $4,000
troops, regulars and volunteers. In view
of the probale evacuation of Cuba and
Porto Rico by the Spaniards before Christ
mas, it is said it is the intention of the
commanding general of the army to rem
devious a large body of troops in the
three states named, to enable them to get
ready for duty in Cuba and Porto Rico,
Adjt. Corbin was asked yesterday If any
cities an Georgia or South Carolina have
been selected for the proposed encamR
ments. He replied that board of Off
GERS is now in the South making an in
spection of certain sites with the expec-
tation that camps will be located at the
most desirable places.
When asked to indicate what places
might be selected, Gen. Corbin said;
81 should say Charleston, Aiken and An
| derson are good places for camps during
the fall and winter mostly. Many of our
best citizens go to those resorts during the
winter months for rest, comfort and mild
weather, and do not see why the same
climate would not be beneficial to the
troops, both regular and volunteers.
Charleston and Aiken, in South Caro-
lima, and Savannah, Atlanta, Augusta and
Thomasville. in Georgia, have been sug-
gested, and / understand the facilities at
all of those places are admirably adapted
for camping purposes. There as also a
word spoken of a place in North Carolina,
called Trion, which may be used. 1t IS
not known now what regiment will be
sent South, or just when orders will is
sued. My idea is that if we are to use
the troops in Cuba and Porto Rico 1t would
be WISE in view of the recent experiences,
to get them used to warm climates as
soon as possible. I do not mean to re-
fleet upon the. climate of Georgia and South
Carolina and the other Southern states,
but 1 mean that the climate in that sec
ton Is more like that of Cuba and Porto
Rico than that of the Northern and East
ern states, where many of the troops are
now stationed. 1t is proposed to send all
those troops now in the North which
haven't been mustered out of the service
to Cuba and Porto Rico. The report Of
the board of inspectors now South will
soon be received and then we will proceed
to select and locate the Southern camps"
Gen. Corbin had a good word to say for
the Southern volunteers, from whom there
have been no complaints, compared with
the sensational and probably exaggerated
statements made about Northern camps
and Northern troops.
A Southern veteran, while discussing
the army scandals in connection with the
war with Spain, remarked to me yester-
day: "These fellows who are doing SO
much kicking about ill-treatment and neg
lect don't know what hard times mean.
During the war between the states, we
Johnnies sometimes went several days
without a morsel of food and often We
didn't know where our breakfast was COM
ing from, so we would go out and cap
ture ii, after giving the Yankees fight.
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when many of them didn't smell powder
while they were doing service.
In this connection, Capt Evan Howell,
the veteran journalist of Atlanta, tells the
following personal experience during the
war between the states; ut was late in
the winter and we were stationed up near
Romney, in Virginia. 1t was a terribly
severe winter and we were entirely out of
rations, and we had not seen the quarter
master for several months. Our shoes
were worn out and our feet were practi-
cally on the ground. The officers of my
brigade held a consultation-not a round
robin-and we drew up a very stiff pro-
test against the apparent neglect we were
being subjected to. We put up pretty
stiff kick and finally adopted set of res
olutious, demanding that we be sent to
warmer and better quarters for the win
ter. 1 was selected as chairman of the
delegation to put the resolutions to Stone
wall Jackson.
1--WE proceeded to headquarters full of
determination and Indignation. We were
shown into the generals headquarters,
and we found him sitting Before a COM
Portable fire and in a strongly built house.
Our delegation marched deiantly into the
room and saluted the general. / advanc-
ed and stated that 1 was directed by the
officers of my brigade to present him the
resolutions.
"Gen. Jackson took the paper from my
hands and read carefully the hot stuff
we had injected into the resolutions.
Have you anything further to say.
gentlemen he asked in the mildest man
ner possible.
" No. l replied. We have said all we
have 10 say in these resolutions
Very we'll he added, you may retire.
If I need any further advice from you I
will send for you
"Well sir, the cool manner In which he
fired us out Of headquarters completely
demoralized us for moment. II is said
that after we got good distance from
headquarters we gave old Stonewall the
worst cursing out he ever received while
he was in the army"