The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-20
PROVOST GUARD MOVES FIRST.
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del assisted Gen. Wood as the command
ing officer of the division. He was after
ward promoted to the captaincy of Com
pany d, Twelfth Missouri, but he remain
ed on the staff of Gen. Osterhaus until the
close of the war.
He afterward returned to Bellevile and
engaged in mercantile pursuits, becoming
cashier of the National Bank of Belleville
in 1874, which position he still holds, hav-
ing obtained a leave of absence to so to
the front with his regiment. He is of course
one of The leading business men of Belle
vile.
col Andel's connection with the Ma
tional Guard of Illinois began in 1874, when
a citizens company was organized in
Belleville during the coal strike near that
place. He was elected captain of the COM
pany, which also was called out in 1876
at the time of the railroad strike al East
st. Louis When the Eleventh Illinois Ma
tional Guard was organized in 1876, he was
elected colonel of ii, and continued in that
position till 1880 or 1881, when he retired.
In 1894, al the request of the Belleviale
company, he became its captain, remain
ing one year, and participating in the coal
mine strikes. When the Fourth Illinois
Regiment was called out by Gov. Tanner
in response TO the call of President Nc
Kinley for troops to fight Spain, Col. An
del was offered the colonelcy of the regi-
liASAlt, anu ne dNNSpNNu 1t
Owing to the uncertainty about the
movement of the troops, the shacks and
booths on the roads leading to the camps
did not go up so rapidly yesterday as they
did on Monday. There are about dozen
of these stands on hand, however in read
mess and waiting for customers. Most of
them are we'll stocked and their 'proprie-
tors are all anxious 10 know just when
the troops are going to get here. A great
deal of the uncertainty will doubtless be
removed by the announcement this morn
ing, and they will feel more easy about it.
Some of the camp followers and sharps
who look out for troops and what they
can get out of them are already here.
The hangerson around a camp of this
size are always numerous and they are
always on the lookout for the money they
can make out of the soldiers. The
chances are that many pushcart peddler
and peddlers of other varieties will find
their way here from Jacksonville, just
to be around the soldiers along about pay
day. number of new faces have been
noted among the sporting fraternity, and
the report goes that they are here for the
soldiers stuff. Some of them are said 10
have spent their time around Tampa and
Jacksonville when the encampments of
soldiers at those places were at their
hight.
Mai. Harrison, provost marshal, has
promised the people of Savannah that the
soldiers will all be properly handled by
his force, and that disorder will be re-
duced to minimum. He will have armed
soldiers stationed in all parts of the city
day and night, and will be prepared to
stop an yAiisorder in its incipiency.
The feeding of such a vast arm of men,
about Is, 600 being the strength of the corps
to be brought here, requires an amount of
supplies every month the immensely of
which few people have any idea of. Maj
Ruthers, who is a regular army officer
not attached to the corps does all the buy
ing and makes the contracts for the COM
m .ssary department, while Col o. E.
Wood, chief commissary of the corps
looks after the supplies for the men. To
feed an army of 1900 men requires thou
sands of pounds of staple articles every
month. The following figures show APP
proximately in this direction