The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-15
TO BUILD THE NEW BARRACKS.
ELEVEN BUILDINGS To BE PUT ON
THE NORTH END OF TYBEE.

Col. TIIIey of the United States Army
Now Stationed There to Look At
ter the work - Clearing of the
Ground Has Already Begun.
Churchill of Buffalo the Contrac-
tOr-The Government Itself Build
ing the EmpIacements for the
TweIve-Inch Guns-A Large Per-
manent Garrison for Tybee AS
snred.
Col Tilley of the United States army
has opened quarters at Tybee, in what is
known as the Wilson cottage. on the north
end, and is making arrangements for the
construction at once of the barracks to be
built there for the permanent garrison.
The work of clearing a space of eight
acres right at the sandhills on the point,
has already begun, and everything will be
in shape within a few days for the erec-
ton of the buildings, for which the gov
eminent recently let a contract.
In all eleven buildings are to be put up.
There will be two double sets Of officers
quarters, one double set of non-commis-
stoned staff officers quarters, one barrack,
one administration building, one guard
house, one quartermaster' and subsistence
storehouse, one stable and wagon she'd
one shop building and one bakery.
The bids for this work were opened in
Atlanta on May 80 and at once forwarded
to Washington, where they were consid-
cred and passed upon. The bid was award
ed to man named Churchill of Buffalo,
N. Y, who does considerable government
work, and who was among the bidders on
the interior work for the new public
building
These buildings will be made to accom-
modate several hundred soldiers and the
proportionate number of officers. In fact.
it is said there will be room there for a
much larger garrison than will be kept
there permanently, and yet there may be
lines when the barracks will be fully oc-
cupied.
1t is said that the work of construction
Will begin just as soon as the ground is
made ready for the work. Col T1lley has
Deen here for several days looking after
the arrangements, and he will be the SUI
| perintendent of construction. There are
sui some other buildings around the new
| fortihcations which will be built by the
government Itself.
| Inc government has also undertaken the
work of constructing the emplacements for
the two Pinch guns, which are to be
mounted just to the northwest of the pres
| ent battery of four S-inch guns. The en-
| placements for the S-inch guns were con-
structed under contract, but for some rea-
| son the government did not see fit to call
| Tor bids for the work on the other battery.
| The three batteries of guns at Tybee
| four 6-inch, two 12-inch and two 47-inch
| Will require the presence there of at least
| TWO batteries of heavy artillery or some
! thing like $50 men. Quarters will be re-
CURED for the officers of these companies
and with two such batteries there would
probably be major stationed here also
| in command of the entire garrison
There are at present nearly 200 men or
! the island, there being something more
| than 135 in the battery of heavy artillery
and between fifty and sixty in the infan-
try company. With the arrangements now
being made Tybee is assured of perma-
nent garrison a beast as large If not larg-
| er. than the force now on the island
This addition to Tybee will be a mos
| interesting one. When the sound of the
war guns is Quilted visitors perhaps will
| be allowed 20 go a little closer to ths
forts and among the camps, which will
| form an additional attraction.