The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-14
GEORGIA BOYS IN NO ROWS.
stories of Fights With Men of Other
Regiments Untrue

stories of Fights With Men of Other
Regiments Untrue.
tampa, Fla, June 13.-"I wish that YOU
would say for me, and the other members
ol the Second Georgia, for that matter =
sald capt. Austin to-day TO me, that
there is not particle of truth in the many
| published reports going the rounds to the
elect that our regiment has been mixed up
IN any tght or disturbance of any kind
Whatever. None of our men have had any
scrapping with the men of any other regi-
ment, SO far as l have heard neither has
there been, or Is there now any friction be-
tween our boys, and the boys of any other
regiment. Our men have conducted them
selves admirably since we have been in the
neid equally as well as any other troops
IN the service. l have seen these reports
published in the Atlanta papers, and some
OF them have found their way into the
columns of the Savannah papers. These
| pupticauons have been the cause of my
| receiving letters from home
almost every day asking if
some of our boys have been
hurt in these disturbances. I
| nave answered many of the letters. and
| IN each have stated in substance what 1
have said TO you"
In what way do you imagine that these
| reports get into print?" I asked
| That | cannot say, but l imagine that
some sensationally inclined writer who
| was anxious to create a sensation manu-.
Iactureu these reports and sent them out
| just 10 create sensation, that is ALL The
only way in which the Second Georgia
| was connected with any trouble whatever
| Is that some OF the regiment was called
| out to do its share of patrol duty in a
! section of Tampa in which there had been
| some slight distuI Dances, brought about
| by certain persons imbibing too freely Of
the wine that is rcd"
None of our men were mixed IN in these
disturbances and their only connection
| with any OF them was, as l have already
| SAID, was in the nature of some of them
being called upon to do patrol duty in
| district in which it had been said there
| had been some sort of trouble between a
| few soldiers and some citizens. Our next
! door neighbors in camp are two regiments
| from Ohio, one regiment from Michigan
! another from New York and still another
| from Florida. Our command has
never had any friction or difference of any
character with the regiments 1 have nam
| ed, or any other regiment / can think of
| Our troops and the troops from Ohio, Flor
| ida, New York and Michigan get along
/ splendidly together. The officers of each
| have exchanged social visits and the men
| daily do the same"
While Capt Austin was speaking to me
in this way, the band of one of the regi-
ments struck up Dixie and lusty cheers
| were sent up from all the camps in the
| vicinity, going to show that the troops
| from the Northern and Western states
| had scheduled Dixie as one their favor
| lite pieces of music While leaving the
camps, passed the Sixty-ninth New York,
which has no band, but carries instead a
| very fine drum and fife corps. This corps
was also playing Dixie" while the cere-
mony of guard mount was in progress.
The officers of Company A entertained
| Col. Brown, his staff and the officers of
! the Third Battalion al dinner on Sunday
! last. The meal was served in sumptuous
! style at Capt. Cleveland Wicoxson's tent,
! where long table was arranged, at which
! the officers were seated.
AT the table were seated Col Oscar J..
! Brown, Maj. Davis, division surgeon
Capt Cleveland Wilcoxson. Capt. John f.
| Powell, Capt w. W. Barker, Capt. How
ard, Lieut. Davis Freeman, adjutant Of
! the regiment; Dr. Cur. regimental sur
geon; DR.. Moncrief, assistant surgeon
| Lieut.. Askew, Lieut.. Boston, Lieut. Sum-
mers, Lieut. Herring Lieut.. Newell West,
Lieut.. Bryson and Lieut.. King. Mai.
! Kendrick of the Third battalion was not
!
| the fact that he was in the city with Mrs.
| Kendriek, who reached Tampa in the
morning, coming here for the purpose of
! paying her husband a visit. For no other
| reason would he have been excused from
the dinner, and for no other reason would
| he have asked to be excused from an af-
| fair which promised so much pleasure.
Several of the officers of the battalion
! had just received boxes of good things
| from friends at home, and the guests were
! invited to come and help destroy them
| The table was covered with the solid dish
/ es furnished by the government, inter
| spersed with which were many dainty
dishes, the product of the boxes that had
just reached the camp. When the dishes
had been removed the party passed an
| hour or two in a social way, and later in
| the afternoon called upon the officers of
some of the regiments in the vicinity.
| These little officers dinners, given almost
every Sunday, are looked forward to with
| much pleasure, and each one adds a new
leaf to the social history of the Second
Georgia
The loading of 5000 or 10000 troops on
| transports, for shipment TO the front have
left many camp grounds in this vicinity
| vacant but they will not remain so long,
! as il is given out here that during the
next week or ten days one hundred and
| seventy-five train loads of troops, mules,
| horses, and supplies will be dumped into
Tampa. These are supposed to be brought
| here for the next army of invasion. Some
| of these troops while scheduled for Tam
pa. may be switched off, and stopped at
other points in this state or Georgia
as a strong effort is now being made to
secure some of these troops for Savannah
jacksonville. Waycross, Miami and Bruins
wick Gen. Coppinger of the Fourth Army
Corps will have his headquarters here and
Gen. Lee Of the Seventh Corps will have
his at Jacksonville.
Mr.. John II. Audesey, a popular young
man from Savannah. who drifted down
here a few weeks ago, has secured a DO
siton with the commissary department
here in the capacity Of car inspector. He
will in all probability go with the troops
to Cuba in the same official capacity
TOMMY RYAN WHIPS TOMMY WEST.