The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-03
CAPT. FREEMAN IS ADJUTANT.
HAS BEEN APPOINTED FOR THE
SECOND REGIMENT.

rendered the ONCE by Wire and
appointment Is satisfactory to
Military Men-Capt. Williamson,
Lieut.. Huger and Lieut.. Anderson
of Co. A. of the Guards Have Re-
Standardization of Capt Austin,
Lieut.. Gibbs and Lieut.. Screven
Has Been ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chartered at the ArmOry.
Capt. Davis Freeman has been appointed
adjutant of the Second Regiment. Georgia
Infantry, United States Volunteers. He
received a telegram yesterday from Col.
Oscar j. Brown of the regiment, rendering
him the appointment. Capt. Freeman re-
piled a once, accepting it.
For several years Capt. Freeman has
been adjutant of the Savannah Volunteer
Guards. He has always been regarded as
ton with the Guards has been such as to
rebound to his credit and to the advance
ment of the interests of the command. He
is popular with the battalion members,
and the news that he viii go to the front
with them will be enthusiastically received.
The position of adjutant to the regiment
is an important ope., and the selection of
Capt. Freeman is a great compliment to
him. Under the new organization of the
military bodies there are no adjutants of
battalions, the reglmental adjutant being
the only one in the command. Military
men commend the appointment of Capt.
Freeman very highly.
Capt. w. w. Williamson, First Lieut.
T. P. Huger and Second Lieut.. ]. Ran
dolph Anderson, of Company A, have re-
signed their commissions, and the election
of their successors. Capt. w. G. Austin
First Lieut.. C. M. Gibbs and Second Lieut.
Richard Screven, has been approved by
the Governor. These Officers will receive
their commissions in a few days. The
usual examination that Is required of Off
GERS before they are given commi ssions
will hardly be expected of the new Off
GERS of Company A, as they will have to
go on to the front so soon,x
The designations of Capt. Williamson,
Lieut. Huger and Lieut.. Anderson were
telegraphed to Atlanta Lieut.. Col. Will
liam Garrard telegraphed the election of
the volunteers of Company A, and gave
them his endorsement for the positions to
which they had been elected. The approval
Of the colonel was necessary to the Cover
nor'S acceptance of the officers elected by
the company.
Companies A, B, and ID, received recruits
at the armory last night. Capt w. T. Hop
kins of Company D, was recruiting officer
of the day, and received lumber of men
hap fnI,f oil I,s-
the enrolment sheets Of whatever company
of the Guards, the applicants desired. 1t
Is not known just how many men were re-
ceived, but Capt. Hopkins felt very well
repaid for the first days labors.
More men were enrolled at night than
during the day. Many members of the CON-
panies who purposed going had not been
to the armory since the enrolment sheets
had been received, and they had not had
opportunity to get their names on. In ad-
dition to these members many new recruits
were secured.
The men who join the companies secure
board and lodging by doing so, if they are
so situated as not to enjoy conveniences in
the city in this respect. The government
pays expenses, which are incident TO the
enlistment of the men in the volunteer
army. Orders are given the men daily on
Halligan's restaurant, where they areNsup-
piled with meals. Cots are set up in the
armory for the men to sleep on, and, on
the whole, they are very comfortably pro-
vidsd for. Lavatories and convenienees ex-
Isl at the armory that admit of its being
utilized in such emergencies as this for the
accommodation of troops. II is expected
that the number of men partaking of the
hospitality of the armory in the way of
cots and restaurants to-day will be
considerably increased within the next
few days, as it Is almost certain that only
! a few more recruits will be secured from
Savannah. Those who come from other
places will have no place to stay, and the
provisions that have been made for recruits
will prove grateful 10 them.
The Guards are reaching out into the
country for their recruits. Yesterday
there were a numberuof the officers and
men absent from the city. Some of them
were away on the specific duty of raising
| recruits, while others went into the work
| incidentally, other business demanding
their presence in the adjoining counties.
! Each of the companies had men out nd
to-day several more will be sent to neigh
boring places Darien. Quitman, Amerl-
Gus, Guyton, Statesboro, Hinesville end
other places win be visited in the effort to
! get up good men to join the Guards who
will go off to war.
| Some of the recruits who have been
taken in are of other nationality. than
| American. An Austrian, a Russian OF
| two, a Canadian and Others, not Ameri-
| cans, except by adoption, have been taken
/ in. Any man may join who has taken out
! his naturalization papers or intends doing
so before he is mustered into the United
| States service.
BAZAAR MELTED a GOOD SUM.