The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-10
MICHIGAN SAILS FOR PONCE.
SIX TRooPs OF THE FIFTH CAVAE-
RY NOW AT SEA.

R1 NOW Al SEA.
4 They Expect to Get TO Porto Rico by
/ MOnday-Three CNvalrymen left
Behind-Thc Fourth Virginia Reg
i,nent Ordered Out to Meet GOV.
TyIer-Gen. Lee Coming TO-mOr-
Tow-Eighth Cavalry Coming NO
morrow Night.
The transport Michigan or government
! transport No. %, quartermaster's depart
ment. left Savannah at 2;3O o'clock ytster-
day, carrying six troops of the Fifth Unit
ed States Cavalry Regiment for Ponce.
Porto Rico. in command of Col. C. c.
Carr.
The Michigan went TO sea easily. draw
ing a little more than twenty-one feet Of
water. Pilot w. T. Daniels, Jr., took the
Michigan 10 sea without a hitch. carry
ing her along as if she had been of only
half the draught
The cavalrymen all seemed glad to be-
gin their journey, and two hours after
they left their dock they were well upon
the brny deep. All but three of the
members of these troops were on hand
when the final roll was called and the
men were ordered aboard to begin the trip.
The Michigan did not wait for them, but
put right to sea, and when they are found
they win be sent to join their proper
troops by the next transport for Porto
Rico, with charges of absence without
leave standing against them.
The Michigan carried about 600 horses
and 5S5 men and officers. The horses were
loaded as comfortable as possible, with
the arrangements at hand, but many of
them were put in stalls with sides, in
stead of heads to the sea. They may give
considerable trouble on this account If
the vessel rolls to any extent
The officers expect the Michigan to reach
Ponce about Monday, the trip requiring
from four to five days. The cavalry win,
of course, be unloaded as quickly as pos
sible, and two or three batteries of light
artillery will be taken aboard to be brought
back The artillery will probably be
brought to Savannah, and sent from here
to Fort Riley and Fort Sheridan. The
Michigan will then take on the five re-
naming troops of the Fifth Cavalry and
carry them also to Porto Rico
The cavalrymen appeared all over the
boat when she went down the river There
were cheers from the Michigan, and there
were cheers from those along the wharves,
who saw her going. The Michigan went to
sea with only her low pressure cylinders
in use. The high pressure cylinder head
was broken before she left New York. and
probably will not be repaired until she
has made another trip to Porto Rico and
returned.
Maj. Gen. J. Warren Keller received a
telegram from Gen. Fitzhugh Lee yester-
day, saying he would leave Richmond this
afternoon for Savannah, accompanied by
Gov. Tyler of Virginia, several members
of his staff, and number of ladies' and
gentlemen from that state. The party will
| arrive in Savannah tomorrow morning at
o'clock.
The Fourth Virginia Regiment has been
ordered out to meet the Governor and par
| ty tomorrow morning, and will escort
them from the Plant System depot to the
hotel. Gen. Keifer, Gen. Greene and
number OF the staff officers will go to the
depot to meet Gen. Lee, who will go at
once to his headquarters at the De Soto.
In case of rain the Virginians will not
turn out and there win be no regimental
escort. Otherwise, however, the Fourth
Virginia will be there with band playing
and colors flying, and the occasion will
be an interesting one.
Col. T. NJ. MauS, corps surgeon, Will re-
turn to-day from Jacksonville, where he
has been for the purpose of winding up
the First and Third Division hospitals,
which We're left in that city when the
troops came to Savannah. The patients
of these hospitals have been transferred
to the Second Division hospital there Dur
| Ing his absence, Mai. Jefferson r. Kean,
| surgeon of the First Division has been
! acting in his place.
There are now about $50 sick soldiers in
| the two division hospitals here. Maj.
| Kean said yesterday that very few of
| these are serious cases, and the percent
| age of typhoid lever cases is remarkably
| small 1t is nothing like what 1t was In
Jacksonville he said. Maj. Kean thinks
! the camps are in very good condition, and
| he looks for an unusually small percent
age of sickness.
| The transport Manitoba, which is to
carry six troops of the Eighth Cavalry
| to Nuevitas, Cuba, left New York yester-
day for Savannah, and is expected to ar
rive here tomorrow night. The cavalry
will leave Huntsville tonight, and get
| here tomorrow night. The troops will
| out their horses right aboard the trans
| mort. Gen L. II. Carpenter who will have
| command at Nuevitas, said last night,
] that the Manitoba would probably sail on
| Saturday If it is possible to get her ready
bv that time. 1t may be Sunday, how
| ever, before she can be gotten ready 10
| sail