The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-14
MOBILE WENT OUT QUICKLY
TIE CHESTER WILL SAIL To-M0R-
ROW MORNING.

,.he Manitoba and the MinnewasLn
Expected Today FROM Havana
VIII Take the 10th Iowa and the
sixth Missouri to Cuba-The Fourth
Virginia TO Go Aboard the Chester
This AfternOOn-Ex-M Members of the
second Georgia With the Fourth
Virginia.
The transport Mobile passed down the
river yesterday morning al 7:90 O'Clock
She made a quick trip TO sea, and the pilot
o'clock train back to the city from Tybee
The Mobile carried the One Hundred and
sixty-first Indiana, the Third Battalion
Of the Second Illinois. Company F of the
Fourth Virginia and Gen. Williston with
division and brigade headquarters.
The transport Chester, which will take
Gen. Hasbrouck and the headquarters of
The Second Brigade of the Second Division
and the Fourth Virginia Regiment is not
expected to go out until tomorrow morn
ing The Chester will be detained in port
longer than would otherwise have been
now being made to her hosting apparatus.
The Chester was moved to the Central
press wharf yesterday, as soon as the Mo
bic moved out, and the work of taking on
coal and loading lumber was begun. The
baggage of the regiment and ahe usual
amount of supplies will be loaded to-day.
II is probable chat the Fourth Virginia
viii break camp this afternoon and go
aboard ship tonight
The Manitoba and the Minnewaska are
both expected to-day from Havana. They
VIII take the Forty-nlnth Iowa and the
Sixth Missouri The report that the trans
port Berlin was expected yesterday was
an error. as the Berlin has not yet left
New York.
The Fourth Virginia has been one of
the most popular regiments camped here,
and its departure viii be source of re-
gret 10 the people of Savannah. Many
pleasant acquaintances have been formed
by members of the regiment, and the peo-
pie Of Savannah have come to feel
friendly interest in its members. No bet
ter evidence of the favor with which the
regiment is regarded could be offered than
the fact that the majority Of the members
Of the First Battalion of the Second Geor-
eia, who desired to continue in the service.
have enlisted with the Fourth Virginia,
the majority joining Company NJ. The fol-
lowing ex-members of the Second Georgia
are now with the Virginia regiment: b. c.
Gilmore, A. G. Lawson, r. S. Lawson,
Fred Willinlz, John Taylor and J.. f. ITALIA
feTTo of Company K, and H. II. fitzpatrick
and Fred p. Miller of Company 3 OF the
Second Georgia with Company NJ. r. A.
Coseus of Company M Of the Second with
Company II of the Fourth Virginia and
Arthur Shaaf of Company K, Second Geor-
sia, with Company x of the Fourth Vir-
gina. Mr.. Shaaf was a sergeant before
being mustered out of the Second Georgia,
and has been made a corporal in his new
command.
Company of the Fourth Virginia went
on the Mobile as a part of the provost
guard, companies doing provost duty be-
ing entirely detached from their regiments
for the time that they are on this duty.
The comfortable equipment of the Mo-
bile, so far as the sleeping arrangements
for the men are concerned, was furnished
by the Bernhard Mattress Company of
San Francisco, of which Mr.. R. L. Liliep-
thai, a former Savannahian, is secretary
and treasurer The company had the
contract for fitting out the transports
which carried troops from San Francisco
to the Philippines and designed a special
bed for this purpose. The framework of
these beds is. of gas pipe, which is light
and serviceable and takes up the least pos
sible room. The bed is equipped with a
patent bracket with a clasp, so that it
can be folded up or let down at will. AS
The beds are arranged in tiers two or three
deep, the upper tiers can be folded up
during the day and the lower tier used
for settees. The government officers were
so pleased with the design that they made
a special report upon it, and the company
was called upon TO send a model to Wash
ngton. A patent had already been Sc
cured, The officials al Washington were
so pleased with the model that they gave
the company the contract for equippng
the Mobile and the Mohawk with these
beds. A model of this form of bed is now
on exhibition at the Maritime Exchange in
New York, where it has attracted much
attention.