The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-19
GAMBLER APPOINTED COLONEL
CALL FOR GEORGIA'S THIRD REGI-
MENT RECEIVED.


Named BY the Governor This Week.
The Governor to Make All the APP
pOintments of ReGimental, stan
and Company officers Himself-Col.
Gambler Apprehends No Trouble In
Raising the Regiment.
Atlanta. Ca, June lS.-Gov. Atkinson
this morning received by telegraph the Of
fetal cali for the third regiment of volun-
teers which Georgia is to furnish for the
war with Spain.
shortly after its. receipt he announced
the appointment of Col. John s. Gambler Of
the Fifth Georgia Regiment to be colonel
of the new volunteer regiment
Col. Gambler was sent for and held a
conference with the Governor, during
which the details of the mastering Of the
new regiment were gone over.
Capt s c. Mills, the mastering officer
who swore in the volunteers under the
first call, and Capt. j. B. Erwin, acting
adjutant general of the state. were also
IN conference with the Governor over the
call.
Capt. Mills will remain here until the
mastering of the new regiment has been
completed the war department having
been requested by the Governor to detail
him for the service.
The Governor stated in announcing the
appointment of Col. Gambler that he would
not name the other regimental officers
before next week.
II is believed that Capt. Erwin, United
States army, viii be made lieutenant col
onel of the new regiment. He has been
rendered a place on Gen. Gordons staff,
which carries with il only the rank of
captain, however, and if the Governor Of
fers 20 make him lieutenant colonel he will
in all probability decline the tender OF
Gen Gordons TO accept that.
Capt. Erwin is a Georgian an old Sa-
vannah boy and his appointment would
give general satisfaction, especially in
view of the brilliant record he has made
as an officer in the regular army.
Only two majors are provided for In the
new call and it IS impossible to predict
with any degree of certainty who viii get
these places.
The Governor WILL he says, make all
the appointments himself this time, both
of regimental, staff and company officers,
and he proposes to name at least one civ
Han for commission in each company.
When the company officers were COM
missioned under the first call the Cover
nor exercised no authority in selecting
them, leaving this TO the regimental Off
GERS, but this time he will make his own
selections.
The Governor has already named the
members of the medical examining board
to examine the soldiers before their mob-
Hzation. Dr. Holmes of Atlanta and DR..
Barron of Macon have been designated.
They will go to work as soon as the Of
ficers are appointed and the work will be
kept in pace with the recruiting.
lie understood WnetleV
of Douglasville, an ex-state senator, has
been rendered the position of chief surgeon
for the regiment.
Though the two assistant surgeons have
not yet been determined upon the order d.
reefs that preliminary medical eXamina
lions be held before the troops are mobil
iZed to save time and expense This Is the
plan adopted by the Governor before and
it worked so well that the war department
has made 1t a part of the general order for
raising troops in all the states.
Including officers and men, the COM
panles of the new regiment will number
one hundred and three minimum, and one
hun0red and nine maximum. The officers
for each company and the regiment are
the same as in the two other regiments. A
third major has been authorized for the
regiments under the first call, however,
and ii is expected that the same will be
done with the new one, though the cali
only provides for two, as was the case
with the first call. The minimum of men
allowed under the first call was 81. Under
the present call 1t Is 100
Col Gambler stated at the executive Of
flee this afternoon, that he did not believe
there would be the least trouble in raising
the regiment, especially if militia cOmpa-
MES are accepted. He has nine companies,
all with the requisite number of men al
ready rendered him, he says, and IL the
emergency should require il, nc told the
Governor that he could have the whole
regiment in camp in forty-eight hours
this, of course, upon condition that militia
commands be taken as rendered.
If the Governor follows his present plans
and insists upon naming all commissioned
officers Cor the companies it may be that
there will be some delay, though Col.
Gambler is of the opinion that in any event
the regiment will be raised in much less
time than was the case under the first
call.
Gov. Atkinson wanted to appoint Col.
Gambler when the first call came, but was
deferred because he is crippled in one of
his feet. 1t is understood that Col. Cand-
lers friends have interested themselves in
this matter, and assurances have been
given by the war department that his con
dition will not prevent him from being
passed by the examining board.
Col Gambler is judge Of the Stone Noun
tain circuit, and first cousin to Governor
elect A. d. Gambler. He is very popular
with his regiment, and with a long mill
tary experience in militia service, il is ex-
pected that he viii make a fine record for
himself and his regiment
Gov. Atkinson tonight issued a proc
lamation calling for volunteers for the new
regiment asked for by the President
The call asks for a regiment with a max
imum of 1925 men and a minimum of ! =
254 men in addition to the 754 men required
TO bring the First and Second regiments "a
their limit.
Gov. Atkinson expresses gratitude for the
manner in which the two previous calls
were responded to by the people of Geor-
eia, and expresses a feeling of pride that
Georgia was the first of the Southern
states, and thee ninth of all the states tc
have her volunteer forces mustered in the
service of the United States.