The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01
FIRST BOOKED FOR THE FRONT
GEORGIA BOYS SURE THEY VILE
co TO PORTO RICO.

Fact That None of the States VoIun-
tecrs Have Yet Been Ordered to
Active DUTY Considered to Make
Their Departure Certain - Guns
Not Yet Furnished the Chatham
ArtiiIerS-Men Mustered Prepare
tory to Being Paid on.
Chattanooga. Tenn. July S1.-A mystery
seems to surround the guns for Battery b.
Georgia Artillery. At least three times it
has been announced that the guns had ar
rived and would be distributed at once. and
each time it had been found that they
had not arrived. 1t was stated to-day that
they would certainly be here this week.
5ergt. Bacon has returned from Savan-
NAH where he has been for about week.
The battery was mustered to-day, and
will probably receive its pay tomorrow.
Quartermaster Green has just recovered
from al illness Of ten days. and has report
ed TO the battery for duty.
Privates Defour. Dixon and sergt. Wake
man are sul in the hospital, but are re-
ported ns improving.
The blacksmith shop for the battery has
now been completed, aud the boys VIII be-
sin doing their own work tomorrow.
Farrier Furlong has Left camp for sa-
vaunah. where he goes to attend the
funeral of his mother, who died in that
city Friday. A strange coincidence con-
nected with this incident is that Farrier
Mcclure also lost his mother only a short
time ago.
The colors, which were presented to the
"a 10 1vFir
Walkers tent to-day, and were greatly
admired by all who saw them.
once more are the hopes of the First
Georgia raised high, and the Porto Rican
expedition is again In sight. Gen. Wade
Went to Washington tonight 10 be In con-
ference with the Secretary of War touch
ing the expedition in question. He Is TO
proceed at once to Porto Rico with fifteen
regiments to come from states that have
the least representation at the front, and
the First Georgia will certainly be lncud-
ed in the movement The men are jubI-
liant tonight over the news.
This morning the regiment was remus-
tered. This muster must occur monthly
before signing of the payroll. The muster
this morning was conducted in person by
Col. LawtOn az o'clock.
The bugle corps blew It's first church
eall this morning and the band rendered
divine music at worship with the new in
struments. The chaplain has taken ten
young men into the Methodist Church and
sent their names to the home churches
with which they desire to affiliate lie viii
also make arrangements TO receive into
the churches of the several orthodox de-
nominations any of the young men wish
ing TO unite with them.
The camp caught the best part Of a
thunderstorm to-day, and mud Is again
as plentiful as measles.
Company has a series OF sparring con-
tests Sunday morning instead OF the con-
ventional Sunday school They have
gloves harmless as cats paw, and have
no end of fun.
Capt Drummond has returned from a
day in Chattanooga, all wreathed in
smiles.
sergt. Camp, Company e. is Ill In quar-
| ters
Private Woodland, Company c. has the
| measles
sergt. T. M. Nelson, Company c, recov-
! cred from his late Illness Ia time to appre-
ciate crate Of fine peaches and Japan
! plums from his own farm, and a box OF
other good things from his home
Artifcer Mlligan, Company c, has gone
for a visit 10 Baxley.