The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-05
HOW DRINKS ARE BATHED.
Mai. Harrison Had Several Doses
Administered Last Night.

The cold shower bath administered TO
drunkS as prescribed by Mai. Russell
3. Harrison. provost marshal. is undoubt-
edly one of the most interesting features
| of the Seventh Corps life.
Yesterday was pay day for three "egi-
ments. and a good many of the boys were
on the docket for being drunk and disor-
derry. Especially was this true of the
Second Louisiana Regiment. which is said
to have the record for getting men in the
guard house on pay day 1t seemed that
every other man confined in the lock up
at provost headquarters last night was a
Lousiauian.
When Maj Harrison went down to take
a look al the boys in the lookup, he found
one young LoWsianian suffering from a
terrible case of 10 much spirits. The doc
tor felt his pulse and decided he could
stand the showet. He was as limp as
rag when the meh began to undress MIN,
but when the cold water gave him start,
he cursed almost like a maniac. For few
minutes II seemed as If he mad delirium
tremens, but the strong arms of two large
and muscular priva les held him under
the water until he had good dose of 1t.
He fought a while and then cursed
while, but when they got through with
him ne had Gained down considerably,
and though still limp he was ready to ad-
nit to Mai. Harrison that he felt much
better.
The next patient was a discharged ar
tilleryman.
What is this l have run up against?"
said he
Wait a minute and you'n see" said one
Of the privates as he pulled off some more
of his Clothes
"What have / run up against|' the ar
tilleryman asked Maj. Harrison.
you've struck real 1--we army corps
the major remarked, "and wen give you
a new experience in a minute"
The soldier surprised everybody after he
was undressed by calmly pushing the at
tendants 10 one side and standing under
the cold bath while he washed himself
off
81 like this" he said, but / thought at
first you brought me in here because 1
had yellow jack or some other disease.
There's nothing the matter with me"
Another patient was brought on and he
kicked and cursed just as the first had
done, only il seemed that the quality of.
the liquor he got was a little better and
he was not so badly effected. There were
some twenty-five or thirty prisoners in
the guard house last night, a much small
ed when three regiments have been paid
off. The chances are there win be about
three times as many in the lookup tonight.
About ten patients from the Maine Ar
ullery battalion, including one commits
stoned officer, were sent to the emergency
hospital by Maj. Harrison yesterday on
their arrival in the city
The chief Of police has furnished all the
men of the provost guard with keys to
the Gamewell boxes The provost guard
has a patrol wagon at The barracks, and
by the use of these boxes can call 1t at
once when an arrest is made.
There has been put in the headquarters
of the provost guard a telegraph instru-
ment, connected with the Western Union
lines, and a regular telegraph operator Is
kept on duty at all times.
Mai. Harrison has just had a govern
ment signal service telephone put in 10
the provost headquarters, connecting 1t
with the police barracks. This had to be
done on account of the exorbitant rates
charged for the telephone service in Sa-
yannah. which, he says, precluded its use
for the provost guard service.
The organization of the provost guard
has been made a most thorough one, and
the citizens of Savannah are now salts
fled that they will have little or no trou-
BILE so far as the soldiers are concerned.