The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-07
WILL BE HOME THIS WEEK.
GALATIANS ONLY WAITING TO BE
PAID FOR AUGUST.

As Soon as They Get Their Money
They VIII Begin FurIOugh OF
Thirty Days-At Its End They VIII
Return to Griffin To BE Mustered
Out-Capt. Walker Believes the
battery of Four Guns VIII Event
uaIIy Come to Savannah.
Capt. George W. Walker of the Chat
ham Artillery arrived home yesterday on
leave of absence. 1t is probable that he
will return to the camp at Griffin on
Thursday or Friday to be present when
the members of his command, Battery B,
are paid off, preparatory to beginning
their thirty days furlough.
Capt Walker stated last night that the
first orders received were to the effect that
the company was to be mustered out. Fur
Their orders came speedily directing that
the battery should be furloughed for thir-
ty days as soon as paid off for the month
of August, the men then to report back
to Griffin for mastering out of the SER
vice of the government. Under these in
structions from the war department the
command is now awaiting the paymaster
The pay rolls have been sent to Atlanta
and the paymaster is expected down any
day now to settle up with the men for
the amounts due them. AS soon as this
is through with the men will scatter TO
their homes, except a small guard kept
at the camp under an officer to protect
the stores, equipment etc.
There are 154 enlisted men in the com
pany, of whom about 100 hail from Savan-
nah, the rest being from various points.
The Savannahians will doubtless all re-
turn home together. The men pay their
own fare, the railroad granting a single
fare rate for the round trip. When they
are mustered out, though, the government
will pay for their transportation.
While on furlough the men get their
regular pay and Communication for rations
Capt. Walker states that the company is
enjoying exceptionally good health as a
whole, there being but three or four men
down with fever and their cases not being
serious. There has been no death in the
company and but three in the entire bat
talon, one of which was accidental, one
from menengitis and the other from ty-
phoid fever The health record of the
command is one that Capt. Walker re-
CARDS as quite satisfactory. When the
men are mustered out they will be each
subjected to a critical physical examina-
ton by the governments physicians.
Capt. Walker Is hopeful that the battery
OF four guns will come to Savannah, al
though not when the company is mustered
out. He has been at work to this end for
some time, and this week got letters which
lead him to believe thai the guns will be
sent here within a comparatively short
time. The guns are all of the latest and
most modern makes, the finest specimens
of the highest skill in gun manufacture.
This battery was made after the war
broke out, and has no superiors. If 1T
can be secured for the Chathams, as
seems very probable, it will give it one of
the best equipments in the entire country.
Capt. Walker is of the idea that the en-
tire volunteer, service of the country will
soon be remodeled, and that when this is
done there will be no trouble in the ma
tional guard or militia forces getting
everything that is needed to make them
of instant value for field operations. There
has been no sounding of any of the men
in Battery B, who are from Savannah, as
to whether they will desire to unite with
the Chatham Artillery when the company
is mustered out and they return to the
city, but there are reasons to believe that
a number of them will avail themselves
of any opportunity to do so.