The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-01
TROOPS NOT TO LEAVE SOON.
SOME OFFICERS THINK THEY WILL
BE HERE UNTIL JAN. 4.

charged Soldiers. Most of Them
From the Texas and Nebraska
Regiments Paid on Yesterday.
Maj. smith Getting Ready to Pay
on the Corps by Regiments-A
large Amount of Small Change
VIII BE Turned Loose.
Little stock is being taken in the report
from Washington that the troops of the
Seventh Army Corps are 10 be moved from
Savannah this week. All OF the indica-
tons here point to the corps remaining a
month or two.
In the first place, nothing whatever has
been heard by the staff officers or the
commanding officer of the corps on the
subject, and the regular routine of the
corps goes on daily. Nothing definite has
been heard as TO when Gen. Lee will re-
turn, though he is now expected daily.
The work of putting up wooden buildings
at the different camps and at the corrals
is going on daily, and there is every evil
denee that the corps will be in camp here
Tor some weeks yet, at least. One or two
OF the corps staff officers remarked yes
terday that 1t would hardly be possible I'M
der present circumstances for the corps
to move toward Havana before the latter
part of November. and, perhaps, not be-
fore the middle of December.
Some uneasiness appears to have been
caused, particularly among the business
people, by the report that the corps might
move at once. Many of them were making
anxious Inquiries yesterday, but all appear
to have come to the conclusion that the
soldiers were good here for several weeks.
Some of the officers who have had expert
ence with the movement of troops under
similar conditions, do not think there viii
be any movement TO Havana before Jan
J. Indeed, this seems to be the opinion
most frequently met, though there is never
any telling what the war department Is
going to do.
Maj. George R. Smith, the paymaster
who will have charge of paying off the
troops, arrived in the city yesterday, and
opened an Office at Lincoln and Liberty
streets. Maj. Smith has as his assistant in
the work Mai. Logan. and Maj. John r.
Lynch, who is one of the colored pay
masters. These and others, no doubt will
assist him in paying off the men of the
corps. Maj. Lynch is one of the best
known colored men in the South. He has
Sixth Mississippi in Congress. He was
fourth auditor of the treasury under Pres
ident Harrison, and is now president of
the Capital Savings Bank of Washington.
He is the man who seconded the nominal
ton of Gresham for President in the con-
vention in 1885,
The muster rolls of the various regi-
ments viii begin coming into Mai. Smiths
office to-day and he expects to have about
all of them by the latter part of the week.
He will then be ready to commence pay
ing the troops
There will be shipped to him from Wash
ington a large amount of cash. Il will
probably require something like $500 900
more to pay off all the officers and
men in tie corps Maj. John l.. Bulls
began paying the officers yesterday, their
monthly pay and mileage being given them
in checks
The men, and no doubt many of the
officers, will be paid in cash. There will
be sent here perhaps Sl50,000 or $500 900 in
bills of small denominat ton mostly 81 and
81, and silver half-dollars quarters, dimes
and nickels, The bulk of the money sent
out in this way is generally 81 bills, all
crisp and new, with a small amount of 81
bills, and occasionally some few IS bills.
The paymasters have had lots of expert
ence with small silver coin and nicl1els,
and in some places where large camps
have been located they found it
difficult TO get the banks to
handle the cash, especially the nckels
The dimes and quarters sent out are nearly
always new. one instance is cited where
an officer was paid $780, and another officer
$685. all in 81 bills. 1t appears, therefore
| that the soldiers will have plenty of
/ change, and the chances are that the bulk
| of it wilf go into circulation in a compara-
| lively short time.
/ Mai. Bulls paid off the following dis
/ rbaTgGH
| It's and Clinton J. Noyes, Company b,
/ Third Nebraska; ODE Hayes and Peter F.
/ Rapp, Company G, Third Nebraska and
James J. Cain, Company L. First Texas
/ Tomorrow he viii pay off these: Paul
| Lehman, Company G., Third Nebraska;
Augustus A. Dunning, signal corps; VIII
| liam Donnelly and Joseph e. Brown, Com
pany G., Third Nebraska; Howard O'Shea
and Louis Reinhackel Company B, Third
! Nebraska; Frank d. Churchin and George
| II. Terriberry, Company l.. Second Loui-
siana.
Moi. Smith paid off the following dis
charged soldiers: Joseph Koss, Company
II; Kirtey Booten and Walker Powell
! Company c.; James s. Cox. Henry Dem
man. Henry c. Nicolea and James C. Wat
son, Company ID; Nathan p. Ward Jr,
Company f; and Gus. NJ. Brass, Jr.. Com
! pany l., First Texas Regiment; Arthur j.
/ Spellman, Company a; Mike Whitton.
! Company b. and Sargt. Sherman Leonard,
! Company NJ, Third Nebraska: Alfred j.
Ronery, Company A. and William e.
! Thomas, Company II, Second Illinois; Eu-
| gene NJ. Beardon, William r. Patterson
and Kenneth d. Baird, Company F, First
| North Carolina; Thomas McGurk and Ed
ward II. McGurk, Thirteenth L. S. V. sig
| nal corps company; Jocelin T. Hunter,
| Company l. and Luther Caulk. Company
| q, Fourth Virginia and William Moham-
ann, hospital corps.
The Second Louisiana Regiment has been
the recipient of many attentions since the
arrival of the corps in the city. The Off
GERS and men of the corps are most crate
full for the kindness shown them 1t is
their intenHon to give a dress parade in
the park extension within day or two. as
we'll as reception at the De Soto Hotel
as an expression Of their hearty appreeia-
ton of the welcome Savannah has given
them.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert. w. Cutler
arrived in The city yesterday and