The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
FOUR REGIMENTS NOW HERE.
THE CITY ALIVE WITH SOLDIERS
AND CAMP VISITORS.

Established at the De sOtO-FirSt
Texas and second Louisiana Camp
ed on The southern side of Dale
Avenue-A Paymnster Coming
Here-A Busy Day for Mai Harri-
son and the Provost Guard-signal
Corps VIII Get 10 work To-day.
TWO More Regiments to Arrive.
All of the First Division Of the Seventh
Army Corps, with The exception of the
Third Nebraska Regiment and two battal-
ions of the Fourth Illinois, are now in
camp near Savannah.
The First Texas and Second Louisiana
regiments reached the city yesterday
morning, the former coming by the Plant
System and the latter by the Florida Cen
trail and Pen.nsular The Louisiana regi-
ment reached Savannah about O'Clock,
and was about unloaded when the Texas
regiment arrived at O'Clock. The last
section of the Texas regiment did not
reach here until the afternoon.
The two regiments were taken out to
the crossing of the Plant System and Bull
street, as was done the day before, and
all the morning and afternoon there was
a busy scene along Estill avenue. The
regiments were marched Out shortly after
their arrival, and all day long commissary
and quarteTmasteTs supplies were dump
ed from freight cars into heavy army wa
CONS and moved out to the Dale avenue
camp.
The First Texas went into camp on the
south side of Dale avenue. somewhat to
the east of the camps on the north side
of the road. and about 200 yards from the
road. The Louisiana regiment was camp
ed lust TO the south of It, and the Third
Nebraska on its arrival this morning will
be placed just TO the south OF the Louisi-
anians.
Crowds of Savannah people visited the
two camps morning and afternoon, but the
biggest part of the push" got there after
dinner, when. the newly arrived regiments
were pitching their tents and getting IN
shape to enjoy a nights rest, after hard
days work All the afternoon Estill ave-
nue. and Dale avenue were thickly crowd
ed with soldiers, bicyclists, pedestrians,
buggies, carriages and army wagons 1t
seemed as if the whole of Savannah had
turned out to see what the place looked
like. The people wandered through the
camps chatting with the soldiers. To most
of them an army camp was new sight,
and everybody seemed 10 enjoy the situa-
ton.
There are now about 1000 soldiers In the
city and 1900 more will come to-day. The
Plant System will bring the One Hundred
and Sixty-hrst Indiana and the brigade
headquarters of the First Brigade, Second
Division this morning. The Florida Cen
trail and Peninsular will bring the Third
Nebraska, Col William ]. Bryans regi-
ment which belongs to the First Brigade
of the First Division. Both of these reg
iments may go into camp on Dale avenue,
though il is possible the One Hundred and
Sixty-first Indiana may be assigned to the
site on the Thunderbolt she'll road. This
will put half the corps in Savannah, and
means that an addition must be made to
the provost guard, though that will not
be done until tomorrow.
The headquarters of the corps arrived at
2 o'clock yesterday morning. The officers,
however, remained i'm their sleepers until
daylight. Gen. Greene and most of the
officers of the corps staff came at this
time. Gen. Greene was accompanied by
his aid, Lieut.. Schuyler Schieffeln. Other
corps officers who came were Col. George
f. Pond, chief eommissary; Col j. Fl.
Dorst, adjutant general; Lieut.. Col Curtis
Guild, Jr, inspector general; Lieut.. Col.
L. Nj. Maus. chief surgeon; Lieut.. Col.
o. Il. Wood chief commssary; Assistant
Adjutant General c. II. McGnl Lieut.. AL
Gernon Sartoris and Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee,
Jr, aids to Gen. Lee, and several others.
Gen. Greene made trip through the
camps during the day, and took in the
situation very carefully. He expressed
himself last night as much pleased with
IF ha md = - J., lie
intention to hasten the movement of the
corps to Savannah as rapidly as possible.
He had a conference a the De Soto with
Mayor p W. Meldrim. Mayor Meldrim
extended the officers the freedom OF the
city and assured them that while there
was no objection to the government MAX
Ing whatever expenditures here it should
see fit, there would be found no dispo-
sition on the part of Savannahians to
do any gouging. He said the people of
Savannah were glad to see the officers
and the soldiers here, and would do ey-
erything in their power to make their
stay pleasant one.
Lieut. Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., who Is in the
city, is just from Richmond, where he
was called some days ago on account of
the serious illness of his mother. He said
fast night that Mrs. Lee was very much
improved and that though recovery is
slow she is now entirely out of danger
Gen. Lee viii be able TO leave Richmond
In a day or two, therefore, and is expected
in Savannah by the middle of the week
probably Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning.
Maj. Russell b. Harrison, provost mar
shall of the corps. was one of the busiest
men in the city yesterday. The arrival OF
troops is always an important event with
the provost guard. In the first place order
fies had TO be detailed for corps headquar-
tiers during the day as the corps orderlies
were busy getting their stuff unpacked,
and their camp al Thomas Park, al Fourth
and Bull street. Details were sent also to
the commissary and quartermasters ware
houses on West Broad street, and to the
train containing the property of the corps
hospital which was beng unloaded during
the afternoon. A detail Of fifteen was sent
out last night 10 guard the quartermas-
ter's property which was being unloaded
at Bull street and Estill avenue -
Chief McDermott Of the police force
took Mai. Harrison out to Thunderbolt
during the day. on account of the num-
Der of saloons there, Maj. Harrison at