The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-13
THE SECOND GEORGIA.
W hat the Boys Are Doing in the
Huntsville Camp.

Huntsville Camp.
Huntsville, Ala, Sept. 1-Sergt. James
NJ. Sullivan, Corpl. Tattnan Charlton
and Private Charles Schley of Company
NJ, Private Victor DesbouH1ons of Com
pany K, and Private J. H. Smith of Com
pany B, have all secured their discharges
and are now on their way to Savannah, or
win be shortly.
The Tampa malaria or something else is
getting in Its work with a vengeance. The
ranks of all the companies are greatly de-
peted. Companies which turned out on
! drill and parade with six or eight tours,
| few weeks ago, now turn out with four
or five, and sometimes as low as three
fours. The Increased number of men de-
tailed for guard and detached duty, to-
| gether with the number of absentees on
| sick furloughs, accounts largely for the
thin ranks. The absence of two entire
! companies of the regiment on detached
service throws so much additional work
! on the regiment. Ten to twelve men daily
are detailed from the larger companies for
| guard and detached service.
| Pay day has come and gone and the ma
! Jority of the men are neither richer nor
/ wiser. In fact, 1t is safe to say that fully
| half the regiment is already penniless. The
| soldier who goes for nearly a month with
/ an empty poke tboOk and dry throat can
| hardly be blamed for going to an excess
| when he suddenly finds himself possessed
| of the means with which to satisfy his
! thirst. In consequence there is always
! great increase in the ranks of Company
| O. as the prisoners a the guard house
| are styled, Immediately after pay day
A mo nv tInt nd solo ieT
| all over the country there are necessarily
| a good many tough characters, and 1t Is
| to be feared that these have done enough
| to give the soldiers a bad name with the
| good people of Huntsville, who have been
| exceedingly kind in their treatment. Con-
! sidering the circumstances, however, the
men have nearly all behaved much better
! than might have been expected and the
| conduct of the whole Fourth Army Corps
| appears to be an improvement upon that
! of some of the other army corps al other
! camps. Only one serious affray has been
| reported. member of the Sixty
| ninth New York is reported to
to have been fatally stabbed in an ARRAY
! Thursday night and a member OF the
! Second Georgia is under arrest charged
! with being the guilty party. The friends
| of the Georgian claim, however, that he
was not even present when the ARRAY took
/ place. The affair is said TO have been
l an exceedingly iNS-y Ollt III WHICH q POI -
of the Second Georgia worsted party of
| the Sixty-ninth. Members of other regi-
| ments were also mixed up in the ARRAY.
! The police put the finishing touches 20 the
| scene. Some of the Northern regiments
! here are jealous of the good reputation
| borne by the Second Georgia at Tampa,
! and have made their boasts since arrlV-
! ing here of what they would do to the
latter So far the Georgians have had
! none the worst of it,
| The new khaka uniforms have arrived
| and have been distributed to the men.
These are the uniforms which were de-
! signed for service in hot climates, and
! which were ordered two months and
| half ago, when the Second was expecting
| immediate orders for Cuba. AS it is, they
will make rather cool winter garments.
! If the men take good care of them they
] may do good service next season. In all
/ likelihood khaka uniforms will be all the
| go at Hotel Tybee next summer, as all
the Savannah boys expect to be back by
! then, if not earlier.
As matter of fact, the khaka is hardly
| as cool as an ordinary linen suit, being
more closely woven 1t is altogether too
! light however, for fall wear in this cliA
mate, and the men will get very little serv-
! ice out of them. The men did not want
to take the uniforms, as 1t means So. 80 out
of each mans clothing account, but there
| was no getting around it.
The men have already discovered that
! the latitude Of Huntsville is considerably
! higher than that of Savannah, TO say
| nothing of Tampa There was almost a
touch of winter last week, a cold night,
| followed by a cool, blustery day. The gov
ernment blankets, which seemed so heavy
on the long march at Tampa, seemed very
! light and thin when the cold breezes be-
I gan peerng under the tent flaps and many
spent an uncomfortable night. This little
r Bon, 1an
| boys ponder on what might be their state
should they be so unfortunate as to be
| here when the cold winter blasts begin to
pour down the Alabama mountains. 1t
certainly would not be a happy one.
Private Fred Miller of Company B, who
| has been absent nearly two months at
/ Fort Thomas, KY, where he was sent with
typhoid fever, has returned to the COM
! pany. He was given a hearty welcome by
| his comrades. Both Private Miller and
| Private Farris. who spent two months at
| the Fort Mcpherson hospital, speak in the
highest terms of their treatment at these
hospitals. They were given every attention,
they say, and the food supply was all that
| sick men could desire.
Private Henry fitzpatrick of Company b,
has been made company quartermaster.
| This promotion has thoroughly Pleased the
| members of Company b. There is no more
| popular man in the company than Quar-
| termaster fitzpatrick, and better STILL he
has already proved his efficiency. The quar-
termaster sergeant is in many respects the
most important member of a company.
| Upon his honesty and his success in swap
! ping government provisions for food sup
plies, which will be acceptable to civilized
stomachs, depends 10 a great extent the
| comfort and welfare and even the lives
and health of the men, good quarter
master may almost be said to make a good
company. At least there can be no good
company without a good quartermaster. 1t
can be safely said that half the hardships
and ill-health of the volunteer soldiers in
the present conflict have been due to in
competent and unworthy quartermas ters
and qunrtermaster sergeants.