The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-02
GEN. LEE COMING TOMORROW
GOV. TYLER AND PARTY OF
TWELVE WILL BE HERE.

dcred out TO meet lhem IDS
MOrning-COI. Birnie Expected To-
day-SeveraI Muster Rolls sent the
Paymaster, But He Wants Them
All mt Once-May Begin Paying the
Troops on Friday-sOme Trouble
over the Shell Road.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee of the Seventh Army
Corps will arrive in Savannah tomorrow
morning about O'Clock by the Plant Sys-
tenn.
Gen. Lee left Savannah something more
than three weeks ago, having been called
away on account of the sickness of his
wife in Richmond. Since then Mrs. Lee
has greatly improved, and Gen. Lee after
ward went to Washington. where he has
been for the last day or two.
Gen. Lee will be accompanied to Savan-
nah by Gov. J. Hoge Tyler OF Virginia
and a party of twelve, including several
of the Governors staff The news of
their coming was telegraphed to savan-
nah yesterday, and the Fourth Virginia
Regiment. of the Second Brigade, Second
Division. has been ordered out to meet
these distinguished guests on their arrival
this morning
The Fourth Virginia viii leave its camp
on the Thunderbolt shell road tomorrow
morning. shortly before train time.
aud will meet the train on
its arrival. The regiment will
escort Gen. Lee and Gov. Tyler to the De
Soto Hotel and then return to its camp.
The coming of Gen. Lee was extensively
discussed among the officers at the De
Soto Hotel last night. He had been eX-
pected daily for the last week or more,
but nothing definite was known as to the
time of his arrival No definite word
came from him until yesterday, when 1t
was stated that he would be here Thurs
day morning with Gov. Tyler and party.
The visit of this distinguished party
will undoubtedly be an suspicious occa-
sion for the corps. How long they will
remain is not known, and the object of
their visit is no doubt on account of the
commanding officer of the corps, and the
presence with it of a Virginia regiment.
During Gen. Lees absence Gen. Keifer
OF the First Division has been in COM
mand OF the corps, but Gen. Lee will take
charge tomorrow. Practically all of Gen.
Lees staff officers are here, with the eX-
ception of Col. Rogers Birnie, chief ord
nance officer, who will be here to-day or
tomorrow.
Several Of the regiments in the corps
sent in their muster rolls TO the office
of Mai. George r. Smith, paymaster, yes
terday but the majority of them are still
10 come An order was issued yesterday
directing the proper officers of regiments
to forward their muster rolls TO the pay
master at once, SO that he can arrange
as soon as possible to pay off the men
After the muster rolls are in it will re-
quire some time to go over them and do
all the necessary figuring In connection
with them before the payments can be
made. Maj. Smiths Office Is on the north
west corner of Liberty and Lincoln
streets, just three blocks below Bun street
to the east.
If all the muster rolls reach Mai Smith
to-day he win be able to begin paying
off the men by Friday or Saturday. The
work once begun, il will require only a
short time to pay off the entire corps.
paymaster can 20 through with two or
three regiments a day, as rule, and the
chances are that by next Tuesday about
every man in the corps will have received
his months pay. The paymasters had
very little business yesterday. Some few
discharged soldiers were paid off, and the
accounts of a large number of officers
were settled. This business, however, was
all transacted in checks. The cash with
which the men will be paid viii no doubt
arrive in a day or two
Maj. George W. Ruthers. commissary of
subsistence, L. s. A., will leave the city
this morning for Jacksonville, where he
goes to attend to some business connect
ed with his department. Maj. Ruthers
has charge of one of The most important
departments in the army, that of supply
Ing all demands for food, and, though he
is not connected with the corps. his re-
lation to il Is necessary and interesting
one. Mai. Ruthers receives his orders di-
rect from the chief commssary of sub
sistence in Washington. He has under
him force of about ten clerks. and en-
ploys something like seventy laborers TO
handle the stuff he has to deal out every
day for the men. While Gen. Lees corps
was coming 10 Savannah, Mai. Ruthers
moved $4,000 pounds of commissary
stores here and supplied the troops while
they also were en- route.
Lieut.. Col Curtis Guild, Jr., inspector
seneral of the corps. has an affair on hand
in connection with the corps from which
an interesting situation may develop. The
Sndaway Shell Road Company, before the
troops came here, agreed to allow the use
of the road TO the soldiers without charge
1t appears that charges have been put up
on certain army officers, as well as pri-
Vate soldiers, for toll in almost all cases
except where they were on the army wag-
ons themselves. The officers of the corps
do not understand exactly why the COM
pany should insist on charging soldiers
when they rendered the use of the road
10 the corps before it came here. and prac-
tically without the asking. The matter
viii no doubt be inquired into to-day or TO-
morrow
The transport Mississippi with batteries
of the First Maine Artillery has arrived at
New York from Augusta, Me. She viii
transport these batteries to Savannah. to-
gether with the engineer battalion at Mon
tauk. These will be left at Savannah and
the Mississippi will take detachment of
the Fifth Cavalry to Porto Rico.
THE nANGERG M ErUSION