The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-16
VIRGlNlANS LEAVE TO-DAY.
The FOURTH REGIMENT NOW
ABOARD THE CHESTER.

VIII Sail This Morning at 10 O'clock.
savannahians VIII Regret the
Departure OF the ReEiment-FOrty-
Ninth Iowa and sixth Missouri to
Go to Cuba shortly ora the Mime
wasI1a, ROumnnian and OLDHAM.
All the Regiments of the Second
Division of the Seventh Corps
VIII Then Have Left Savannah.
The transport Chester will sail this
morning for Marianao. Cuba. with Brig.
Gen. Hasbrouck and the headquarters of
the Second Brigade of the Second Divi-
sion, and the Fourth Virginia Regiment
aboard. The Fourth Virginia is the first
regiment of this brigade to leave Savan-
nah for Cuba. The other, the Forty-nnth
Iowa and the Sixth Missouri. win follow
very shortly.
The Chester is expected to go down the
river about 10 O'Clock this morning, thus
giving the friends of the Fourth Virginia
in Savannah a chance to wave the regi-
ment farewell. The regiment broke camp
on the Thunderbolt road, where it has
been for the last two months, yesterday
afternoon, arriving in the city about 3:15
o'clock and marching to the wharves. All
along the line of march the regiment re-
ceived a hearty ovation, everyone wishing
Col. Taylor and his men the best of good
luck in Cuba or wherever else they may
GO
The men slept aboard the Chester last
night. Although the accommodations of
the transport are not as satisfactory as
those aboard the Mobile, there is plenty of
room aboard, and the men win be abe to
make themselves fairly comfortable.
The Fourth Virginia is now the only
representative of the Old Dominion in the
armies of the United States, with the ex-
ception Of the negro regiment from that
state, the other regiments from Virginia
having been mustered out. The Fourth is
from the Tidewater section of Virginia,
with the exception of two companies from
Richmond, formerly the old Richmond
Blues. There are three companies from
Norfolk and one from Portsmouth, one
each from Franklin. Petersburg, Newport
| News and Hampton.
Col. George w. Taylor commands the
Fourth, and is as popular with his men
as ne mas been with the people of Savan-
nah. Lieut.. Col. Luther r. Edwards is
next in command, Maj. Marshall Tarran
commands the Second Battalion, and Mai.
| William n. Blow the Third Battalion, The
officers of the staff are Capt Philip d.
Yeatmdn, adJutant; Capt. Alex M Hig--
| Gns, quartermaster; Mai. Charles r
| Vance chief surgeon; Capt William 7,
GA, assistant surgeon; Capt. George P.
| reed, assistant surgeon, Chaplain Frank
| Stringfellow.
There is probably no regiment Of the
| Seventh Corps the members of which have
been more generally popular with the peo-
PIE OF Savannah than the Fourth Vir-
| glnla Both officers and men have been
! the recipients of many attentions social
| ~ and the members of the regiment prob
| ably have more extensive acquaintance
! among the people of Savannah than those
! or any other regiment. The conduct of
! both officers and men throughout have
| been such as to confirm the good innpres-
sion formed on first acquaintance. They
VIII leave many warm friends behind them
and their remembrance of Savannah can
| hardly be otherwise than pleasant
Inc next two regiments to go will be the
| Forty-ninth Iowa and the Sixth Missouri.
| whose departure is scheduled to take
place within the next few days. These
| Two regiments will be taken by the trans
/
dam. The Roumanian came up the river
| yesterday, the Mnnewaska is at Tvbee
awaiting orders and the OLDHAM is expect
ed here to-day. The OLDHAM takes the
| place of the Manitoba, which is now in
| quarantine in New York. The present Dran
Is TO put the Forty ninth Iowa aboard The
| Minnewaska, dividing the Sixth Missouri
| between the OLDHAM and the Roumanian.
| and placing all the transportation. such
as wagons, horses and mules, for both reg
iments as well as that of the Second Di
vision hospital corps and the provost guard
| aboard the OLDHAM.
With the departure of the three regi
ments of Gen. Hasbrouck's brigade. the
| Fourth Virginia, the Forty-ninth Iowa
and the Sixth Missouri. the entire Second
DIVISION OF the Seventh Army Corps win
! have left Savannah. The work of trans
porting the First Division of the Corps
commanded by Gen. j. Warren Keifer. viii,
| probably begin next week
The resignation of Gen. Francis Y
| Greene, the commander of the Second nj.
vision, has been announced. Gen y r
| Wililston of the First Brigade of the III
| VISION is now in command of the division