The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-28
CHESTER TO SAIL TO-DAY.
FIFTEENTH INFANTRY ALL SAFELY
on BOARD.

and Officers Rnd a Large Qunnhty
of Storcs-Is Drawing over - Feet
and VIII Test the Rivers Depth.
Not Room Enough on Board for
All the supplies and Men 1t Was
Desired to Send-The Fifteenth In
fantry "A Fine Regiment.
The transport Chester is expected to go
out on the high tide this morn
ing, carrying the Fifteenth Infantry, with
1910 officers and men, and a large amount
OF stores bound for Neuvitas, Cuba. Every
available space for men, animals and
freight aboard the vessel is taken up, and
she is probably the most heavily laden
transport that has left the port
The Chester came In drawing "a feet of
water, and as she has taken on consider
able cargo. she is likely to draw more on
the trip down than she did coming up
Naturally. there is much interest in the
trip of the vessel down the river, as none
of her size has ever attempted TO make the
trip drawing over "a feet. Her safe depart
ure viii be another exempli1cation Of the
remarkable Improvement in Savannah's
outlet to the sea, as the result of the river
and harbor work.
The Fifteenth Infantry arrived yester-
day morning from Huntsville, having been
on the road nearly forty-elght hours. The
regiment is in splendid condition, having
been recruited to its fun strength of 1850
men. About 400 are new recruits who
have only been recently assigned to it,
They have not all been fully equipped
some of them not yet having received
their uniforms. The officers of the regi-
ment regret that the recruits were not re-
ceived earlier during its stay at Hunts
vile. so that they might have had them
in shape by this time. The majority of the
men in the regiment, however, are veter-
an soldiers, many Of them old indian night
ers, and 1t viii not take them long 10 get
the new material into shape. The whole
regiment is as healthy and hearty looking
a body of men as was ever seen here.
Col. Edward Moale is in command, with
Lieut. Col j. w Powell The two ma
jors are absent, and Capts Cornish and
Davis are commanding battalions. Lieut..
Wttenmeyer is adjutant, and Lieut..
BuTtsch is quartermaster. The other Oh
ficers are Capts. Cook, Nancy, Lloyd,
Blauvelt. Cotter, First Lieutenants Free
man, Lynch, Crane and Bamford, and
Second Lieutenants Hartman, Tupes, Bar
low Roach Wilkinson, Rucker and Moore.
There are several vacancies, and several
officers are absent on detached duty, which
accounts for the small number of officers.
One of the contract surgeons with the
regiment is Lieut. NJ. o. Fulcher formerly
of Company 3 Of the Second Georgia. DR..
Fulcher left his home at Waynesboro and
enlisted as a member of Company Is at
Tampa with the intention Of entering the
hospital department He was shortly aft
erward transferred TO the division hospl-
tai. then in charge of Maj. Davis of the
Second Georgia. He was rapidly promot-
ed there. and received his appointment
as contract surgeon, with the rank of
first lieutenant some time ago DR.. Full
cher has a number of warm friends among
the Savannah members of the Second
Georgia, who feel deep interest in his
welfare.
The Fifteenth has seen no active service
In the war with SPAIN much TO the regret
Of its officers and men. The regiment
was scattered throughout the Southwest.
in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and
elsewhere at the beginning Of hostilities
and was only concentrated at Huntsville
late in the summer. Both officers and
men are e,ated that they are to go 10
Cuba, even at this late stage of the game.
The regiment is used TO work, ana enjoys
the prospect.
Mai Armstrong, brigade surgeon, and
Lieut. Sweeney of troop G Of the Eighth
Cavalry. viii accompany the Fifteenth on
the Chester to Nuevitas to join the por-
ton of their regiment which was recently
taken there by the Manitoba.
The pack train of the Eighth Cavalry,
in charge of Chief Packer John Clark, ac-
compauied the Fifteenth from Huntsville,
with the expectation of going with it to
Nuevitas 1t was found yesterday, how
ever that IL would be impossible to make
room for the pack train on the Chester,
so Il viii have to await another trans
port which is not crowded. There are
2S men and 1872 head of animals with the
train There are also eight members OF
the Eighth Cavalry, who failed TO make
connections with Manitoba. who expected
10 go on the Chester, but who may be dis
appointed.
The, Fifteenth brought all its bag,
gage even to the tent floors and
then private belongings of the men.
Expecting to remain some time in
Cuba. the officers and men naturally want
TO take with them all the comforts aud
convenienees possible. The Central press
wharf was piled high yesterday with mis-
cellaneous baggage, camp cots, tents, bags,
buckets clothing and truck of all kinds.
Agent Irrelevant gazed at the pile almost
ia despair. as after taking out part of
the cargo Of forage brought down by the
room for the commissary supplies furnish
ed for the regiment. All the stuff was
cotton aboard somehow, however.
The accommodations on the Chester,
both freight and passenger, We're used to
the limit. In fact it looked for awhile
last night as if a portion of the regiment
would have to be left here. All the men
We're gotten aboard somehow, but it is
to be feared they will be badly crowded.
The lack OF freight room was a prob
lem which Mai. Ruthers, chief commits
sary. and Agent Irrelevant found difficulty
in solving. 1t had been intended TO send
ninety days supplies with The regiment
but this had to be cut down to thirty
days for lack of room. To get even this
amount on it was necessary to remove a
part of the cargo Of forage brought down
by the Chester.
All of the troops were gotten aboard and
the work of loading completed before mid