The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-06
ARTILLERY GROWING RAPIDLY.
Galatians Now Have 9S Men Actual
Iy Enrolled for Service.

To say that Capt. George p. Walker
and Lieut.. Armin B. Palmer of the Chat
ham Artillery are granhed with the sue.
cess with which they have met in enlist
ing recruits would be putting it mildly. 1t
might with propriety be said that they are
eiated.
When the clock struck 9 last night these
officers had just enrolled their ninety
eighth man, and had then in their posses
sion letters and kilograms almost posi-
lively promising from five to ten others.
one of these kilograms was from a rep
resentative of the company who has been
Qua on the road looking up recruits. There
is a military company in nearby town
which is seriously considering the matter
OF going with the artillery in a body, that
is 70 say all of the members Of The COM
pany who want to enlist, and there are
anywhere from fifteen to twenty-five of
them. Five members of that company
have positively promised to enlist with the
Chathams. This alone viii run the enroll
ment of the Galatians up 10 1O3, and if
they get other members of that company.
they will come some where near reaching
the limit required. The minimum number
OF men and officers is 112, and the maxi
mum l25. Fourteen men in addition TO
those whose names were on the rolls last
night will run the number up to the min
mum, and Il viii take but twenty-seven
20 completely FIJI the company's ranks
Capt. Walker has had letters from five
parties living south of here on the line of
the Savannah. Florida and Western Rail-
way, four Of them at Folkston. These have
all expressed the most earnest desire TO en-
hst with the Chathams and said they
would make arrangements 10 do so as soon
as they received fun information
or the 9S men now enrolled twenty-eight
were secured yesterday. 1t is gratifying to
note that eleven Of these are Savannah
ANS. They are ex-Alderman James Nc
CURE, who Is put down as farrier, John
1. Wilson, ]. Charles Manning, Henry NJ
Gilbert, John F'innegan, Robert II. Nc
hugh Peter l. Bersnc, Edward H. Shay.
Edward l.. Smith, Jas. J. Curley and Will
liam r. Butler. The rest are sailors. and
others who recently came here, or have
been here only short time.
capt. Walker expects 10 be able to wire
Gov Atkinson to-day that he is ready for
orders A requsition has been made for
six guns for the Chathams, and they are
expecting to hear from them now every
day.
Quite a number of men already
enrolled in other military companies
IN the city want to go with the
Chdlhams ana have made application to
capt. Walker Capt Walker has refused
to enroll them, however. until they first
secured their release from the companies
with which they are enlisted. So far as is
known this has not yet been done in any
instance. Most every command wants to
hold on to all the men it has, and wants to
get others besides.
A peculiar fact about the call for artil-
lerymen is that in the batteries wanted
from Georgia, 125 men and officers was put
as the limit. while POI men in each battery
were called for in Pennsylvania, and some
of the other Northern states The officers
here do not understand this difference. Ac-
cording TO the regulations an artillery bat
terry on war footing should contain 1S0
men. One of the officers humorously re-
marked that he could not account for 1t in
any other way than perhaps they thought
one of the Georgians was worth two Of the
Pennsylvanians.