The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-02
LOOKING FOR RECRUITS.
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE
GUARDS WANT VOLUNTEERS.


transportation Paid and VIII BE
Fed and Given "a Place to Sleep.
Expenses for Them Ceases When
They Volunteer Troops VIII
Probably he Mustered ia Here.
Able-bodied white men of good character,
between the ages of IS and As. will now
get all the opportunities they may desire to
join the United States volunteers. Three
military organizations of the city are after
men to enlist with them. The Savannah
commands that will go into the war have
not their full complement, and they want
more men to fiji up
meeting of The board of officers of
the Savannah Volunteers Guards was held
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, where the
entire plan of enlistment of recruits and
the men of the companies who have vol
unteered was mapped out. A notice is
published In the Morning News of to-day
by Col. Garrard, who will command the
the Second Regiment, Georgia Infantry,
United States Volunteers, calling upon men
desiring to enlist to present themselves at
the Guards Armory any day from to
2, from to Z. or from to 10 o'clock.
Enlisting officers will be there to receive
the enlistments
This was agreed upon by the meeting,
and the officers will take turns in recev.
ing the volunteers All four companies
will be looked out for, the recruits being
allowed to join whichever they may
choose. The officers and men of each
company are DESTROYS of seeing the others
receive many enlistments, so that the bat
talon can be mustered in in fine shape.
Company and battalion pride will be borne
out by the members in war as in peace.
All want to see every company get a fun
complement, and no fear is felt that they
Will be unable to do so.
recruits from the surrounding country
ana smaller towns will be brought 10 Sa-
vahnah and quartered at the armorv
mere IS plenty OF room for cots, and the
men VIII be accommodated with. them.
Meals viii be served at the expense of the
government IL is not known Just when
the first recruits from out of town will he
gin TO arrive but they will be provided for
at once, and their stay in Savannah pend
ing the departure of the battalion for the
point OF rendezvous will be at no EXPENSE
10 them. This provision will doubtless in
duce many of those who may intend com.
ing to join the Savannah forces to come
at once. The enlisting officers will take
charge of them as soon as they get here.
ana after their names have been put on
the sheets, they will be taken care of
1t is probable that men win be detailed
by Col Garrard 10 visit neighborng places
to secure recruits. The officers do not
think there will be enough volunteers from
savannah to enable them to fill out the
ranks. They are authorized to go into
the country to raise men for the COM
mands. The transportation of recruite
from their homes to Savannah will also
be paid.
The circulars that have been received
from the office of the adjutant general at
Atlanta were distributed among the Of
hcers. These Will be read with interest
Valuable Information regarding pay. the
number of men and non-commissioned Of
ficers, the supplies the government will
furnish and other matters is afforded.
Some of these will be posted conspicuously
for the information of any who may de-
sire to enlist.
A meeting of the volunteers of Com
pany was held after their newly elected
officers had come down from the meeting
of the officers. Plans for increasing the
enlistment of Company A were discussed,
and methods were decided upon. Each
man will consider himself a special re-
cruittng officer, and will try to bring in
man for the company. The command
has already progressed somewhat in vol
unteers, and the indicatio are bright
for its pulling up to fine showing.
The officers who were elected Saturday
night by the volunteers of Company
Will draw recruits, as their bravery, per-
sonal popularity and military ability will
| be recognized and men will wish to serve
under them. Other officers were discuss
ing the choice of the volunteers, and all
agree that 1t was wise. They spoke highly
of Capt. w. G. Austin, whom they char
acterize as the best man that could have
been secured. One of the officers of high
est rank, in speaking of the election of
Capt. Austin said he is without doubt one
Of the best officers that viii be in the
United States volunteers. He says that
he had heard Lieut.. Hayden of the bat
terry of heavy artillery at Tybee speak of
Capt. Austin. Lieut.. Hayden knew Capt.
Austin when the latter was in the regular
army, and the estimate he formed of him
| then was such as to have induced him TO
say, in a casual conversation before Capt
Austin was brought into his present milf
tary prominence, that he had regarded
him al the best soldier In the service. The
captain of the volunteers of Company A.
Lieut.. Hayden said. must have been
known to Mr. Frederick Remington. who
writes such admirable stories and draws
such splendid pictures of the soldiers of
the regular service. Capt. Austin could
have been taken as the ideal soldier the
writer and artist has depicted
The officers of the four companies who
have charge of the recruiting have already
received a number of names, some of them
! having run their enlistments almost to
the minimum number required. They viii
keep right at the work, and every man
of the volunteers will be on the lookout
for others. A meeting of Company B has
been called by Capt Screven for to-
night.
Col. Garrard says the battalion may be
mustered into the service here. The med
ical board will also be here if the muster
is made in Savannah, as the examination
of the men will be necessary before they
can enlist as volunteers. A request has
been made TO have Capt. J. b. Erwin of
the Fourth Cavalry act as the muster
officer Col. Brown was 10 have attended
to this duty, but his time will be Sc COM
pletely taken up with the organization of