The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-25
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line of necessities, or refreshments call IL
what you will. and the one at the camps
OF the Second Georgia is no exception TO
the general rule. Ii is run by Robert
Pause of Alfalfa, a man who has con-
Quoted himself since coming here in a
creditable manner, and who a home is re-
garded as good citizen and well liked
by those who know him He keeps a
clean and orderly place, and never allows
any rows or misconduct to occur about the
place lie has too good a thing of 1t to
take any chances of loosing the support
and respect of the officers of the regiment,
al whose hands he secured the privilege
he now enjoys of managing the booth His
line OF salable products consist of beer,
soda water sarsaparila, lemonade, smok-
ing ana chewing tobacco, cigars, cigar
cites, ice and occasionally sandwiches but
no whisky or drinks made with whisky or
other alcoholic liquors The beer is delivA
cred fresh and cool at the canteen three
or four times daily, and in this condition
is regarded a healthy beverage
While Mr.. Pause runs the canteen. a
board of officers of the regiment controls
its conduct, both as to the character Of
the supplies, the hours it is kept open ana
m other ways sees that the privileges Of
che institution are not abused. that the
canteen is run exactly as it should be,
and made place where the men can
get such little things as they desire, with
out going long distances into the city
where they would be away from the
watchful eyes of their commanding Off
GERS, 2nd liable to visit resorts that should
be avoided
The guard tent, where the men doing
patrol and guard duty are allowed to rest,
when they come in from their posts, is
located within twenty-five feet of the can
teen, and commissioned officer is there
the entire time. Even should the men be
inclined to misbehave, they would not do
so under the very eyes of a superior Off
Ger, who would see to 1t that they were
properly punished for such misconduct
The surgeon of the regiment lnspects
the cleanliness of the canteen daily in the
same manner that he inspects other build
lngs on the ground to see that they are
kept clean and healthy. All of the five
regiments on Palmetto beach have can
teens and all of them are run on the
same principal. Each regiment gets per-
centage of the receipts of the canteen,
and this fund is divided up among the
twelve companies of the regiment so that
each company mas a fund with which to
purchase things as ice lemons or other
things that the companies need which
are not supplied by the government. Now
to abolish the Georgia canteen what
would be the result? For one thing II
would end all chances of drawing a per-
centage out of the canteen for company
use, in the purchase of ice, and would
send the men who want to buy the pro-
ducts of canteen TO the canteens of the
other regiments in the vicinity, or else
compel them to go into the city for the
purpose of buying their beer cigars. to-
bacco, lemonade, etc. In either event all
of the money now spent with the Georgia
canteen, portion of which is gotten back
by the men, would go elsewhere into other
hands and other pockets.
THE officers with whom I have talked
feel highly indignant at the charges
specified in the resolutions passed by the
Atlanta ministers. and would come cut
in interviews, or in cards over their own
signatures, but for the fact that as Off
GERS of the army they do not feel that it
would be becoming in them to notice such
publications. feeling satisfied that the pub
1ic generally know much more about what
a canteen is and how it is managed than
the reverend gentlemen in Atlanta VINO
possibly have never seen a canteen, or
know anything about the manner i'm which
an institution of its character is run or
operated