The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-26
CORPS COMMANDER CHANGED.
Communal from Eighth Page.

Jacksonville will be about completed for
the present. The Sixth Missouri Regi-
ment, belonging to the Second Brigade,
Second Division, has been left in Jackson
vile for the purpose of looking after the
hospitals there. That regiment will remain
in Jacksonville until the hospitals are
about cleared out. The corps left between
1000 and 200 men in the Jacksonville hos
pitfalls. These men viii be sent to Savan-
nah TO join their regiments as fast as they
recover, and those who have been more
seriously sick will be sent home and fur
Laughed for thirty days, until they get in
good shape again.
While the officers have been making
some complaint about the delay on the
part of the railroads, the railroad authori-
ties have also a kick coming, on the
ground that much damage has been done
the railroad passenger coaches used by
the troops. II is said that almost every de-
tachable article has been carried away,
while in some instances coaches have been
pretty badly torn up.
A little story is told by one of the
railroad men as illustrative of the actions
Of the troops while being transported. 1t
concerns Louisiana regiment, which was
recently mustered out, and not the move
ment of the corps from Jacksonville here,
though it is considered quite illustrative.
The Louisianians were quite boisterous,
he said, and i'm moving from Jacksonville
did not hesitate to fire off their pistols IN
the cars and shoot out the lights. At a
little station the other side of Naldosta
some of the Louisianians got out of the
car and caught COW. They bundled her
into the baggage car, MIXED her to the
limit and very kindly put her off at the
next station.
Every regiment in the corps has it's Y
NJ. c. a. tent along with it. These tents
have nearly all been put up, and are in
shape for the use of the men already
There are one of the most interesting
features in the army. In them writing
material and papers and magazines are
furnished the men. and they are most
comfortable and delightful loafng head
quarters.
The First Division has its water sup
ply IN good working order, and there is
an abundance of faucets from which IL
may be secured
The corps officers are all awaiting very
anxiously orders from Washington reas-
signing the division and brigade staff off,
GERS in the corps. The commanding Off
GERS of the brigades and divisions were all
assigned upon the reorganization of the
corps about ten days ago, but up to the
present time nothing has been done with
regard to STAFF officers of these branches
This mornings mail is expected to bring
orders from Washington with regard to
the staff officers of the brigades and divis-
ions, and then they will know somewhat
better where they stand.
The division hospital of the First Di-
vision has been established near the BIZ
cycle track on the Thunderbolt shell road
All the tents are up, and the hospital Is
in good shape. Each brigade and regi-
ment also has It's hospital, but the serious
cases are removed from these to the divis-
ion hospital. There are very few men
in any of the hospitals here. and there are
no serious complaints. The sick of the
corps are nearly all in Jacksonville, where
they have been left until they recover.