The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-13
THE BOYS WANT TO GO HOME.
GOV. TYLER LOOKING AFTER SKY
ERAL OF THE VIRGINIANs.

About 100 or More of Them Who
Want TO Get hack to sole Vir-
einny"-The Governor Had Talk
with the Men ut Their Camp Yes
terday, and Conference with Gen
Lee and Col. Taylor Followed.
Thinks He May Succeed In Getting
Transfers Made The Virginia
Party Returned Last Night.
Gov. ]. Hoge Tyler of Virginia, the men,
bers Of his staff and the ladies who ac-
companied him to Savannah, left the city
this morning at o'clock by the Plant
System to return to Richmond.
The visit of the Governor and his party
has been pleasant and most interesting
one. to himself and also to Savannah, for
the review of the corps yesterday was due
to his visit.
The particular object of Gov. Tyler's
visit was to see about securing discharges
In cases of certain soldiers in the Fourth
Virginia Regiment There are 100 men or
more in the regiment who want 10 get
back to their families and their business,
and Gov. Tyler is looking out for their
interests. He stated that he had had PEE
titions without number from wives and
mothers and friends of many of The sol
dlers in the regiment, many of them being
cases in which families are dependent for
support upon men now with the Virginia
regiment.
Gov Tyler paid visit to the Fourth
Virginia camp in the morning for the pur-
pose of talking with the men as he had
promised. The Governor walked through
the streets of the different companies I'M
attended by any commissioned officer 50
that his conference with the men might
be altogether impartial He shook hands
with them and talked over the situation
in detail. Many of them expressed a desire
to go home, and these all stated their cases
to him.
There followed a conference between
Gov Tyler, Gen. Lee and Col. Taylor Of
the Fourth Virginia, with reference to the
cases of these men who want to get back
to their homes The Governor as DESTROYS
of having discharged, of course, only those
men who have good causes, and these are
principally cases where families at home
are dependent on the soldier. The inten-
ton is to supply the places of the men so
discharged with men from the Second and
Third Virginia Regiments, the latter Of
which has been mustered out, and the
former is now being mustered out. The
Governor feels satisfied that enough and
more than enough men from these two
regiments can be secured 10 ill the places
Of the soldiers so discharged
1t is said the conference was entirely
satisfactory to Gov. Tyler, and he feels
| assured that the transfers he has asked
for win be made.
After the corps review yesterday after
noon, the Governor and his party return
ed to the De Soto Hotel and remained
there until late in the evening. Many Of
the men from the Fourth Virginia were
there to see him before he went away.
During the evening he went among them,
chatted with them and told them good-by.
Il hope Wen see you in Richmond inside
of ten days" said the spokesman of the
party of three to whom he was talking
| just before going to the depot. The Gov
ernor assured them that he would do what
! he could for them.
At 1920 O'Clock last night Gov. Tyler
and his party went to their private car,
| rendered by President Walters of the At
] lantic Coast Line Railroad. The members
of the party spoke most pleasantly of Col.
| B. w. Wrenn, passenger traffic manager
of the Plant System, who has shown them
every courtesy. They left on train No. IS
| for the North.