The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-11
SECOND NOW SLICK AND SPAN.
UNIFORMS ARRIVE FOR THE BOYS
AT TAMPA.

Its Full Quota of Tents-TYO Fri-
Yates From Atlanta Going Home to
Stay-Recruiting squads to BE sent
TO Different Parts of Georgia to
Get Men 10 Bring the Company
Rolls of 1O6 Men Each.
Tampa, Fla, June 1O.-The Georgia and
| Florida regiments were supplied with the
regular army blue shirts, blouse ana
| trousers to-day, but the clothing was only
partly given out this afternoon, as the
company commanders had not finished up
their estimates. showing the sizes of the
uniforms and shirts wanted by the men.
1 Tomorrow the remainder OF the clothing
will be given out
The Georgia regiment to-day also sue
| ceeded in drawing its fun quota of tents.
Since going into camp they have been using
tents supplied by the state of Georgia.
They viii be packed up and returned. and
the tents furnished by the government will
be used instead.
The quartermaster says that every i'm
portant article needed In the way of cloth
ing for the men, camp equipment of all
kinds, and, in fact, plenty of everything,
is now in hand or viii be in day or two,
and that then the Second Georgia will be
as well equipped and ready for an active
campaign as any volunteer regiment now
in service.
Private sneed of Atlanta, who enlisted
under age. was to-day given his discharge,
so also Private Stoddard of Atlanta who
was discharged on account of his being
in bad health.
Private Jones. who was brought back
to Tampa from Savannah under guard,
viii be discharged from service, and sent
home as soon as transportation can be
provided for him.
Col Brown will at once commence re-
cruitng The ranks Of the twelve com
panles in his regiment to its full quota OF
1906 men to the company. He will estab-
lish three recruiting offices, one in Au-
gusta, another in Atlanta and the third
in Savannah. A commissioned officer, as
sisted by one nOn-commissionedo officer and
three Drivates from each of the three bat
tallons, VIII constitute the recruiting force.
The officers and the detachments to go
with them will be selected by Col. Brown
tomorrow who, an making the selection,
will not do so until he has consulted Lieut.
Col Gerrard. The number of men to be
enlisted to bring the twelve companies up
to the standard OF 106 each is about $780,
The trial of John Young and james
johnson, colored, members of the Tenth
Cavalry, is now in progress at Barlow be
fore the circuit court They have both been
indicted for the murder of Joab Collins,
who was killed in a melee while the sol
diers were eucamped at Lakeland. Two
witnesses were examined to-day.
Great difficulty was experienced by the
sheriff in obtaining witnesses
Yesterday he made application to Gen.
shafter at Port Tampa for two witnesses,
but the general refused to give him the
men,
To-day at Port Tampa, Grover Flint, a
well known correspondent, was injured
by his horse stumbling and falling on him.
Last night a corporal of the National
Guard of the District of Columbia, was
severely injured by unknown persons. 1t
is thought his skull is fractured.
Gen. Miles spent the greater portion of to-
day at Port Tampa.
The greater portion of the water being
used on board of the vessels In the harbor
has been obtained from a spring lake
across the bay at ST. Petersburg. This
water Is piped down to the docks and is
readily loaded on the boats.
The action of two strangers, whom upon
investigation proved to be Spaniards has
excited considerable suspicion and they are
being watched. They have driven out to-
ward this lake and 1t has been decided that
precautionary steps shall at once be taken.
patched over the bay to guard the lake as
well as the tanks supplied from It. In the
meantime the strangers will be taken into
custody.
In the camps of the. Second
Georgia three officers messes have
been organized and all of them are
now rated to be success Each of these
messes have a cook and as several of the
officers have servants, these assist the
cooks in their culinary work and wait on
the tables where meals are served. Break
fast is had at the conclusion of the early
morning drill, but oil hands have a cup of
coffee before the command is marched to
the drill grounds on the beach. For some
time. by reason of the fact that the cooks
had no stores, and an imperfect supply of
pots and pans, oil meals had to be cooked
| on fires built on the ground, and in conse-
quence the cooking was far from what it
should be TO insure good health among the
men. Recently, however. each company
has been provided with buzzacoh stove,
now SO generally used in the army, by
reason OF the fact that il has been found
to be wonderful invention They are
about the size of an ordinary trunk and
not much unlike one when not being used
In the oven proper are stored all the small
| pots and pans and when closed up the en-
| tire outfit can be moved with ease and con-
venience. The stove, when in action stands
on legs which double up under il when
| packed and made ready for shipment.
| Since these stoves have been secured from
| the government the cooking has been much
| improved in character. The buzzacolt
makes delicious biscuits, Will roast beef
! finely and, in fact, IS a complete success
in the way of a cooking stove for camp
use. 1t was invented by private in the
| First Regiment of troops of the regular in
| fantry service a few years ago. and was
az once adopted by the government for the
| use to which it is now applied. Private
/ Buzzacolt has retired from service a rich
man, his invention making him a name
| and a fortune, as well in the space of a
| very few years.
| The bazzacolts used by the regiment
! were drawn from the government in the
| same way as other equipments are Sc
! cured but the officers had to buy theirs.
| just as they buy their own provisions. AS
| far as eating Is concerned the officers
! live as well as they would at half of tie
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