The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14
LEES CORPS MAY GO TO CUBA.
OTHER TROOPS PROBABLY Dis
CHARGED IN A FEW WEEKS.

No More Georgians Likely to Leave
the Country First and Second
Regiments May Be Kept In Camp
Two or Three Months Longer and
Then Decentralization. w. w. Cor
don VIII Probably Have an I'M
pOrtant Post In Cuba Soon.
The ten companies of Georgia troops
that sailed for Santiago on the Minnewas-
ka yesterday were, in all probability, the
last and only soldiers from this state that
will do duty on a foreign soil in the Span
lsh war, or that will be continued in the
service of the United States longer than
two or three months.
! The boys who enlisted in Col. Rays
Third United States Regiment We're in luck
when they waited for its organization rath-
er than joining the state troops which re-
| sponded to the first call The Third Resi-
ment had been in the field month, less
| time than the First or Second Georgia
Volunteers, but fortune favored 1t when
the selection of troops TO go to Cuba came
| The Second Georgia is at Tampa the
First at Chickamauga, and the Third is
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| still in process of organization which may
never be completed, the approach of a
| treaty of peace, following the cessation of
| hostihties, rendering it practically certain
that no further equipment of troops win
be attempted. The First Georgia will be
moved to Knoxville, and the Second Geor-
gia is expected TO leave Tampa this week
| for Huntsville, Ala. At these points these
troops, along with number of other regi-
ments, win await the disarmament of the
volunteer army and their retirement from
the service of their country.
Railroad circles keep pretty we'll in touch
with Washington. From these and other
sources of information there is reason to
believe that during the next ten days or
| fortnight the two regiments of infantry
at Tampa and the nine regiments at Fer
nandina will be moved to Huntsville. Dur
ing the same time or Immediately thereaf-
ter the regiments of cavalry remaining in
Florida outside of Jacksonville Will be sent
to Montauk, or some other point North
| This win leave only the Seventh Army
| Corps, commanded by Gen. F'itzhugh Lee,
which is encamped at Jacksonville. This
| corps is now being increased up to its full
| strength of twenty-seven regiments. An
| Illinois regiment was added to 1t a few
| days ago, an Indiana regiment reached
Jacksonville yesterday afternoon, and a
| Missouri regiment was turned over to the
| Plant System at Montgomery at 6 o'clock
| last night en- route for Gen. Lees camp.
| One or two other regiments from the west
will be moved down within the next few
| days, and the corps, it is understood, will
| then be complete. Under the army forma-
| ton three regiments make a brigade, three
brigades make a division, and three divis-
ions make a corps.
The soldiers at Jacksonville, 1t is under
| stood, and il is believed correctly, will be-
| come the army of occupation for Havana
| and other points in Cuba. AS soon as the
| Spaniards withdraw from the island they
will enter and take their place for garri-
| son duty Twenty-seven thousand men,
with those at Santiago, and vicinity, where
probably five or more regiments will be
| quartered, 1t is believed will be all that
| Will be sent to the island. If more is neces-
sary they can be drawn from the army In
Porto Rico, where a much smaller force
will be needed for garrison duty.
| The regiments gathered at Knoxville,
| Huntsville and other points, il Is believed
will be kept in camp pending the final set
! tlement of the terms of peace. 1t is believed
that within three months, or before severe
| cold weather sets III, those regiments VIII
be disbanded opportunity being given to
many of the men to enlist in the regular
army if they so desire. One of the first
| things before Congress in December, 1t is
believed, win be the passage of bill to
! further increase the standing army.
There is hardly a probability that any of
the men outside of those gathered at Jack
sonville win ever see any service outside
of this country, unless they should become
connected with the regular army later.
Gen. w w. Gordon, of Savannah, is at
Jacksonville, and will probably have an
| important post in Cuba. Gen. Gordon
long business and military training and his
recognized executive and administrative
powers make him peculiarly valuable I'M
der the conditions that will exist for the
next two or three years in Cuba.