The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-03
GEN. LEE NOT COMING TO-DAY.
RETURN DEFERRED ON ACCOUNT
OF HIS MOTHERS ACCIDENT.

Here TO-day--GOv. Tyler May Come
Later With Gen. Lee-Maj. Geo. n.
smith, Paymaster, Received Near
~ $4,000 Cash Yesterdny-Wiu
Begin Paying Soldiers on Saturday.
First Division COmmissnry Depart
ment in Fine shape-SOIdiers of the
Corps Discharged.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will not reach Sa-
vannah this morning as was expected.
telegram was received from him yesterday
saying he would not come, and the result
was considerable disappointment among
the officers of the corps when they learned
that their leader would not be here. Few
of the men knew anything of it, and will
not until today.
Gen. Lees telegram came to Mai. Gen.
Keifer of the First Division, who is in
command of the corps in his absence. Gen.
Lee stated that he would have to defer
his return to Savannah on account Of the
illness of his mother in Richmond. He
stated also that Gov. Tyler of Virginia
and his party would not come at this time.
According to announcements made Tues
day in accordance with a telegram from
Gen. Lee he was to have been here this
morning. accompanied by Gov. Tyler and
a party of twelve. The Fourth Virginia
Regiment would have turned out this
morning to meet the distinguished party
at the station, but as the result of yester-
days telegram from Gen. Lee orders were
issued in the afternoon countermanding
those formerly issued to that regiment
for this occasion.
Gen. Lees telegram gave no further In
formation than that he was detained In
Richmond on account of the sickness of
his mother. An Associated Press dispatch
SAYS she is seriously I'll and is suffering
from a fall. Under these circumstances,
Gen. Lee could give no idea as to when
he would come to Savannah nor did he
say whether or not Gov. Tyler would come
at all. Gen. Keifer. therefore, remains
still in command OF the corps. He Is at
the corps headquarters at the De Soto
during the day, and goes out to division
headquarters at night. None of the corps
officers know now when to expect Gen.
Lee.
So far as the soldiers of the corps are
concerned perhaps the most interesting
feature of the day to them will be the
fact that there arrived in the city yes
terday morning nearly S2I5,UJ an cash, as
signed 10 Mai. George r. Smith, paymas-
ter This money is mostly in 81 and 81
hills and coin Of small denomination,
from nickel up to half a dollar. 1t came
in heavy iron safe, and Is perhaps about
the largest shipment of cash the South
ern Express Company has ever had for
this point.
IL requires about $4,000 to pay off a
regiment, and as there are eleven OF them
here the amount needed viii De apout
S275 900, but something less than this, since
several of the regiments nave lost men,
and nearly all OF them have some on tie
sick list or on furloughs. These. of course,
have TO be paid. but payments to some OF
them are deferred.
This quarter of million dollars and
more is now under a strong guard, detail
ed from the provost all of whom are
heavily armed. But the chances are that
under the circumstances there viii hardly
be any intruders.
Within a few days there will be more
new 81 and 81 bills and small coin Hoat-
ing around Savannah than the people
have seen in some time. This does not IN
clude the pay for the officers, as the Morn
ing News has stated. Maj John L. Bull
lis who established the first paymaster's
office in Savannah, has been occupied for
the last two or three days in paying the
officers, and their pay and mileage are
given them in checks
Mai. Smith said he could hardly begin
the work OF paying Off the corps to-day.
SO far he has received only about one
half the muster rolls. and all Of these
have to be gone over and figured out lie
is satisfied, however, that he will begin
paying the men this week, probably 90
morrow and certainly by Saturday. In
..-fln 49, esafa TOD hNrN ~
and Majs. John r. Lynch, r. r. Wright,
the two colored paymasters He said each
paymaster would pay one regiment a day.
so the chances are that three OF the egi-
mcnts will have received their pay by sat
urday night
Mai Smith was busy yesterday paying
off soldiers who have been discharged.
over 100 discharged men from the corps
have been paid off in Savannah. Mai
Smith has just paid the following men,
most Of whom are now making arrange
ments to get home:
Aieck ". Stephens, Company f, Third
Nebraska; NJ. +. Owens, signal corps; Hite
Beasley. Company X Fourth Virginia;
Bradford S, Schal Company X, Second
Louisiana; Asa d. Rogers, Company X,
Fourth Virginia; Curtis =. Kitchen, Com
pany d, First Texas; John w. Keith,
Company II, First North Carolina; George
L. Padgett. Company G, Fourth Illinois;
James j. I1tZAG0botls company IL ~ %
Texas: Clinton W. Vldor, Company b,
First Texas; G. T. Israel, Company X,
Third Nebraska johns y. Shubert, Com.
pany H. First Texas; AlgernOn W. Chat
man, Company A, Fourth Virginia; Hy I,
Hatch, Company X, Fourth Virginia; Jo-
seph s. Froat. Company X, Fourth
Illinois: Eugene T. Krause, Company Il.
Third Nebraska; Adolph Mitchell Com
pany b, Second Louisiana; Martin Gala
CHER. Company b, First Texas; Elworth q.
Huber, Company f, Third Nebraska; An
ton r. Santer, Second Signal Corps Com
pany; Milton L. Davis, Company K,
Fourth Illinois; Armsted Borland, Com
pany E. Fourth Virginia; Fritz Schroeder,
Company II, First Texas; Reuben r, Bal
linger, Company G, Fourth Illinois; Neal
Trumbull, Company +, First Texas Archi-
bald W. Johnson, Company G, Second
Illinois: Ike A. Harralson, Company IL
First Texas; John McKinnen, Company II
Forty-ninth Iowa; Richard c. Hasty
Company 3, First Texas; Gustave A. LET
erau, Company II, Second Louisiana
Louis d. Morgan, Company l.. Second
Georgia; MYERS r. Duffy, Company -