The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30
FOURTH TENNESSEE HERE.
REGIMENT MAY BOARD THE MANI
TOBA THIS AFTERNOON.


viIIe-Brig. Gen. Snyder's Hend-
quarters Also Here-TroOps Will
60 to CienfueGos-The Panama ia
POrt-Minnewnska Expected This
AfternoOn-The 2O2ad New York
Regiment VIII Arrive Tomorrow
end VIII Sail Aboard Her-The
Relief supply steamer COmaI Ex-
pectcd SoOn-Michignn VIII Get in
in Day or Two From Ponce.
The Fourth Tennessee Regiment arrived
last night from Knoxville by the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad and is
quartered in cars in the Central Railroad
rosin yards. The men may leave the cars
this afternoon, an official Said last night,
and go aboard the transport Manitoba,
which is here TO receive them.
Brig. Gen. Snyder of the First Brigade
of the First Division of the First Army
Corps and his headquarters will also sail
on the Manitoba. The movement of the
brigade headquarters formed a part of
that which arrived over the Florida, Cen
trail and Peninsular The Manitoba viii
land the troops at Cienfuegos. which viii
be Gen. Snyder's headquarters. His troops
win be scattered over Santa Clara prov
ince.
The regiment began to arrive at about TO
O'Clock At O'Clock the train with the
headquarters of the brigade arrived, and
the five sections bringing the regiment.
arrived at intervals of an hour thereaf-
ter
The Fourth Tennessee is under command
of Col. Leroy Brown, who is a captain
in the regular service. 1t was raised in the
eastern part of Tennessee and is one OF
four that the state still has in service. Not
a single command raised in Tennessee has
been discharged. In addition to her four
regiments of infantry there is one of i'm
munes, the Sixth, which was formed Of
Tennessee volunteers almost exclusively.
It is not known just when the Manitoba
will get away. 1t will hardly be tonight,
as not much in the way Of supplies mas
vet been loaded. The information thai
the regiment will go aboard this after
noon is not positive, as everything will
depend upon the progress of the loading.
If not this afternoon, the vessel will prob
The transport Panama arrived in port
Yesterday afternoon. She is the converted
Spanish auxiliary cruiser captured by tie
lighthouse tender Mangrove off the Flor
ida coast Just after the beginning of hos
Titles. She sailed from New York April
20, and was captured a few days later
by the plucky little Mangrove, a vessel
whose armament consisted OF only two O.
Founders.
The Panama is Of 5000 tons register,
but is not so constructed as to admit of
her carrying many men. She was buht as
freight steamer primarily. lt is sald her
accommodation for troops does not extend
beyond 700 What disposition of her Is TO
be made is not known. officials OF the
Seventh Corps and others unattached nave
not as vet, received any order relative
to her use They VIII pfopaplS NC ieSSif
ed to-day
THE Minnewaska is expected TO arrive
this afternoon from New York. She will
take aboard the TWO Hundred ana Secohd
New York Regiment, which Will arrive
nv the Plant System tomorrow morning
from Athens This regiment is one OF
three TO come from Athens. The others
are from New Jersey ana fennsy Va'i -
-ha New York Regiment will leave Atm
ens nv tbe Seaboard Air Line, and will
ba received by the Plant System at Yemas-
sec The Georgia and the Central Ran
roads win each haul one Of the other two
regiments from Athens, the movement
having been split for the three lines out Of
Athens,
The Minnewaslla is here on her second
trim She carried Col Rays regiment
from Savannah to Santiago IN august
she is a large transport. one of the larg-
est in the government service and viii
I've able 20 accommodate the Two Hun
dred and Second New Workers with ease.
Tho supoly steamer Comal is expected
| here within few days. 1t is not known
inst when she will arrive, but an order
| received Yesterday from Washington indi-
| Gates that she win set here very soon
| This order directs Capt T. b. Hacker as
! sistant chief commssary of the seventh
! Corps. to proceed in charge of the Comat
| 20 Cuba upon the arrival of the vessel
! here. and after she had been loaded with
! comrrissary supplies for Cuban sufferers.
| He will be accompanied by a clerk and
" iii have in charge the distribution of the
/ sunpIes. Can't Hacker does not yet know
10 what port in Cuba he viii first sail or
how long the expedition VIII keep him
away from Savannah. Upon the conclu-
sion of his work he will return TO Sa-
vannah to reassume his position as as
slstant chief commssary. The Comal viii
be engaged in such work for the relief OF
the Cubans as the Bratten, which left here
some days ago
The transport Michigan left Ponce,
Porto Rico. Saturday TO return to Savan-
nah. The trip. it is said, requires four
days and she is expected to arrive TO-
night or tomorrow morning. The Michi-
gan viii bring to Savannah four batteries
of artillery, two troops of cavalry and one
company of infantry. The light batteries
and the cavalry will go into camp here
for the present, the intention being to send
them TO Cuba along with the Seventh
Corps. The company of infantry will &c
right aboard the train and be taken al
once TO Huntsville, Ala, where it will SC
| into camp.
From these indications it may seem that
there viii be quite a feet of transports
here If those now in port remain for two
or three days.
REPORTS FROM THE HOSPITALS