The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-24
THIRD GEORGIA NOT TO GO YET
TIE REGIMENT MAY REMAIN HERE
FORTW WEEKS.

Here to Remain While other reg
iments Are sent TO Cuba Ahead OF
It-Secms That the Transport Ches-
ter VIII Take the Fifteenth In
fantry instead of the Third GeOT-
gia-The Georgia Boys Have a
Unique Cnmp-Tcnts Set Up ON
Fiat Cars and Under the shed.
1t begins to look now as If the Third
/ Georgia Regiment will have to remain in
/ Savannah for ten days or two weeks, in
| stead of departing at once for Nuevitas.
as was expected
The transport Chester left New York on
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock for Savan-
nah. Il was first supposed that the Third
Georgia would be sent on this vessel. Ac-
cordng to information received at the
headquarters of the Seventh Army Corps
yesterday from Washington, however. it
appears that the Chester will carry the
Fifteenth Infantry to Nuevitas, leaving
the Third Georgia behind.
The Chester is expected to reach Savan-
nah tonight or tomorrow morning. The
Manitoba Is expected here tomorrow or
]
the remaining six troops of the Eighth
Regular Cavalry to Nuevitas. Both these
troops and the Fifteenth Infantry have
been ordered to leave Huntsville for sa-
vannah this afternoon, and the probability
is they will be in Savannah by noon 20
morrow
Col. George f. Pond, chief quartermaster
of the corps, and acting depot quarter
master, received telegram with regard
to these two transports and indicating
that they would carry the troops named
He was also asked to be prepared to pro-
vide the necessary stores for them.
Col. Pond said he had received no infor-
nation whatever with regard to the move
ment of the Third Georgia. and so far as
Is known, no transport has been ordered
here 10 take that regiment to Cuba.
Why the Third Georgia should have been
sent here at this time to go into a TEN.
porary camp, and one that is not alto
gether desirable, if il was not the inten
'uon 90 send it away at once, it is 'impos-
sible to determine.
The camp now occupied by the Third
Georgia at the Georgia Car and Manufae-
turing Companys works on the Ogeechee
road Is not altogether a satisfactory one.
The first night the men slept there they
were on the floor under the shed and on
fiat cars, and though covered with their
blankets they suffered somewhat from
coid. Inc regiment put up its tents yester-
day, and the camp as ii then appeared is
doubtless, one of the most UNIQUE TO be
found anywhere in the country. The tents
were set up not only on the long platform
uhder the she'd but also on the new fiat
cars which have just been constructed by
the company, and which still remain an
the sheds at the works. Two lines of tents
under she'd one of them about five feet
above the other standing as they are ON
nat cars Is an interesting sight and a new
feature in the formation OF army camps
The men were thus made great deal
more comfortable last night than they
were the night before. None of them are
complaining, but are expressing satisfac-
ton with their surroundings. The situation
however. is one that viii have to have
some attention If the regiment is to remain
here for any length of time. The ground
on which they are camped Is not high.
and they cannot dig two feet without
striking water, The sinks, therefore, are
very unsatisfactory, and on this account
alone the site would hardly answer for a
camping ground for any length of time
When it was selected, however, the i'm
would be
here only few days. If they remain I'M
til the Chester carries the Fifteenth In
fantry TO Cuba and comes back the
chances are that their camp will have to
be moved to some other point, where bet
ter sanitary facilities win be afforded
No other transports being on the way
to Savannah at present the indications
are that the Third Georgia will have to
remain here at least until the return of
kn
to set them away before that time, but so
far the situation is one of doubt
The Georgia men all wanted TO come
INTO the city yesterday, and there was u
disposition on the part OF their officers to
let them do so. The officers. however.
were not familiar with the provost guard
regulations here, and only a few were al
lowed to leave camp. They secured infor-
NATION upon this point during the day.
and the chances are that the majority
of the men will be allowed to see the
city during the next few days
The Third Georgia Regiment now has
about l,2O0 men and officers The regi-
ment has recently been increased by the
addition of a number of men from the
Second Georgia. the number being larger
than that of the men discharged. Among
the Second Georgia men transferred to the
regiment as privates are:
Private James l.. Husketh. Comnap1, A
Sergts. w. j. Foster, Charles L. Hum
| phries; Prvates Jay Armstrong. Victor
A. Bolslus, Jim Engerson, Irwin Lester
Company ID; Quartermaster Sergeant
Charles +. Irwin, Privates Sidney E Ad-
amson, f. L. Bush, John w. Dorsey sam
w. Goode, II. e. Harris. w Boylin Mat
fett, Henry l.. Mershon, Reggie Richards.
James Kodsers Company r. Corpl. Mar
Gus NJ Gholston, PriYates Cicero C. An
drews, William l. Briant, Samuel 7 Dan-
isls. William j Kinyon, Arthur j. Meack-
er, FRED G. Seagraves, John B. Waldrupe
Company G Robert Bagwen, Patrick De
ianeyN'harles Norwood, Milton L, Ritcb-
ey, and Howard A. Sgmond COMPANY I.
Pfivates John c. Collins, John II Wal,
fred' Company A and Thomas Tolbert.
Company G. -