The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-21
NOT COMING FOR RECRUITS.
SECOND REGIMENT LIKELY TO
MOVE AT ANY MOMENT.

tails for Recruiting SerVice-Co ON
many ID Tries Its Hand at Target
Practice.
Tampa. Fla, June 20.-Lieut. Wilson got
off tonight for Savannah on a three days
leave of absence Owing to its being all
most certain that the Second Georgia Will
not remain here much longer, being now
under orders. the three details appointed to
visit Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta TO
open up recruiting Offices viii not leave
camp. and the plan to recruit the compan-
les TO 106 each is indefinitely postponed.
Every day or two men stroll into the
lines and are enlisted in the service. Sew
eral were taken in to-day, and over three
hundred are wanted.
Col. Brown regrets very much that he Is
compelled to withdraw his orders for re
cruitlng his regiment, but he can't help 1t,
as he is acting under orders in recalling the
appointments of his recruiting details. He
would be glad to have recruits desiring to
enter the army apply 10 him there, and will
see that every effort is made to have them
properly enlisted.
Lieut.. Wilson viii make an effort to bring
some men back with him.
The trial of Maj. Ramsey, surgeon of
the Sixty-ninth, was concluded this morn
ing, and Lieut.. Storey 5 case was taken
up, contrary to expectation. as it was
announced a few days ago that the con-
sideration of hiss case had been postponed,
owing to the fact that Col. Brown and his
regiment might be called off before the
trial of this case could be disposed of.
The fact that the case has now been gone
into would indicate that the regiment
would not leave for several days yet
Company d did some fine shooting this,
afternoon. The best scores are: Evans,
q; Bond, 20; Bodener, 20; Shaaf, %; Nc
Donough, 90 Other companies viii try
their skill on the targets tomorrow. The
range is 200 yards
About half of the regiment was prac-
ticed in volley firing with blanks at Skin
mish drill this afternoon Capt. Bensee's
company of Athens showed up remark
ably well, the report during the volleyN
evidencing the fact that the men are
improving rapidly in this important line
of field work.
The First Battalion of the Second Geor-
gia, composed of the Savannah Volunteer
Guards, has received another large ship
ment of substantials and delicacies from
the Ladies' Aid Society of Savannah.
many members of which have relatives
and friends in this division of the regl-
ment. The arrival of this deluge of good
things produced many smiles on the sun
burned countenances of the men. Along
with the shipment came several hundred
abdominal bandages for the men to wear
when in active service and exposed TO all
of the dangers of the field. These band-
ages are highly recommended by proTns-
nent medical experts. and the members
of the Guards feel highly grateful TO their
friends for their thoughtfulness.
I'M Of ah
a letter TO one of the officers of the regi-
ment by stating that he has had shipped
to the Savannah boys two cases of wine
and a cask of bottled beer.
Private Maddox of Company H. com
manded by Capt Neven of Rome, is A
son of Congressman John II. Maddox of
the Seventh district, and since entering the
army has made a fine record as a soldier.
While the transports were being loaded
al Port Tampa he Wes offered the position
of orderly on Gen. Joe Wheeler's stan, but
Nfused TO accept the position, giving as a
reason that he preferred to remain dur
ing tho war with the men he had enlisted
with at the opening of the struggle. The
officers Of the company say that Private
Maddox is made out of the right sort OF
stuff 10 produce a soldier, and that he
will yet make his mark
The Second Georgia received Saturday
last 5000 rounds of blank cartridges for
the use of the men in practice when firing
volleys These viii be used within the
peXt few days.
When the troops move away from Pal
metto Beach several hundred acres Of
land that have heretofore been worth
less will be left in fine condition to be used
for farming purposes. All brush has been
cut down and cleared away, old stumps
have been dug up and carted off and hun
dreds of wagon loads of palmetto roots
will have been rooted up and hauled away.
All of this work was found necessary be-
fore tents could be pitched on driM and
parade grounds secured. AS soon as a
regiment reached the location of its camp
the first work done was to clear up the
ground so that it would be made habit
able.
The boys, many of whom had never Of
fciated at the end of a pick grubbing
hoe, or ak, found this hard work but
they tackled it with a vim, ana went al
their work like fighting fire 1t is not
an unusual sight to see a couple of the
boys engaged in a scrapping match,
brought about by some trivial difference
between the two These scraps generally
amount to nothing more than a blow or
two as friends are usually around to sep
arate the belligerents. Plunges in the surf
are popular with the Georgians at an early
hour every morning or late in the evening,
before supper is served. The men after the
afternoon drill provide themselves with a
NOWNl anu cake u SOdDt ana tIen StTOl1
of in the direction of the beach, where
they shuck their suits and devote half
hour or so TO the enjoyment of a salt
water bath. These refreshing plunges give
them health, and make them sleep sound
~ after taps. BY reason of their location
near a long beach, the Georgia boys are
enabled to enjoy their baths, while others
not so wen situated have to do without
them. If the Second Georgia should be
ordered off very soon, it may disarrange
Col Browns plans with reference to re-
cruiting up his regiment. lie needs about
325 men to fill the companies up to lO(
men each. The recruiting details, which
have been appointed, have not been sent
off to their stations as Atlanta Augusta
and Savannah yet, and orders recently
issued may dsarrange these plans of IN.
creasing the strength of the regiment. Be
sides this band was 10 have been enlisted
by one of these recruiting officers This
work may have to be temporarily post
poned All of this. however, Is in abev.
ance, and win remain so until some def.
finite information Is received.
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