The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

adiutaut of the first battalion. With the
officers and men Of the detachment al
ready at Darien. this viii give Col. Law
ton force Of fifteen officers and two hun
dred and thirty men. Of his own command.
besides two troops of cavalry. the Liberty
Independent Troop, ana the Mcintosh
Light Dragons all well armed and
equipped ana sufficient, it would seem TO
meet any emergency ana suppress all dis
order
Arrested for Refusing to Go.
one incident of more than usual inter
est accompanied the assembly of the reg
iment at the armory. This was the ar
rest by a detail of the Savannah Cadets
OF Mr.. f. J. KeiGer, Jr.. a private in the
company and assistant keeper of the city
dispeusary. Mr.. Keifrer believed that he
would lose his position il he responded 10
the call to arms and left his post Of duty
a the dispensary. and hence refused 10
obey the command. His refusal was com
municated to Capt. West and by him TO
Coz. Lawton. The commanding officers
action was prompt and decisive.
He instructed Capt. West TO order a de
tail to seek out Private Kesner at the dis
pensary, or wherever else he was 10 b.
found, to arrest him and bring him to the
armory. This was done in short order.
and the backward soldier, making the hest
of bad job settled himself as comfort
ably as possible upon the horn of the di-
lemma he had been forced 10 occupy and
made ready himself and his arms with all
possible dispatch. Under the circum-
stances, it is almost inconceivabIe that he
should he made to suffer
There We're other instances of similar
nature to this, but not altogether like it.
The men working for firms and private
corporations generally felt that they could
not afford to disobey the commands of
their officers, and responded promptly to
the call, some of them though, with sink
ing hearts for fear they would lose their
positions. 1t Is undoubtedly true that the
transportation of the First Regiment 10
Daren twice in a week has been produc-
tive of much Inconvenience to many bust
ness interests. and that they have suffer
ed accordingly.
For instance, one large grocery firm on
the Bay has five men n the companies of
the First Regiment, oil of whom have gone
TO Darien. member of the firm called
upon Col Lawton at the armory and ask
ed that all or some of his men might be
relieved of this duty, las it was a busy
season with his firm and he was hampered
much by the absence Of so many of his en-
ployes at one time Col Lawton told this
gentleman that his request could not be
granted, that he could not discriminate In
the matter Of giving excuses and that if
he relieved one he would have to relieve
many more. The grocery man was told
that no excuses were being granted on
any account Other applications met
with a like response.
The Start for Dnrien
The march from the armory began at
$3.50 o'clock. The officers in charge of the
were Capt Gleason of the
Greens, Capt J. Z. West and Lieut.. J. c.
Tyson of the Cadets, Lieut.. j. II. Butner
Of the Oglethropes, Lieut.. Lacy Nell of
the Blues, and Lieut. J. d. Helmkon Of
the German Volunteers. The march to the
depot was made quietly and there were no
very large numbers Of persons at any point
along the line.
The regiment presented a fine appear
ance, much better than was the case
Wednesday, when the men had been hur-
ried to their armories and scarcely al
lowed time to prepare themselves for the
trip. Evidences of more time for prepa-
ration were to be seen in the improved
general trim of the men, their more uni
form attire, all of them being i'm fatigue
dress, and more complete equipment None
of the companies have yet recovered en-
tirely from the Generalization incident to
their service in the Spauish-American war
and have not been given their fun quota
of equipment by the state. There had been
time to make additions to the equipment
from the Guards ana other commands
Many men had applied to the officers
of the companies for enlistment while they
were at the armory, and some of these.
who were known TO the company com
manders, and had been previous appli-
cants for membership, or had been con-
sidering the subject with a view to be-
coming so, were accepted and given uni
forms and arms Many had to be rejected,
because of a lack of acoutrements
When the regiment reached the depot
the Florida Central ana Peniusular train
upon which IL was to depart had not yet
arrived and the command was drawn up
under the shed. Three cars had been pro
Vlded by the road for the troops, which
We're afterwards found 20 be Inadequate
for their comfortable accommodations The
crowd Of spectators almost packed the
shed and it was difficult for the regiment
TO make its way through
After few minutes of waiting the train
arrived. Some time was consumed in get
ting the cars intended for the troops at
tached to the train, and it was 4:35 be-
lore II pulled out of the station Then it
was to the accompaniment of the cheers
OF the assembled populace and hearty
good wishes OF the friends of the bows.
who crowded about the train to bid them
goodbye and give them all their best
wishes. The impression was current that
the regiment would see service before lis
return TO savannah, and for this reason.
some of the adieux had an added tinge of
sadness ana patent anxiety
Like scenes of IA Year Ago.
To some small extent it reminded those
who were present Of che scenes when tba
Savannah troops left last year for M.
camp at Griffin, to offer their services In