The morning news., 1899-02-07
HAVE CARRIED A LARGE ARMY.
TRANSPORTS HAVE TAKEN 10000
MEN FROM SAVANNAH.

Nne VI bCpoA
termaster-These Have Taken
Away 24,GOO Men, 95s Officers, 93I
Civilian Employees and 7,24S AMI
maIs-TyvO More SaiIings Are
Booked From This POrt-These
VIII BE Movements of the Rest Of
the Second Cavalry and the Sec
Ond Infantry.
There are only two more sailings of
transports with troops booked from Sa-
vannah with the depot quartermaster,
though it is not judged from this that there
are 10 be no more. 1t simply means that
there hape been a great many troops
taken from the port to the islands Of the
West Indies, and the government Is be
ginning to get all it will need in that terri
tory. There will not be so many govern
ment vessels in Savannah's harbor as
there have been, but no doubt Is felt that,
were there more troops for Cuba or Porto
Rico this would be the port through
which they would be sent.
Provisions and supplies will still be ship
ped from Savannah, as this Is regarded ss
one of the most available and convenient
ports for sending what the army may need
to the West Indies This freight business
will, in itself, be an important feature,
and will mean a great deal for the COM
merce of the port. The diminution in the
volume of business of the depot quarter
masters's office has already led to the dis
missal of a number of employees, for whom
work is not now to be found
Some twenty young men, who had been
| employed as checkers and in other capac-
lies. at the wharves, were paid off yes
terday and allowed to go. This, however.
was with the understanding that they may
be needed again later
The two movements of troops from this
port that are still booked with the quar-
termaster are those of the remaining half
of the Second cavalry, which will come
from Huntsville, and of the Second infan-
try. The cavalry will sail on the Mani
toba for Cfenfuegos, probably about Feb.
| II, while the Infantry regiment will sail
on the Minnewaska, just when is not
known. Col. Belinger does not believe
this will bring the shipments of troops
| from Savannah to a close, as he thinks
| others will be sent through after the Sec
ond infantry has been gotten off.
II is probable that there have been 30,
| 600 troops and more shipped through Sa-
vannah already. During the 60 days from
Dec. 8 to Feb. 3 inclusive, "a ships went
out under the direction of Col. Bellinger.
This means that a vessel sailed on an
/ average of less than every As hours These
transports carried 2460O enlisted men, 95S
officers, 9S1 civilian employees and 7,AS
animals. This Information is gained from
figures carefully compiled in the Office of
the depot quartermaster. His record be
| gins, however, only with the sailing of
the Minnewaska on Dec. 8 with 81 officers,
| 1179 men, 16 civilians and 369 animals
| aboard. Prior to that time there had been
a number of sailings. Among those that
left were the Fifth Mississippi, the Third
immunes, the Fourth Tennessee and sew
/ eral detachments of cavalry. These will
run the total ascertained by Col. Bellin-
ger above 10000
A resume of the saifings of the govern
| ment vessels that left port within the men
toned sixty days, and what they carried
will be interesting. After the MlnnewaslSa
sailed the Roumanian. This vessel carried
80 officers 1000 men. 80 civilians and 33l
| animals She left port Dec. 8.
The Michigan sailed Dec. 10, with 2S Of
fcers, S97 men, 81 civilians and $40 ami
mails. The Panama sailed Dec. II with 20
officers 81 men, 25 civilians and go animals;
| the Mobile. Dec. Is, with "a officers, ,773
| men, so civilians and 16 animals; Chester
| Dec is, 81 officers, 1,107 men, 10 civilians
| and 164 animals; the Missouri (hospital
ship. Dec. 1S, no officers. S12 men, no civ
! ilians and no animals; the Minnewaska
| Dec. 10, 43 officers, 1,049 men, Al civilians
| and 40 animals; the Roumanian. Dec 81
% officers, 622 men, "a civilians and 267 ami
mails; the Obdam, Dec. 81, 10 officers, 420
| men, civilians and animals; the Michi-
| gan, Dec. 2S q officers, 315 men, IS civil
| ians and 255 animals: the Mobile Dec "a
! 81 officers, 1490 men, civilians and q anil
mails; the Panama, Dec. n, IL officers Is
men. IS civilians and 42 animals; the Ches-
| ter, Dec. %, is officers, 1123 men, 25 civil
| ians and SO animals; the OLDHAM, Dec 80
! II officers. 3i4 men, 8 civilians and 5 ami
mails; the Michigan, Dec. 81, % officers. 59i
men, % civilians and $40 animals; the Mo-
bile, Jan. 3, 80 officers. 2,OS2 men. no civil
| ians and 20 animals; the Roumanian Jan
| 3, 43 officers, 7S7 men, IS civilians and 2s7
animals; the Panama, Jan. 4, officers. 40
men, civilians and % animals;
| the Missouri Jan. s, officers
| 1853 men, 26 civilians and no animals; the
Obdam Jan 8, 20 officers. 4l4 men, % civil
! ians and 66 animals; the Michigan. Jan. 10
80 officers, 745 men, 80 civilians and 25s ami
mails; the Manitoba, Jan. 1S, "a officers
! ,l37 men, 81 civilians and 73S animals; the
! Roumanian Jan. IA, 46 officers I0Sg men
| 50 civilians and 240 animals: the Panama
| Jan. Is, officers, 6S men, u civilians and
As animals; the Obdam. Jan. II, II officers
| All men, civilians and 40 animals. tho
| Minnewaska, Jan. is, 43 officers. 1.036 men
4S civilians and 1iS animals; the Comal
I Jan. %, 2 officers, 10 men, civilians ana
no animals; the Michigan, Jan. q. 13 on
GERS, $50 men, % civilians and 364 animals.
the Manitoba, Jan. %, IA officers, 1852 men
| As civilians and 694 animals; the Chester
Jan. 26, 46 officers. 1020 men, Is civilians
and 17 animals; the Michigan. Feb q
| officers, i99 men, l civilian, sos animals.
the Minnewaska. Feb. >, II officers e9e
men, SO civilians and SIG animals. and ne
Manitoba, Feb. 8, lS officers. 562 men A.
| civilians and ia animals
The Mobile, as may be gathered fro,, ,
comparison of the number of men csrrioS
by the transports, took away more officars
| and enlisted men than any other Tbo
smallest number of men carried bv an,,
one Of The vessels used regularly as trans
ports was S15, whom the Michigan carried
on Dec. %. This was when the hattaiior
of the Second Illinois sailed on their ,,,an,-
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