The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-24


| HusSars. together with First Infantry, eft
promptly for Dar.en by your orders.
"Beirne Gordon,
Major, First Georgia Cavalry"
1t is evident, from the terms of these
and the other kilograms sent by the Gov
ernor that he was determined to suppress
disorder at all hazards, and his course in
this regard met with ready commentator
from the people of Savannah who have
| listened with interest to the declarations
Of former Governors on this subject, but
have waited for Gov. Gambler to put his
statements of intention into operation. II
is the opinion here that his was the prop
er course, and that it is unwise to wait
until the trouble is over and the wrong
accomplished before calling out the troops.
The action of the Governor is in line
with his declara tons that he win use
the entire military force of the state to
| prevent lynchings and crimes of like mag
n.tude, and that he will not permit the
existence of a mob In open defiance of
the law
IN these matters" said a prominent cit
| izen, AN ounce of prevention is worth
| several pounds of cure, and l indorse in
every aspect what the Governor has done.
| The thing TO do is to stop disorder; the
! punishment of the offenders is a second
/ airy consideration and an Inadequate rem
edy for the evil. Let the good work go
/ on"
Atlanta, according to a dispatch to the
| Morning News, was about ! o'clock, when
| Gov Gambler received a telegram from
| Darien asking for 800 troops, as 400 armed
| negroes had prevented the authorities
| from taking the negro rapist Dellegal 70
| Savannah for safe-keeping. The telegram
| was as follows:
| Henry Dellegal, colored, charged with
! rape of white woman. now confined Nc
| lntosh county Jail, attempted to remove
| to Savannah this morning for safe-keep-
| ing, but checked by an armed mob of
negroes, 400 strong. Town now in hands
| of mob.
Desire to remove to Chatham tonight
! for safe-keeping. Forces at command in
| adequate. Please order here Immediately
800 troops Send arms and ammunition
| for local troops. Presence of troops here
| tonight imperative.
w. c. Clark, Chmn. Board Co. Com.
| T. b. BlOunt Sheriff
Spalding Kenan, Mayor of Darien.
r. H. Knox, Mayor pro tenn, Darien."
| Gov. Gambler said he thought 200 men
We're sufficient to cope with any mob of
| negroes Darien might have, and that it
| would be a useless expense to order 500
! men and send them on a special train. He
would not hesitate TO do so, he said. if
| he thought the eXigencies demanded it,
| but 1t was his judgment that such was
| not necessary and that 200 was an ample
| force.
The Guards Disappointment.
Among the members of the Guards Bat
! talon there was much disappointment
! that they were not to be permitted to
accompany their brothers in arms to OAR
| len. When the alarm sounded they were
/ among the first to respond and gathered
! at their armOry In readiness to respond to
any call that might be made upon them
! by the Governor.
! During the early afternoon Col Garrard
| received telegram from the Mayor Of
Darien, apprsing him of the situation,
and asking that he hold his command in
readiness. This telegram was to the fol-
| lowing. effect:
Town in charge of an armed negro
mob. Governor has been telegraphed for
troops. Can you nave them ready this
| afternoon train? Act promptly.
"Spalding Kenan. Mayor"
Soon after the receipt of this telegram
| the riot alarm was sounded from the
Big Duke and the men hurried to the
| armOry. Soon almost the entire active
membership Of the Guards, certainly. with
| very few exceptions, all that were in the
| city, were al the armory. There was, of
| course, intense interest in the call and the
nature of the crime that had been com
| mitted and the attempt, if any, that had
| been made to avenge il. This natural
| curiosity. by the way, was doomed not to
| be gratitied before the appearance of this
| issue of the Morning News as nothing
! but the barest and most meager details
| of the disturbance and little, if anything
| of its cause, has yet been published in
| Savannah. Those who know anything of
| the difficulty and the armed uprising in
| Darien are those who telephoned to the
| office of the Morning News and received
| the particulars that came over the wire.
For the Guards, as events TRANSFERRED
there was little or nothing to do other
than the mere gathering at the armory.
| The Governor issued no call for their SER
vices; they were not needed. After hold
Ing the battalion for an hour or more,
without hearing from the Governor, Col
Garrard permitted the men to dispense,
with instructions to report at the armory
upon the sounding of the military alarm.
Mayor Myers granted permission to Col
Garrard TO have the alarm sounded rs
soon as it appeared by orders from the
Governor or otherwise, that the necessity
existed.
1t is perhaps fortunate that the Guards
were not called upon service, as very few
OF them could have been properly equip
ped. There are about 100 rifles at the
armory, with bayonets and belts and
scabbards to match, but of blanket bags
and haversacks there exists a woeful
scarcity Such occasions, 1t would seem,
would demonstrate to the state the par
/ amount necessity of equipping properly
and adequately al of the state troops
COIOred Troops Assembled.
The First Battalion Of Infantry, colored,
responded to the can to arms with the
same commendable promptness that dis
tnguished the white troops Within a
short time after the alarm had been sound
ed the three companies were at their ar
mories. armed, equipped and in readiness
for active duty.
Col John II. DeVeauX. commanding the
battalion, hurried from one armory to an
other, seeing personally to il that his men
were present and ready. The Savannah
Light Infantry, under the command Of
Capt. H. N. Walton, turned out thirty
two men; the Chatham Light Infantry
Capt. Nelson Law, twenty-five men, and
the Colquitt Blues, Capt j. II. Carter,
twenty-eight men. The last named COM
pany had just returned from a three days
trip to Macon.
Col Deveaux kept his battalion at the
armories until he had communicated with
., 10 nv xtn ha xyae ipa toT r.