The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-24
COL. BROOKS WILL LEAD.
FINALLY ACCEPTED COMMAND OF
PROVISIONAL BATTALION.

Macon. AaycroSs ana BfuhsWlcA.
He Has Issued His First order as
Commanding Ohicer-This Goes
Into Details Regarding the Trip to
New York and the Conduct of Of
fieers and Men of the Command
During the stay NOrth-GeOrgia
VIII he BETTER Represented Than
Any Other Southern state.
Lieut. Col. Jordan F. Brooks will COM
mand the First Provisional Battalion of
The Provisional Regiment that will repre-
sent Georgia in the land parade, that is
TO be part of the celebration to be held In
New York, in honor of the return of Ad-
miral Dewey. Col. Brooks reached this
favorable decision yesterday afternoon,
and last night issued his first order as
commanding officer of the battalion.
Coming somewhat in the nature of a
surprise, for Col Brooks had almost de-
clded that his business affairs would rem
der il impracticable for him to make the
trip, after his absence for so much of the
time during the summer months, his final
definite acceptance of the command Will
be pleasing news to those members of the
StatN ttOOHs VINO VIII tuAt PaAt III tA4C
parade. Col. Brooks had asked that some
other officer of the volunteers, of proper
rank. be assigned to the command, and
this request had been communicated to
Acting Adjutant General Phil G. Byrd,
end been under consideration by the de-
partment.
The department, of course, was averse to
entertaining Col Brooks request for re-
lief from duty as the commanding officer
of the provisional battalion and anxious
for him to withdraw it, Col. Lawton, who
will command the regiment, was also anx-
ieus that the first battalion should le
commanded by Col. Brooks, and urged his
acceptance A communication from the
Office of the adjutant general
10 Col. Brooks, the purport Of
which was that the command to which he
had been assigned could not be changed
without manifest and serious ineonveni-
ence, determined Col. Brooks to accept,
and he so notified Col Byrd.
In the afternoon he received from Col
Byrd the following telegram:
Lieut., Col. Jordan T. Brooks, Sayan-
nah! Your accepR anee a source of relief.
/ thank you most sincerely. Byrd
Acting Adjutant General"
Thus the matter has been elinched and,
as was originally bOh intended and de-
sired, Col. Brooks viii command the bat
TALON II will be made up of the Savan-
nah Cadets and German Volunteers of Sa-
yannah, The Brunswick Rilemen, the
Waycross Rifles and Ire Macon Hussars.
The last named is a ca ralry troop in M me-
/ only, as the orig. pal plan was
| changed after its oil ganiLa don, since
which time it has done GpOd service as q
/ company of infantry, attached to the Sec
| ond Regiment.
I H.. nam 4 inc
| officer of the battalion was prepared yes
! terday but has not yet been communi-
Gated to any of the cOmpan eS of which
the battalion is made up. 1t Wi be, prob
ably, during to-day. This order jF as fol
! lows
Headquarters Provisional T,aa TALON
/ Savannah, Ca, Sept %, 1S99.-Or 7ehs No
]. lin assuming command of the pro
Visional battalion designated in S. O., No
125, A. G.. o. Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 49, 1879
the attention of commanding off gers %
| companies is called to the folioEIn9 In
| structlons:
2. According to present advices thu
troops from this state will be quartered. il
| the armory of the Fourteenth RegimfA
! N. g. S. N Y, in the borough of Bro,ot
lyn. Communication of rations for two dan
at the rate of 81 per day per man will b.
| allowed by the New York authorities, "a
be paid upon the fling of the proper GER
the number of men ia their respective COM
| mands The payment of this sum cannot,
| however, be made until after the parade,
| end commands should be prepared TO pay
| their expenses, as il will take some time
to make up the large number of accounts
that win be rendered to the New York
authorities.
2. The several companies viii leave the r
respective sta tons on the following dates:
Sent &c, Company F, Second Reg ment In
fantry, G. ", from Macon, Ca, and Com
pany c. First Regiment Infantry, G. v,
from Savannah, Ga; Sept. q, Company t.
| First Regiment Infantry, g. v, from Sa-
ysnuah Ca. Company f, Fourth Reg
ment Infantry, C. ", from Waycross,
| Ga, and Company 1. Fourth Regiment In
fantry, c. V, from Brunswick. Ga. Head
quarters the band of he Fourth Reg ment
| Infantry, Georgia Volunteers, and the last
three companies VIII re moved from Sa-
Iarnah On a special mi itary I ain over the
Atlantic Coast Line leaving at l:25 D. m.
Companies L and /, Fourth Regiment In
fantrv, G. v, will sr. ange 10 arrive in Sa-
vannah in time for this special military
train.
a. The commanding officers of the COM
panies leaving on he 2eth inst, viii report
10 these battalion headquarters at the
Fourteenth Regim ent Armory, in Brook
Ism, n. Y. on Thursday afternoon, the 18th
inst.
D. Inc attention OF company COnWdhu-
ers is called to the provisions of S. o., No
1876 A, G. O., which read as fo,ows: l. All
commands will be under strict military dis
eipiine and subject al all times and in ali
respects TO the orders of their officers. 2.
The uniform to be worn viii be strictly in
accordance with state regulations and
United States Volunteer insisnias of any
kind are specifically prohibited. Company
commanders viii be held responsible for
the enforcement of these orders. That
military courtesy, which is indispensa biz
to discipline and respect to superlors will
be enforced until the disbandment of the
battalion
The uniform to be worn while travelling
should be the prescribed service dress
campaign hats, leggns, knapsacks, with
overcoats rolled, haversaeks and eanteens
The knapsacks should be carefully and
uniformly packed and each man should
carry one days cooked rations. Coffee
should be provided for a. proper points
ard it is recommended that a vessel fol