The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-08
WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT.
INFORMAL ELECTION OF FIELD Of
FICERs OF FIRST GEORGIA.

Capt. p. #. Gleason Has Called the
Meeting of the officers of the Reg
iment-CoI. Jordan +. Brooks VIII
BE Elected Lieutenant Colonel and
Mai. Edward KarOw VIII PrOba-
bly, he Asked to Withdraw His
HesignatiOn-A Transfer of One of
the Companies to the Battalion in
Which Are the Cadets and OgIe-
thOrpcs Has Been Made Necessary
by the Disbanding of the POOIer
Light Infantry-NOw six COmpa-
mics I'm the Regiment.
A meeting of the officers of the First
Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, will be held
tomorrow night at the regimental arm
DRY. At meeting held last week it was
decided to leave the call for the meeting
with Capt. P. F. Gleason of the Irish Jas
per Greens, senior company commander Of
the regiment.
The officers will hold an informal cleo
ton for a lieutenant colonel and major
of the regiment, vacancies having arisen.
In point of military law, there is only one
agreed among the officers that Lieut.. Col.
Jordan F. Brooks will be chosen 10 fill
this position. thus being placed in the same
office he held while the regiment was in
the United States service.
The resignation of Maj. Edward Karow
has been rendered Col. A. r. Lawton, but
the latter still has it in his possession. He
has not sent it to Atlanta, although it
was submitted some time ago. An officer
said yesterday that it is the unanimous
wish that. Maj. Karow reconsider and
withdraw his resignation, as he has a per-
feet right to do. 1t is also said he may be
prevailed upon to accede to this wish. If
he does, the officers will be relieved of the
necessity of finding an incumbent for the
majority held by Maj. Karow
1t is expected, in any event, that it will
become necessary within short time for
the officers to make a choice of a major.
Maj. W. S, Rockwell has been elected
captain of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry,
and will, it is underst ood, accept. This
will mean vacancy. 1t will not be posi-
bic for the officers to elect a successor 10
Maj. Rockwell al this meeting, as his res
ignation has not been sent in. 1t will be
only an informal election. The command
ing officer of the regiment will order the
legal election for some later date. 1t is
not expected that there will be any delay
in this matter, as officers and men are
anxious that the regiment may soon be
upon its reorganized basis with a full and
complete field, staff and line. officers
from all the companies are expected to be
present. Ii is possible that some one of
the officers of the Kell Rifles may be
down from Statesboro, as the company
from out of the city are entitled to rep
resentation the same as the local COM
mands. Capt. II. G. Everett of the Rifles
has been notified of the meeting and of the
intention of the local officers relative to
the vacancy. 1t is expected that something
will be heard from Capt. Everett by the
time of the meeting, even though he should
not be present.
There are now but six companies In the
regiment. Some time ago there were seven,
but the disbanding of the Pooler Light
Infantry left only the Kell Rifles and the
five Savannah companies. When there were
seven companies, one of the battalions aad
four, and the other three companies. The
Pooler Light Infantry was included in the
battalion with the Savannah Cadets and
the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, so that
these last named commands are now alone
in the battalion formation. 1t Is said a
transfer of one of the companies of the
other battalion win be made to oil the
place left by the Pooler company, thus
making two battalions of three companies
each.
As the companies of the regiment grnd-
ually regain the numbers they had before
the Spanish war and interest in the organ
izatiOns returns, there is an increasint o.
need felt for the rifles that are still with
held from them. 1t is said these guns are
in Atlanta and that it would require roth
ing more than little exertion on The part
of some one there to have them shipped
here for the use of the companies. An Of
ficer of one of the companies said yester-
day that the office of the adjutant general
should take the matter up and sec that
the guns are sent at once. There has been
great deaf of talk about the matter. and
the assistant adjutant general has been
requested to send on the arms
The lack of guns has prevented the com
panies from turning out on one CIR two oc-
casions that have in the past seen consi3-
cradle military demonstrations, and il is
likely that Washingtons birthday will not
be observed in the usual way for the same
reason. 1t is hardly expected that the ri
fles, Notwithstanding statement 10 tha
contrary win be here by Feb. 2 and Of
hcers say that, even though they sbould
arrive by that time, the co0Ipanies couJd
not parade owing to the lack of practire
that has been had of late and 10 many If
the men being green.
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