The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-28

and would not allow him TO proceed with
il. Lieut.. Col. r. E. l. Spence told the
man TO let the soldier pass with the bag,
but the latter was not obeyed. Lieut.
Brooch said the colonel to an officer
standing near make that man let the
soldier pass with that bag" The lieuten-
ant drew his pistol and the man passed.
Col. Bellinger. depot quartermaster, was
seen regarding the report OF the treat
ment the regiment complained OF, and
asked IL there had been reason for it. He
said the surgeons We're at the station to
represent the law that demands the disin-
lection OF troops coming from Cuba, and
that il is the part OF the quar- termaster
department and should he that of the Of
ficers of the regiments coming in, to aid
In carrying out the law. From the Georgia
officers opposition was met, he said, and II
is not improbable that a court of inquiry
may look into the matter. Col. Bellinger
said report had been made TO him that
efforts were made to smuggle baggage on
the lighters and such disobedience of in
structions may meet punishment He
thinks the officers, instead of offering him
ORANGES to the work, should have helped
Il along and the command would have
been able to get away from the station
much sooner. He had expected II here
before O'clock but the disinfection had
not been completed by that hour. The
delay. he said, was. occasioned by the Of
fieers not rendering the assistance they
should have given. The colonel thought
there was something wrong with a regi-
ment that brought no travel rations from
Nuevitas, when the transport was boarded
there Ii seems the rations were in some
way overlooked. Col. Bellinger thought
a lack of food might have been responst-
Bile for the trouble the men had in climb
ing ladders aud planks.
Col Robert Berner IS in the city ana
will not leave until this morning for Au-
susta He and Lieut.. Harris. assistant
surgeon Of the regiment, remained over to
look out for the baggage of the command.
Mai Beck and Capt Stephen Powell of
Company c secured leave of absence, and
left for their homes. the one to Jackson
and the other TO Newman.
Second Lieutenant Frank Curry of
Company 3 is with the regiment under
arrest Lieut.. Curry shot and killed Ar
tiIleryman Reed in a dive in the Old Fort
region a night or two before the regiment
sailed for Cuba. II is said the courtmar
tlal of the officer on a charge of murder
will be held before the regiment is muster
ed out OF the service.
Two reason were assigned by officers for
their choice of Augusta over Savannah as
the place for their muster out. One of
them was said TO be the treatment they
complained of at quarantine. 1t seems
they believed at first that II
was the city quarantine law
that was being enforced and that it
was the city that was re-
sponsible for all their troubles. This an
gered them, and they were ready to so
anywhere rather than come to Savannah.
They later learned that 1t is the national
quarantine that troubled them.
The other reason was that they had
heard in Cuba that hard things had been
said about them here, and they did not
want to come back for that reason. A
preference was expressed il was said
while the regiment was at Nuevitas that
1t might be mustered out at some other
city than Savannah. Such a report of the
feeling of the people of Savannah toward
the regiment was a great mistake, as II
has many friends In the city who would
have been more than pleased to have II
remain here to be mustered out
The health of the regiment was reported
as excellent. II was said there had moi
! been man left sick in Cuba, and that
| only three died during the time the regi.
! ment was in the island. One of these
! Private Clarence Jones of Company G
| died at Nuevitas the day before the regi
| ment sailed.