The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-12
TO GO ABOARD SHIP TO-DAY.
THIRD GEORGIA MARCHES TO THE
WHARF THIS AFTERNOON.

Tonight II sleeps on the Roumanihn
and Tomorrow Morning IL starts
for NuevitnS-The Manitoba Leaves
for Havana This Morning With the
Seventh Cavalry and other Troops
The Third Georgia Regiment is expected
to break camp This afternoon and march
TO Inc wharf to board the transport Rou-
mauian. which is TO take ii 10 Nuevitas'
where it VII be stationed for service prob
ABBY for several months.
As the transport is not expected to be in
readiness for the soldiers until wen to-
ward night It is the impression that it viii
hardly leave camp much before O'Clock
as it is not desirable to keep the men
standing about the wharf, especially on a
rainy day such as this promises 10 be It
is much to be regretted that the Georgians
could not have had bright. sunshiny day
for their departure from home, but the
fates do not appear propitious.
Last night was the last the regiment viii
spend on Georgia soil. Tonight it wiz
sleep aboard ship and by tomorrow morn
ing II VIII be headed for Cuba. It ss the
impression that the Roumanian VIII leave
the wharf about o'clock, but it may be
somewhat later. Considerable baggage was
sent down 10 the wharf yesterday belong
ing to the regiment This morning the
company effects win go aboard for stor-
age. and there will be nothing for the men
to do but march away from camp this af-
ternoon. with their band playing its live
fiest airs.
Col Berner arrived yesterday morning
from his visit home and issued orders re-
lieving Mai. John Cohen from duty as pro
vost marshal and succeeding him by Capt.
Thomas A. Jewett, of the First Maine Ar
tillery. The commanding officer OF the
Maine Artillery was ordered 10 furnish one
company for provost duty and the COM
mander of the Thirty-hrst Michigan to fur
nish two companies for The same purpose.
Second Lieut.. p A. Steiner. of the Third
Georgia, was also relieved as adjutant of
the provost guard. No orders have come
relieving Col Berner but one is looked for
this morning. 1t is the belief that Col.
Gardener of the Thrty-hrst Michigan.
will succeed Col. Berner as the commander
of The United States forces here.
The transport Manitoba is expected to
leave about O'clock this morn
ing for Havana with six
troops of the Seventh cavalry,
Seventeenth Company of Signal Corps,
Lieut.. Duffy's Signal Corps detachment,
Batteries II and l. of the Second Artillery,
part of the First Division hospital Of the
Seventh Corps, and fifty stragglers from
the provost guard. All going on the Man
ioba are for the Seventh Corps Gen.
Arnold, his wife, and his son. Lieut. Ar
mold, may also be on the transport. They
arrived last night and go TO Havana.
The Panama will get off Saturday morn
ing. The First Brigade hospital of the
First Army Corps will go to Matanzas on
this transport.
Nothing seems to have come of the re-
quest that Is said to have been made for
the relieving of Capt Wrigley as quar-
termaster of the Roumanian. Capt Wris-
ley goes on the transport on this trip as
before. 1t was stated by Col BelIinger.
the depot quartermaster, last night. that
there had been no charge of any character
against Capt. Wrigley emanating from his
department