The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-29
MANY WANT TO BE OFFICERS.
APPLICANTS FOR COMMISSIONS IN
COLOnED REGIMENT.

Secretary Root Wants 10 Make At
lnnta Its HeadaunrterS-Juds
Lyons Says No TOurhS or JaIIbirds
should BE Taken Into the RegI-
mcnt-BeIieves Plenty OF Good Ne
GToCS Can BE secured-White Men
Who Want TO De Officers.
Washington. Aug. Especial AL
though the official order creating the ad-
dltional regiment of colored volunteers has
not been promulgated, applications for
commissioned and non-commissioned APP
pointments are pouring in upon the Secre-
tary Of War by the hundred.
Al the department ii il announced that
a proposition is under serious considera-
ton looking to the appointment of colored
officers in the new regiment to the grades
of captain and lieutenant In making Sc
lecuons preference wia be given TO mem
bers of colored regulars and to colored
volunteers who saw active service in the
cuban campaign The colonel ana The rank
ing officers win be white men.
Way BE In Atlanta.
At present the disposition on the part
of the Secretary Of War is to establish the
headquarters of the new regiment at At
lanta, although the suggestion has been
made that as the regiment Is to be re-
cruited from every state In the union,
headquarters should be located at Wash
iugton. Richmond has a1so been mentioned
as a convenient point for the assembling
Of colored volunteers.
Leading colored men who are Interested
In the organization of the proposed regi-
ment are anxious that il shall be made up
of the very best element in the colored
race Judson Lyons who Is taking an ac-
tive interest in the matter. said to-day:
I'VE do not desire 70 see a regiment
made up OF Jail birds, tough characters
and the most degraded element Of our
race but we would Ike 10 see it organ
lied something on the Ilne of the Rough
Riders. Gen. Miles, SAYS the coloTed man
makes an excellent soldier, when properly
handled, and there are thousands of hon
est, brave and good lighting colored men
who are ready to make up the complement
of the regiment"
They want Commissions.
Lyons says he has received a number
OF applications from representative col
ored men in Georgia, Alabama, Missouri
and North Carolina, who are anxious to
eHltSL IN the new regiment
Several white men have also applied 10
Lyons for assistance in securing a com
mission In the "Darktowu Dragons. j"
James A. Thomas of Savannah, and JEFF
ferson Davis Rooney of Hawkinsvile,
Ga, both members OF Col. Rays I'm
munes, are applicants for commissions as
lieutonants in the colored regiment Ly-
ons fled their applications at the war de-
parlment to-day, together with the appll-
cations OF The following colored men, who
desire to be officers; +. II. Crumbly and
Thomas Grant, both of Atlanta. They are
members of the Tenth Regiment of Vol
unteers. The former desires TO be a first
Lieutenant and the latter aspires to a sec
ond leutenancy. John +. Marion of Ala
bama; Maj. A. J. Walker, North Caro-
lima; J. Clayton Williams OF New York,
H. j. Parker Of Atlanta and II. c. Otlaw
of st. Louis, Mo. are willing to accept
non-commissioned appointments, and fail
ing in that direction, they are willing to
enter as privates. These papers are all
on file at the war department.