The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-01-05
Captain Ryan
Writes Of His Quarters ut Savannah =
Expects to be Ordered TO Cuba Soon.

10 PROMISE WHICH mdue Ou ledN~
ing Logan to write you letter and
being on the idle list today will en-
deavor to fulfill same. / am sta
toned in Savannah, Ga. at present
awaiting orders.
This Is a beautiful day reminds
me of our beautiful spring days at
home. Being lonesome this morn
ing 1 took a stroll through the city
and wound up at the Market house,
the market here covers an entire
square, with street cars running
through the center of the building,
the cars stop at each aisle. Here
the northerner can see and feast
his eyes on what he would not be-
lieve unless he would see 1t for
himself, here is everything in the
green vegetable line from spinich
to irish potatoes, peas, green beans,
onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, and
everything that we find in cur
markets in June. The meat mar
ket Is wonderful, all kinds of meat,
native and foreign; bear, dear, wild
turkey and ducks by the thousand'
to pass through one would suppose
IL would not be consumed in a life
time, but when you stop to think in
addition to the stventy-five thOus.
and inhabitants there are still eight
thousand soldiers here, therefore IT
is an easy matter to account for the
abundant supply Savannah has
one of the beat street car systems
of any city / have ever visited.
They have belt line surrounding
the city, and there is no point in
the city that you cannot reach
within half square. In the way
of sight seeing, there is nothing of
interest in the city that | have not
seen, have visited the different
wharfs, the rice mills, the cotton
press, also the cotton at the Ocean
Steam Ships Co.'s. wharf, which is
lcertainly fine sight, there is acres
of it, bailed, pressed and ready for
shipment. have been on all the
historical vessels that have come
into Savannah harbor since our
stay here, and can say that every
one have talked to, says the
Hospital Ship "MissOuri" is the
finest equipeu for the purpose, of
any ship sfioat. The government
transport IN, bile" for carrying
soldiers cannot be surpassed by
any nation on earth.
} Savannah has seventy-fve thOus-
and Inhabitants Of which thirty
five thousand are colored Savannah
is noted tor her beautiful open
squares, fine monuments, spacious
parks, different military Organiza.
tions, beautiful streets, and last but
not least the hospitality of her peO-
pie. There is nothing too good for
: the soldiers, especially if you are
from the north all vie to do you
honor.
We celebrate Christmas here to.
day, but in reality the celebration
has been going on since Saturday
night, but today all business is sus-
pended and the streets are crowded
with pleasure seekers. Christmas
day, yesterday was no doubt one of
the saddest days for the soldiers
that they have experienced since
leaving home. "Christmas day in
Camp" has pathetic side, most of
the boys renamed in Camp, or kill.
ed time by aimlessly wandering
around the city. Many of the men
had made friends in Savannah, and
were entertained in the Hospitable
homes, for which the name of the
city is 30 dear to those who have
come as strangers within her gates,
but the majority of the men were
in camp, one or two companies had
"Christm as dinners" but the others
had "Army rations," and as one of
the boys told me it was not the fare
however that the boys minded, or
that put the long faces on all OF
them. They thought of home yes
terday, as they had not done since
enlisting. 1t has not seemed like
Christmas to us, and as Orla Wright
and myself walked down Braugh.
ton, the principle business street OF
Savannah Saturday night, / re.
marked TO him that IL reminded me
more of celebration after an
election than Christmas eve. 1t IL
the first Christmas In my life that
l have not seen snow on or before
Christmas day. Snow Is almost
unknown here, was talking to an
old resident of Savannah last even.
ing who said he had lived here fol-
twenty years and had seen snow In
Savannah once during that time
Said IL was on January 10th. 1894