The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-29
HAS GONE INTO CAMP.
FIRST NORTH CAROLINA ARRIVED
FROM QUARANTINE.

Regiment Came Tp by BnttaliOns.
First Arrived Early in the After
noon and the Third Early I'm the
EvenirE-Men Complained of an
Insufficient Number of Tents-The
DisinfectIng Process at Quarnn-
tine-Men Have Brought Back n
Collection of CuriOsities From
Cuba-Tvo Natives of the soil
Are Among Them.
The First North Carolina Regiment is in
camp. II came up during the afternoon
and early evening on lighters In tow of
tugs. II was found an insufficient num-
Der of tents had been pitched for the COM
mand The officers were complaining there
were but tents for six companies. and that
il seemed to have been forgotten that they
have twelve in their regiment. The men
were closely crowded together for the
night
The regiment arrived at quarantine day
before yes erday on the Ward Line steam
ship Vigilancia. Capt. Cowles was seem
last night and said the passage had been
ali that could have been wished. I'VE GER
tainTy had fine steamer to come on he
said. I'VE were splendidly treated and
everybody was grateful. This morning We
had nothing but coffee. but the officers
nevertheless decided 20 pay the full rate
for it to have the money divided by the
officers of the ship among the employees
who had shown us such studious attention
AT quarantine We had a hard time of &C.
Our easy time stopped when we got off
the Vigilancia. Our property was dam
aged by the process they use down al the
station to get rid of germs, but we had to
put up with it, Everything that went into
the big roller caught it badly. We left
a lot of our baggage at the station, and
were told that it would not be injured,
that It would simply be sprinkled with
chemical and that it would not be hurt
Some of us have things with our baggage
we would not like to lose, and all hope
there will be no damage done. The big
cylinder seems TO be the trouble"
The first battalion of the regiment ar
rived shortly alter noon at the Gordon
wharf in command Of Lieut.. Col. c. ID.
Cowles The men marched out TO camp.
The Second battalion, under Mai. George
T. Rutzier, formerly a citizen of Savan-
nah, arrived about ; o'clock, and the Third
battalion, under command Of Mai. Whit
ford Smith and with Col. J. f. Armfield,
headquarters and band. reached the wharf
al about O'Clock. The last battalion had
a hard time of IL on the trip up. The men
were In the storm, and got drenched
The health of the regiment has been
very good in Cuba. But one man was left
there, and that was not through Illness,
but rather his stubbornness about being
vaccinated The requirement is made that
all the soldiers be vaceinated before they
are allowed to leave. The man positively
refused to undergo the operation, and moth
ing could induce him to do so. As force was
not to be used, he was not yaccinated and
remained behind.
The Carolinians brought over a lot of GU
riosties. They have a great array of par
rots and other live stock, among the tro-
phies being a couple of little Cubans. Their
parents We're reconcentradoes who were
unable TO withstand the cravings of their
innermost natures and fell a victim to
Spanish inhumanity. Sergt Prempert of
Company A has adopted one of the Cubans
and another member OF the regiment has
taken the other as his protege.