The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-01
NEW DEPOT oUARTERMASTER.
vuEELER SUCCEEDED COL.
W. nrtIINGER YESTERDAY.

col BeHinger Has Been Granted
FOR Four Months, Which He
-, sneud in the RccuperatiOn of
n.. ueaIth-Hfs Many Friends in
,,nab Trust He VIII Be Re-
.-,rned TO This Office for Duty.
,,nco of Office Clerks and Govern
EmDIOyes Cut in HaIf-Nearly
al claims and Bills Adjusted
,.roueh col. BeIilngcr.
~. r. Belliuger's duty as depot
-,.ro,aster Of the United States army
savannah, for four months at all
-.s ceased yesterday, and Col. d. D..
,-s..lsr succeeded him. Col. BeLinger
~ t,,,r months leave that he will spend
. tb. recuperation of his health, which
49,. leone sadly impaired during the
.u, than a year of hard work he has
,.., for the government in getting two
,a.u, armies off for Cuba and a score or
.eore of detachments.
vyit1ir q few days, Col. Bellinger will
Leave for Ne.richen. n. j., where his fam
ID. is He is undecided as 10 what dis
,>,sition Of his leave he will then make
.etsr meeting Mrs. Bellinger he will con-
,i,da whether he will go abroad or spend
his time at health resorts in this country
Col. Beuinger says he has not the slight
got idea whether the department will or
.is, him back to the Savannah depot upon
tho evniration Of his leave or assign him to
dirty, elsewhere The many friends he has
made in this city since his coming eight
months ago trust it will be 10 this office
maj tie war department viii send him.
.o WDeeler's designation as his successor
&c understood to be temporary, so it is not
unavoidable that il is the intention to
have col. Bellinger again assume charge.
\ The transfer of authority to Col Wheel
mr. IS not the only change that has come
pb5ut in the depot quartermaster's office
/ and among he employees in Savannah who
nave held positions under its direction
4 Yesterday the connection of half the force
of twenty-five employees in the office was
. severed the necessity for their labors hav-
ing ceased with the performance of the
great amount of work that was involved
while the rush of transports to and from
A This city and the hundred and other mat
A ters Incidental was on. To-day the force
. s therefore. but half as large as yester-
day So it is with the corral and other
4 employees. Of whom about 225 were dis
H charged. About the same number are stIll
in the employ of the government and have
4 the care of the stock in the corra.s and
other duties to perform.
Col. Beilinger viii leave with his work
in good form. He has seen to it that
everything possible to be arranged has
gone through properly, and his assistance
4 has been found invaluable by many who
have sought it to get claims and bills
going through the proper channels that
would Otherwise have been worthless
through the ignorance or their holders
n as to just how they should be pushed
II A number of claims for rent for the use
e Of the camp sites used by the govern
a ment after Jan. / and for damages sus-
q tanned in depredations OF soldiers or the
removal Of fences for the enlargement
Of camping spaces have been presented
COL BelIinger and Endorsed by him. 1t is
4 quite probable that the department will
4 soon make reparaton for what the own
ers Of the property have lost.