The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-21
PASSING OF THE THIRD.
Continued from Eighth Page.

Air Line route the Plant System switching
the train Off at Yemassee. Tickets were
sold to the men by the two routes, and
they were told the order in which the two
trains were 10 leave But that seemed to
make no difference to many of them, for
nearly everybody wanted to get away by
the first train, no matter by what route 1t
was to leave. Consequently there were
about 100 of the men who had been tick
eted by the Seaboard Air Line route on the
special that was to go by way of the At
lantie Coast Line.
An effort was made by the Plant Sys-
tenn people to make the men get off the
train and wait for their proper one. but
they paid no attention. They insisted they
were going by the train on which they
We're and nothing could induce them to
give over the intention The result was
the Plant System officials in charge of
the arrangements had to wire the Allan
tic Coast Line to honor the tickets read
ing by 1he Seaboard.
This was pretty hard on representatives
of the Seaboard who had been here for
several days hard al work among the men
of the regiment. There are representa-
tives ofsone of the lines in the city, how
ever, who are glad it happened. They say
they We're not fairly treated by the Sea-
board representatives, who were TO ham
line at a point north of here. The Sea-
board men had come here at the invita-
ton of the representatives of the line in
question and by them had been introduc ed
to officers of the regiment. The local men
accuse the Others of having thrown bust
ness to another, that they were bound to
give to their line. The muster out of the
Sixth passed without unpleasantness
among the railroad men, but things took
on a sort of blush tinge. The air was sql-
phurous, and some of the railroad men
were mad. The road that believes itself
injured considers it is OUT many passen-
gers through their expectation of getting
the connection having miscarried.
One thing railroad men noticed about the
business was that it went in bigger blocks.
The officers seemed to control more of it
than had been the case with the Sixth
Immunes. When that regiment was mus
tered out every man was for himself, but
there was a desire in evidence on the part
of the officers of the Third to keep their
men together and travel by any line that
might be preferred 1t is said this was con-
trary TO orders that had been issued from
the headquarters of the Second Corps, to
which the regiment belonged, but the Of
ficers went on with it any way, and the
men were carried off in punches. One rail
road man said captain got his men to-
gether ana tOlu tnSln IL tney ulu not ITdVel
by, the route understood among them as
being that he favored and desired them 10
use. he would himself have to pay out
nice little sum, about $75, to make up the
amount the road was to get What ar
rangement of this sort had been made was
not known. The company stuck together
rather than have its captain out SIS.
The soldiers began gathering at the
Plant System depot an hour before the
train was 10 leave. They piled in and got
their Beats So many of the Seaboard
crowd were g1ing by the Coast Line train
that shere was not room enough for all.
and TIE Plant System people had to listen
TO a choice lot of kicking, but, they were
in no wise to blame, and the thing was
pulled off just as arranged No extra
eouipment was furnished, and the men
were rather crowded.
A gay time was in evidence for an hour
before the train left. Many of the men
were drinking, and their conduct was just
A bit disorderly A telephone message was
sent TO the police barracks that there was
a CROWD of dtfhken soldiers at the depot.
and that a row was imminent at any mo-
ment. Lieut. Brown. commanding Com
many K of the Second Infantry, on duty
on Oglethorpe avenue, east, as provost
suards was communicated with by the
officer on duty at the station house. The
company was cotton under arms and ready
to proceed to the depot within three min
utes A quick march was made and the
company marched through the gate and
lined up along side the track.
There was little evidence of disorder
tben. WHAT there was was confined 10
few men who were not in the cars. The
great majority had been quiet all along,
hui whisky was beginning to get in ats
work with some who insisted on being out
IN the depot. They We're running across
from time to time to the bar rooms on
the other side Of the street, and several
were out on the platform bidding affec-
tionate adieus 10 negro women in a style
disgusting TO most Of their own men and
inexpressibly so to others. Two or three
white women were down 70 bid farewell
also. tArF
One man was standing about In the way,
drunk Lieut. Brown ordered him TO move
on and he did not respond with sufficient
aiacritv. The officer then called one Of his
naan who ran the Connecticut man out
the gate. The pursued fell he jumped
across a ditch the house drainage force
had opened, and the guard landed on top
Of him. He started off up Harris street
20 take his man to provost headquarters.
The Conhecticut man was dlsinclined to
submit He did not want to go az all. The
idea of not getting off with his regiment