The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-10
TRAVELLED $4,000 MILES.
THREE TIMES AROUND THE WORLD
N THREE YEARS.

DR.. Morgan. 4. :. y, Thinks He Has
Broken the Record-Has seen
service IN Cuba, ChlRa aud the
Philippines ia Eight Different
ships Of the Navy. and L. Now Do
ing shore Duty for ChanEe-Re-
cruitinE Officers VIII Return 10
Savannah an February and Expect
10 Obtain Many Recruits Here.
The officers % the naval recruiting
board left ass night for Birmingham
From Birmingham they VIII so 10 Atlanta
and thence % Pensacola. Tho board viii
return 90 Savannah in February. when %
Is intended 20 spend a week here The
officers Of the hoard are wcu pleased with
their say here and ouly regret that o.
was not longer They regard savannah
as good recruiting field for the navy,
and expect 20 secure quite "a number o.
recruits on their return
Or. j.. II Morgan. passed assistant sur
geon. who accompsnies The board as an
examining Officer. can justly claim 60 bc
a muchly Travelled man. During the last
three years Dr. Morgan has travelled 1000
rifles by sea. not including several thou.
sand more by land He has seen service
in eight different vessels during that
time. was IN active service both 90 cuba
and the Philippine. ana has been around
the world three times
Some time previous Co the breaking out
OF the spanish-Amer.can war Dr Morgan
was on duty with the Cincinnati OF the
South American coast. The vessel put IN
al Buenos Ayres by orders about four
months previous 70 the war. and after
coaiinR and repairs. chen proceeded slow
y northward. arriving IN the nc.snh'r-
hood Of Cuba IN time TO rartic pate boz
the hostlhties. the Cincinnati being at
tached 20 Admiral Sampson feet
Cart Chester had his ship IN SPLEEN
did state Of discipline said Dr. Morgan
% a Morning News reporter yesterday
He made US an work hard and We were
liable 10 be called 20 general quarters at
any hour Of the night The marksman-
ship Of the Ruuners aboard the Ciueir.
rau was something remarkable ana ] a1
noe believe & was equaled hy auy other
ship % the navy during the war We
missed the engagement az Santiago. De-
ing "a little distance AWAY on hlaa kale
duty. but we had plenty OF lively work
previous 20 that The Cincinnati took
prominent Part in the hombariment of
Matanzas, and the work done there Bog
her guuncrs was remarkable"
Besides the Cincinnati. DR. Morgan has
seen service during the last three years
IN the Monongl hela. the Franklin the
Harvard. the Yale. the Celtic. the Iris.
the santee ard the Vermont on ihc-e.
he saws. the service on the Yale ana
the Harvard was the most pleasant. those
being the two American liners. the Paris
and the New York which had been con-
vertcl into cruisers. Having ample pas
senger accommodation. the officers Wore
able 10 enjoy the very best Of quarters
on these ships.
DR. Morgan reached tho Philippines
March T. lsa and remained there one
year. seeing considerable active service.
the navy working in active cooperation
with the army. The marine and naval
hattalions were frequently sent ashore 20
act IN conjunction with the army and the
surgeons had plenty OF work 10 DO.
THE Fi.ipinos show no respect Tor the
Red Gross" said Dr. Mo gan. and every
man % the hospital party had ~ go arm
ed with a KraE-Jorgensen. We had TO
protect ourselves as wen as the wounded
men who We're IN our care. and We had
some pretty lively experience
DR. Morgan landed az san Francisco
some time since ana came East. being
assiEned 10 the recruiting work. lie does
not include his trip across the continent
in his 1880 miles 90 travel the latter be-
ing entirely by sea. Or Morgan thinks
his total OF 1000 miles sea travel and
three times around the world In three
years beats the record, and very probably
il Goes