The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-05
DRILL SEASON BEGINS
EIGHTEEN COMMANDS OF WHITE
AND COLORED TROOPS HOLD
FIRST MEETINGS TONIGHT.
OFFICERS WILL BE ELECTED IN
SEVERAL COMPANIES.

First ana Second LteutenantS VIII
BE Elected in Hussars-SecOnd
Lieutenant VIII Be Nominated in
Company A of the Guards-Capt.
Blum Will Be Formerly Declared
Captain in Company D-other
Elections May Be HeSd-Men Have
Many Incentives for Work and
Season Promises to BE Active One.
The drill season will begin in Sa-
vannah tonight. The fourteen COM
panies of white soldiers and the color
ed troops will hold their first regular
meetings, and plans for the year will
be mapped out While there have been
afew preliminary meetings, none of the
commands except the Georgia Hussars
have begun active work.
One of the most important meetings
will be that of the Chatham Artillery.
which will act upon the invitation re-
ceived from the Military Committee
of the Worlds Fair at ST. Louis. There
is strong sentiment in the command
in favor of making the trip and it is
probable that it will decided to go.
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and means for raising the necessary
funds will be discussed by the MEM
hers.
In several of the commands there
will be election of officers. In the
Georgia Hussars, first lieutenant will
be chosen to succeed Isadore Silver
berg. In the event of the election
of the second lieutenant to this post.
an election will be held to fill the va
cancy caused by his succession. There
is little doubt that Second Lieutenant
w. H. Connerat. Jr., will be elected
first lieutenant, and First Sergeant Ed
ward Delnere. second lieutenant.
Elections In the Guards.
The formal election in Company D
of the Guards will also be held. Capt.
Henry Blum, Jr. will be elected. His
election tonight will make him third
senior captain in the battalion, Lieut.
Hutton not yet having been formally
elected. In Lieut.. Hutton's company.
A. there will be an election for second
Lieutenant, to fill the place vacated by
Lieut.. Stewart Hincks, who succeeded
to the first lieutenancy made vacant by
the election of Lieut.. Hutton as cap
tain.
There are other offices to be filled,
but it is probable that no other cleo
lions Will be held tonight. Among the
other offices vacant, or soon to be va
Gated, are those of second lieutenant
in the Oglethorpe Light Infantry and
second lieutenant in Company D of the
Guards. Lieut.. Ellis forced absence
from the city will impel his resigna-
ton in the Guards
Instruction will be given in guard
mount in all of the companies of the
First Regiment and plans for the sea-
son outlined to the men by the Off
GERS in the respective commands. The
year promises to be full of work, and
from tonight on there will be an UNI
usual amount of studying done by the
rank and file in the regiment.
Trip to st. Louis.
The Guards will not take up the cues
tion of their trip to ST. Louis again un-
til next Monday night. 1t will be recall
ed that at the last meeting of the corps
it was decided to go to the >-.tion,
but discussion on the ways Using
the required amount of mont as de-
ferred until meeting to tie held on
Monday night, Oct. u.
The two divisions ofrthe Naval Milit a
are making preparations for a busy
year. Bids have been advertised for
the new boat house, and as soon as
the contract is awarded the construc-
ton will be begun. The house will cost
about $500, and will be 50 arranged that
the boats may be slid in and then
raised on hooks, one above the other.
New uniforms and equipment, includ-
ing the Krag- Jorgensens, are expected
at an early date.
The colored companies have all had
meetings, made necessary by the in
spection by Col. Obear. The officers
say that the men have never shown
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that the battalion expects to attain a
higher degree of efficiency during the
coming season than ever before.
Much to Prepare For.
There are many incentives to make
the men work during, the drill season
Chief among these is the inspection
which will soon be made of all the
companies, except the colored ccm-
mands. In addition to the formal in
spection of uniforms and equipment,
the men will be put through a thor
ough drill in foot movements and the
manual of the arms. There is a
friendly rivalry among all the COM
mands, and since the inspector general
has already expressed his intention of
commenting upon the showing Of the
different commands, the men want to
win the encomiums of the inspector for
their respective companies.
The contemplated trips to the Wcrl1
Fair and the Olympic games, as we'll
as also the trip of two of the COM
panies; the Irish Jasper Greens and
Company D. of the Guards, to the
prize drill at the State Fair in Macon,
furnish additional incentive for extra
effort. The First Regiment Is also pre-
pairing for field exercises and an ex-
hibition drill to be held in January and
February Altogether there is more in
centive than ever before, and it is prob
able that there will be more &C ivity in
the several commands this season than
ever before.