The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-01
ALL COMMANDS
To BE INSPECTED
BUSY TWO WEEKS AHEAD
FOR MILITARY OF SAVANNAH AND
NEARBY TOWNS.

Companies and l.. as Well as Field.
STAFF and NOn-COmmissiOned STAFF
of First Regiment Inspected Last
Night - Remainder of week,
Through Friday, to Be Devoted to
First Regiment Infantry and
Gunrds-Other Local Commands,
Including COlOred Troops, to Have
Their Turn Next Week.
The work of inspecting the Savannah
commands, Georgia State Troops, was
begun last night by Col. William G..
Obear, inspector general, G.. S. T., and
Maj. F. H. French, u. S. inspector G.
S. t. The commands of the First
Regiment, Infantry, will be the first
inspected, those taken last night being
Company 1, the Oglethorpe Light In
fantry, and Company l., the Irish Jas
per Greens. The field, staff and nom
commissioned staff were also in
spected.
An excellent showing was made, so
far as numbers are concerned, for of
the field and staff but two members
were absent, and they were unavoid-
ably prevented from attending. The
Oglethorpes turned out twenty-nine
men and three officers, a percentage of
49, six members absent; and the Irish
Jasper Greens, forty-three men and
three officers, a percentage of go, but
four men being absent. The inspec-
ton was a very thorough one. Last
year Company 1 had a percentage of
only SO, and Company L showed only
80 per cent.
All Officers Were There
The companies of the regiment,
other than those slated for inspection,
were not required to attend drill though
| the commanding officer in each case
| was required to be present at the
gathering of officers. Tonight two
| other companies, D and H will be in
| spected, and tomorrow night Com
panies K and M, which complete the
| list of the local commands of the
| First Regiment.
The Guards come next on the pro-
CRANE, and on Thursday night an
inspection will be made of the staff
and of Companies A and B. Companies
| C and D will be taken in turn the
following night The week will be
closed by an inspection of the Effing-
ham Hussars, at Guyton.
COlOred Troops Next Week
Next week will begin with the in
spection of the colored troops of Sa-
vannan and will occupy the time of the
| inspectors Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday; then in the order named, and
| on consecutive days, will be taken the
ChathaIE Artillery, the Georgia Hus-
| sars, the Liberty Troop and the Liber-
ty Guards. The two last named will
be inspected at Hinesville on the same
day. Other inspections in which there
is local interest will be those of the
Statesboro Volunteers, at Statesboro,
March IA; of the Burke Light Infan-
try, at Waynesboro. March 49, and of
the Swainsboro Guards, at Swainsboro,
| March Is.
The inspectors have been on their
present tour since Feb. s and will not
have finished it before April 29. A
number of commands have already
been inspected and so far only an av-
erage showing has been made, Col.
| Obear said.
| Several of the local commands have
not yet received official notice that
they will be inspected, but as it is nee
essary that they receive such notifica-
ton but five days before hand there is
still plenty of time in which to put
them on notice, and allow them to
make preparation.