The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-23
YOUNG SURGEONS
JOINED THE NAVY
MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATES
FROM GEORGIA AND SOUTH CARO-
LIMA ASSIGNED.

Augustus Randall of Savannah
Among the Latest Additions to the
Naval Medical Corps - Senator
Mallory Has offered Amendments
Providing for the Improvement of
Florida water Courses = Cotton
Mill Men Given Hearing.
BY r. M. Larner.
Washington. March 22.--Among the
latest additions to the naval medical
corps are Assistant Surgeon Augustus
Randall of Savannah, James r. Dykes
of Marshallville, Ga, Frederick w.
Dean of Spartanburg, and Ransom
Edwards Riggs of Orangeburg. s. C.
These young officers have just COM
pleted the course of study at the Naval
Medical school in this city, received
their diplomas and are assigned to
duty, Dykes and Dean on the Asiatic
station, via "Solace," and Riggs to the
Newark, sailing from New York April
u.
For HarbOr improvements.
Senator Mallory to-day introduced
the following amendments to the sun
dry civil bill, providing $1,000 for
survey of the inner harbor of Fernan-
dina; $4,000 for the survey Of the
Caloosahatchee river from Puntar
Rassa to Fort Myers for a channel
not less than Is feet deep, $4,000 for
the survey from White Point to Hunts
Bar for a channel IS feet deep to Mil
ton, and also $4,000 for continuing the
Improvement at the cypress top mouth
of the Choctahatchee river until a
depth of six feet is obtained.
on the EiGht-Hour Bill.
A delegation of cotton mill men from
Georgia to-day appeared before the
senate house committee on labor to
oppose the pending eight-hour labor
bill. f. B. Gorden, Columbus, Fuller
Z. Galloway. LAGRANGE, and George
w. Hamilton, Dalton, spoke against
the measure as representatives of the
Georgia cotton mills. Members of
the committee piled the Georgians
with questions bearing on the
subject of child labor in Southern
mills and showed a disposition to
favor drastic measures to prevent the
employment of young children in the
mills. Other hearings are to be held,
and 1t is doubtful whether any legis-
lation on the subject Will be had dur
ing the present session.
Anguish Keeps "a station.
Representative Hardwick to-day Sc
cured from the War Department an or
der resembling the former order for the
adjustment of the recruiting station
at Augusta. The department several
days ago decided tc abolish the An
gusta station along with some others.
Mr.. Hardwick at once took the mat
ter up with the officials and showed
by the records that the Augusta sta
tion had made a much better record in
the way of recruits than a good many
of those which it was proposed to re-
tain, and after a final hearing upon
the matter to-day it was decided to re-
tain recruiting officer at the Rich
mond county metropolis.
Hall Gets 81 1853.
Senator Bacon called up, and he and
Senator Clay secured the passage by
the Senate of a bill appropriating ST.
583 to pay Hon. Hewlett A. Hall of
Newman in full for services rendered
the government as one of its repre-
sentatives at the Paris Exposition. The
bill was introduced by Senator Clay
ana Representative AQdIilsOu- II SGGillS
that in the final settlement between
Mr.. Hall and the discussing officer
of the commission there was a differ
ence of opinion indicated by the above
amount, and the Senate Committee on
Claims, after making a full investi-
CATION, decided in favor Of the Geor-
gian.
For Military Roadway.
Representa- tive Lewis has intro
duced a bill providing for a military
roadway from the Andersonville sta
ton on the Central Railroad to the
prison park national cemetery in
Sumter county, Georgia. The bill car
ries an appropriation of $4,000 and
also provides for condemnation pro-
ceedings under the supervision of three
commissioners to be appointed by the
Secretary of War. One of the COM
missioners shall have been an inmate
Of Andersonyille prison, one the pres
ent commander of the Association OF
Union ex-Prisoners of War, and the
third an ex-Confederate soldier. who
must be, at the time of his appoints
ment, a citizen of Sumter county. The
members OF the commission viii re-
ceive reasonable compensation and ac-
tuai expenses while engaged In the