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’ESTABLISHED 1884
LOOK FOR
FIGHTING
VERY SOON
Department is Entirely Without
Official Information as Io
Action at Santiago.
ACTS DELIBERATE
Press Dispatches Give the
Outline, but Commodore
Must Wait for It All.
MORE GENERAL MOVEMENT
May be Expected to Follow Schley’s
Action Very Promptly Oregon
to Join Him.
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Cape Haytien, June 2. —‘According to in
formation received here from hither'o ac
curate sources, a decisive engagement be
tween the United States ami Spanish fire s
is expected to take place tod ty at Santia
go.
Washington, June 2- —'Tt is stated author
itatively at the navy department at noon
today that not a word lias been received
from Schley as to the engagement at San
tiago.
Ttie officials express no surprise at this
delay, ami account for It on several
grounds.
In the first place it is said the fleet com
mander must wait until an engagement is
completed before he makes a report, and
that the press reports may give only the
beginning of the action without waiting
for its completion.
There are intimations that the press re
ports cover only the first features of
Schley's movements and that until these
movements are developed to a point where
the results In view were actually achievd.
the reports were not to be made on the
Incidental phases of the general movement.
Moreover, it is pointed out that the fleet
commander must communicate with all
the commanders of ships making up the
fleet, in order to learn as to casualties,
damage and all the circumstances of the
engagement, and when thus informed his
report is made ■deliberately, and this in
turn must bo translated to the naval cipher
code. When received here there is an
other delay in deciphering the code dis
patch.
(Altogether It is claimed that the care
taken in preparing dispatches delays them
about twenty-four hours behind the press
advices. It is thought the absence of ex
act official Information might embarrass
the work of the war board, but the offi
cials say that this has not occurred.
The official intimation is that the action
of Tuesday is only the Initial phasp of a
more general movement, strengthened by
(the view that Schley would hardly at
tempt an attack unless lie had some defi
nite object in view. This object, it is be
lieved is to learn exactly the number of
ships in Santiago harbor and also to devel
op the effectiveness of the fire of the Span
ish forts at the entrance to the harbor.
With these two points established be
yond the slightest doubt, the campaign,
military ami naval, could be executed
VANDERBILT WEDS
EDITH DRESSER.
Religions Ceremony in Paris
Today With Distinguished
Company Present.
Paris. June 2—The religious ceremony
of the wedding of Edith Stuyvesant Dres
ser to George W. \ and. rbilt, took place
at the Xmerieau church at noon.
The civil ceremony was performed yes
terday. One hundred and fifty persons were
present today including General Horace
Porter. United States ambassador and Mrs.
Porter. Chauncey M Depew. the Count
and Countess ■Castellano and the Duchess
of Marlborough, niece of the bridegroom
HOVE TO BY A SHOT.
British Vessel Refused to Answer When She
Was Signalled.
Key West, June 2.—The British tramp
steamer Bengal, of Glasgow, was sighted
off the Florida keys yesterday. As she did
not hoist her colors when signaled she was
hove to by a shot.
Admiral Ferreras' cial is being unloaded
from the Restormel at the naval station
dock It will be bid in by the United
states and ‘be used by our ships.
FLIPFLOP
Os the Great Powers of Europe. Who Be
come Rivals for Our Friendship.
London, June 2.—Sentiment on the conti
nent is gradually undergoing a change in
rfsp.ct to the Hispano-American war
European sentiment with the single excep
tion of shat of Great Britain was strongly
pro-Sp-anish at the beginning of the war
and but for England there might have
bet n European interference.
Then the Germans began to see the pe
culiar position in which they were di
rectly to be placed—that of an ally to
their ancient enemy—France. Then the
advantages of good feeling with the
and since a change of feeling toward the
United States has gradually developed..
France has perceived the feeling en
gendered in the United States mainly
tinough her trade channels, and has has
tened to bridge the chasm that was open
treaty of reciprocity just signed.
Now Russia is coming to the front, and
her press gives recognition to the power
of the United States in rhe world, and
many pleasant things have already been
said. Instead of the threat of enmity the
United States may be embarrassed by the
rivalry of the Powers for her good wiH.
CHICKAMAUGA
Four Regiments Broke Camp This Morning
and Start for Tampa,
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 2.—The Third
Pennsylvania, First Illinois, Fifth Mary
land and Sixty-ninth New York regiments
of infantry left Chickamauga this morning.
Camp was broken at 4 o’clock and by 6
o'clock the regiments were on the march
to the railroad station.
The Third Pennsylvania and the First
Illinois marched nine miles to Ringgold,
where the Western and Atlantic train was
taken.
The Fifth ‘Maryland and the Sixty-ninth
New York marched five miles to Rossville,
where the Southern railway trains were
taken.
Each regiment left camp with the bands
playing, banners flying and amidst rousing
cheers from thousands of comrades.
The eight regiments sent from eher to
Tampa were the best equipped and the
best drilled in the big camp.
MONEY QUESTION
Improperly Thrown Into th Revenue Bill,
Says Butler.
Washington, June 2—(At the opening of
today's session the senate passed the hill
conferring American register upon the
steamship China, one of the fleet of t |
Pacific Steamship Company.
The China has been chartered by the
war department to transport troops to the
Philippines. The China is now under the
Hawaiian flag.
The consideration of the war revenue
bill was resumed and Mr. Butler, Populist,
of North Carolina, addressed the senate.
He regretted that the finance committee
had not seen fit to present to the senate
a genuine revenue hill. Under the circum
stances the responsibility of the delay in
the passage of the pending measure rests,
said he, upon those who placed in the bill
provisions that have no place in a revenue
measure. He expressed regrets that those,
holding views on the money question had
seen fit to have those controverted ques
tions of finance incorporated in the meas
ure as it forced those who differed from
the committee on those questions to discuss
them.
DELAYED~REPORT
Os the Engagement at Santi
ago Sent Out by the As
sociated Press,
On board the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dandy off Port Antonio, June 1, (de
layed. —The squadron commanded by
Schley attacked the batteries at Santiago
yesterday and also engaged the ships of
Cervera which were lying in the harbor.
The Spanish flagship Cristobal Colon,
was struck twice by shells fired from the
'Massachusetts and the Spanish batteries
were badly damaged by the fire of the
cruiser New Orleans.
The Spaniards fired 300 shots and the
Americans one-fourth of that number. No
American vessel were hit and no one on
board the American ships was injured.
The Spanish loss was heavy.
PRESIDENT IS
WITHOUT NEWS.
Secretary of War Was One of
His Principal Callers, but
Had No News.
Washington, June 2—The president was
late reaching his desk this morning. Dur
ing the forenoon callers from the two
houses of congress were numerous.
Though there was no news afloat as to
the developments at the front there is a
prolusion of uniforms at the White House,
many volunteers now stationed at Camp
Alger, appearing in full uniform among
the sightseers, who nowadays throng the
office and home of the president.
Many men at the camp take advantage
of opportunities to secure leave of absence
from detachments to make the rounds of
the capitol.
That there was a total lack of official
news at the White 'House was evident at
11 o’clock when ■Secretary Alger went into
see the president. He spent only a few
minutes and on emerging said he came
over to see if there was any news and an
nounced that there was .nothing of signifi
cance. He then drove off saying he would
leave for Philadelphia immediately.
MORE FRAUD
In tie Mexican War Veteran Fund is Hint
ed At.
Lexington, Ky . June 2—Major Alexan
der Williamson, recording secretary of the
National Association Mexican War Vete
rans. has just received a letteer from the
president, S, P. Tufts, of Centrailla, 111.
"You are probably not aware." says the
president, "that our association is meeting
with considerable trouble in securing the
books, records and funds from the assis
tant secretary at Nashville. Tenn. I have
written Major D. G. Wood, one of our
veterans at Nashville, to hunt the man up
and get hold of the records and money and I
send them to Secretary W. R. Smith at
Lexington.
Major Williamson does not know who
the assistant secretary at Nashville was,
nor does Smith. Major Williamson says
the amount of money involved is not much
but he is highly indignant that the associa
tion, composed, as it is, of old decrepit
men. should be defrauded out of a single
cent, if it has been defrauded.
The next national meeting will occur in
Louisville. Ky., September 21 and 22 next.
On the 20th the state reunion will be held
it Harrodsburg, from which town the
Kentucky delegates will go to Louisville,
when the state meeting shall be over. Last
year when the national reunion was held
there were about 5,000 survivors of the !
Mexican war. but death has been busy
among the'm the past winter.
CANNON ASKED
FOR RUSH ACTION
On the Urgent Deficiency Bill
Providing for Campaign
Expenses.
Washington. June 2.—The house com
mittee on appropriations has reported the
urgent deficiency bill, carrying 618,845.000,
embodying many of the items for the Cu
ban. Philtipine and Porto Rico campaigns,
submitted yesterday by Secretary Alger.
< hairman Cannon of the committee sax’s
it is urgent that an appropriation be im
mediately made and wanted the house to
act with a limit of thirty minutes for de
bate on each side, with the idea of getting
i the bill through the senate promptly and
made a law today.
THE MACON NEWS.
DO NOT TREAT
PRISONERS WELL
United States Officials are
Facing Some Serious
Charges.
BRITISH CONSUL KICKS
And Obtains Very Prompt Satisfac
tion From the State Depaat
ment at Washington.
Washington. June 2—The complaints
made against the United States officers
at Key West of improper treatment ofthe
captives on the prizes brought in by the
American vessels, are' being daily rein
forced and are creating so much dissatis
faction here that it would not be surprising
if the prizes hereafter taken by naval
vessels are ordered further north to Char
leston, for instance, thus depriving the
Key West officials of the fat fees which
they have been making from this source.
First came the report of Cadet Jones
with charges against officials which will
now be formally investigated by court
martial.
The latest case in this connection is with
the British ship Restoniel, captured off
Santiago. This vessel was brought into
Key West with a prize crew and although
her British nationality was perfectly evi
dent, the officials at that port for some
unexplained reason positively refused to
permit the captain to communicate with
the British vice counsul. The British em
bassy here being advised of the fact, made
prompt representations to the state de
partment with the result that orders were
forwarded to the district attorney’s office
at Key West to at once put the captain of
the Restomel in communication with the
vice consul.
FOR MORE MEN.
Lieutenants of the Georgia Companies Ex
pected Here Soon.
According to the reports from Washing
ton with regard to increasing the strength
of the volunteer army, it is expected that
one of the lieutenants from each of the
companies that went from Macon will be
here within a day or two for the purpose
of gathering additional recruits for their
respective companies.
The war department, according to the
reports from Washington has decided to
increase-the strength of the companies to
108 men, an addition of twenty-four to the
number first recruited. Each of the Macon
companies carried from 77 to 100 men, or
an averageof 80 or 81 men to the company.
In order to bring them up to-the requisite
number under the new order therefore,
it will require several more men for each
of the companies that went from 'Macon.
The four companies which went from
here will require therefore, about 100 more
men in order to recruit them up to the
newly designated strength. The opinion
of many of the military men here is that
the lieutenants will find little trouble in
getting enough men to fill up their ranks
on the new' basis. While it is considered
that Macon has furnished her full-pro
portion of volunteers, a call for additional
troops for the companies from the regi
ment, is a different thing from a call for
new volunteers, and the response would
undoubtedly be much larger.
ONE OF NATURE'S
NOBLEWOMEN.
Death of Miss Guillon, of the
Academy for the
Blind.
The death of Miss Hannah Guillon, which
occurred yesterday at the Academy for the
Blind, marks the passing out of one of
nature’s noblewomen, whose life’s work
has been carried on quietly -and without
even the barest mention, but whose death
will be a 'bitter loss to everyone with whom
she had been thrown in contact.
Miss Guillon, had been a teacher at the
Academy for the Blind (or the last forty
six years. She came to this country from
England and. leaving behind the chalk
cliffs of Abion, she never saw her native
shore again. In fact, shortly after com
ing to America she lost her eyesight, or
nearly so. and went to the Pennsylvania
Institute.
From there she came to Georgia as a
teacher. Sheh is 'believed; to have bee t one
of the best teachers of the blind in the
country, and was thoroughly in love with
her work.
In fact she lived for others. Her great
happiness was in the thought that she was
doing good among those who were afflict
ed like herself.
About ten days ago she was taken sick,
and in spite of every attention she died
yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The funeral will take place this after
noon from the Academy for the Blind at 5
o'clock, and the interment will be in
Riverside cemetery. The following will
act as pallbearers:
Messrs. B. C. Smith, T. D. Tinsley, A.
L. Miller, Charles E. Campbell. John L.
Hardeman. T. U. Conner, and Geo. B Jew
ett.
The funeral services will be conducted
by Rev. J. L. White, of the First Baptist
church.
OLD TIME TACTICS,
Soldiers at Ch’ckamauga Drilled in Old-
Time Way.
Chickamauga, June 2. —In its search for
the most effective war tactics the United
States seems to be carried back again to
the days when the Indians and backwoods
men fought for supremacy in "Indian"
style, original with Americans.
They fired concealed behind shrubs,
bowlders and trees, and were ’ invincible
when pitted against soldiers well trained
in platoon and battalion firing.
To that end every regiment at Chicka
mauga park devotes all gun practice to
skirmish fire with the old Indian and zou
• ave tactics of lying on the ground. tiring
and then getting away unseen.
The visitor may be strolling in Chicka
mauga’s woods, fancying shat he is alone,
when a shrill whistle interrupts his rev
erie. From every tree a human form and
: gun appears. There is another whistle.
; and then man and weapon disappear. The
. amazed watcher stands a minute, again
hears the whistle. foHowed by a click of
the rifles a square away.
It is only a company of soldiers out for
skirmish practice.
In this way they cover an immense
amount of territory. Other than the sound
of the weapons and the whistle of the
captain there is but little noise.
NEW THINGS
Ip ladles' neckwear- Harry L. Jones 00.
*o MACON NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 2 1898.
VOLUNTEERS
PASSJHROUGH
Three Thousand Troops From
Chickamauga in the
City Today,
HAILED FROM INDIANA
And From the District of Columbia
—Treated Royally by the Acme
Brewing Company.
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Between two and three thousand vol
unteers passed through Macon this morn
ing on the Central and the Southern rail
roads.
They were the first of the volunteers
from Chicamauga for the front and were
in the best of spirits in anticipation of
■active service.
The first to arrive was the 157th In
diana volunteers under Colonel George M.
Studebaker. The regiment is made up of
about a thousand men, including the staff,
‘and are well equipped for service.
They are a fine looking body of men and
enjoyed the visit to Macon verv much.
They stopped out in the yards some dis
tance from the depot. The officers took
'breakfast at the Brown House and coffee
■was served out to the men at the depot.
The 157 th Indiana can boast the young
est ‘captain in the service of that state
and one of the youngest in the service.
Captain Joseph E. Gears, of Company E,
of Elkhart, Ind., is not yet 21 years old
and is considered one of the best posted
military men *in the country. He has a
boyish appearance, but a pleasant address
and is very popular with the officers and
the men.
The Indiana troops were given an oppor
tunity to liberally sample Macon beer.
The train, made up in three sections,
stopped near the 'brewery and Mr. Alex
Block gave orders to open up as many
kegs as they might want to drink. The
boys appreciated it and for som'be time
it was difficult to get near the brewery.
The First regiment of the District of
Columbia came in over the Southern rail
way early and was in the city for some
‘hours. They were not as well situated as
the boys from Indiana and did not get-a
share of the beer that was going around.
All of the men seemed to be delighted
to get away from Chicamauga, though they
say it is a very beautiful camping ground.
They want to get nearer to the seat of
war.
OREGONSENT
TO JOIN SCHLEY.
Cruiser New York and Two
Colliers Will Add to
• His Fleet.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 2—(Copyright
ed) —Advices received here from Port An
tonio today say that Commodore Schley
has been notified by the navq department
that the battleship Oregon, the first-class
armored cruiser. New York, another
cruiser, and two colliers have been sent
to Santiago.
REPUBLICANS OF THE STATE.
Calling of a Convention Left Optional With
a Committee.
Atlanta, Ga., June —The Republicans of
Georgia may have a state ticket in the field
this year, and then again they may not.
In fact, thej’ may not even have a state
convention, thus depriving the colored cit
izens of his biennial opportunity to “vote"
and build platforms.
After discussing the situation at length
the state committee of the party yester
day left the determination of calling a
convention with Col. Walter Johnson,
chairman, and a sub-committee, to be ap
pointed by himself. ,
The state committee met in the senate
chamber at noon yesterday with sixty-tWo
members present. W. ‘H. Johnson, United
States marshal for the northern district
of Georgia, presided as acting chairman,
in the absence of Col. A. E. Buck, United
States minister to Japan, who was elected
chairman for four years by the last state
convention.
J. H. Deveaux, of Savannah, the secre
tary, was in his place, and prominent Re
publicans from all parts of the state were
in attendance.
A resolution indorsing President McKin
ley was unanimously adopted and the ap
pointment of Col. A. E. Buck as United
States minister to Japan was commended.
On the question of indorsing the presi-*
dent’s appointment, however, Col. S. A.
Darnell was disposed to differ with his
brethren. He thought the Ninth congres
sional district, with 8,000 Republicans, had
not received the recognition deserved, anj
said some men unworthy to hold office
had bee appointed. This animadversion is
understood to have bad reference to the
fact that he was not appointed United
States district attorney.
Col. Walter Johnson’s course as acting
chairman was indorsed and the election of
a chairman was passed over, the idea be
ing that there was no vacancy until Col.
Buck resigned. Therefore, Mr. Johnson
will continue as acting chairman.
FIFTY THOUSAND' '
TO BE FED
There is Evidence That Thev
Are Getting Ready to
Ship Troops.
Washington, May 2 —Evidence of elab
orate preparations making for the subsis
tence of the troops mobilized and to be
sent to Tampa is obtained from the fact
that the commissary's department has now
on hand at that place five millions rations,
subsistence for an army of 50,000 for one
hundred days. The supply is i>ejng in
creased daily in view of the arrival of ad
ditional soldiers to be employed in the
army of occupation at Cuba and Porto
Rico.
ALL'IS QUIET.
Key West, June 2.—Reports from the
blockade show that all is quiet there
ashore and afloat
COTTON FUTURES.
New York. June 2—Futures steady. Bales
62,000. June 630, July 640, August 654.
September 620. October and November 627,
December 629. January 629, February 633,
Mareh 637.
■Ladies’ neckwear. New shipment.
Harry L- Jones.
FOR SOLDIERS’ RELIEF.
Women of Macon Will Meet on Saturday at
* Five O’clock.
The ladies of Macon are requested to
meet at the Public Library Saturday af
ternoon at 5 o’clock for the puroose of
forming themselves into a relief associa
tion for the Macon soldiers now in camps.
Theh idea is to begin the work now and
to try to raise an adequate amount of
money for any calls that may be made
upon the association. Even now there are
many things that the ladies can do that
will materially add to the comfort of the
soldiers, and if they are ordered to Tampa
or to Cuba, they will need many things
that are not 'provided by the government.
Other cities have already formed similar
associations and Macon must not be slow
in carryin gor her own. However opposed
most Southern women have been to this
war, they are compelled to be interested
'because so many husbands, sons, brothers
and friends have enlisted, and the men
who have thought that their first duty lay
home, will be glad of the opportunity to
contribute to the comfort of those who
have nlistd.
All of th woman’s clubs and the non
chib members are earnestly requested to
meet at the Public Library Saturday af
ternoon and make the occasion an enthu
siastic one. It is hoped that the Daughter;',
of the Confederacy and the Daughters of
the Revolution will be among those pres
ent.
SPANIARDS WATCHED.
Strict Surveillance of United States Secret
Service Department.
The presence of United States Secret
Service men in Georgia for the past few
days gave rise to all kinds of speculation
as to what they were doing here.
The officers are a part of the Secret Ser
vice Corps of the army, and they were
here working out a plan that was put into
operation a short time after war had been
declared.
A careful lookout is being kept on all
•Spaniards in the United States. Every ibig
city is visited by the secret service men,
and all Spanish families, their places of
residence, occupation of those who work,
and their associates, are placed on record'
An effective but quiet espionage is kept
in this way. and if any Spaniard attempted
to get word to the Spanish army he would
soon find himself in durance vile, with a
charge of being a spy facing him.
The government will in a short time
have a secret directory of every Spanish
family in the United States.
CRISTOBAL
COLON, ONLY SHIP
Os the Spanish Fleet in the
Harbor, Savs Spanish Am
bassador in London.
London, June 2 —The Spanish embassa
dor in London. Count ißreon, In an inter
vit tofnv is quoted as supporting the as
sertion made in Madrid that the Cristobal
■Colon was the only important Spanish ves
sel in the harbor of Santiago during the
recent engagement there. One paper pre
dicts that Admiral Cervera’s movements
are likely to furnish startling news in the
near future.
CONFEDERATE BONDS.
Validity of Investments in Them During the
War Affirmed.
Washington, June 2.—An opinion was
rendered in the United States supreme
court today in the case of Mary Anne G.
Baldy vs. John 'H. Hunter; administrator,
affirming ■ the validity of investments in
Confederate bonds 'during the civil war.
In rendering the opinion, Justice Har
lan said: “The transactions between per
sons actually residing within the territory
dominated by the .government of the Con
federate states were not invalidid, for the
reason only that they occurred under the
sanction of the laws of that government,
or of any local government recognizing its
authority. The preservation of order, the
maintenance of police regulations, the
prosecution of crimes, the protection of
property, the enforcement of contracts,
the celebration of marriages, the settle
ment of estates, the transfer and descent
of property and mimilar or kindred sub
jects were, during the war, under the con
trol of the local governments constituting
the so-called Conferedate states. What
occurred or was done in respect of such
matters under the authority of the laws of
these local de facto governments should
not be disregarded or held invalid merely
because the governments were organized
in hostility to the union established by
the national constitution, because the ex
istence qf the war did not relieve those
within the insurrectionary lines from the
necessity of civil obedience, nor destroy
the bonds of society.
The case came to this court on a writ of
error from the supreme court of Georgia,
and the opinion of that court was affirmed.
WILL MAKE
A CHANGE.
Big Clothing House Will Sac
rifice Its Entire Stock
at Once.
This morning Mr. Dave Wachtel, mana
ger of the Star Giothing Company, ran up
his colors above the doors of his tore an
nouncing the biggest “sacrifice sale” in
the history of Macon. Mr. Wachtel has
•been forced to do this on account of a
change in business, and because, too, of
the fact that the war has caught aim with
too large a stock.
He says that he cannot afford to wait to
dispose of the stock in the usual way—he
had rathe; lose money than time in this
instance. As a consequence, he has mark
ed down e . erything in stock, and from to
day until further notice he proposes to
sell clothing, hats, furnishings, underwear,
everything, in fact, at and below New
York cost.
This is certainly a rare opportunity to
secure bargains In summer clothes, com
ing as it does, almost at the beginning of
the season when everyone needs the very
things that are to be sold at such a sacri
fice.
The Star Clothing Company’s stock is
unusually large, and contains goods of
every quality, and all made up for this
season. It is not likely that the people of
Macon will nave such an opportunity again
soon. Nothing like it has been known
since the famous “clothing war” last year.
This time tMr. Wachtel proposes to waive
cost and dispose of his entire stock at
once in e drr that he may carry out his
contemplated change in business before
fall. * J
FEVER PROOf
MEN OF WAR
Colonel Ray Left Washington
Today and Reaches Ma
con Tomorrow.
fiIITUG TUI Pffl REW
For the Reception of the Men Who
Have Had All the Diseases and
Now Would Face Bullets,
Interest now centers in the assembling
of the fever iproof soldeirs who are to 'be
quartered at Central City park and whose
colonel leaves Washington today for (Ma
con.
Colonel Ray is expected here tomorrow
night or Saturday morning, and by that
time he will find that the preparations for
his troops are well under way.
The work of cleaning out the building at
the park ha h. . n commenced. The board
of public works has a force of hands at
work cleaning otit Floral Hall, where there
is room for more than 'double the number
of men to be accommodated as members ok
Colonel Ray’s regiment.
A general impression seems to exist that
an immune Is something different from any
one of anything else. People, p<?rhaps, ex
pect to see men having the appearance of
germs, microbes or barbary apes. They
seem to think that an immune as the re
sult of yellow fever”, is a peculiar appear
ing individual, kin to Yellow Jack and
consequently resembling him. At any rate
that he is not like the ordinary volunteer
to whom everyone has 'became laccumtom
e<J.
The immune, however, will ’be found to
be a very ordinary- individual. He has
nothing about him to separate him from
the recruit of 18118 who dressed in his civil
ian clothing of more or less respectability,
has anything but an herioc appearance.
The immune is merely a “Tommy At
kins” of the west who has had yellow fe
ver, chills and fever, swamp fever, enteric
fever, continued or typhoid fever, small
pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, mumps,
colic as an infant, chicken pox, toothache,
rheumatism, neuralgia, swelled head, and
any other of the common epidemic dis
eases.
Os course it is impossible to enforce the
production of doctor’s certificates to show
that the patriot has gone through the full
course and has graduated as an immune
and a first class hypocondrac will be almost
certain to get in easy enough.
To be ,a good liar will give a man a po
sition as private in the immunes. To be a
better or a best liar will give him rank ac
cording to his ability.
■Tn other words, the immune is popularly
supposed to be 'fever but not bullet proof,
but having gone through the course pre
■ paratory to graduation the supposition Is
that he was not intended for any every
day death, and killed in battle is destined
to be too common a thing entirely.
The merchants of IMacon, however, are
glad. The immune is a soldier with an
appetite, and while the government does
not propose to pamper its fever proof mob,
it will feed ’em up with its regulation lav
ishness—and the dealers in things edible,
drinkable and wearable will be .proportion
ately benefited.
The jobbers here in grain, meats, gro- |
ceries, etc., will have a first-class oppor- ;
tunity to sell heavily to the government.
The impression that all the supplies would
be bought away from here and shipped
here is not. considered well based.
The commissary department, is only too
glad to get supplies at the point where the
camp is located if it is possible to do so.
'Enjoying such admirable freight facilities
there would be no reason why Macon
should not sell enormous quantities of sup
plies to the portion of the army stationed
here. The commissary department at
Tampa bought largely from dealers there,
and would have been glad to have done a
heavy business with the jobbers on the
spot if the had had the stocks and the fa
cilities for doing business of the required
magnitude. The local dealers will find
that they can do a volunme of business
with the government that will surprise
them.
A dispatch from Waycross says:
'Captain Jefferson Wilcox, of Colom!
Patrick Henry Ray’s regiment of immunes
came over today from Willacoochee, and
stated that he would have his headquam
ters for the present at. Willacoochee, where
he would receive the volunteers for his
company. iHe now has thirty volunteers,
twenty-five from Bainbridge and five from
Wilacoochee. It is his intention to raise
the company to a war footing before the
middle of June. fHis territory for recruits
extends over South Georgia and Southwest
Georgia.
Captain Wileox has recommended Gap
tain T. H. Parker, of the Oak City Guards
of Bainbridge, for first lieutenant of his
company. Captain Parker has secured
twenty-five volunteers from Bainbridge, ami
says he can get more recruits if
He is sure to he endorsed by the Georgia
senators and representatives and will no
doubt, be appointed first lieutenant.
Captain Wilcox is a well known physi
cian of Willacoochee, and has been mayor
of his town and a member of the legisla
ture from Coffee county. He is at present
state senator from the Fifth district.
The Savannah Morning News says:
Mr. Daniel Morgan Smith, Jr., has been
appointed first lieutenant In The company
now being organized in Savannah by Mr.
J. A. Thomas for Colonel Patrick Ray’s
regiment of immunes.
Mr. Smith was prominent in military
circles in Florida, having served as first
lieutenant of Company D, Florida stats
troops, for a number of years. During his
residence of two years in Savannah he has
been a member of the Guard’s battalion,
and was recently appointed corporal. Mr.
Smith is a lawyer by profession and is aa
immune.
The whole regiment will probably be
mustered in at Macon about th? middie of
next week.
MRS. HARRIS’ FUNERAL
Largely Attended This Morning by Friends
of the Family.
The funeral of Mrs. N. E. Harris took
place this morning at 10 o’clock from
Mulberry Street Methodist church.
An immense congregation made up of
the friends of the family was present. The
services, both at the church and at the
grave were very beautiful and were con
ducted by Rev. W. W. Pinson, pastor of
the church.
Interment was at Rose Hill cemetery.
The pallbearers were Messrs. 5V B Hill
S. C. Hoge. Washington IX-ssau. Campbell
T. King. Isaac- Hardeman. W. G. Solomon.
R. F. Burden and J. G. Postell.
Mrs. Harris was a graduate of Wes
leyan College «he was 48 years of age.
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