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OUR SOLDIER
_ GUESTS
Wen with Great Records in
the Seventh Regiment.
JI THE PROVOST QUABTEBS
Several Vaccrc es in the Officers’
Rosters of the Negro Regi
ment-Courts Martial.
Yesterday at tiw soldiers' camjis was de- j
< (iedly gloomy. Th< men had nothing to ,
do o.ctpt remain w their tenbs, and when
iro cijnp.- were visited yeeterday after
r oon by a importer of The NYw, everybody i
wa* found to be in a bad humor. The wee
weather did not put the men in a frame of
mind to be jolly. To spend a whole day
under canvass Is enough to make the sol
dier* gloomy, and it was a hard matter to ,
find anything new yesterday except that
all of the soldiers were making complaints
about the weather.
THE SEVENTH CAVALRY.
It. is a rt markable fact to note that this
regiment has not been together since 1888, •
and at that, time the men were only with j
each other for three days. A.ll of the ;
trooj* have been stationed at different
parts ot tne countrw since 1876, when they
were in the battle of the Little Big Horn, j
At present there are only a few men in the
regiment who were in that fight. There
are two officers and several of the ser
geants.
The fight took place twenty-two years
ago, when the Indians revolted. In this
battle Lieutenant Colonel Custer, of the
Seventh Cavalry and with him every man
of five troops that were under his com
mand at the ti.r.; were killed.
•Major Godfrey, whi is at present with
the regiment at Macon, and who commands I
the Third squadron, was one of the sur- I
viving officers of the fight. lie says that j
the regiment was divided into three divis
ions at the time of the fight, and that Col
onel Custer was in command of five troops,
the other six troops being divided into
squadrons and were on the right and left
of Custer. He says that the men under
ft
* uster were surrounded and every one of
them killed. He says that the only reason
he escaped was because that his three
troops were relieved by two regiments of
infantry.
Major Godfrey wrote an interesting ar
ticle about the fight in the December
number of the Century, 1892. He says that
occasionally he reads of hn article by some
man who claims to have been with Custer 1
and his five troops and that he escaped. He
says that all of the reports are untrue, as
not a man escaped.
The three sergetnts who are now with
the regiment and who were in the fight,
tell interesting stories about their expe
rience. Since 1576 the Seventh Cavalry
has engaged in many Indian fights and
have quelled many rebellions. The regi
ment did not get into Cuba this year on I
account of the fact that they were kept in I
Arizona to guard the Indians.
Yesterday was a happy day with the |
men. They received their money from the |
paymaster and last night the town was
alive with men with yellow capes. They
•behaved nicely, however, and no disorder
Vas created. Very' few’ of the men were
arrested, and, as a whole, the regiment
conducted itself in a gentlemanly manner.
The regulars spend their money freely
nnd it does not remain with them long.
There are some, however, who save their
money and lend it out at about 50 cents on
the dollar. A few days beiore the men get
paid off they will give $2 for sl. There are 1
always a few men who get rich in the |
ar.-'y by l n . dug money.
THIRD ENGINEERS.
The Third Engineers are expecting or
dei-s to move within the next few days. No
orders have yet been received, but it is the
opinion of the whole regiment that they
will leave here very’ soon. The offi
cers say that th*y know nothing of 'he or
ders to move, but they are expecting them 1
e\ery day.
The men are about equally divided on '
wanting to be mustered out. There are j
some who wish to get cut and some who .
v.ant to remain in the service. The com
pany’ of Engineers who tire oil provost
duty, or at least a majority of them,
. 'e anxious to be mustered out. Some of
th<m sa.v that they have seen enough of
the service in the provost quarters and
that they’ would not mind if they were
turned loose.
AT THE PROVOST QUARTERS.
Measles have broken out the the pro
vost quarters. Yesterday one of the pri
vates in company M was taken with the
disease and was sent to the division hos- ,
pital. The surgeons are doing all they’ can i
to prevent a spread of the disease.
It is very’ probable that another company
of Engineers will be placed on provost
duty and that one of the Ohio companies
will be relieved. A change has been made
in the regulations at the guard house,
and the men who are not on duty can now
leave the guard house from 10 o’clock in
the morning and remain out until 3 in
the afternoon without passes. The men are
rejoicing at the news, as heretofore they
have only been granted three hour passes,
and they were given very seldom.
The order prohibiting them from leaning
cut of the windows seems to have been
revoked, as it is declared useless by’ the
other officers. It is a remarkable fact to
note how much interested the officers of
the Second Ohio are in their men. They do
ell in their power to assist them and the
Ohio officers at the Provost quarters are
very considerate of the men under them.
It is to be said that if all of the army’ of
ficers were like those of the Second Ohio
that there would be very little sickness
among the men.
CAIMP HASKELL.
There are several vacancies amonsr the
Officers of the colored regiments at Camp
Haskell, and there are several appoint
pointments to be made. It is probable
that some of the appointments will be
made from private life.
There are three courtmartials in session
at this camp. There are several murder
ers being tried and it is very probable
that some of them will be shot or will
be sent to the meiteutiary* for life
imprisonment. It -seems that there have
been six men murdered in the Third INortb
Carolina regiment since ft came out from
j Lexington. The officers endeavored to
suppress the murder which occurred in the
, camp Sunday but it was made known yes
terday when the body of the man was
brought to an undertaking establishment
in the city.
i General Bates says that if the civil au
thorities want to try any of the men for
1 murder that they can do so, but that if
they do not wish to try them that they
will .be tried by courtmartial.
It is probable that another review will
| be held before the troops are moved to
Cuba, and the officers at Camp Haskell
say *hat- their men will make a good show
ing.
NOTES.
General J. C. Bates is out of the city on
a week’s furlough. During his absence
the First division is in command of Gen
eral W. W. Gordon, who is the ranking
brigadier general.
Lieutenant Horace Reives left last night
tor Washington, where he will remain a
few days before leaving for Manila.
General Wilson said this morning that
the time was rapidly aproaching when the
First Army Corps would leave for Cuba.
He said that no orders had been received
to that effect but they were liable to come
.at any time.
Colonel Keurt. of the Second Ohio, is in
command of the Second brigade in the ab
sence of General W. W. Gordon, who is in
command of the division.
SECOND OHIO HAPPENINGS.
Camp Furnace. Dec. 21—The members of
, th? Second Ohio are rather happy today,
owing to the fact that the rain has ceased
and the boys cur. again venture out doors
without being drenched. The camp is very
muddy and parade has been suspended for
this week. However, it will be renewed
as soon as the camp dries off a little.
The regiment was only issued five days'
rations today, and because the men did
' not draw’ the ten days’ rations as before,
there were many rumors, some of which
were: “To move in five days to Cuba;”
“To move in ten to Ohio:” etc. etc. There
is nothing in the rumor and the commissa
ry was merely short on rations and this
was the reason the regiment did not draw'
its ten days’ grub.
There are very flattering reports con
cerning the Kinging of the Glee Club at St.
Paul’s church bazaar yesterday afternoon.
•Many of the singers are professionals and
know exactly how to sing to please lovers
of vocal music.
Sergeant Major .Tack Glenn, who was re
cently discharged, left Tuesday afternoon
for his home in Kenton, where he will en
ter upon the duties in life as a citizen.
“Jack” was very much attached to all of
us and expressed deep regret at having to
leave his many friends, although glad to
receive his discharge.
Privates Will Frink. Harry Worrell and
Sergeant Scott Sharpe, Company 1, re
turned Tuesday afternoon from a seven
day furlough, spent with their parents and
friends in and around Kentoii. O.
James Robinson, of Company C, joined
his company Tuesday 'afternoon, after
spending a sick furlough in Lima, O.
Don Wagner. Company G, who for sever
al months has been a mounted orderly at
division headquarters, left Tuesday even
ing for his home in Ohio, he having re
ceived an honorable discharge from the
army.
The guard line around the camp is being
covered with cinders to prevent the boys |
from disapearing in the mud, sooner or [
later. This will please the sentinels and j
is an excellent movement. There is very ,
seldom anything left undone.
Postmaster Abbott is very busy these '
■days looking after the holiday mail. He is |
termed Santa Claus, and a good one he
makese, for he never comes from the city
without a large sack of packages for the
boys. He is always in a good humor and j
takes a great interest in his -work.
Captain Smith, of Company I is much
better today.
First Sergeant John L. Thomas. Compa
ny I. is on the sick list. Hie duties are
being ably looked after by Sergeant E. E.
Sykes.
Robert Young. Company I. left Thursday
night for Kenton. 0.. to spend a ten days
furlough with his parents and sister. Miss
Della, who is seriously ill with consump
tion. C.
G. & A. TERMINAL WORK.
Efforts to Secure Authority to Bridge the
Savannah River.t
The Georgia and Alabama Terminal
Company, says the Savannah News, is
now making progress on Hutchinson's Is
j land. A few weeks will see the end of the
! initial part of the extensive work which is
I to be dene on the island.
Major R. A. Blandford and a corps of as
sistants have been busily engaged for sev
eral weeks on the surveys. Their work
has been to find out just what it will be
necessary to do in properly grading the
island, and otherwise getting ready for
putting down the track. It is hoped to
have everything in readiness to begin the
woik on January Ist.
As has been stated in the Morning News,
the company has had a bill introduced in
congress asking the right to bridge the
river. A copy of this bill has already been
submitter to Captain C. E. Gillette, who
is said to have approved it. The city coun
| cil has requested the representatives and
senators to advocate the passage of the
bill. The following from Senator Clay to
Clerk of Council Bailey tells what they
are doing:
“My Dear Sir: Yours of the 13th Inst.,
inclosing me the resolutions passed by the
city council of Savannah, requesting the
senators and representatives from Georgia
i to advocate the speedy passage of the bill
authorizing the Georgia and Alabama
Railroad to construct a bridge across the
Savannah river, came duly to hand.
“Have introduced the bill and requested
j the committee on commerce, to whom the
bill was referred, to make as early report
as it is practicable. The committee has
promised to do so early in the session after
the holidays. The commerce committee
, had to refer the bill to the war department
for a report, as as soon as that report is
made they will report the bill.
Yours very truly, A. O. Bacon.”
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