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6 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.” CASTOR.IA. Bears the You ave Atwavs ; Pains in the chest when a person has a cold indicate a tendency toward pneu monia. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the chest over the seat of pain will promptly relieve the pain and prevent the threatened attack of pneumonia. This same treatment will cure a lame back in a few hours. Sold by H. J. Lamar & j Sons. MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21 xßsb.' Big Bargains in Ladies Jackets fAlex E. Harris, who is now in New York buying goods for his wholesale trade, has just wired of his big purchase of the fflfclal Jacteis. As the goods are too fine for his jobbing trade, he will sell them at retail At Less Than the New York IT holesale Prices. 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