Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-02
EnrANcIPATIoN DAY.
It's Anniversary Celebration Yesterday
by the Colored Military.

It's Anniversary Celebration Yesterday
by the COIored Military.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the
emancipation proclamation, and it was
observed by the eolored military by
street parade and a salute OF
thirty-eight guns in the Park extern
sion. At II O'Clock the companies
composing the First Georgia Battalion
Colored Volunteers. together with the
Savannah Hussars and Georgia Artillery,
formed on South Broad street in the fol-
lowing order:
!. Savannah Hussars.
.. Union Cornet Band.
3. Georgia Artillery.
4. Chatham Light Infantry.
5. Forest City Light Infantry.
6. Union Lincoln Guards.
:. Music.
8. COlquitt Blues.
9. Lone Star Cadets.
10. Music.
II. Savannah Light Infantry.
u. Union DelmOnico Guards.
The line Of march was then tax en- up
down South Broad street to East Broad,
down East Broad to Bay, down Bay to
Bull, out Bull to the Park extension,
where a parade and inspection were
had. and salute of thirty-eight
guns was fired by the Georgia Artillery in
honor of the day.
The companies then returned to their
respective armOries, where refreshments
were provided, and the celebration was at
an end. The different companies presented
a very creditable appearance, and the
large crowd of cOlOred people that ac-
cOmpanied them through the streets, con-
Quoted themselves in an orderly manner.
As of interest, we present below the
names of the officers of such of the COM
Danies as we have been able to obtain,
with the number of men on the roll, and
the number on parade yesterday:
SAVANNAH HUSSARS.-Captain Frank
JONES' First Lieutenant Adam Ferbee,
Second Lieutenant p. Donegal, Orderly
Sergeant Joseph Bluff. SiXty-three men on
the roll; paraded with % men.
GEORGIA ARTILLERY.-Capta John
Simmons, First Lieutenant Dumas Sim
mons, Second Lieutenant John Hendrick-
son, Orderly Sergeant Charles Adkin-
son, Second Sergeant Charles Brown,
Third Sergeant Thomas Allen, Fourth
Sergeant 4. Myers, Fifth Sergeant VIM.
Haywood. Membership 100. Paraded 30
privates, 4 horses and > guns.
CHATHAM LIGHT INFANTRY.-Cap
d. 5. YOumans. First Lieutenant Julius
Maxwell, Second Lieutenant John II. Mil
len, Second Lieutenant Junior j. Gold
ing. Orderly Sergeant A. y. Thomas, Sec
ond Sergeant Z. w. Houston, Third Ser
geant Z. Blake. Fourth Sergeant w. Jen-
kins. Fifth Sergeant f. Crate, Quarter
master Sergeant d. L. YOumans. Paraded
53 men, nearly their full membership.
UNION LINCOLN GUARDS.-Captain NJ.
J. Cumming. Lieutenants j. H. Hammond,
Augustus Anderson, Robert Simmons,
Sergeants n. Jones, 4. Houston. =. Jack
son. b. A. Porter, CorpOrals i. Mcqueen,
\. Alexander, Andrew Fleming, A. Evans.
Total membership So; paraded with 81
rank and file.
LONE STAR CADETs.-Captain p. A. ID.
Lloyd, First Lieutenant W. NJ. Johnson,
Second Lieutenant L. A. Washington,
Junior Second Lieutenant j. ). Quarter
man, Orderly Sergeant W. ii. Harris, Sec
Ond Sergeant c. NJ. Roberts, Third Ser
geant j. Lewis, Fourth Sergeant Peter
MelrOse, Fifth Sergeant Henry Griffin,
Quartermaster Sergeant Abraham Bowen.
Paraded 40 men.
SAVANNAH LIGHT INFANTRY.-Lieu-
tenant Commanding w. ii. Royal, Sc
cOnd Lieutenant Charles Jackson, Second
Lieutenant Jr. VIM. RaifOrd, Orderly
Sergeant p. Du BignOn, Second Sergeant
Benz. Williams, Third Sergeant John
Hardgraye, Fourth Sergeant Felix Cohen,
Fifth Sergeant j. Z. Elliott, Quartermas-
ter Sergeant 5. d. Blizzard, Color Sergeant
I. Sanders. Fifty-four men on roll; pa
raded with %.
UNION DELMONICO GUARDS.-Captain
II. Williams, First Lieutenant Joe Rob
erts. Second Lieutenant Joe Walker, Or
derby Sergeant Morris Irwin, Quartermas-
ter Sergeant Morris Brown. A member
ship of about 30; % men on parade.