Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-10
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How the Military Were Received at the
CapItoI-Their Part in the Solemn
Pageznt-Incidents Of the TT1p-Ahe
Return Last SIght-A TWenty-iouE
Hours Ride-The Display at Albania
The train which left Savannah at o-s0
O'Clock "Wednesday night taking the mill
tarv and civic delegations 70 the iaherAi
or.-so,,,iss Of the late Governor. Alexander
n. Stephens carried the elite OF >aFAh-'
nah chivalry, as represented b.. lis spleE-
Sid military organizations and the repre-
sentative men Of the city and state. IN
whose care for the time being was placed
the grief and sympathy Of the city which
had but 50 lately been hOnOred b. the
presence Of the Chief Executive.
A splendid BODY Of men representing
the military enthusiasm Of georgia 70
e-afhar with a number Of our most prom
fneut citizens. including the Mayor Of me
CITY. Hon. Rufus +. Lester and other us
tinguished gentlemen who knew ana 1Ol-
Ored she deceased IN LIE ana m9ufheu IL
loss 10 the commonwealth IN Ms ue4tAs
composed the delegation
The vast crowd that had made arrange
meuts 10 take part IN the solemn ODSe-
/ 0rlies necessitated the placing q a double
train to- accommodate them. Al sou
I O'Clock the trains moved on IN the pres
+ euee n a vast crowd Of citizens Of Doth
Z cOlOrs. who had assembled 10 "llAess tAe
departure Of the pageant.
/ 1'he two trains started out within snort
+ interval Of each other. il being the lnten-
ton Of the schedule 70 make Atlanta Dy
I 10 O'Clock on Thursday morning. at which
Z time the memorial services IN honor 70 the
distinguished dead were TO be inaugur-
ated. Unfortunately. the second trains
. 50. u. hill Or a military
out near Alillen, and much loss Of time re-
suited. the train reaching Atlanta after
E / O'Clock and too late 10 allow attend
ance al the memorial services. On
[ their arrival. the military were received
4 in front Of the depot by the Chief Marshal
/ Of the day. who retired the several CON-
mands 70 the quarters provided for them,
where. having RECALLED the inner and re-
freshed the outer man, they Reformed 70
I take part in the Obsequial ceremonies
In the interval during the morning a
vast thrOng surrounded the capitol build
/ ing where the dead Governor lay IN state
surrounded by masses Of floral decOra-
lions which the def hands Of Atlanta
ladies' had woven around his lIfeless re-
nains. All day, from early morning TO
7 near five O'Clock. when the funeral cor
fege moved. thousands Of men. women
and children, white and cOiOred. IN I'm
broken Tile pressed through the Senate
chamber taking last look al the familiar
I face.
7 At the hour for the procession TO move
the military formed and marched IN 'front.'
: n the capitol building, and in few mo-
I meuts the line was organized under the
I direction Of the Grand Marshal. The
head Of the column was assigned TO the
I Savannah Volunteer Guards, under the
/ command Of Lieut.. Col. Garrard, and the
. whole military detachment under the
[ command Of Lieut.. Col. Reilly Of the First
I Georgia Regiment. The display was mag
. nificeut in the extreme, and Atlanta mas
( never before seen such glorious array OF
: citizen sOldiery in time Of peace as on this
memorable occasion. The greater part Of
the column was made up Of the Sayan-
nah companies. who were strongly and
I well represented on the occasion,
4 including the Cadets Of the Military
. Academy under the command Of Major
Il. +. Burgess. They were divided into
two companies, \ and b, as follows:
COMPANY A.
Prof. J. A. CrOwther, Captain.
Cadet Rogers, Lieutenant.
Cadet Richardson, Adjutant.
Cadet Grant, Sergeant.
Cadet Giel, Color Sergeant.
Cadet Dresser. Corporal.
Priyates Clarke No. /, Clarke No. 2,
/ COrker. Fleming, George, Harmon, Nc
NuIty. Mathuss. Norton, Purse, Quint,
SOIOmOns, starr, Tyson, West No. ],
Wells.
COMPANY L.
Cadet Captain Conner.
Cadet Lieutenant Rogers.
Cadet Lieutenant Stewart.
Cadet Orderly Sergeant Burgess.
Cadet Sergeant Fleming,
Cadet Corporal Butler.
PTiYates Askew. Austin. AbrahamS,
Bacon, Haslam, Basler, Ballantine, Flem-
ing Hamilton No. ], Hamilton No. =,
Howard, Moore, FriersOn, oolomOns,
[ Usina, No. l, Wakefield.
The Savannah troops attracted marked
attention from the thousands who throng-
Cd the sidewalks. the streets and houses
l en- route 10 the cemetery, the line OF
. march being taken up about O'Clock, in
the order Of programme published IN yes
/ terday's NEWS.
Besides the white volunteer companies,
I there were ten cOlOred companies, who
. formed the left wing of the procession.
and whose direct step and precision
Z showed an aptitude for the mechanical
/ skill Of the soldier. a striking feature
I was the fact that Atlanta was militarlly
/ represented by but one company, the only
white military company IN the capital
city.
The music was almost exclusively fur
. nished by Savannah, who sent two Of her
bands-the Republican Blues and the
Z well known fayOTites, the savannah
I Guards Band (cOlOred), with Robert
Lowe leader. The grand procession which
moved up Marietta street from the capt.
t0l building was over a half hour passing
q given point. The streets were thrOnged
with vast crowds, who gaZed sadly upon
the imposing scene.
| The companies from Savannah on their
return left Atlanta Thursday evening at
$50 O'Clock and arrived in Savannah at
S:1j last night. At Macon they were
taken in hand by Captain j. l.. Hardeman
Of the Floyd Rifles, Captain Carnes OF the
I Macon Volunteers, and Captain Massen-
berg. who, with Captain Deitz, so
well-knOwn i'm military circles, had pre-
I pared an ample breakfast and
punch, which was highly en-
jOyed By the tired and thirsty
| soldiers who had Travelled for two nights
land half day. The first train contained
| all the military excepting the Chatham
Artillery, which followed at 10 O'Clock.
Nothing occurred to mar the feelingswhich
! should control on an occasion of the kind
| during the trip, and we are pleased to
| record the fact that Sayannah's delegation
to the capital was worthy of her name.
AZ the regiment disembarked from the
ears the companies were formed in line
| and headed by the band marched to the
]
| to their respective commanders and
| marched to their armOries and dismissed.
| The Battalion was marched 10 the ar
! senal. where a collation., was in waiting.
When the companies were turned over to
the Captains, Sergeant Charles p. ROssig-
mol advanced and in a brief and cOmpli-
mentary speech presented Col. Garrard
/ with brick, attractively decorated with
/ cOlOred ribbons, expressive Of the
admiration Of the Battalion for their
/ commander. The gallant Colonel, after
| taking in the situation and recovering
| from his surprise at the character Of the
| gift, responded in brief speech, in which
| he alluded with pride to the department
/ Of the corps at Atlanta and the part they
! had taken in the great occasion.
The Coast Line Railroad.
/ We were misinfOrmed as to the proceed
ings Of the ennual meeting Of the Coast
! Line Railroad, held on Thursday. Mr.. VI.
J. Desvergers, Superintendent, submitted
a full and satisfactory report, which was
read and referred TO the incoming Board
/ Of Directors.
| Dir. Alfred Haywood declined a re-
| election, and Mr.. George Parsons was
/ elected President. Mr.. II. +. Cobb was
elected Superintendent.