Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-23
CAMP NICHOLS.
The Flag Unfurled by the Daughters or
Lee, jackson and Hill.


Lee, jackson and Hill.
The Soldiers Home, now called Camp
Nichols, after typical Southern soldier,
says the New Orleans Times Democrat of
the 10th inst, was consecrated Saturday
evening by the ceremony of hosting the
flag and saluting it with the roar of car
non. 1t was an informal affair. such as
became the Inauguration of a home for
the aged and crippled soldiers of the lost
cause. 1t was a simple but grand and
imposing ceremony when il is considered
that the daughters of Lee, Jackson and
Hill. with their own hands, made the flag
and pulled the rope which brought it to
the head of the staff, where it will ever be
looked up to by the veterans as a proud
remembrance and a graceful souvenir.
Since their arrival in New Orleans these
young ladies, mindful of their obligations
as daughters of heroes, and DESTROYS Of
paying tribute to the noble idea which
had founded a soldiers home, worked
flag of blue bunting with the name of
Camp Nicholas in white in the centre.
and through Mai. +. d. Willett presented
it to the Board of Directors of the Soldiers
Home. 1t was Immediately decided by
the board that these ladies should hoist
the flag in person, and accordingly, tax
ing occasion of boat party on Bayou St.
John, rendered by members of the Louisi-
ana Boat Club, it was arranged that on
their way to the lake they should stop at
the Home, where the Board of Directors
and members of the veteran associations
of the armies of Tennessee and Northern
Virginia would lie in waiting, and go
through the ceremony.
Accordingly, at O'Clock Saturday eve
ming, Il graceful yawl, manned by four
gentlemen Of the Louisiana Boat Club, and
containing Mrs. Stonewall jackson and
daughter, the two Misses Lee and Miss
Hill landed in front of the Home where,
by the prOvident care of Judge Walter II.
Rogers, of the building committee, stair
case and platform had been erected for
their reception. They were received at
the landing by the Board of Directors, of
whom were present Judge Walter II.
Rogers, First Vice President. acting in
the absence of Gen. Francis T. Nichols,
the President; John II. Murray, Fendel
Horn, Louis Prados, X. II. Brunei, Jr.,
John j. Fitzpatrick. W. Z. Todd and f.
A. ODER; Capt. j. \. ChalarOn and Capt.
John Augustin beng also present as eX-
! directors and founders of the Soldiers
Home. A number Of members Of the asso-
Citations of the Army of Northern Virginia
and the Army of Tennessee were in at
tendance, and served as escort to the
ladies on their walk to the Home.
After inspecting the neat quarters
where nine crippled veterans have found
a resting place for their old age. the COM
Portable dining room, the appetizingly
clean kitchen, the well garnished store
room, and being introduced to the yeter-
ans, the ladies, by request, inscribed their
names on the record Of visitors, and de-
clared themselves perfectly delighted with
all the arrangements. In the reception
room, they were pleased to see the plaster
cast of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, presented
by the Army of Northern Virginia, and
surrounded with rare flowers sent by the
/ ladies Of New Orleans.
! The visit of the Home being over, the
! Board of Directors escorted Misses Mary
and Mildred Lee, Julia Jackson and
/ Mamie Hill to the front grounds, where
| towers the great jack staff, seventy feet
| high, and surmOunted with a gilded globe,
! presented TO the home by Mr.. A. Samuels,
! OF the Sixth Louisiana Regiment. There
4 Major Willett placed the rope in the deli
cate hands Of the daughters of Lee, Jack
/ son and Hill, who, at a signal given,
| hOisted the flag on high, which as it I'M
/ furled to the breeze was hailed by the
/ cheers of the veterans and salute of
| thirteen guns from a hOwitzer furnished
| by the Washington Artillery. A feature
/ OF this salute was the composition of the
! gun detachment which had been selected
] among veterans from the armies of Ten
nessee and Northern Virginia, as follows:
Lieut.. Dudley Selph, Washington Ar
/ tillery, gunner.
l. Sergeant Mic Cuny, Forests Regi-
ment Cavalry.
/ ,. DIR. Hugh Pierson, Fenner's Battery.
/ 3. Capt. Thos. Reynolds, First Louisi-
ana Regiment.
4 Private Lawrence Forno, First Lou
/ isiana CavalIy.
>. Private Frank Heron, Twenty-sec-
ond Louisiana Regiment.
8. Private John NJ. Coos, Thirtieth Lou
isiana Regiment.
| Z. Paul o. Guerin. LeGardeur's Battery.
The ceremony over, the ladies were es-
cOrted back to the banks Of the bayou by
the Board Of Directors of the Home and the
! assembled veterans, and soon were rOwed
away from sight through the winding
stream by the accomplished Oarsmen Of
the Louisiana Boat Club. The crippled
veterans, pensioners of the Home, re-
manned on the bank till the yawl, with its
brilliant freight, had been lost to sight,
and then returned thOughtfully to their
! quarters, thankful that they had not lived
in vain, for they had battled and suffered
in the cause of duty and were not forgot
ten.