The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-18
THE CITY TO DECORATE.

The city will he in gala dress during the
entire festival, and the decorations of Madl-
son square, the Pulaski and Green monu-
ments, and the buildings along the line OF
march on the day of the unveilmg, Will excel
anything ever seen in the south. The
Festival Committee has already given out
the contracts for the decoration OF the two
monuments and the square in which the
statue stands, and for the entire length or
Bull street rOrth OF the Park, and the street
will be a blaze of colors.
THE DEMAND FOR DECORATIONS.
The committee has pushed its canvass for
decorations onergetically. and il has found
that. almost without exception, every
building along the line Of march
viii be decorated and throughout
the cn.ire city north of the Park. and in
the vicinity of the park extension public
bulldogs and residences alike will be COW
cred with bauting and flags The dealers in
decorations are oVerrun with orders, some
of them very large, and they say that if the
demand keeps up by Monday night there
will not be a flag or yard OF bunting TO
be had. The people seem 10 have caught
the craze, and everybody is going to deco
rate
THE VISITING MILITARY.
One the events of the first day of the fes-
tIval will / e the visit of the Macon Nolun-
teers, who will arrive on Wednesday morn
ing and will take part in the parade. The
Volunteers will be the guests OF the Chat
ham Artillery, and they will be entertained
at the Artillery Armory. Upon their ar
rival at $50 o'clock they will be met at the
Central railroad depot by the Galatians, ac-
companied by the Second United
States Artillery Band, which will
arrive from st. Augustine Tuesday night,
and will be escorted to the armory, where
they will be breakfasted. After the parade
and review they will be dined at o'clock,
and they will leave on the night train at
o'clock for home.
The Chathams will devote the entire day
of the parade and review to the entertain
be the only visiting military outside of the
cavalry teams that will take part in the
tournament on Wednesday.
THE CAVALRY TOURNAMENT.
The cavalry tournament at the Ten
Brock course on Thursday will, next to
Wednesdays parade, be the leading mill
tary event of the Festival. Capt. John
Screyen, chairman of the committee IL
charge of the tournament made a full re-
port to the General Committee. The
judges have been selected, but only one who
was invited to act has yet accepted-Lieut
Lawton Lieut.. Carter and Col. Charles
II. OlIIlSubdu were luNlleuY DuJ uley udNt
not been heard from.
The committee has arranged with the
! Central railroad to run special schedule OF
trains to the fitting grounds. The full fart
for,the.round trip from the city will be 20c
for children TO-
ADMISSION TO THE TILT.
The general admission to the grounds will
be 25c and -. for children. A uniform
admission of 25c. will be charged for granC
stand privileges The committee was
| authorized to increase the number of it,
members from the General Committee t.
aid in the management of the crowds. The
schedule upon which trains will run to the
grounds will be announced early next week
The question of admitting the military t.
the tilt free was brought up, and after con
siderable discussion, resolutions were
adopted urging as full an attendance as pos
sible of the military, and all military il
full dress uniform, or full fatigue uniform
will be admitted to the grounds without
charge.
THE TEAMS ENTERED.
Lieut. PritChard reported the following
teams entered for the tournament:
Georgia Hussars, two teams.
Liberty Independent Troop, two teams.
Effingham HusSars, one team.
Screven Troop one team.
Liberty Guards, one team.
Mcintosh Light Dragons, one team.
The Beaufort District Troop is vet to be
heard from, but it is expected to enter al
least one team, making nine in all, anC
probably ten.