The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-24
q. A. R. MEN IN BEVERLY.
How the Massachusetts Veterans En-
tertained Their Georgia Comrades.

encampment. On Thursday of the encamp-
ment week the comrades, numbering TWEEN
ty-four. accompanied by eight ladies, pro-
ceeded by rail under an escort from John
H. Chapman, Jr., Post No. SO, 10 the town
Of Beverly. This visit and reception arose
from the fact that a comrade OF Chapman
Post was sick in Savannah two years
ago, and received attention from the COM
rades of w. S. Hancock post of this city.
The cOmrade died, and his grave was dec
GRATED on May 30 last by the local post, so
that the reception was intended for the
Savannah men, but when the Beverly
committee went to the department. Of Geor-
gia headquarters In Boston they extended
IL 70 all comrades from the ate.
AT Beverly the party was taken in barges,
which are nothing more than large wagons,
TO the pottery, and was shown how the vari-
GUS utensils were made. and each OF the
party was presented with miniature bean
pot. The shoe factories were the
next point OF interest, aud the
party was shown the whole process
of shoemaking from the side Of leather to
the finished shoe. After looking over the
beautiful little city they were finally landed
at The Queen" beautiful summer hotel
on the salts.
At night John H. Chapman, Jr., Post No.
81 aud Preston Post No. 1888, accompanied
by b. nd, escorted the visitors. who, with
the ladies III carriages, started on a march
streets of Beverly. The streets were
thronged with people. The entire 10000
inhabitants were out, and must
have been reinforced by the neighbors
from adjoining towns. Roman candles,
blue lights, sky rockets, big peppers, and
even bombs bursting in air" were con-
unual feature Of the parade, making it like
Fourth of July celebration or a southern
Christmas time. One feature was novel 10
the boys. "Welcome Georgia G.
A. r." in letters Of fire, about eight
feet long, were burned on the ground.
AT the town hall the visitors were escorted
to the stage. The Beverly Citizen says:
MANY of the store windows and the ex-
terror of the G. A. r. headquarters have
been decorated with flags and bunting in
anticipation of the visit Of Winfield Scott
Hancock post of Savannah, Ga. Among
the more noticeable decorations were those
at the republican headquarters.
The town hall was packed with people.
West d. Eldridge, commander Chapman
post, called the meeting to order and ex-
tended an eloquent welcome in the name of
his post. In the course OF his remarks he
called attention to a large and beautifully
decorated bean pot, a present from Chip
man post to Hancock post, and which is to
be expressed to the latter in a short time,
and will be ON exhibition here.
Nathan H. Webb, Esq, one of the select
mel of the town, extended an official aud
hearty welcome in behalf of the town.
Hon. John l. Baker followed in behalf Of
the citizens of Beverly, who declared:
Words OF mine are not necessary to wei
come you here; the deeds you have wit
messed speak for themselves"
Department Commander Porter was
called upon to respond to these addresses.
which he did in talk of fifteen or twenty
minutes.
Rev. E. c. Butler told of visit to the
south, and how nearly he was captured by
Maria" a fair southern girl, his story be-
ing told to illustrate southern hospitality,
which he highly praised. He added to the
welcome. This was responded to by Com
rRde Smith of Atlanta, who admitted that
he was captured by a southern girl. Com
rade w. w. Brown of Macon also responded
to the hearty welcome. To conclude the
speaking, Adjt Gen. I. f. Gleason stated
that ''the citizens of Beverly had captured
the hearts of the Georgia delegation,
and in sign of our surrender, we desire to
turn over our banner to John II. Chapman
Post" which he then handed to Com
mander Eldredge. The banners were those
carried in the parade of Tuesday.
Commander Eldredge announced the con-
clusion of the speaking and stated 1--WE will
now have a go d old time, shake. y The
Georgia delegation was taken on the floor,
and shook hands with every body in the
hall In this shake the ladies participated.
A young lady in Boston who had become
intimate with the Georgia ladies accepted
their invitation to form one of the Beverly
party. She was a Maine girl, young and
fair, and. decorated with the lapel "Geor-
gia" and department badge, she attracted
considerable attention during the evening.
When the handwriting commenced she went
on the floor with the rest, and was imme-
diately pressed into service. But the duty
was not perfor med with her usual grace; a
thoughtful look was on the face, a sad and
reserved manner, and every few minutes
she would turn to one of the ladies by her
with the remark, "This is not right; |
ought not to be- here,n but the Georgia
ladies kept her up to the work, and she
passed all the evening for ''the fair rebel"
Then followed banquet feast of good
things, and a further flow of soul, the
Georgia party returning to the Queen about
l O'clock
The next morning an escort from Chip
man post called in barges and conveyed the
Georglans to Beverly farms, about five miles
distant, and part of Beverly township, a
beautiful seaside place, with rocky coast,
and the hills aud woods reaching
almost 10 the water. AT this CO Preston
Post No. 1873 entertained the Wis tors. Each
was presented with handsome bouquet
with the request that 1t be preserved, and
placed on the grave of some union soldier,
on next Memorial day. Some of these
bouquets have already been placed on a
grave in Laurel Grove, that of ErastuS B.
Davis, the comrade of Beverly post, whose
death caused the reception.
On the return trip the party was taken to
the beautiful home of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, and was received by him, each
receiving hearty hand-shake and good
wishes
In the afternoon the programme was
changed to street cars, each hand
somely decorated, AMI drawn by four
horses, caparisoned by sleigh bells, flags, etc.
The ride led through historic Salem,
passed the house where the witches were
tried and the hill on which they were hanged,
Then to Lynn and a reception by Gen.
Lauder Post, No. 5, In their handsome hail.
which cost $4,000 The post has l, 100
members and property valued at $4,000.
Five thousand comrades were entertained
during the entire encampment week at the
expense of this post The ride then lei
thorough Rockport, Peabody, Danvers and
to Marblehead; thence to "the Willows" a
summer resort on the seashore, where a fish
dinner was the greatest attraction at that
time to the hungry travellers, and a night
the party was once more at the Queen"
having travelled nearly forty miles in street
cara without Nbancra NJ ho-SaS