The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-02
CoLoRED TaooPs PARADE.
Emancipation Day Celebrated - Col
Deveaux's Speech to the Military.

Emancipation Day Celebrated - Col.
Deveaux's Speech to the Military.
| Emancipation day was celebrated by the
colored population yesterday on quite an
I extensive scale. The military turnout was
of the largest for years. The First bat
| talon OF Georgia Volunteers, commanded
by Acting Colonel ". H. Royal, and Rob-
/ ert ShaW Post q. 4. r., commanded by
Richard Lumpkin, paraded the streets,
| fully 500 men being in line, Meyers mill
tary band heading the column. The line
| formed on South Broad street, the right
resting on Habersham, and at IL o'clock
marched through East Broad, Broughton,
Drayton, Bay, Jefferson, and again through
Broughton and Drayton to tine park extern
sion, where the exercises were held after
the evolutions Of the military, Prof. s. 3.
Morse presiding.
The exercises began by prayer by Rev.
f. e. Washington. after which the emanci-
patton proclamation was read by J. n.
Brown The Grafton was by w. II.
Matthews, and J. c. Simmons of the
Georgia Artillery spoke briefly, After
music by the band and singing OF The dox-
ology, Rev. Washington pronounced bene-
dicaon-
At O'Clock last night the battalion, with
out arms, formed by appointment at Lib
erty and Habersham streets, and, preceded
by the band, marched TO the home of Col.
j. H. Dsveaux, No. "a Taylor, and SER
enaded their commander. He appeared on
the stoop and addressed them In a speech
remarkable for its conservative spirit.
After thanking the battalion for the CON-
pliment it had paid him by the visit. and
the fine showing it had made in the days
parade, he gave the men some excellent adj
vice He impressed upon them that as a
military arm Of the state they were liable
at any time to be called upon to suppress
turbulence, and protect the lives or the
property of the citizen. He counseled the
strictest discipline and the promptest
obedience to the orders of the constituted
authorities of the state. He referred TO his
tender of the services of the battalion to
the state in the Jesup disturbance, and said
that the members should always be ready
to respond to the call Of duty.
Referring to the relations between the
two races, Col Deveaux said that they
should be most friendly and amicable and
that race difficulties have their origin only
among the ignorant and dissolute classes
among the whites and colored. The intellI-
gent classes of the two races in the south
are anG must remain in friendly accord,
and he counseled the battalion to be law
abiding, and preserve that fraternity of
feeling which alone will entitle it to the
hlenusnlp una commence OF tne white
people.
He exemplified the friendship of the white
people of Savannah to the colored military
by saying that in the struggle of the bat
talon TO raise fund for an armory, the
whites have literally aided in starting the
nucleus for the fund aud that early in Feb
ruary the bazaar for the benefit of the
armory fund will be opened, and should
receive their most Jealous support to enable
the battalion to be gathered together under
one roof. His remarks were vociferously
cheered, and at the conclusion he invited
the battalion to partake of his hospitality.
Col. Deveaux will leave for his post at
Brunswick this morning.
The Chatham Light Infantry gave a
military hop last night at its hall at Gwin-
nett and Montgomery streets, and the
Union Line In Guards, which mustered
thirty-five men yesterday, had hop at its
hall at Cleburne and Randolph streets. The
events OF the day were orderly.