The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-18
THE CADETS GALA DAY.
Thirty three Years Of Successful VOL
uRteeT Service Closed.


Veterans and Pay Members Show
Their Love For the Command-The
Banquet and Reunion at the Catholic
Library Hall-Col. Mercer, Col.
olmstead, Gen. Lawton, and Mr.. A.
R. Lawton, Jr., the Speakers Of the
Evening.
1t was a gala day with the Savannah
Cadets yesterday. The parade in the af-
ternoon was one of the prettiest, one of
the most perfect military features, that
has been seen on the streets of Savannah
in many a day. The reunion at the Cath
ole Library hall last night was most
pleasant and unique feature, it being the
first of its kind the Cadets have had in
some years,
The Cadets assembled at their quarters
at the Regimental armory at o'clock,
where they soon formed in RANKS. There
before the armory photograph of the
company was taken. At $50 o'clock the
company left the armory in command Of
Capt ]. F. Brooks, seventy-eight strong,
one of the largest numbers any
company has ever turned out in
Savannah, and marched to CASTOR street,
from where it went to Bull. The com
pany was greeted by friends on all sides
as it passed down Bull street. AS it
passed the armories of the Guards and
Hussars the company was loudly cheered,
and In turn came to present arms.
The marched was continued down Bull
street TO Congress, to Barnard to Brough
ton, to Bull and out Bull to the parade
ground There dress parade, one of the
most interesting features of the day, was
held.
THE DRESS PARADE.
The company marched into the parade
ground headed by the regimental band.
There it was greeted by large crowd of
friends-among whom were the repre-
sentatives of other commands. After q
few preliminary movements the company
was drawn up for the dress parade,
which was conducted with the utmost
precision. Capt II. G. Gaillard, adjutant
of the regiment, acted as adiutant.
After the dress parade the company went
TO the armory
The showing made by the company was
remarked upon on all sides. Numbers were
sacrificed to military ability and training
and vet there were seventy-eight able
soldiers in ranks. The parade was a
beautiful exhibition of systematic mill
tary discipline, and did credit to the COM
pany's able commander.
The fact that several retired officers,
former members of the command.
marched in their proper uniforms in the
line of file closes was noted as an original
and appropriate feature.
OLD COMRADES IN LINE.
These were Lieut.. w. NJ Mills, Capt
w. n. Nichols, Capt. r. G. Gaillard
Lieut.. L. f, Mccarthy and Lieut. w. B.
Puder, who carried one of the old battle
flags of Cleburne's famous division.
Hospital Steward Richard c. Byrnes,
Sergt. Maj. A. B. Collins and Color
Sergt w. G Workman, who carried the
flag of the company, are members of the
company who have risen from the ranks,
and while not in active service their
sympathies are with the Cadets. Among
others not in active service who were in
the ranks were Veteran Members G. p.
Virgins, w. j, Thompson, Henry M
Butler M. S. Lebey, w. F.. Scherf, e.
lenbeck, Pay Members w. a. Wright r.
K. Bragdon, T. c. Farr, T. R. Hutton,
Frank +. heilbach and Private J. T.
German. who came down from Augusta
just to parade with the company.
THE REUNION
The company assembled at the armory
at o'clock in the evening, from where,
preceded by the regimental band, it
marched to the Catholic Library hall,
where the reunion was held around the
banquet board.
The supper and reunion was in charge
of the committee, Lieut. r. S. Nell, Ser
geant H. w. Cowan, Private G. A. Kriete,
and Pay Members Chas. r. Prendergast
and T. F. Thomson, under whose man
agement the details were well carried out.
The supper was an elegant one, and was
prepared by the ladies of ST. Paul's
church
Among the prominent guests present
were Gen. A. r. Lawton, Col G. a. Mer-
GER. Col. C. H. Olmstead, Capt Henry
Kolshorn, Capt. w. S. Rockwell, Lieut..
Summons, of the Pooler Light Infantry :
Lieut.. j. j. Gau1ry, of the Republican
Blues; Messrs. A. II. Lawton, Jr H. P.
Smart w. p. Schirm, w. B. Stillwell, A.
w. Harmon, j, p. Robinson, j. c. Shaw,
w. G. Ashley and DR.. A B. Simmons.
CAPT. BROOKS WELCOME.
The supper over Capt. Brooks, who pre-
sided, saidit gave him great pleasure to
welcome the company and its guests
around the board. He spoke of Capt. An
dersou's reference to the growth Of the
Cadets in a third of q century, into the
city OF Savannah. He spoke OF
his pride in the command,
referring to the reunion and
the day as the proudest of his life He
commanded the men for their zeal and
interest in their work in leaving home
and business TO make themselves pro
ticient in their military duties. He
spoke of the three commanders of the
regiment around him, a regiment which
had won from the army officers the name
of the best disciplined command
in Georgia. He then proposed the frs
toast, THE First Volunteer Regiment o,
Georgia." to which he said its present
commander, Col. George A. Mercer, would
respond.
COL. MERGERS SPEECH.
Col. Mercer said it gave him pleasure Il
speak TO the Cadets, not only as member,
of his regiment, but as his persona
friends. He mentioned the five colonels o.
the regiment, and spoke of the fac
that the regiment had been formed fol
the purpose of taking part in the war fol
the south Col. Mercer's references Il
the work of the Cadets and of the regi
ment during the war and of the brave
deeds of the members Of the command wer,
loudly cheered. He spoke in elouuen
terms of the brave fighting of the Cadet
under command Of the gallant Capt Johr
w. Anderson around Atlanta, when q shell
from the enemy's battery fell into tn,
company's midst and killed or wounded
eleven of them. His description of tn
part taken by Cleburne's division aroun(
Atlanta was graphic and eloquent. II,
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