The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-27
COMPANY AS CELEBRATION.
MEMORIAL DAY An OCCASION or RE-
JOGGING FOR ITS SUCCESS.

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Other Companies OF the Guards
battalion VIII seek 10 FOIIOw-A
sumner at the Armory Hall at Night
NJ which several Bright Responses
Were Made.
A delightful supper and entertainment
was participated in last night by Company
I A OF the Savannah Volunteer Guards, and
their guests. including the commissioned
officers of the corps. The supper was
served in elegant style by the ladies Of
the rectory society of St. Johns church.
and st was a feast 10 suit the most fas-
tidiOus taste.
The members Of Company A and their
guests sat down 10 the supper at 100
O'Clock. Capt. ". W. Williamson and Col.
William Garrard were at the head Of the
table. while on the right were Hon. Pope
Barrow and Hon. Robert Falligant, and
on the left were Lieut.. John NJ. Bryan
and Adjt Davis Freeman of the corps.
About 100 members of the company and
guests were seated around the table. The
military men all appeared in the uniforms
worn on the parade of the afternoon.
During the progress of the supper Mr..
Grafton G. Baker OF Chicago. who was
present was called on for song. and Mr..
Julian Walker, who came in, played the
accompaniment. Mr.. Bakers strong,
sweet tenor voice filled the hall as he
sang. and at the conclusion OF his selec-
ton. .nita Gitana." the applause was
spontaneous. An encore was insisted on.
which Mr.. Baker gave with cheerful
grace. Before Mr.. Walker was allowed
to depart the company insisted on song
from him, and he sang very sWeetly, as
is usual with him, "A Warrior Bold, by
Root His audience wanted to hear from
him again, but he had TO leave, and sue
ceeded in making his escape.
Yesterday was the day on which, as IS
usual, the anniversary of the Savannah
Volunteer Guards Is celebrated. The en-
tertainment given by Company was,
therefore most appropriate. The ninety
third anniversary comes on May ], but the
parade in celebration of it took place on
Memorial day.
Williamson raped for order and called
on Private George A. Mercer, Jr., for
response to the first regular toast, Me-
Mr.. Mercer said this toast was pecu-
liarly appropriate as subject for re-
Spouse to soldiers. 1t was the day, he
the young soldiers ancestry on the field
of battle. He referred to the origin OF
Memorial day. and the beauty of the en-
blems by which the past IS commemor-
beautiful flowers, would be far more last
ing, he said, than the mausoleum
eioquentiy of the work of the ladies' ladies'
wives and daughters of confederate sur
vivors who by their labors Of love keep
fresh the graves and memories of the
dead; and of their deeds and self-devo-
ton. The confederate soldier shall live,
he said, in the hearts of their united
country whose prestige has been strength
ened by their noble self-sacrihce.
Private Edgar Denmark responded very
humOrously and eloquently to the toast.
The Corps That We Belong to-" The
sentiment, he said, was one that must
awaken enthusiasm in the heart Of every
man connected with il, and If 1t did not
he said that man could not be called a
member of the corps 1t had struggled on
through every trial and trouble, he said
and Is now stronger than ever before
The corps, he said. stood foremost in the
ranks OF the military of Savannah, the
| principal military city of Georgia, which
I is the empire state of the south, and the
| south, he said. had furnished the best
| soldiers the world has ever seen. He re-
| ferred to standing of the corps to-day and
the promptness with which 1t turned out
T Tt@ uy confidence fg@ IN the ne la%,
| and the institutions kept
to support it, and that made such a corps
In his response, Mr.. Denmark referred to
! the orator of the day, Hon. Pope Barrow,
whose eloquence he said so electrified and
| permeated the air that hundreds applaud
| ed who did not hear him.
| Capt. Williamson then said as the reg
/ ular toasts were concluded, the com
/
/ orator. Mr.. Barrow replied very pleas
antly He said he had Just recalled the
| fact that just thirty-four years ago
he had encamped during his first
| night as soldier, very near
the spot where he deliver the address yes
! terday. Many of those who went to the
war, he said, thought at first that it was
| going to be pastime, but they soon found
out their mistake when they got to Vir-
the statement, You don't always want a
| siX-shooter, but when you do you want it
| quick and you want it bad" That's the
way with the military here, Mr.. Barrow
Its not always you want the military
| out. but when riot breaks out you want
preservation Of life and property in many
t tSat the awi ess element 70 the f%S5
such organizations as the Savannah Vol
them. Mr.. Barrow spoke very pleasantly
to the Guards and said his services We're
| always at its command.
Judge Robt Falligant the Memorial day
orator of the last year was then called on
for a speech. Judge Falligant, said his
heart was always filled with tender emo
lions when he looked upon the Guards
corps. Every member of it, he said had
reason to be proud that he was such.
Never, he said, had a command showed
grander courage than on the occasion OF
the battle of Sailors Creek.
Judge Falligant's remarks were filled
with "reminiscences of the war times
which were much appreciated by those
who heard him. He told a story about a
private named Shifflett, who was drilled
as a green squad by a sergeant. The
| sergeant would say Squad, right face,
squad, left face" and" Squad mark
time" until finally Shifflett became ex-
asperated and said: "Sergt. Reaves, what
the h do you call me Squad for; my
| names Shifflett.'
Judge Falligant told another good story
about a private in his company named
Thad Davis, who had a penchant for
greenbacks. One night when the BOYS
thought Lieut. Falligant was asleep they
told the story on Davis. Davis, in prowi,
ing around a battlefield came across a
union soldier whom he took to be dead
He rolled the corpse over. as he thought
| him, and put his hand in his pocket when
to his surprise the supposed dead mar
| looked up and said:
why, would you rob a dead man?"
But, d. it ALL you amt dead" was
Davis reply as he withdrew his hand and
with the contents of the pocket left him
| The members of the company then in.
sisted on hearing from Col. Garrard Col
Cfarrard said this was not only Memorial
day. but the ratal day of the CORPS which
II had celebrated by parading and Incl.
dentally escorting eeh veterans to the
scene of their exercises. He said it was moi
remarkable that with such men as Cum
mings. Tatnall Jackson, the two Screvens
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