The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-12
KANSAS CITYS VETERANS.
THEY WILL VISIT SAVANNAH SEPT.
&c 100 STRONG.

A Company of Union Veterans to
Tour the SOuth-The Only Com
pany of the Kind Doing Service in
the National Guard-It VIII he Ac-
companfed by Many distinguished
Honorary Members, Including
Speaker Crisp and ex-President
Harrison.
Veteran Company A Of the Missouri Ma
Guard will begin its tour of the south
Sept. 8, and will visit twenty-One cities,
including Savannah. Thursday, Sept. %,
will be spent here. The company viii be
given a welcome betting its organization
and character.
The company is composed entirely of
union veterans of the civil war and is the
only one of its kind now doing duty in the
national guard. The company numbers
ninety active members. the majority of
whom Will accompany it on the trip, be-
sides 119 honorary members, including
many distinguished veterans of both the
union and confederate armies. Many of
the honorary members will accompany the
company on its trip. 1t will have a band
Of twenty-five pieces. and altogether the
party will probably number $50 members.
including many distinguished men Of ma
tional prominence.
A group photograph of both the active
and honorary members of the company
was received by Mayor Myers last month.
togther with letter announcing the inten-
ton of the company to visit Savannah.
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pany of a hearty welcome here. No for
NAL action has yet been taken upon the
reception and entertainment of the WISH
tors. Mayor Myers stated to a Morning
News reporter the other day that he was
awaiting information as to the time Of
arrival and the length of time the com
pauy would spend here before calling upon
the citizens to take steps for their enter
tainment. The Confederate Veterans As
ISOLATION, the G.. A. r. and military Will be
notified of the intended visit Of the COM
pany and a joint committee will probably
be appointed to undertake the reception
and entertainment of the visitors.
The company, which was organized in
1881, has made several trips through the
north and west. but this will be its first
visit to the south and 1t is evident already
that it's reception will exceed anything in
of the cities on the route mapped out have
already made arrangements for the en-
tertainment of the veterans. Maj. William
Warner, past commander-in-chief Of G.
A. r. will be of the party, and will rep
resent the company at all receptions and
entertainments. The company will leave
Kansas City Sept. in a special train, go
ing via st. Louis to Louisville. One day
will be spent in St. Louis as the guests of
the G. A. r. The company will participate
in the national encampment of the G.. A. r.
at Louisville Sept. 10, IL, y and 49, From
Louisville the company will proceed TO
Nashville, where it will be entertained by
the Confederate Veterans Association of
that city. Two days will be spent in Louis
Vile.
The next stop OF interest will be Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, where n. b. Forrest Camp
Confederate Veterans, headed by two
honorary members of the company, Maj
]. +. Ship and Capt L. T. Dickinson,
assisted by the citizens, will receive and
entertain the company. The company ar
rive in Chattanooga on the 18th and re-
main there the 18th, 17th 18th, 18th and
10Th, giving them ample opportunity to
visit Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge
and other famous localities, where
matchless valor was displayed more
than thirty years ago. Company
A Will also participate in the dedication
of Chickamauga battle field, as a national
park, and will lead the grand parade.
Saturday, the 21st, the company Will
be in Atlanta, as the guests of the Atlanta
| Rifles, together with the ex-confederates,
the Grand Army of the Republic and the
Cotton Exposition management. The 21st
and 22d land possibly the ODD will be spent
in Atlanta.
The oath will be passed in Augusta. An
old citizen of Kansas City, Col. d. b.
Dyer, but now Of Augusta, will head
welcome to be given the company by the
citizens of Augusta.
Tuesday night the oath. the company
will leave for Charleston, spending the
25th in that historic city as guests of the
ex-Confederate Association, the military
and the city council This reception will
be chaperoned by Capt. ]. H. Steinmeyer,
a member of the city council and an hon
orary members of the company. The
company will take lunch on the ruins of
Fort Sumter. Fort Moultrie will also be
visited.
Thursday. Aug. %, the company will
be made to wish that it had allowed more
time to Savannah in making up the itine-
rary. The remainder of the itinerary will
be as follows
Brunswick Sept. q, %; jacksonville
Sept %; Tallahassee and Pensacola, Sept
80; Mobile, Oct. l and 2; New Orleans Oct
and 4; Vicksburg, short stops at Jack
son, Meridian and Selma on Oct. 5; Oct
G. Montgomery; oct. 7, Birmingham; Oct
8 Memphis. arriving home at Kansas
CITY oct TO- Hon. Charles F. Crisp, an
honorary member of the company. will
ioin the party at Chattanooga and accom-
pany it drought the south. Gen. Ben
jamin Harrison will accompany the party
during a part, if not all, of the tour, as
will many other distinguished honorary
members.
GhoSfIv Snecter