The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-15
PARADE OF THE TROOPS.
The Marines and Blue Jackets to
Turn Out.

The military parade will be the feature
of to-day. The parade will be formed on
South Broad street with the right rest
ing on Bull street al $3.50 p. m. The differ
ent commands will form at their armories
and the quarters assigned them in time
to march at that hour.
The marines and sailors will be brought
up from the warships and will have the
right of the line. Arrangements have been
made to transport the marines and sail
ors to the city for the parade. If the Am
phitrite gets in this morning as expected
the contingent from the warships Will ex-
coed 800 men.
Next in line will come the First Georgia
regiment with the five city companies. the
POoler Light Infantry and the Kell Rifles
Next in line will come the Savannah Vol
unteer Guards battalion. With the Guards
will be the Gordon Institute Cadets Of
GAINESVILLE and the Citadel Cadets of
whether the Brunswick Rifles, the Bruins
wick Naval Cadets and the Washington
Light Infantry of Charleston will be at
tached to one of the city commands or
whether they will be formed into a separ-
ate battalion for the occasion.
The Georgia Hussars and the Chatham
The Fifth Regiment Infantry Band viii
head the parade and the three local bands
will be distributed along the line. A pla-
toon of mounted police Will precede the
Assistant Chief of Police Reilly has an
nounced that he intends to keep the pa
rade ground clear of people to-day if it
takes the entire police force to do it.
He is determined that there shall be no
ground for complaint that the military
are hampered in their movements by the
crowds surging in on them, He, there
| fore, requests the Morning News to make
the announcement for him in order that
everybody may be on notice
There is no need for the crowd TO in
! trude on the parade ground" said Lieut..
Reilly. Twenty thousand people can
/ stand on the streets facing the parade
/ ground and see everything that goes on.
! The police will be given strict orders
/ TO keep the ground clear. | viii have all
/ the mounted men on hand and as many of
4 the footmen as are necessary. The entire
/ force will be called out if needed"
! This will be good news to the military
! officers who have had considerable ground
to complain on previous occasions of the
failure of the police to hold the crowds
in check. In view of the large parade
and the unusually large crowd which is
/ expected out this afternoon, it is es-
/ pecially important that the parade
1 ground be kept clear for the military.
The following circular issued by Col.
1 Mercer gives the line OF march and other
particulars of the parade.
Headquarters First Volunteer Regiment
| Of Georgia, Savannah Ca, May 49, 1895
| CIRCULAR. There will be a general pa
| rade Of the military on Wednesday after
noon, the 18th inst, in celebration of May
II. The troops will form on South Broad
/ street, under the row OF trees. right rest
ing on Bull street. facing north, at
! clock.
iii. The several commands will be as
| signed their places in line in accordance
with the rank Of their respective officers
| present.
" Bands of music viii be assigned on
/ the ground.
V. The general line viii march at AIS
p. m, on South Broad street TO Drayton,
/ on DraytOn to St. Julian. on St Julian
around the north side of Johnson square
passing the Pulaski house to Bull street
on Bull tc Castor, passing on the west
side of the squares, on CASTOR to Drayton
and on DraytOn to the park extension
| west side, facing east, where the general
line will be temporarily halted
VI. The governor will review the troops
! on the park extension.
VII. After the review some movements