The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28
READY TO GO TO RICHMOND.
sAVANNAH's REPRESENTATION OF
SOLDIERS AND VETERANS.


side Trip 40 Neutrality-suspicious.
Companies 10 Leave on "A Special
Train Wednesday Morning. July l.
Savannah viii be wei represented at
Richmond this week Some 3 or 30 Con-
federate Veterans viii leave the city to-
night and tomorrow morning for the Viz
ginia capital TO attend the sixth annual re-
union Of the United Confederate Veterans.
and Wednesday morning. July I, at o
O'Clock Company d, and Company Of
the First Regiment Infantry, Georgia Vol
unteers. the Ogsethorpe Light Infantry
and Savannah Cadets Will leave for that
city by a special train on the Plant system
and Atlantic Coast Line.
The certificates Of the delegates and al
ternates who will go from the Confederate
Veterans Association. Savannah Camp No.
765, have just been made out and signed,
though the delegates We're decided on at a
meeting several days ago. They are Gen.
Lafayette McLaws. Maj. G. N. Ryals,
Judge VIM. d. Harden, Judge Robert Fal-
ligant, Capt NJ. p. Usina Maj. John b.
Withers, Messrs. A. K. Wilson, C. Lucien
Jones, w. b. Metzger, w. c. Workman,
J. b. Barton, L. c. Downs. George L. APP
pleton and L. A. Mccarthy. All of these
are expected to attend the reunion. and
most of them will probably leave the city
together early tomorrow morning.
The delegates from Lafayette McLaws,
Camp No. 596. who viii attend the reunion
are Adjutant T. E. Besseleu, Comrades
w. S. Rockwell and w. w. Chisholm. The
alternates, most Of whom will undoubtedly
go. are Comrades w. II. Patterson. ]. Per-
lnski, I. n. Theus and A. Marmelstein
There will be others besides these how
ever, who will make the trip. Twelve or
more of the members of Lafayette Nc
Laws Camp have sgnihed their intention
of going, and there will undoubtedly be
others from the Confederate Veterans As
ISOLATION.
Mr.. l.. w. Landershine, now of Atlanta
who is a member Of the association, will
go and viii parade with them On the
day OF the big parade, however, he will
fall in with the Oglethorpes, of which
company he is an old war member.
The form of the certificates given to
the delegates and alternates who will
attend the reunion is as follows:
DELEGATES CERTIFICATE.
Headquarters Confederate Veterans
Association, Camp No. 756, U. c. VS., Sa-
vannah, Ca, June q, 1S96-To Whom it
May Concern: This is to certify that
Comrade Gen. Lafayette McLaws is a
member of the Confederate Veterans AS
SOcldllOu OF savannah camp NO. 100, u.
c.. VS.. and was on the 10Th day Of June,
1896 duly elected or appointed as one of
the delegates to represent his camp at
the Sixth Annual Reunion and Conven-
ton of United Confederate Veterans, to
be held at Richmond, Virginia, on the
S0th day Of June and LIST and End days of
July, 1896
In testimony whereof, witness our off,
cial signatures, this 18th day of June, 1896.
G. NJ. Ryals, Commander.
II. S. Dreese, Adjutant.
The special train carrying the two mill
tary companies viii leave the city at 6
o'clock Wednesday morning July 1, and
will arrive in Richmond at S O'Clock that
afternoon, in good time for supper, and
also to afford the boys a good nights rest
before the parade of the following day.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry will carry
about fifty men and officers. All the Of
fcers of the company will make the trip.
In the parade, which takes place Thurs
day afternoon, July ?, the Oglethorpes will
carry their handsome new fiag which has
| just been presented them, and especially
| for this occasion by Judge Robert Falli-
| CANT.
The flag will undoubtedly be one of the
| handsomest in the big parade. 1t Is the
regular Georgia flag, made of flag silk,
| with the blue jack and three bars, red,
| white and red, and with handsome yellow
| fringe running entirely around 1t. Upon
the white t1r in the center, worked in
| golden letters, is the company's name,
| "Oglethorpe Light Infantry" On the blue
| K,
| dates, 1S61-1S65, while running down from
| top to bottom and between the dates are
| the names of the forty-one battles of the
| civil war in which the Oglethorpes took
| part. They are named in order as fol-
/ lows; Manassas, Yorktown, Mechanics
| vile, Garnett's Farm, Malvern Hill, Rap
| pahannOck Bridge, Salem, ThOrOughfare
| Gap, Second Manassas, Chantilly, South
| Mountain, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburs,
| Suffolk, Gettysburg, EunkstOWn, Lookout
| Mountain, Knoxville, Dean Station, VIII
| derness SpottsylVania, Hanover june
/ ton, New Hope Church, Cold HarbOr,
! Bean Station, Fort Harrison, Fort Gregs,
Deep Bottom, Petersburg, Amelia Court
/ House. Farmvile, AppomattOX, Lost
| Mountain, kennesaw Mountain, Chatta-
! hoochee River, Peachtree Greek, Atlanta.
! Jonesboro, Bentonville, Fort Pulaski, and
Battery Wagner.
The nag is three and one-half feet ia
width by four feet eight inches in length
| and is handsome in design and in work
! manshD. Company d, First Regiment IN
fantry, the OglethOFpes, may well be
proud to appear in the parade with such
| a banner.
| After the parade of Thursday, the Ogle-
| thoTpes will probably remain in Richmond
\ until Saturday afternoon, the members
! taking such side trips as they may desire
| to.
The Savannah Cadets viii carry about
| ffty-five men. and all the officers of the
| company. Neither the Cadets nor the
| Oglethorpes have been able to make out
I
| as many in both companies are still in
! doubt to whether they can get away
| though they are making every effort to
| do So After the parade of Thursday
! Capt. Brooks will take the Cadets to
| Washington, u. c., where they Will spend
| Friday and Saturday. If he can get an
| opportunity Saturday morning he will
| take them out to Mt. Vernon, Gen. Wash
| ingtoRs last resting place. This trip will
| give the men an opportunity of seeing ali
there is of interest in Washington, that is
as well as it can be seen with a brief
| space of time. The Nj. Pleasant Field
| Band which was here during May week
| will meet the Cadets with eighty pieces,
| and act as an escort to them.
| In Richmond the OgiethoYpes will be
taken care of az the armory OF the Rich
! mond Blues. and the Cadets viii be the
! guests of the Walker Light Guards. Both
! companies will leave Richmond on their
! special train Saturday afternoon and Will
| arrive in Savannah Sunday morning.
The One and the other.
We are not the only lone" restaurant in
the city. The directory indicates that
| there are more than one n nd s,Irer,- a oi+,,