The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-09
EVERYBODY TAKING A HAND.
THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION 81
VANNAH HAS EVER SEEN.

ness and ResIdences-Prepar
lions at Camp Gordon-some Good
work on the Rifle Range.
! Everything is in readiness for one Of the
/ biggest military celebration the south
/ has ever seen The military companies
and the visitors too viii begin pouring
/ into the city tomorrow. and by Monday
/ the city will be alive with soldier boys,
and the people who are coming here to see
/ them and their contests and exhibitions.
The camp which is located at Abercorn
/ and Fifth streets will be finished to-day
and ready to receive the visiting soldier
| boys. The association has made arrange
ments 10 give the Morton Cadets Of Wash
| ington a pleasant reception on their ar
| rival here tomorrow afternoon. Capt. J.
/ F. Brooks and the Cadets will meet them
at the Central railroad depot with the
FIRST regimental band. and they viii
march up Liberty 10 Bull to CASTOR TO
Drayton and out to Camp Gordon, where
they will be quartered during the week.
The tent floors Of the camp have all been
put down, and the tents have arrived from
Atlanta and are ready to be put up. The
camp ground is going to present a lively
| scene when all the companies are quarter
ed. 1t covers a space about 500 feet square
and is capable Of accommodating nearly 800
men. Besides a detail from some of the
military companies of the city for guard
duty. arrangements will be made for a
squad Of policemen to see that there is no
trouble from any Of the loiterers about
such places.
The Mount Pleasant Field Band of
Washington. which will furnish the music
for the week, will be the second organI-
cation to arrive 1t will reach the city
about o'clock Monday morning and Will
stop near Camp Gordon, so that It can
go right into camp. The Oglethorpe In
fantry Of Augusta and the two zOuaVe
companies, the Neeleys of Memphis ana
Auroras of Aurora, H., will arrive about
the same time and will go into camp at
once.
The association is anxious that the mer-
chants of the city should aid in start
ing off the week with as much enthusiasm
and eclat as possible, and for this reason
has made the request that the merchants
of the city give their employees a half
| holiday Monday beginning al 1 o'clock,
city time. This will give the employees
an opportunity to see the sham battle
and the other events of Monday after
noon, and will show the active interest
that the. entire city Is taking in the ceie-
bration. The association has published
a card asking that the merchants con-
slider favorably this request, and aid in
making the celebration the greatest sue
cess that Savannahhas ever known.
Merchants and all others have been ur-
| gently requested also to decorate their
residences and places of business with
bunting and flags. The city should put
on her gala colors and show that il is a
/ season of pleasure and entertainment. The
! only other request the association has
made is that all business houses let off
] as many as possible of their employees be-
| longing TO military companies on Thurs
uay afternoon, so that they can partfci-
| pate IN the grand parade, which will be
| composed of all local and visiting COM
| panies This will probably be the largest
military parade Savannah has seen in ten
| years, ana It should be as complete as il
! IS possible for the Savannah companies
| TO make it,
The entrance committee, with several
| additional members, secured for the oc-
| CASTOR, was busy last night and the night
| before at the De Soto hotel getting the
! tickets in shape. Thousands of them
were were Soented up and Will be distributed
| around at the places where they will be
| sold. The association advertises this
| morning that tickets can be found on
/ sale at the De Soto, the Pulaski house
! the Screven house, j. b. Fernandez cigar
! store, Theus Bros store Solomons &
! Co. S Bun street store, and at the en-
| frances to the park extension. Tickets
| are already on sale at these places, and
| week
Savannah is undoubtedly going to make
| a gala week of next week, and everybody
| is feeling good over the prospects Of
large crowds, plenty of business and a
ample to interest and more than interest
| everybody who comes There will be
some features which have never been seen
| mere Detore, ana some which are not often
seen at such celebrations anywhere in the
| country. People who have been out on
the railroads say without hesitation that
| the celebration is being made the topic
! of conversation in all sections, and that
! the biggest sort OF a crowd is coming to
! the city The treasurer Mr.. James NJ
| Dixon, has already had many applicants
! for tickets, and has sold large numbers
! or them In advance of the exhibitions.
There is not feature of the entire cele-
= a re f1rl 1ofa1g-
| ed after, and arrangements made for its
| being carried out to the best advantage.
! The board of directors will hold daily
! meetings during the week. and will see to
| it that there is no hitch in any portion
of the programme, and they will also look
| out for all arrangements for the comfort
| of the visiting public.
The rlhemen who are going to compete
with the visiting teams are holding daily
| practices, and they are doing some spec
cially good work on the targets. The regi-
mental teams Of the Guards and Hussars
were out on the AVondale range yester-
day, and did some exceptionally fine work
on the skirmish field. Lieut.. F. c. Wilson
made one score of 100, out of a possible
100 on one skirmish run, making twenty
bulls eyes in as many shots. On another
run he made 81 Capt. G. T. Cam of
| company g. Savannah Volunteer Cua rds
made a score of SO on the same run Ali
of this shooting is done at unknown dis
tances. The work on the targets is being
Gen. Bird w. Spencer, inspector general
of rifle practice of New Jersey will ar
rive in savannah tomorrow, with the
New Jersey team of twelve men, and the
New York and Washington, D. c., teams
are expected by Monday at least if not
before Other teams are coming from
South Carolina, Georgia Alabama and
Florida and altogether the meet will pre-
sent one of the greatest aggregation of
rifiemen the south has ever seen together
| on one range.
Manager A. 2. Doyle has decided to give
some races at the Thunderbolt Driving
Park during May week and has arranged
a card for Wednesday afternoon. The VS.
iting public will have an opportunity to
see some of Savannah's fastest harness
horses in the events. Palmetto Prince, Vic
tory and Rushmont are slated for the free
for all pace.
Lady Finn Moreno, Ruby and Roanoak.
are booked for the grand special. and
| Nelly Alfred and Oakland Prince will 20
an exhibition. The running events VIII no
doubt prove an enjoyable feature of the
afternoons programme. Mr.. J. H. Dur
! renee of Tattnall county is in the CITY and
will look after the interest of his fam ous
running mare Nelly Burke. who is match
/ ed against Billy Buck to run six hundred
yards The running stallion Little Baltick
VIII arrive to-day He is to start against
s,sa1ra f.ars f,ra H.