The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-08
NEW FEATURES FOR MAY WEEK
A BASE BALL GAME BETWEEN ATH-
EMS AND THE c. L. 4. BOYs.

A Full Military Programme Every
Day With Balloon Ascension,
Music, Fireworks and Vaudeville
AccOmpaniments-T Morton Ca
dets to Arrive Sunday Afternoon.
New Camp officers Appointed-The
Camp Named in Honor of Col. W.
W. GOrdOn-A Large Number of the
First Cavalry Regiment to BE on
Hand.
A new feature has been added to the
May week celebration in the shape of
game Of base ball between a picked team
from the Catholic Library Association
and the team Of the State University at
Athens.
A letter was received yesterday from
Mr.. +. X. Boland, manager of the Uni
versity team in which ne asked what ar
rangements could be made for a match
game here during May week. The amuse-
ment committee held meeting yesterday
afternoon and decided 20 offer SlG0 for a
game between the Athens boys and the
c. L. A. boys on Wednesday morning, May
ID. The c. L. A. boys wired a challenge
to Athens last night and will probably
hear from 1t to-day. If the Athens boys
eINNPts d5 lucg pIODdDlg VIII 90, the game
VIII take place in front Of the grand
stand IN the Park extension Wednesday
morning.
The Aurora Zouaves of Aurora. Ill. wiz
cd corresponding Secretary Harmon yes
teEQay that they would bring twenty-five
men TO Savannah, and would be here at
O'Clock Monday morning.
The Morton Cadets of Washington will
probably be the first company to arrive in
savannah. They will come via the South
ern and Florida Central and Peninsular
.aff .I,r~ Sc
at 80 o'clock, city time. The Mount
Pleasant Field Band, which Is also coming
from Washingt ton, viii get here Monday
morning on the Plant system and will
go right into camp.
q, Mr.. George l.. Appleton of Company B,
SdNdhuah volunteer Guards, has been ap-
pointed by Maj. Edward karOW quarter
week.
Maj. Frank T. Lincoln has detailed DR..
j. u. Jarrel as chief OF surgeons at the
camp during the week, and his aids
Will be Drs. owens, Warning and WEIGH
mere nave been several queries as TO
S 1Me uelalls OF the programme each day.
lIose VINO nave had charge of military
exhibitions here before say without hest
tatlon that the programme will be the most
complete that has ever been seen i'm This
section They say it will surpass in point
OF interest to the general public anything
thaI was given at the Chatham Artillery
celebration in 1886.
Inc programme for Monday afternoon
VIII consist Of an exhibition field drill
by the Chatham Artillery, to be followed
tny me sham battle, in which both the
infantry and artillery will participate.
rms Will be made one of the most at
tractlNe and interesting eatures of the
week Following it the Zouaves will give
an exhibition drill, the Indianapolis Light
artillery will give an exhibition of quick
ana accurate artillery work, and the
whole viii be followed by a dress pa
raqe OF all the companies.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday there will be a balloon ascension
eacn morning, with trapeze and parachute
descent Tuesdays programme will con-
slst of competitive drill between the
Aurora and Neeley Zouaves for 81 300 in
prizes, an exhibition drill by the Indianap-
OILS Llght artillery, a ZOuave exhibition
drill by the two companies. to be fol-
panies.
The college cadet battalion contest will
take place Wednesday, and in this con-
test will be engaged six companies, three
IN each battalion. The interesting artil-
| lery and zouave exhibitions will follow
this, and then Will come the dress parade.
thursday morning there will be the big
! interstate prize drill in which the Morton
Caaets and Oglethorpe Infantry of Au-
guSta are entered, and in the afternoon
VIII take place the grand parade in which
there VIII be perhaps the largest display
OF cavalry ever seen in Savannah Col
w. w, Gordon of the First regiment cav
airy, Georgia volunteers, in whose honor
the camp was named by the board of di-
/ rectors OF the association, has been do
| ing some hard work to get here as many
companies OF his command as possible
and there will be several of them to take
part In the parade.
The big cavalry tilt will take place FRI
day morning, ana in this six or eight teams
of horsemen viii be entered. This will
be an tntereS ting contest of skill both
in horsemanship and with the saber. 1t
VIII be followed by zouave and exhibition
drills.
The amusement committee offers every
night some Of the finest features in the
way of fireworks that We're produced at
| Chicago and Atlanta by Pain & Son of
New York. This exhibition viii follow an
| interesting vaudeville entertainment be-
tween each act of which there will be
bright concert music by the Mount Pleas
ant Field band
Taken all i'm all, the programme has been
made exceedingly bright and entertaining
and viii afford more than ample amuse-
ment for the crowds every day
Members of the board who were inter-
ested in the resolution wish it clearly un-
derstoOd that the camp was named in hon
or of Col. w. W. Gordon of the First reg
iment cavalry. Col. Gordon has devoted
much of his time and attention to The
! preparations in connection with the cele-
bration, and will have large portion Of
! his command here during the week He is
| the senior commanding officer in the state
/ and justly deserved.
Capt. James B. Curtis Of the IndianapoIis
/ Light Artillery will arriVer with his de-
| tachment Monday morning. He has been
! rendered the use of the guns of the Chat
| ham Artillery and the cOurtesies of their
! armory during his stay in the city