The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-16
TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS.
GUARDS CLUB TO BE MADE THE
UPTOWN SOCIAL CENTER.

Old Rules to BE Amended and New
Features Added-A Movement to
Increase the Popularity of the
Club by the Board of Governors
and Board of Omcers-A Military
Associate Glass to BE Created,
Open to Commissioned Officers
and Enlisted Men of other Com
mands-The Hall to Be Equipped
as n Gymnasium and Shooting
Gallery Added in the Rear.
Some very interesting and important
amendments to the rules governing the
mission to it will come up for considera-
ton at the next meeting. These amend
ments are the result of a movement which
has been started in the club with a view
to bringing its advantages more promi-
nently to the attention of the public, or
that portion of the public which finds
membership in a club desirable.
The board of governors and the board
of officers, by whom these amendments
are proposed, feel that the advantages of
an uptown club, located in the most con-
venient and accessible portion of the res
idence district and fully equipped with
all club accessories, have not been fully
appreciated. By removing unnecessary
restrictions, it is believed that the best
class of business and military men will
be attracted.
About the most interesting feature pro-
posed by the amendments is the establish
ment of a military associate class by
! which officers and members of other COM
mands in good standing with their res
! pective commands, can be admitted on the
| same footing with other club members.
The amendment provides that officers OF
the various commands stationed at Savan-
! nah and members, at least IS years of age,
! of these commands, who belong to the ac-
| tive enlisted or veterans enlisted classes,
| or persons who may be upon the roll of
! retired officers of the state, and residing in
! Chatham county, shall be eligible to be-
come military associate members of the
corps, so long as such officers may hold
commission, or, as to the enlisted men,
so long as they are in good standing on
the rolls of their respective commands and
no longer. Members of this class will not
be permitted to perform any of the mill
tary duties of the corps nor will they have
the right to attend its meetings.
| In accepting an invitation to member
ship in this class an enlisted man must
| present a certificate from the command
| ing officer of his company, stating that
he is in good standing, upon the enlisted
| roll, and a similar certificate must be
| furnished by such members on the first
| day of January of each year, showing that
they still remain eligible to membership
under this rule. When an officer of an
other command being a member of this
| class, shall resign his commission, he
| ciate member and will be so notified by
the secretary, and the same with regard
to an enlisted man in this class when he
ceases to be sn enlisted man in good
standing in his own class.
Besides charging the social advantages
of the club it is proposed to add this
winter a fully equipped gymnasium, for
the use of both military and associate
members. A shooting gallery IS also to
be built in the rear of the arsenal to IA
cilitate the development of the qualities
of workmanship among the members.
The equipment for this gallery is already
possessed by the corps, having been fur
nished by the United States war depart
ment, and the practice Will be conducted
under the rules and regulations furnish
ed by the department. The gallery will
be of great advantage by affording a
means of target practice during the win
ter months, when the members are I'M
able to practice at the range.
For the purpose of further facilitating
social intercourse among the members, it
has been decided to make Thursday night
members night" when all the mem
bers of the club, both military and asso-
ciate, who can conveniently do so, are ex-
pected to gather at the club. This is for
the purpose of bringing out those mem
bers who rarely attend and Of extending
the acquaintance of the new members
In fact, the board of governors will leave
nothing undone which will add to the at
tractiveness of the club. both in its mill
tary and social features.