The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06

The Cadets met another friend while
~ hlcnmond- While Boz line al the paEA
tney noticed on the front Of house near
~ iarge nag. bearing the Georgia coat q
arms some Of the men went over 20 IN
festigate and found that the house De-
lon8ed % Ar. Frederick Myers, the e4dest
1 .. otner OF Mayor Myers 81 savannah 9lf.
Myers explained that having 80 many -ll-
terests IN Georgia he felt himself almost
a Georgian, and had had this rag made
eoMetine ago for another purpose ne
decided 70 use ID in decorating ms house,
ana was much pleased 20 find that % nan
attracted the attention Of the savannah
boys, lie Invited the whole company over
"nlcn invitation was accepted aIler the
60, Capt- Brooks put the company through
a snort exhibition dril for the Deneit OF
Ar- Myers and his friends
capt brooks also took the company 10
call upon Miss Capers. the sponsor OF the
south Carolina veterans and sister-in-
law OF Lieut.. Satterlee. They were very
Pleasantly received. and while there met
Gov. OFerrali Of Virginia and his stan.
" nile In Richmond Capt BROOKS met
director Churchill Of the Mount Pleasant
band. who renewed his offer as an escort
70 the cadets by the band on the arrival
OF the company IN Washington, capt.
BROOKS did not avail himself Of the o1er,
however, as he was only going to Wash
lnglOn Tor quiet visit 20 spend a short
while and give the boys chance to see
the sights.
AAN AaAtN1 leIL FEINdN morning AOE
Washington, where they arrived at II
o o'clock. They marched at once to the
metropolitan hotel where the company
was dismissed and the men scattered
tnrolghout the city to see the sights. The
Smithsonian Infitution. the treasury
building, the white house, the capitol and
pretty nearly every other point Of interest
was visited. A number OF the Morton Ca
diets called to pay their respects and 10
oHer their services as escorts TO pilot the
visitors. They stated that had they been
advised OF the time OF arrival Of the Ca
dets they would have given them a militia
~ escort.
Friday morning at 10 o'clock the Ca
diets took the steamer George McAllister
Tor Mount Vernon, the burial place OF
Washington. There was a splendid band
on the boat, and as the company marched
aboard the band played Dixie" There
We're a number OF southerners aboard
the boat, and also a number of union
veterans, all of whom gave the Cadets a
pleasant reception. Mr.. w. A. Reaves,
the Well-knoWn tenor singer. was with
the Cadets, and on the trip to Mount
Vernon he sang several songs and was
literally applauded, the ladies being es-
pecially well pleased. Mr. Dodge. the
superintendent i'm charge of Mount Yer
non, received the Cadets very pleasantly.
Mrs J. J. Wilder of Savannah IS a re-
gent for Georgia OF the society which has
control OF Mount Vernon Mr. Dodge al
luded to this fact and expressed his
pleasure at the opportunity given him to
extend the courtesies of Mount Vernon
TO Savannah military company. After
having been shown through the building
and grounds a group picture OF the Ca
diets on the lawn in front of the man
sion was taken Capt Brooks carried a
photographer with him from Washing
ton Tor this purpose, and secured the spe-
cial permission of the SUPERINTENDENT In
discriminate photographing at Mount
Vernon being prohibited.
When the time TO return to the steamer
arrived Capt. Brooks marched the com
pany down by the tomb Of Washington
where it was halted and the command to
uncover was given. A quartet, composed
OF Lieut.. Nell, W. A. Reaves, j. B. eau
Dry and capt; Brooks, sand Nearer. Ny
Got to Thee" The scene was a verv i'm
pressve one. An old negro who appeared
70 be employed In some capacity around
the tomb, exclaimed as the song was con-
cluded God bless dem soldiers"
The company returned to Washington
at o'clock Then it met there the re-
mains of Gen. LawtOn. accompanied by
Col. LaWton. his wife and mother. BY
permission or Col. Lawton, Capt. Brooks
placed a guard Of honor over the remains
of Gen. Lawton with the intention of
maintaining II until the arrival in Sa-
vannah, hut at Richmond the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry was found awaiting the
Cadets on a special train and il was nee
essary to transfer the company to the
special.
Capt Brooks spoke especially of the
KINDNESS OF capt. Frank Cunningham of
the Walker Light Guard. Capt. Cunning
ham Is a city official. and one Of the most
popular men In Richmond. He seemed to
know everybody and devoted much of his
time to making the Cadets acquainted and
adding to the pleasure OF their stay In
every way. Capt. Cunningham has a fine
voice and took leading part in the large
chorus, which sang the southern ballads
at the confederate reunion.
Before his departure, Capt. Cunningham
presented Capt. Brooks with an old sword
given him by the widow of a confederate
veteran from Georgia, who married in
Virginia and died there. His name was
Tom Ward, but his widow does not know
to what command he belonged or from
what portion of this state he came from.
Capt Cunningham is in hopes that this
old sword may lead to the discovery of
this information I'm order that the widow
may secure the pension to which she is
entitled under the law of Virginia, provid-
ing she can establish the fact that she is
the widow of a confederate veteran. To
do this II is necessary to establish to
what command the deceased soldier he
lOnged. Capt. Brooks would be glad to
hear from any one knowing of a Georgia
soldier by that name who afterwards set
tied in Virginia.
The trip home was uneVentful. and after
three days spent in marching and sight
seeing, the boys slept soundly the whole
way. The men arrived in good health. and
with a good rest last night they will be
ready to take up the ordinary routine of
their daily labors this morning.