The morning news., 1898-12-11
THIRD GEoReIA,s FEAST DAY.
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ard. Carriages were sent for the ladies
by Capt. Davies.
There seemed to be as much enjoyment
at Company A as anywhere. The men
were in excellent spirits and they left
nothing undone 10 show their appreciation
of what the ladies were doing. a photo
graph of the entire company and the ta
b,es just before the work of demolition
commenced was taken The ladies were
seated in the foreground of the picture.
Three cheers were given for the ladies aft
er the dinner was over, but in this there
was no variation from the general rule.
Not a company omitted cheers in honor
of the ladies. Some man would shout out
for the cheers, and they were always Civ
en- with will
Mrs j. H. Elton was in charge of Com
pany B. She and the small corps of ladies'
who assisted her had worked indefatiga-
bly,, and there was the greatest plenty.
This committee, as did most of the Others
had more than enough. Large quantities
were left at the camp to be used to-day.
Those who assisted Mrs. Elton were Mrs
John Derst, Mrs. A. r. Myres and Mrs.
w. p. Bailey.
Company c was favored with an unu-
sual number Of attractive young ladies,
and the service by dainty hands was well
coined with delight. Mrs. p. W. Meldrim
was in charge. Her assistants were Mes
danes 1. B. Tiedeman, T. NJ. Cunning
ham, Jr Remshart, Cassels and Misses
Saussy, Wilcox Remshart, Freeman, Co
mer. Withers and Gordon. One of the
young ladies' had her camera along. and
secured pictures of the scene just before
the soldiers began their attack. Chaplain
Louis Warren asked a Blessing upon the
dinner officers and men were outspoken
in their expressions of gratitude They
appreciated beyond measure the coming
of the ladies' Their agreeable visit will
be long remembered.
Miss Addie Orme was a power in the
work Company E had been assigned to
her. and no more excellent showing was
made than that at her table. Rain had
been falling during the morning, and 1t
appeared that a covering that had been
built over the table might be of service.
The rain ceased, however, and the shed
only stood as an evidence of the interest
that had been taken by the company in
the affair and the good management that
had looked forward to its being equal to
an emergency. The tables were nicely
decorated. and this was the only
company that had seats. Miss
Orne was aided by Mesdames d. Y.
Dancy, n. f. Jackson, A. B. HUI, p. IL.
smets and Miss Righton Habersham.
The ladies who looked after Company g
had not quite so hard time Of it as 9th
ers at the camp The advantage Of a
house In which to make all their prepara-
tions was had and the work was pursued
with slightly increased comfort. This
house is used for cooking purposes by the
company, and 81 stood the ladies IN good
stead An energetic bevy of young ladies
aided in the work Mrs. A. G. Bouton was
in charge. She and her assistants had Sc
cured large quantity of everything need
ed enough to add the hospital its sick
and lis corps, TO their company. These as
sislants were Mesdames T. F. Johnson, c.
L. Elliott r. n. Cornwall the Misses
Harmon, johnson and Boulineau. Miss Te-
ME Roberts and Miss Mabel Strachan.
Companies d, !, X. l. and NJ came intc
the city for dinner. Company ID dined al
the home OF Mrs Julian y. Johnson, No
2l2 Liberty street. easL a large room had
tables placed IN order, and the ladies were
} able 10 serve The entire company Of nearly
| eighty men IN two details u was not un
| ~ some hours had been spent al Mrs
Iohnson's that the company return