The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-05

eseorting companies will take up the line
of march, under command of Capt. w. W.
Williamson. Company A, who is the senior
in rank. The Guards uniform of gray
will be worn.
The First Battalion of the Second Geor-
gia Regiment will be under command of
Lieut.. Col. William Garrard. First in the
line Will march Company b, Capt. Thomas
Screven. Then will come Company /,
Capt. w. T. Hopkins. Company M, Capt
W. G. Austin, will follow Company L.
and the rear will be brought up by Com
pany X, Capt. ]. Ferris Cam.
When the escort reaches Bull street, the
companies will be drawn up in line to al
low the returned soldiers to pass. The
one line will stand at the present, while
the other companies will march by at the
port The march will be continued to
the street in front of the armory where
the soldiers viii stack their arms and re
lieve themselves Of their equipment.
The captains of the home companies will
then meet the officers of their correspond
ing companies in the battalion and will
escort them up into the hall and seat them
at the special table that has been ar
ranged for them at the end OF the hall
The companies will have been turned over
to the first sergeants, and, when notice is
received that all is in readiness, they will
give the order to march. The companies
will then march up to the hall. Each
company has had table arranged for it,.
and ample seating space has been pre-
pared for all.
The returned officers and men win be
waited on at the tables by their friends
who will welcome them. First however,
will be heard the speech of welcome from
Col. John Screven. The men viii be seat
ed at the tables, and then Col. Screven
win speak. No other speeches, the officers
say will be allowed-undl after the men
have had all they want to eat.
The ladies of the Guards Aid Society
were as busy as bees yesterday getting
everything in final readiness for the COM
ing of the troops. The notice they re-
ceived was none too long to enable them
to do everything necessary and they
had to lose no time. Ii is said many Of
them were up the major part of the night
preparing the dishes that will be placed
before the soldiers.
1t is safe to say that the men, as a
body, viii not have seen such a spread
as will lie before them this morning. They
have received splendid treatment at
Huntsville and at Atlanta, but nowhere
have the companies been treated as they
will be to-day. The hail. beautifully dec
Grated was all in readiness last night
The tables We're set, and huge piles Of
tempting fruit graced them, together with
vases of flowers and ported plants. A
soft radiance was Sheu over the scene
by arc lights shaded with red. Its beauty
win by by no means detracted from with
the coming of daylight.
The ladies of the aid society will be at
the hall TO welcome the troops. 1t is
requested that they all wear their badges
as it Is thought there win be such a
crush as to make il impossible TO admit
any others than those entitled to the con-
sheraton.
Some say they think the entertainment
viii be given the troops at a very oppor-
tune time, and that fully as large a crowd
viii b. out to witness their arrival as
would be the case were they to get in in
the afternoon or evening. More believe
however, that there will not be a very
large crowd out to welcome them.
The companies will bring their camp
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