The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-10
THIRD cEoRGI.'s FEAST DAY.
Col. Berner's Regiment VIII Eat,
Drink and he Merry.


The ladies who have interested them
selves in the dinner for the Third Georgia
Regiment were busy yesterday getting
everything in preparation for the event.
They will serve the companies to-day at
o'clock
The dinner will be at the camp OF the
regiment. in the company streets. Each
company viii have corps of some ten or
twelve ladies' to serve the men. There
will be a recognized head for each table,
and those who assist Will lend every effort
to make their company fare as well as any
other. Many society people will be out
for the occasion. Great interest has been
manifested by the ladies', and no question
as to the success of the dinner is enter
tanned.
Much will depend upon she weather. #
the day is as bad as yesterday it viii
be a great drawback. The ladies are mop
ing for clear day and the members Of
the regiment join them in the hope. If
it rains the tables and their contents viii
get wet, and the dinner Will not be as fine
as might be wished An effort viii be
made to have all The tables covered with
canvas If there is any likelihood of the day
being rainy. The soldiers viii do this If
they can find canvas about the camp.
The soldiers We're busy yesterday getting
their tables ready. Each company looked
after the building Of its own table. They
are made to run down the company
streets, and a long stretch of them is
necessary for the accommodation of all the
men,
Provisions and delicacies were sent out
to the camp in the afternoon, and more
viii go out to-day. Turkey, cranberry
sauce, cake, fruit and other things, VIII
be served The cooking will be done at
the camp, as each company has an oven
that will answer admirably for roasting
Turkeys can be cooked 10 a turn, and the
soldiers will again have the pleasure of
enjoying such feast as their mothers
used to cook"
Therell be no doubt about turkeys this
time, the ladies think. They have gotten
enough together to insure every man get
ting good share. Fifteen turkeys to a
company is the way the ladies have figured
1t out.
1t is not proposed to have everything
thrown into general supply for distri-
button among the companies every one
getting its pro rata. This plan was tried
for the Thanksgiving dinner, and Il work
was an instance, however in which one
regiment did not get enough, the ladies'
in charge of il said, and Il is desired for
every company to get all its members can
eat. For this reason it was decided by
the committee that everything should be
left to those in charge of the companies
Whatever they and their assistants could
get together might be devoted 10 their own
particular companies. The chairman of
the committee Mrs. ". G.. Charlton only
had the right reserved to expend any funds
that might be found necessary for the
purchase of supplies to exc out those for
any company for which all that were need
ed might not be secured. BY this plan it
is expected that every man will get as
much as he can conveniently dispose Of
Most of the ladies have decided to take
the trip out to the camp In army wagons.
One will be sent in for the ladies who will
assist at each company. They will be
| sent to such places as may have been
designated. 1t may be a bad ride on a
rainy day, but those who are to take II
insist that they viii be undeterred by
| weather.