The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-11
THE BLUES AND THE GRAYs.
Purposes of the Society and Its Plan
of Organization.

Purposes of the Society and Its Plan
of Organization.
The general objects of the society of the
Society of Blues and Grays, reference to
which was made in the Morning News yes
terday, are for patriotic, social, athletic,
mutual benefit, and military and naval ed
ucational purposes. The special object is
to provide and constitute in times of peace
common meeting grounds for those who
participated in the war of 1893, either as
soldiers or auxiliaries, and their descend
ants.
The society, is intended not alone as is
customary in such cases, as social body,
to unite those who participated actively
in this war, but also as a permanent fac
tor or force TO draw a lesson from The
past for the benefit of the future-and TO
associate with each company in the field,
a home society which shall be interested in
its welfare.
/ The various ladies' auxiliary leagues will
be permanently interviewer with the So
ciefy, and thereby attain a stability for
future work not heretofore attainable.
The society as regards it's constitution,
is modelled upon that of the fraternal or
Notwithstanding supreme board of
trustees, circuit council, for each stale,
and local councils or branches, to be
known as commons, In towns and cities
The local council, or common, embraces a
company, and an auxiliary league; the
circuit council, one or more regiments,
etc. with ladies' auxiliary leagues
In time of war, the company would be
In the field, or ready TO go to the front;
the auxiliary league would see to it. that
the physical wants of the company in the
field and of the sick were properly pro-
vided primarily by the government, and
If necessary by local contribution; and
would also look after the families of those
at the from, and provide privately for
them, if necessary. One of the cardinal
principles will be to foster athletics.
The American youth is tending more and
more towards athletics There can be no
question of the advantage to the nation
which win result from fostering this ten
dency; in a military sense it becomes es-
pecially important. The superiority of the
physiuues of those troops, among whom
athletic sports are cultivated Is notable
It is not an unreasonable hope that the
commons" being now instituted win
spread scientific athletics throughout the
land, and provide a public common" in
every community.
The country has been and is full of pa
triotic men and women, who have done
and are stll DESTROYS of doing whatever
can be done by auxiliary leagues All such
are especially urged 10 bestir themselves
in forming commons" in their respective
communities and to take under their re-
spective wings a particular company
troop, battery, regiment or ship in which
they are the most interested-usually the
company which has been recruited in their
midst.
Any member of any company or friends
at home are especially invited to apply for
a charter; and which is intended to include
not only the men of the company, but
also any others they may see fit 10 asso-
ciate with themselves, and more especially
the folks at their respective homes, who
will constitute the auxiliary common" di-
rectly interested in them. Applications for
charters can be addressed TO Capt. ]. e.
Bloom, A. A. G., Second Brigade, First Di-
vision Seventh Corps, Savannah.