The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-03
FIRST COMPANY ORGANIZED.
VETERANS GETTING THE HOME
GUARD IN SHAPE.

Capt. II. VI. Branch Elected Captain
of the First Company, and Cnpt.
John n. Dillon and Mr.. +. ID. Blood
! worth Licutenants-WiII EndeavOr
TO Organize battalion and Elect
Mator-President McGInshan
Speaks of Davis Birthday-speciaI
Meeting Next Week to Discuss the
Annual Reunion.
| The Confederate Veterans Association
! completed the organization of the first
| company of the home guard at their meet
! ing last night in the Superior Court room.
| There was a large attendance of the
| members and the committee appointed to
suggest names for officers reported sew
eIal names, from which the association
might make choice. The election result
ed as follows:
Captain-H NJ Branch
First Lieutenant-John R. Dillon.
Second Lieutenant-F. D. Bloodworth.
There are already seventy-six members
enrolled for the first company, and it will
be put in shape at once for service when
needed. Just exactly what steps will be
taken has not been decided yet, though
that will probably be discussed in the
very near future.
The plan of the association is to organ
ize two companies from its ranks as soon
as 1t can secure $50 members, making
about seventy-fve men to the company.
II is then expected that another cOmDanv
VIII be organized from the veterans IN the
lafayette McLaws Camp. L. c. v. and
the three companies thus formed will con.
sutute a battalion which viii be put in
command of a major.
cen. McGlashan, president of the asso-
citation, who was in the chair, called the
ATTENTION Of the veterans to the fact that
to-day is the birthday Of President Jeffer-
son Davis of the Confederacy. which has
Deen made legal holiday by the slate
OF Georgia. He delivered a very appro-
pirate Sulosy upon the late president and
stated that for many reasons the associa.
ton had not made provision this year for
celebrating the occasion. The association
Wouid look forward to 1t with interest an
other year, he said and would make ar
Iahgements for celebrating IL at that time.
An invitation from the Daughters of the
Contederacy to the association inviting
the veterans to attend the exercises TO
hlght at $50 o'clock al the Savannah Vol
untoer Guards hall, at which medals win
De presented for the best essays on the
SUBJECT of the late war, was read and the
association decided to accept It.
a letter was received from Mrs Lucy A.
Fnlter of Greenvlle Tex, thanking the
association for placing a stone upon the
grave of her husband, Gen Phifer of the
confederate army who was buried here
apout two years ago. Gen. Phifer was a
graduate of West Point, and a member OF
the engineer corps of the United States
army prior to the war. He became a brig
adler general under the Confederacy.
1t was decided TO hold a special meeting
next Thursday night for the purpose of
discussing the annual reunion of Confed
crate Veterans to be held in Atlanta IN
July. The question of the uniforms tn ha
worn, will be taken up, and delegates TO
the convention will be elected The special
meeting for making these preliminary ar
engagements was called on account of the
fact that the next regular meeting of the
association comes too late in the month