The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-23
HONOR OF WASHINGTON.
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Icou.e here. for he believed their pres.
@ gould do the militia good, and that
'".i l.t thus been sown which will crop
~, brave and beautiful fruit.
response to the toast to The Army
made by Gen. Otis. Gen. Otis said
w. very much grathed with what he
H t seen of the work of the regiment. II
.tc7ed the men carefully" he said, land
U5 not note a single mistake. Their
Ark was almost perfect. This is some
d Ming the regular troops generally fail 10
NV Cen Ous spoke of Georgia as
s Ssing foremost among the states of
4 sa south in volunteer militia organiza-
q IONS and i'm these, he said, rests the hope
If the nation. The regular army is small,
mere nucleus. 1--WE are the army of
ns,oe. YOU will become the army of war"
,svee hearts and Wives" was the toast
assigned to Capt. Oscar ]. Brown, who in
sisted that for such a subject he always
asnted plenty of preparation. He spoke
most Enthusiastically of the Georgia Vol
nicer forces, calling attention especially
10 tae fact that the present status of the
troors is due entirely TO their own efforts,
and the result of money paid out of their
own pockets.
Col. C.. A. Woodruff made a delightful
address on the line of the volunteer mill
tia and the dependence placed in them. 1t
always interests officers of the army, he
said TO know how the volunteers are pre-
p4red and are preparing for war. He.
thought military spirit should be incul-
Gated beginning with the public schools,
and carried throughout. There are 10000
volunteers in the United States, and % 600
IN the regular army, while there are TO-
If the occasion comes these forces have
got to meet well-trained armies. He was
glad therefore, TO see such a military spir-
it as ne found in Savannah. He had
visited many cities in the country during
his experience in the army, he said, but
never had he found such military spirit
as is shown here in Savannah
Col W. w. Gordon of the First Cavalry
Regiment referred to the garrison at one
time located here, and expressed a hope
that such would again soon bring army
officers to Savannah. Savannah, he saio.
Is always glad to see them. In commend
ing military spirit, Col Gordon referred
TO The incident of the Maine accident when
detachment was sent to, flood the gun
cotton and never returned That. he said
was heroism such as called to mind tne
words of Tennyson upon the famous Six
Hundred
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die;
Into the valley of death rode the six Hun
dred." s&9E
Maj. w. S. Patten, in responding. very
gracefully proposed a toast to Savannah
to which there was a hearty response
Lieut. Lucas of the Naval Reserves re-
81 lqfa
himself as highly pleased with the work
OF the regiment. The work done was
comparatively a new thing with the regu.
lar army, he said He did not think the
DAY far distant when a detachment of
uoops will be located on Tybee. Mai. Ed
ward harow made a few remarks in his
usual humorous style
zen. Sorrel was warmly appiauded when
ne arose. The lessons learned bv the two
armies, North and South, from 81 to '65.
ne sad, were calculated to make the
United States great nation Tt is now the
t4e intention of all to contribute to the
glory OF that flag under which we live.
~ LaWton referred to Capt. John
Ilaunefy thirty-dve years of service as
captain of the Irish Jasper Greens. In
the reconstruction period he was nraoti
Cal'y captain but without a commission
apt. Flannery made very appropriate
IeSpohse in which he said he proposed to
Hie IN MS same position, so much was he
IN love with his command
MaJ' helIey, brother of Rev. Father
Ne'ley OF Savannah, a guest of Cant
TIdhhery expressed, his qualification for
'ne privilege of being present. He gave
sC'ne interesting personal "reminiscences
~ zen Longstreet, he and Gen. Sorrel
e l'~'''s peeh attached to the same Confed-
bi Co T.. Lawton spoke of the. connection of
ITirst9 'e s..,,, zen. a, r. Lawton, with the
ist artillery Regiment. u s A of
which Maj. Tiernon was renresant,tt,,' VI
- -laJ' llernon made most interes tine,
i a. upon the subject of the artillery
~ osIess and its growing Importance
ala apt 1illette In his response said he
5t5 Hol thlnk war good thing b,,t ba
fon DeieVe II a good thing to get ready
- !" An army therefore is a pood
us lbs TO Keep Like a revolver in Texas
o "lIen 1t Is wanted, it is wanted had He
,,o,,ra' nued the martial spirit among the
Str men Of Savannah, and expressed n
growth. "tiiuance and
pron gt, 1tIeng very gracefully and alb
Pogl;Iely proposed a toast to the First
regiment, Georgia Volunteers Cn1 pnn
I5, made a few remarks, and Cant r
looAs spoke of the enthusiasm ,bovyo
~ g the men in forget practice Mai
spoke briefly. 80 --eiiiS hoiS'lorn
70 n rele We're calls for Use G'wine Back
nrar IKE and Col. Lawton favored those
1 G,P'sn with his interesting song. can't,
ro,, yi"e was called on, and sang "AnnIe
ta ,'4 ne after which he proposed toast
17-e 'ne dead but not forgotten heroes of
e,'% OF 1872 of 1912 and of both north and
aouyn OF lS6l-65, toast that was warmly
"i'piauded and heartily drunk.