The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-16
IN THE NAME OF THE DEAD.
mr. ,ITIFUL BANNER PRESENTED
MLAWs CAMP OF VETERANS.

prcsentatiOn Made at the Camps
yeetinE by Veteran It. u. Gather
wood. in a Graceful and Feeling
Sncech-The Banner Received by
CbapIain A. ID. Characterization
of respect Passed to the Memory
of DeDarted Members-ReuniOn
Committee on Convention and
nails Divided Into sub-COmmit-
lessons of Veterans VIII Enter
tain Their Delegates Wednesday
Night.
The banner that will be carried in the
,ar,de of to-day week by Lafayette Nc
laws Camp of United Confederate Veter-
ans was presented to the camp last night,
an behalf Of the donors by Mr.. T. B.
ratberwood, in an eloquent speech, that
carried with it at once the fire and the
sentiment of the old South and the sturdy
confidence in its destiny of the new.
The banner is the gift of several of the
members of the camp, who have express
ed a modest desire that their names re-
main in the background. 1t has already
hean described in detail in the Morning
News. and is certainly one of the hand
soonest of its kind. 1t is certain to attract
favorable attention in the parade of the
veterans.
In presenting the flag to the camp
Veteran Catherwood said, in part: Mr..
Chairman and My Comrades: There comes
10 US tonight a reminder of the deeds and
the suferings of men, the bravest of the
brave, and the right to an indulgence In
recolectons of achievements, whose splen-
doris have never been surpassed. History
who heeds not the special pleading of the
triumphant; history who honors the brave,
because in the deeds of the brave she finds
her truest right to existence; history will
elorify our fallen comrades, and will JUS
tify US; history may lament the loss of a
principle in national government, but will
take glory from the deeds of the defenders
Of that principle"
q am commissioned, my comrades, by
the giYers of this banner, to present it to
Lafayette McLaws Camp in the name of
the dead who fell to illustra te the South
and to say that this slight gift is no meas
ure of their love for or devotion TO the
great and undy.ng cause of human hber-
tv Sir, with these memoir
les stirring the pulses and firing the blood
into your hand 1 deliver this gift of gen.
erous and loving hearts and souls, feeling
sure that the camp which has hOnored it,
self by adopting the name of a true Con-
federate, a valiant soldier, a skilful and
always to be trusted general, win keep
faithful watch over it forever"
Mr. Catherwoods affecting speech was
received by the camp with a round of APP
plause Mr.. Catherwood then delivered
the banner to Commander Chestnut, who
in turn handed it to Chaplain A. D. Co
hen. by whom it was accepted in the name
Of the camp.
McLaws Camp elected five new members
at its meeting, Messrs. E. H. Alley, j.
7. Thornton, T. E. Bourquin, James NJ
Smith and Robert o. Heth. Resolutions
Of respect and coincidence were offered by
the several committees, by which they had
been prepared, upon the deaths of Veter-
ans R. G. Norton and L. Q. C. McCrary
members of the camp recently deceased
Each of these resolutions provides that
it shall be spread upon the minutes and
a copy sent TO the family of the dead vet
Gran, whose loyalty and devotion it is
sought to commemorate.
The camp also passed a vote of thanks
to the veterans who had donated the ban
ner, and another to Veteran Catherwood
for his forceful speech in presenting it.
Several of the members urged upon the
camp of the necessity of appearing with
full ranks in the parade of next Thursday
the TACT that the parade is to be held in
the home city of the camp making this
full turn out of the members especially
to be desired and more than ordinarily es-
sential.