The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-01
The TROOPS AT The FAIR.
BRUNSWICK IN THE HANDS OF IN
VADING SOLDIERS.

1 were hAEltu-IaTAne OF the SANNn=
nah and other visiting and Local
TrOOps-speech of the Governor.
How the Troops Were Enter
taiued.
Governors day at the Southeastern Fair
at Brunswick was a pronounced success,
and no factor contributed so greatly to 1t
as the presence Of the troops. No feature
of the fair attracted such attention or
seemed to cause more satisfaction. Every
body ives glad to see the soldiers and their
stay in the city was enjoyed, every hour
of it,
The contingent that went down from Sa-
vannah made up the greater part Of all
| the troops. The soldiers were all in fine
| fetter, too, and their appearance and con-
duct has seldom been surpassed Through
out the day the men were orderly, wen be-
haved and gentiemanIy, conduc ling them
selves as soldiers and as their officers de-
sired they should.
The people Of Brunswick were even
more than could have been expected as
| hosts. The visiting soldiers were enter
tanned with a lavishness that left its i'm.
! preston, and no one of them, returning
did not sing the praises of Brunswick and
It's people, young ladies and matrons.
came in for full need of the praise and
gratitude of the military, it having been
largely due to their efforts that they far
ed so well and enjoyed themselves so
| thoroughly.
Nothing occurred to in any way detract
from the satisfaction the officers and men
of the Savannah companies feel in having
taken the trip. In their soldierly bear
ing, department, drill exercises and
marchings they maintained their thor
oughly established record as representa-
tives of the military city of the
state. Praise of the soldiers was
unstinted, the people of Bruins
wick finding pleasure in their
visit and not hesitating to express that
and the wish that they would all come
again. If the opportunity should offer. it
is quite likely that every officer and man
who visited the city yesterday will gladly
embrace it.
1t was not until a late hour that the
train brought back the soldiers. The
hour of their arrival was close upon
o'clock this morning The train left
Brunswick at o'clock, but 1t did not re-
quire many miles for hotbox to develop
and thereafter they were sprung about
every ten miles. Consequently there were
delays
The run to Brunswick was made in
quick time, barely two hours and a half
being required. Mr.. William Butler trav-
cling passenger agent for the Florida Gen.
tral and Peninsular was in charge of the
special that carried the troops 1t left the
city at about s O'clock city time which
was just few minutes after the arrival
of the companies from their armory
Col. A. r. Lawton was in command of
all the troops that took part in the pa
rad9. The First (,poroiafc nd
fore devolved upon Lieut.. Col. Jordan +
Brooks. The First Battalion, which Is
that comprised by the Savannah eompa-
MES, was commanded by Capt. f. F.
Gleason of the Irish Jasper Greens, who
was succeeded in the command of his
company for the day by Lieut. L. A.
Leonard
The companies assembled at the armory
at o'clock Only two or three of those
who were expected to go failed to show
up, thereby showing that the trip had
brilliant enough prospects for them to IN
duce their rising at an early hour 1t
was discovered however when the COM
panies assembled that the expectations Of
some of the commanding officers had not
been realized, and that there were not as
many men as they had thought would
take the trip.
The Republican Blues led in men. I'm
der command of Capt. W. L. Gfayson the
company had fifty-six men. The Ogle-
thorpe Light Infantry. commanded by
Capt G. A. Gordon, were second with
forty-eight The Irish Jasper Greens car
ried thirty-six; the Savannah Cadets, I'M
der Capt. ]. T. West, thirty-four, and the
German Volunteers, commanded by Capt
c. Fl. konemann, twenty-five
Ten cars were used for the accommoda-
ton of the band, companies and headquar-
tiers. consultation of company COM
manders with Col. Brooks was held soon
a ffar the
the plan for the parade was settled upon
The fact that some of the companies had
so few men furnished a problem, as Col
Brooks desired to have them equalzed in
numbers, The proposal that this be done
by transferring some of the men from one
company to another did not meet with the
entire approval of the commanders of
those that had the most. IL was, there
fore, decided to combine the German Vol
unteers with the Kell Rifles, Capt. Bitch,
who came down from Statesboro and to
! divide the Republican Blues and the Ogle-
thorpes into two companies each
Two battaliOns of the First Regiment,
including the Waycross Rifles of the
Fourth, Capt Farr with twenty-eight
men, were therefore formed. In the first
which was commanded by Capt. Gleason,
| were the two companies of the Blues the
! Greens, the Cadets and the Waycross
| Rifles. In the second were the two COM
! panies of the Oglethorpes one commanded
! by Capt Gordon and the other by Lieut.
! ID. c. Barrow. the consolidated company
! of German Volunteers and Kell Rifles.
commanded by Capt. Konemann, and the
! Brunswick Riiemen commanded by their
/ first lieutenant.
Three div ons of naval mill ia were
! also in the parade. They were the Third
| from Savannah, under Lieut.. j. H. Kinzie,
! tweuty-siX strong. the First of Brun wick
under Lieut.. Frank Strachan, and the Tor
! redo Division of Brunswick, under Lieut..
! WIlght. The militia made a good display,
| TIE battalion being under Lieut.. Com
mander Ercughton If Savannah.
large crowd was gathered at the depot
10 welcome the visiting troops. The Bruins
wick Rifemen and the naval militia were
| there, drawn up as an escort. The march
was taken up 10 the armories of The local
commands, where refreshments We're serv-
ed, the visitors having, in but few in
stances, eaten breakfast before their de-
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