The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
EVANS TO MEET VETERANS.
coMMANDER OF GEORGIA DIVISION
TO BE CONSULTED.

The Executive Committee Has In
vited Him, Through Its Chairman,
col. Screveu, to Visit Savannah
on Tuesday, or Any other COnven-
lent Time During the Early Part
of the Monticello Is to Help Ar
range the Programme and Sug-
rest suitable Guests of HOnOr-sub-
committees Soon to BE Organized
and in Full Working Operation.
Some time during the present week,
nrobably on Tuesday, Gen. Clement A.
Evans. commanding the Georgia Division
If limited Confederate Veterans, will be
in Savannah He will come the guest
If the reunion executive committee, to
confer with its members in refernce to
the great gathering of Georgia Confeder-
ates in this city next month and to pro
vide for their reception and fitting enter
tainment.
The invitation to Gen Evans has been
sent by the chairman of the committee,
Col. John Screven. Gen. Evans was
asked to come on tuesday because on that
night the meeting of th@ Confederate Vet
Grams Association viii De held, and II was
thought that in this manner he would be
enabled 10 meet more of those primarily
interested in the movement than in any
other. Should he come on the day sug-
sested, Gen. Evans will attend the meet
ing of the association and afterward will
be met in general conclave by the MEM
bers of the executive committee AT this
gathering the questions Of moment In re-
gard to the reunion viii be considered.
Every indication points to the conclusion
that the reunion will be by far the largest
gathering of Georgia Confederates that
has ever been held. BY every mail the
secretary receives a numhr Of letters from
those seeking informal ton and who express
their intention Of coming. These letters
give also estimates Of the number from the
sections of the state in which the writers
reside that will attend, and from these
data it is reliably estimated that the crowd
will not be less than 5000 and will probably
reach 10000 This estimate includes nor
only the veterans themselves, but also
their families and friends and that large
number that will be drawn to savannah by
desire to see the sights.
The executive committee has had under
consideration lately the question of COM
mittees and has virtually decided of W. ON
these shall consist. Some of these COM
ullCteeS, LllOuSu, nave not QltH GHl-AG4y
filed and the executive committee is waiting
the time when this shall have been accom-
ptished before making public the entire list
of names. All of this will BE-
cone within the next week o.
ten days and after that TIME the
active work of arranging the programme
and preparing for the reunion IN earnest.
In the matter of arranging the programme
aud filing the list of guests of honor it
was thought proper to concede considera-
ton to the wishes of Gen. Evans, who, as
commander of the division the committee
felt entitled to it, This despite the fact
that Gen. Evans has never expressed him
self on the subject one way or another,
and has manifested throughout naught but
an abiding and strong interest in the re-
union and its success.
Much of the information that Us usually
sought by those intending to come to the
reunion viii be given in the guide book
that is soon TO be published. This will be
a handsome affair." and will contain, be-
sides all necessary Information in regard
TO the programme, other articles descrip-
tive of the points of interest about the city
and valuable historical and biographical
sketches. The book will be profusely Illus
trated by cuts and engravings and hand
somely printed and bound.
One of the schemes for the identifying
of the city on the nights of the reunion
contemplatcs the decoration of the Park
extension with hundreds of electric lights,
while the Conf erate monument in the
center is to be ablaze with them. It is
intended that in the Park extension two
or more bands shall play during the even
irlgs, so that those who do not care to at
tend the more ambitious enterta. nments
that are to be provided, may find here a
quiet time and coed muse. 1t is in,ended
tnat night II uminatons shall be feature
of The gathering and it is hoped by the
committee on decorations that as many
firms and individuals possible may so
far in crest themsei, ee in the matter as to
decor ate in tbs manner their residences
and places of business.
Immediately after the visit of Gen.
Evans, the finance committee of the re-
Union will begin its canvass for funds.
This committee Is headed by Capt. Francis
D. Bloodworth, and embraces not only
some of the leading veterans, but also a
number of the most prominent business
men III the city. To carry out the reunion
\ on the intended scale and with the desired
4 credit to the city. no small sum of money
q ~ necessary, aud the finance committee
n are hopeful that their pleas will meet with
liberal response. They submit that it
can be only on a few other occasions
that the people of Savannah will be per-
nitted to entertain these old heroes Of the
q lost cause, and trust that they will not
ne niggardly in their subscriptions to
make this reunion memorable and pleas
ant.