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also closed during the afternoon. \
ball was given this evening by the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy.
which was a splendid success. Ii was
held in the arInvry which was hand
somely decora ted for the occasion and
was crowded with hundreds of citizens
and DISTINGUISHED Visitors from other
parts of the Statel
THE GRAY AND THE BLUE.
Savannah, Ga. Jan. 19.-The Thirty
First Michigan Regiment of Volunteers
, was given Il camp dinner to-day on The
anniversary OF tie birth of Robert T..
Lee, by the First Volunteer Regiment
of Georgia, foruserly the First Georgia
Volunteers. the Michigan soldiers
neighbors in camp at Chickamauga and
vannah. The dTrner was served by the
members of the Georgia regiment and
by the ladies of SAVANNAH. The camp
ing ground looked more like Park
than a military reservation. Pines and
palmettoS had been placed in the
ground and the company streets looked
like a grove The men ate at long ia
bles, which had been decorated with
potted plants. Each table was occu-
pied by one company and had the COM
pany letter suspended over 1t with
welcome" Despite the cold weather
the ladies went out to the camp and
waited on the volunteers In the bleak
wind. The men sat at the tables for an
ncur. during Tine dinner SpSeCnSsS were
made by Colonel Gardner. of the Michi-
gan regiment, Colonel Lawtor, of the
First Georgia, and Lieutenant Colonel
Shuben. of the Michigan. After the
dinner the regiment gave dress pa
rade in the park The Georgia HUI
Ears. the famous jeff Davis Legion of
the Confederate army. which acted as
President McKinley's escort during his
recent visit to Savannah, and the Chat
ham Artillery next to the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery of Boston. the old
est artillery organization in the coun-
try paraded. The artillery marched
through the streets to the park where
the customary salute of twenty-one
guns was fired in honor of the Confed-
crate hero.
NEW YORK.
New York, Jan. 19.-The Confederate
Veterans Camp of the City of New
York gave it's ninth annual dinner in
memory of the birth OF General Robert
T. Lee tonight at the Windsor Hotel
The leading members or the Southern
colony of the city attended Covers
were laid for $50 guests. and there
many women present.
Edwin Owen. commander OF the
camp. presided. At this table were
among others: Bishop IL. c. Potter.
Bishop ]. b. Cheshire, OF North Caro-
lima: Hampden Robb, H. S. Thompson,
Colonel and Mrs. John c. Calhoun. Mr..
ana MIS-. william MCAUOo, Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff. Major S. +. Briggs,
Il. b. Hay. of Washington, and Abner
Mckinley.
General Wheeler was to have re-
sponded to the toast, The American
Soldier" but he telegraphed Command
.er- Owen late In the afternoon that he
would be unable to be present.
BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, Jan. 19.-The birthday of
General Robert f. Lee was celebrated
in Baltimore to-day by the Society of
the Army and Navy OF the Confederate
States.
The nineteenth annual reunion of
the society was followed by n banquet
tonight. After Il business meeting at
Royal Arcanum Hall the members
marched to the Carrollton Hotel where
covers were laid for $50 in the BAN
quoting hall.
General Bradley #. Johnson presided
over the feast, with Captain George
w. Booth acting as POSTMASTER. Our
Infantry" was responded to by Senator
Lindsay. OF Kentucky; Our Cavalry"
by George Savage, of Baltimore: Our
Artillery" Judge deArmond. of Mis-
souri, "Our Navy" ]. \. Mason, of
Baltimore; Our Dead" Governor I'm
derwood. of Kentucky; 1.-The Women OF
the South. Colonel Bennett IL.
Young, of Kentucky.