The morning news., 1899-11-24
GEN. EVANS ESCORT.
The Georgia Division HOnOred Its
Commander.

Commander.
The Georgia Division of the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans acted as es-
oort to Gen. Evans, commanding the
Georgia Division Of veterans. Owing to
the fact that the large majority of the
Sons of Veterans were in line with the
various military commands Of which they
are members. the turnout was not a large
one, but the division made a very pre-
sentable appearance.
Gen. Evans was mounted and accom-
panied by the following staff: Col. Will
liam l.. Crumley, acting adjutant; Col
j. w. Lindsey, Col. c. M. Wheatley, Col
Middl lebrooks, Col. James Screven, Col. j.
NJ. NVlnn, Mai. C. S. Arnan. Mai. James
r. Sheldon, Capt Adams and Capt
Penny.
The veterans line was a long one, prob
ably fifty camps being represented, with
anywhere from / to 100 representatives
each. The two local camps, of course, had
the largest representation, each having in
the neighborhood of 100 men i'm line, but
the Augusta, Macon and Atlanta camps all
showed up strong. The feature Of the
veterans parade was the number of old
batuehags in line, some of the camps hav-
ing as many as half a dozen.
The Bibb County Camp had been as
signed to the right of the line, with the
honor of color guard by the commanding
general. Veteran Alb Jones of Macon
Camp 4S4. held the division standard
aloft, while the camp flag was carried by
w. r. Harbun. Col c. NJ Wiley was in
command A detachment of S. NJ. Man
ming Camp of Hogansville marched with
the Bibb county veterans. With the Ma
con camp was an old negro drummer who
had accompanied one of the companies of
that city through the entire war and VINO
marched ahead of the camp steadily beat
Ing on his drum throughout the entire
parade
The Confederate Veterans Association
of Savannah, was next in line, over 100
strong, commanded by Gen. 2. McGlashan
who was mounted. The Savannah camp
was rich in flags. First was the old battle
fog Of the First Georgia, carried by Vet
eran w. II. Rose. who was wounded under
1t at the battle Of Peachtree creek, where
two color bearers were killed. The Gle
burne division flag, also belonging to the
old First Georgia, was carried by Veler-
an Joseph c. Cornell. Ano her Cleburne' S
division flag, that Of the Fffty-fourth Geor-
gia, to which regiment the Savannah Ca
dets belong was carried by Veteran w.
Is. Puder, member Of he Cadets. Sergt
Waller of the Fifty-seventh Georgia, and
Sergt J.. c. Downs of The Seventh Geor-
Sia, acted IS escort TO this flag.
Veteran r. w. Hunt carried the flag
OF the Confederate ram Stonewan. With
him were the two iittse sons of Chief En-
gineer Brooks, Of the ram, now dead
The flag Of the Twenty-second Alabama
Regiment was carried by Veteran +. L.
Cooper, who was accompanied by his
brother, Mr.. NJ. c. Cooper. The two Broth
ers, though natives of Georgia, were both
officers in the Twenty-second Alabama.
Maj, Henry L. Williams, who was re-
Gently appointed a member of his staff
by Gen. c. /. Walker, commanding the
South Carolina Division of the United Con-
federate Veterans, accompanied the Sa-
vannah camps and carried the South Car
olina Division flag.
Lafayette McLaws Camp, commanded
by Capt. c. l.. Chesnutt had nearly 100
men in line. Veteran 7. B. Catherwood
was the color bearer. The camp also had
a new stand of colors, presented to il only
yesterday, which were born by T. II. Max
well.
Next came the Two Augusta commands.
the Confederate Survivors Associa-
ton. Camp 4S5, commanded by
Capt j. II. Smith. Jr., had
nearly sixty men in line, the ma
jority neatly uniformed in gray. This
camp carried three flags besides its own
colors These were Cobbs Division nag,
by Calvin Seago; the Fifth Georgia In
fantry flag, by w. NJ. Dunbar: and the
Sixteenth Georgia flag, by J. M Buck.
John A. Price carried the camp colors
The four standard bearers marched in line
together, and made an effective picture.