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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-22
CONVENTIONS FIRsT SESSION.
VIII BE called to Order at the Thea
ter by Gen. Evans.

VIII BE Called TO order at the Thea
ter by Gen. Evans.
The first session Of the.convention will
be held at the theater at 10 O'Clock this
morning At $50 o'clock. the chairman
and vice chairman of the Executive Com
mlttee Col. John Screven, Capt. r. d.
Bloodworth, and Col. J. II. Estill. will
meet at the De Soto, to escort Gen. Evans
to the theater. and upon their arrival. the
convention will be called to order
The interior of the theater viii be dec
GRATED foI the sessions during this morn
ing. This part OF the work has been put
OFF until to-day, because of the use of the
theater for its usual purposes. but 1t will
be none the less handsome and elaborate
ON this account.
Chairman Dillon. Of the Committee on
Convention and Halls. has announced the
following mode of admittance of the va
rious classes of persons. entitled to seats
in the theater at this mornings session:
The Commanding General and his staff,
the Mayor and aldermen of the city, and
the members Of the Executive Committee,
VIII be admitted at the Huh street en-
trance to the building, and win occupy
seats on the stage.
The guests Of honor of the committee
win also enter from Hull street. and will
also occupy seats on the stage. The
Daughters of the Confederacy and their
invited guests viii enter from Hun street
and occupy seats on the stage and in the
private boxes.
The accredited delegates to the conven-
ton will be admitted to the theater at the
main entrance on Bull street. and be con-
Quoted to seats on the first floor. The
general public will be admitted at the Bull
street entrance, and so far as their ca
pacity Will permit viii be given seats In
the balconies. Overcrowding, though, that
can only result in the failure of any part
r of the audience TO hear what is being said,
and in untold annoyance and inconven-
fence TO the officers of the convention and
the speakers win not be permitted.
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there were but few scattered camps. but
under his direction the confederation rap
idly grew to fairly large proportions
There are now 100 camps. In the number
within the confines of the several states
Georgia stands second, south Carolina be-
ing first with nearly half of the total en-
rollment. II appears that this superiority
in numbers In the state of South Carolina
is due TO the work of Commanders chief
Smyth and his adjutant general, Mr.. Dan
iel Ravenel, naturally greater in its infiu-
ence in these genuemen's native state
than anywhere else.
The commander of the Georgia Division
of the Sons of Veterans is Mr. HolIins N
randolph, also of Atlanta. New division
officers are TO be elected at this conven-
ton and the name of Capt u. III. Mo
Laws, commander of Francis S. Barlow
Camp and member of the Reunion Ex-
ecutive Committee, has been prominently
mentioned as the successor of Mr.. RAN
dolph. The officers are to be elected al
the session of the convention on to-mor-
row afternoon.
The Sons Of Veterans is the organizat ion
that is destined to carry on the work Of
the several Confederate ORGANIZATIONS IN
the future. Every descendant of a Con-
federate soldier or Sailor. who did his dutv
faithfully and well, is eligible to member
ship and In every city and town in the
South camps are. being organized ana
their membership rolls steadily Increased
Ii is confidently hoped that within the
next few years the confederation VIII ex
tend from one remote part Of the country
TO another aud that there will not he y
state in the Union that will not contain
an organization of this character
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mander Hollins N Randolph, should he
be present, or by such Of his officers as
he may designate to preside In his abb
sence..
The address of welcome on the part Of
the city will be delivered by some one Of
the city officials designated by Mayor N.Y.
ers and that on the part of Barlow Camp
by its commander, Capt. U. H. McLaws.
The response will be by Division Com
nander Randolph or That member of his
official family designated to act in his ao-
sence.
The supper 10 the visiting delegates to
the Convention of The Sons Of Veterans.
that will be given by Barlow Camp, will
take place tonight in the supper room
at Odd Fellows Hall 1t is expected that
about 200, including the members OF the
local camp, will sit down TO the feast. The
commander Of Barlow Camp Capt nc
Laws, will act as POSTMASTER and Will in
troduce the distinguished visiting members
Of the confederation and others who will
respond to the toasts. The supper is 90
be furnished by the Independent Society
of St, Pauls Church. The following Is
the regular programme of the reunion II
the Sons for the three days:
Wednesday. Nov. %
10 a. m.-Morning session of convention,
odd Fellows Hall.
Call to order by Division Commander
HollinH n. Randolph appointment of Gre
dental Committee. Addresses of welcome
Response. Report of Credential Commit
tee.
p. m.-Afternoon session of convention
Business of the division.
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THE FIREMEN's PARADE.
Department Will Furnish the Street
Feature of the Day.

Department Will Furnish the Street
Feature of the Day.
The only street feature of to-day's pro-
gramme for the entertainment of the Wis
iting veterans will be the annual parade
of the Savannah Fire Department in the
afternoon. The firemen will be summoned
from their houses by a tap on the Big
Duke about $3.50 p. m. This will be the
signal for assembling on Oglethorpe ave
nue.. where the parade will be formed with
the right resting on Abercorn street.
The department will be out in full force.
including the reserves In all there will
be twenty-five engines, reels and other ma
chimes In line, besides the two bands IN
less there should be a fire tonight or to-
morrow to interfere with the plans of the
nremen and take the shine off their ma
chimes, the display will be the best the
Savannah department has ever made The
men have been hard a work for the last
several days making their preparations.
The machines have been polished until
they shine like mirrors, and every piece
of woodwork and every strap and buckle
of the harness is as bright and clean as
1t Is possible for IL TO be-. The horses were
freshly clipped yesterday and the polish of
their coats will rival that of the machines
TO which they are attached.
The permission to decorate their ma
chimes viii be availed of by the firemen.
Their friends have taken an interest in
this matter, and large contributions of
| flowers have been made. The men at head
quarters at Indian and West Broad streets
have been particularly fortunate in this
respect. Large donations of flowers were
received by them yesterday from Pooler
/ Guyton and Meldrim. The men win be
out in their new winter uniforms. with
| white standing collars, white gloves and
| buttons, badges and insignias, neatly pol
ished. In fact, it will be a genuine dress
| parade, and 1t is to be hoped that neither
| fire nor rain Will interfere to mar the ef-
! feet which is otherwise assured.
The line will be- readiness to move at
o'clock The line of march will be on
| Oglethorpe avenue to Habersham, coun-
| termarching to the north side of the ave
| nue. and back TO Jefferson street on Jer-
| ferson to Broughtcn and thence on Brough-
| ton 10 Bull, south on Bun to Jones to
| Drayton, north on Drayton to Oglethorpe
/ avenue, and thence to Habersham. where
| the parade will be dismissed. The Mayor
and aldermen and the commander of the
| veterans and his staff will review the pa
rade from the balcony of the Guards Ar
| senal.
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THE JUNIOR VETERANS.
History of the Organization That
COnvenes Here To-day.

COnvenes Here To-day.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans is the
youngest of The three Confederate organ
izations. 1t had its birth at the reunion
in Richmond, in June and July of 1896
and during the three years of its history
has gained a constantly increasing uum-
Der of strong and sympathetic members
and adherents
The organization found its purpose and
excuse for existence in the forced reaiiza-
ton of the fact that the veterans them
selves could not be long the preservers and
upholders OF the truths of history and
that the duty must necessarily devofve
upon their sons and more remote descend
ants. The veterans themselves were
among the more enthusiastic of those who
favored the organization of the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans, and it was
largely through their influence that the
confederation had its birth under such
suspicious circumstances.
Mr.. ]. E. B. Stuart, of Richmond, was
elected the first commander-in- eff of
the organization, to be succeeded before he
had served out the term for which he was
elected by Mr.. Robert "A. smyth, of
Charleston. MIR. Smyth had been elected
at the first meeting to the office of COM
mander of the department of Northern
Virginia, next in rank and Importance to
that OF chief, so that at The
resignation of Mr.. Stuart he assumed com
mand and control. He was twice reelected
and would have been at the Charleston Re-
union during the current year, had he not
declined the office and refused most posi-
lively to accept it.
1t his place was elected Mr.. Walter T.
Colquitt Of Atlanta. Mr.. Colquitt has
taken charge of the work with the fine
enthusiasm that distinguished his prede-
cessor and has already demonstrated his
fitness for the position. He has been most
active in securing the attendance of dele
gates from the various camps in the state
TO the Savannah Reunion and viii deliver
an address to the Veterans and Sons of
Veterans at the session of the convent on
on tomorrow evening, Mr. Colquitt IS
one of the most distinguished of de
younger members of the Atlanta bar IN
his work for the benefit of the Sons of
Veterans he has had the enthus' astic CO.
operation of Adjutant General Quinby.
Much Of the success of the confederation
of Sons of Veterans has attained is due
to the indefatigable industry of Command
er-in-Chief Robert A. Smyth, who refused
reelection at the last convention. When
Mr.. Smyth assumed charge of the office
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valuable aids in making 1t the success it
promises to become.
When the delegates to the reunion re-
turned to Savannah they brought back the
Endorsement of Gen. Evans and the dele
gates from the other camps in the state
and submitted the question to the various
Confederate organizations In the city, in
GLIDING the Sons of Veterans and the
Daughters of the Confederacy and to the
mass Of the citizens generally. The matter
was taken up enthusiastically, an execu-
tive committee with Col John Screven, as
chairmani Capt. F. D. B.oodworth and
Col. j. II. Estill, as vice chairmen, was at
once organized, and an invitation extend
ed to the division to meet in Savannah on
Nov. %, % and "a. 1t was accepted.
The Georgia Division is one of the most
prosperous in the entire confederation. 1t
embraces now more than 100 camps, in al
most as many counties, and is most cap
ably Differed and conducted. At the pres
ent reunion 1t is to be divided into bri-
gades, on the plan proposed by Gen. Evans
and his advisory committee, which was au-
thorized to and did meet in Atlanta for
this purpose. 1t will also adopt constitu-
ton and bylaws, which the same commit
tee has prepared, copies of which will be
submitted to each of the delegates when
The convention assemblies this morning
The objects of the general confederation
are set out in its constitution to be to
bring about social meetings of the sur
vivors of the Confederate armies and
navy, to help the needy among them, to
preserve the relies and memories of the
war and to cause to be written an impair
tial history of the conflict between the
states The proposed constitution of the
Georgia division follows this general pur-
pose and declares its adherence to the
same general principles of belief and con-
duct.
There are worthy purposes and high
ideals that hold the United Confederate
Veterans together They have sought the
perpetuation of the truth and the defeat of
error, and they have waged gallant and
chivalrous warfare TO accomplish their
destined ends. In their history there has
never been a trace OF selhshness, and they
have asked only that posterlty should be
put in fun possession of the reasons and
causes that impelled them to make the
sacrifices that they did. They would have
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Invocation. by Rev. Charles H. Strong.
Roll call of camps. by the SECRETARY.
Appointment OF Committee on Creden-
tails, by division commander.
Address of welcome on behalf of the
citizens of Savannah. by Hon. Herman
Myers. Mayor
Address OF welcome on behalf Of United
Confederate Veterans, Sons OF Confederate
Veterans and Daughters of the Confeder-
acy, resident in Savannah, by Col. John
Screven chairman of the Reunion Exec
utive Committee.
ode of welcome, read by Miss Hulda Nc
Glashan.
Response to addresses of welcome. by
division commander Gen. Clement A.
Evans.
Report of Committee on Credentials.
General report of division commander
Special report of division commander and
his Advisory Committee on the New Con-
stitution, and the subdivision of the d.
vision into brigades.
Appointment of special committees.
Introduction of Daughters of the Con-
federacy, and address by Mrs Margaret
Branch Sexton, president of Charter
Chapter.
D. m. Afternoon session of the conven-
ton at the Guards Armory.
Introduction of resolutions and reference
to appropriate committees.
Reports of committees.
Introduction of distinguished guests.
Miscellaneous business.
40 D. m. Annual parade of the Savan-
nah Fire Department, reviewed by the
Mayor and aldermen and the convention,
from the balconies of the Guards Arm
Dry.
D. m. Evening session of the conven-
ton, Guards Armory.
Music, Confederate airs.
Introduction of Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams and addresses.
Miscellaneous business.
Music and fireworks in Park Extension
on Wednesday evening.
Thursday, Nov 23-
10 a. IN. Morning session of the conven-
| ton, Savannah Theater.
Reading of minutes.
Introduction Of resolutions and reference
to appropriate committees.
Reports of committees, and discussion of
! reports.
/ Addresses
! Miscellaneous business.
$3.50 p. m. Parade of the Veterans, Sons
! of Veterans and military.
7:SO p. m.-Informal public reception to
! Gov and Mrs. Gambler, at the De Soto Ho-
! tel.
$50 p. m.-Evening session of the con-
venton, Guards Armory.
Music, Confederate airs.
| Reports of &C mmittee
| Discussion Ct he reports and addresses.
Introduction of resolutions.
Miscellaneous business.
Music and fireworks in Park Extension
on Thursday evening.
Friday Nov o.
10 a. m.-Morning session of the conven-
ton, Savannah Tkeater.
| Reading of minutes,
Introduction of resolutions and reference
| to appropriate committees.
Rerorts of committees.
Discussion Of reports of committees.
| Miscellaneous business.
Confirmation of the minutes of the days
| session.
| Adjournment sine die.
| p. m.-EXcursion and oyster roast for
| Veterans, Sens of Veterans and Daughters
of the Confederacy, and their families.ani
! those with their families, who have rem
| dere material aid to the local reunion com
| mitlees, 10 assist in entertaining The
| guests of the occasions
| Official d. G. Purse
| Committee on Programme
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VETERANS
MARCHINGIN
Savannah's Gates Wide
Open
To the Men Who Wore
the Gray.
Five Thousand Visitors Here.
TRAINS COMING CROWDED.
CONVENTION MEETS TODAY.
GEN. EVANS IN COM
MAND.
CONVENTION MEETS TODAY.
Features of the Reunion.

Georgia's Confederate Veterans will own
Savannah the next three days. Since yes
terday morning a constant stream Of vet
Grams, accompanied by their families and
friends. and augmented by a numerous ar
ray OF those not connected with any Con-
federate organization. has been pouring
into the city The veterans have come from
every county and town in the state. and
they have taken fun and complete pos
session.
Gen. Clement A. Evans, commander of
the Georgia Division, arrived in the morn
ing, and spent the day in looking after
the final arrangements for the sessions of
the convention, which win begin at 10
O'Clock. During the day Gen. Evans drove
over the city in company with the chair
man and some other members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, visiting the Park Ex-
tension, where the parade and review of
the Veterans Sons of Veterans and local
military win take place tomorrow after
noon.
There Is ample evidence that the Re-
union win be one of the most successful
In the history of the organization. Wis
itors are coming into the city on every
train, and The business and public build
ings have been more handsomely deco
rated than has ever been the case in the
past. Private residences have not Jagged
behind the procession, but from many of
them hang pendant flags and bunting in
the colors of the Confederacy.
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Bull street, in accordance with the plan
of the Committee on Decoration and Hlum-
nation, is a mass of color and at night,
will be ablaze with flashing electric
lights. Every square has been deliberately
ornamented, every monument has had add
ed touches of beauty that win assure the
veterans of the heartiness and sincerity
of Savannahs welcome The entrances
10 Forsyth Park have been draped in the
Confederate colors, pinned at the points
and intersections of the festoons, vita
electric lights of many shades of beauty.
At night the fountain in the center of the
park will present a spectacle that has had
no antelope in Savannah. The fountain
viii be ornamented with yards and yards
of bunting, while the bowl will be lined
with electric lights. At every point there
Will be other lights, that will transform
the spray from the fount into a myriad
blazing sparks, and throw the colors Of
the prism upon the screen of falling wa
ter
Down the central walk of the park,
from Castor street 10 the Confederate
monument there win be double rows of
colored lights. These viii lead to the
monument that viii be lighted with cleo
tricity from the pedestal TO the tin of the
NNt'S'+'-N VI tiiC 0DiaANi - inquire ludl cIONllS
the summit. Bunting and flags will be
used with liberal profusion and fine ef-
feet
The veterans, who had reached the city
by last night, were made welcome where
ever they went. The citizens met them
gladly, and from the staid business man
TO the veriest street urchin there was per
feet unanimity of effort 10 assure all the
visitors that the city and her people be-
longed for the time to them. The trains
that reached the city were met fifty miles
away, and every visitor who desired ac-
commodations was given directions as 10
where they could be found, and furnished
with information as to the whereabouts
and personal appearance of other agents
OF the committee, who would see that ac-
commodations for the veterans and other
visitors were found
The indigent veterans, not able to pro-
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HOW THE DAYS WILL PASS.
PROGRAMME OF THE REUNION AS
NOW ARRANGED AND PREPARED.

Preparations for the Reception and
Entertainment az the Veterans,
Sons Of Veterans and Daughters of
the Confederacy-FuII Programme
of the Sessions of the COnven-
tons of the Veterans and Sons.
Daughters VIII Hold No Business
Meetings, But VIII BE Entertained
at the Guards Hall, in the ParIors,
by the Members of Their LOcat
Chapter.
For the benefit of the visitors to the Re-
union, The Morning News re-publlshes this
morning the official programme, as origi-
naEy formulated and revised by later ac-
ton Of the Executive and other commit
tees. The programme now published is for
the three days of the session, Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday of the present week.
Wednesday, Nov. 22-
10 a m.-Morn,n session of the conven-
ton. Savannah Theater.
Convention called to order by Gen. Glenn
ont A. Evans, commanding Georgia Divis-
ion. U. C. V.
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clusively that the veterans and other Wis
itors are arriving in great numbers. 1t
was not possible to ascertain just how
rapidly the boarding houses are filling up,
or how many visitors are being entertained
by friends or relatives in the city, but 1t
was quite apparent from a glance al The
registers that the hotels received several
times as many guests during the day as
are ordinarily to be found on their books.
The managers Of the obstetrics seem well
pleased with the responses that have thus
far been made to the cordial Invitations
extended by Savannah and Che low rates
offered by the railroads. They are glanc-
ing over the records of their rooms from
time to time, and sizing up the situation
endeavoring 10 see just how they will
stand if there should be a great many
more of the veterans to come than were
expected.
More passengers We're brought in by the
lines generally than any day in recent
years. The Georgia and Alabama re-
ported 500 visitors on its early morning
train, and the numbers on other roads
were proportionate. The depots were
thronged with the incoming of every
train and il was quite apparent to thosa
who noted the crowds that the reunion Is
TO be a success in point of visitors Nor
was yesterday regarded as the day to
bring most of the visitors, the impression
being that to-day viii have a great many
more arrive
Early in the morning ii was quite APP
parent that the city's population had been
considerably augmented, and as the day
passed the streams OF people on the streets
became more continuous the arrival Of
each train adding to the crowds The
merchants, hotels, restaurants and all busl-
ness enterprises were literally patronized,
and ii became apparent that the visitors
have not come with any intention Of saw
ing their money. Those from the larger
cities purpose enjoying themselves during
their stay, while those from the smaller
places, In addition TO that determinations
expect 10 take advantage of the opDor-
tunity afforded for a liberal patronage Of
the local merchants and the securance Of
various articles needed
Many of the veterans came in parties.
CONTINUED on Sixth Pagel
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FLAG From the Alnhnmn.

Capt. A. F. Marmelstein has now In his
possession the flag used on the cutter Of
the Confederate States Cruiser Alabama.
which he prizes most highly. It will be
one of the most interesting war relics to
be displayed during the reunion, and WIN
be borne in the parade OF tomorrow after
noon by little granddaughter Of Cant
Marmelstein, who will carry 1t in one Of
the carriages. Capt. Marmelstein is one
OF the few surviving members of the gall
lant band who manned the Alabama in 50
many bloody fights at sea.
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ORDER OF THE PARADE.
Those Who VIII Participate and the
Line of March Named.

Those Who VIII Participate and the
Line of March Named.
Gen. w w. Gordon is marshal of the
parade in which veterans and their escorts
will participate tomorrow afternoon. His
instructions relative to the formation of
the integral parts Of the parade, its con-
duct and line of march appear among the
special notices in this issue of the Morn
ing News.
Great interest in the parade has been
aroused among the local military COM
mands, all Of which have been invited to
act as escort for the veterans Col. A. r.
Lawton, commanding the FIRST Regiment
Infantry, as senior in Savannah in the
state service. will be in command of the
Continued on Sixth Page.)
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THE SONS or THE VETERANS.

Programme of Their Convention at
the Odd Fellows Hall.
The annual convention of the Georgia
Division OF United Sons Of Confederate
Veterans viii be held at the same time as
that of their sires. The sessions of the
Sons viii be held In Odd Fellows Hall and
wiz be presided over by Division Com.
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THE CITY FILLING UP.

Railroads bringing Crowds to At
tend the Reunion.
The registers Of the hotels show con-