The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-03


railroads, for the rate of fare fixed for all
attending the reunion. beng the lowest
rate for the longest continuous time ever
before accorded to a purely interstate &C.
casion
Resolved, further, That our thanks are
especially due, and are hereby conveyed
TO Vice President John NJ Egan OF The
central OF Georgia Railway for tend. +
OF trains for an excursion TO Tybee n
connection with an oyster roast on island
prov ided by committee can safe.y be said
10 nave been the browning feature of a
week OF JOY uurestrained and unmarried by
slng.e incident to detract from the pleas.
ure OF our visiting brother Confederates
and other guests
Resolved, further, That our special
thanks are due and hereby rendered 10 the
morning News for the free use of it's COL
uinns IN promoting the work of commit
tees, and in Its unceasing efforts, continued
LOT months, TO give publicity 10 the reun-
ion.
Resolved, further, That our thanks are
due and are hereby rendered to The press
OF the entire state, daily and weekly, for
Gaining attention TO the reunion and as
sisting materially in giving broadcast pub
hclty to the occasion, and for their gener-
Gus allusions to our fair city and her
prlncely hospitality, as they have beer
pleased to can it.
Reso we'd, lastly, That copies of these
resolution be printed, and signed by our
chairman and secretary, and copies be sent
TO each person and corporation named
herein, and the papers of the city be re-
quested 70 publish the same.
The resolutions were prepared and sub
mitted by Capt. D. G, Purse. TIL y e
carefully considered by the commit ee
and several additions ana am n ment
made There were many who had by the r.
r-ft q, a
a self sacrifice, contributed to he SUI
cess of the reunion. whom the comm Il e
would have been glad to haVa
mentioned, but there we e so m1ny
of these that the committee thought
it inadvisable to at empt to m n
ton them all and there were besid s many
of the generous donors who, Il wa b.
lieved, would prefer that no publ. city be
given to their acts.
At the conclusion of the meeting Col
Screven expressed his thanks 20 his fe-
low members of the committee for tn ir
hearty and cordial Coop r. ton and I e
effective assistanVe which they had ron
dered thereby making possi3le h sue
ceSSful celebration. which had sgfpl e2
anything of the kind ever before h Ia in
Savannah. Never before tad a e ebrI-
ton Of this kind passed off without some
thing to mar or injure the eject b on
this occasion nothing had occu red TO d.
tract from the harmonious success of the
affair. From the Governor of he state
down to the humbest person n ten =
ance only expressions of pleasu ard sp-
prevail had come. 1t was rarely, h sal 4,
that such celebration was he'd without
leaving q debt behind it, bu en- in this
the occa sion had been remarkable.
with the number of cities in Georgia
which will seek the honor of entertaining
the United Confederate Veterans, said Co..
Screven, at may be a long time before
another reunion is held in Savannah, but
l trust that this may be. l should be
very glad to behold such scenes on our
streets once more, and would be ready
then to lay myself down in the dust as
so many of our comrades have already
done"
Gen. McGlashan said that the commit
tee should not dispense without rendering
a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman
for the able and digniied manner with
which he had presided over it's sessions.
A large portion of the success which had
Gen. McGlashan, was due to the unex-
celled presiding and guiding qualities of
the chairman and the harmony which had
prevailed throughout was due to his I'M
failing urbanity and discretion. The mo-
ton of Gen. McGlashan, that a rising vote
of thanks be rendered Col Screven was
put by Vice Chairman Bloodworth and
met with unanimous response.
The committee will proba bly, not be call
ed together again before Jan. 10, when II
will consider the DISPOSITION of the funds
remaining in its hands.