The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-19
MEMORIAL DAYS PROGRAMME.
FIRST REGIMENT WILL ACT AS Es-
COHT TO THE VETERANS.

Night-McL1ws Camp Elects Dele
gates and AIternates to the Re-
uniOn-Thfrty or More of Its Mem
bers viii Attend.
The committee of Lafayette McLaws
Camp of United Confederate Veterans APP
pointed to confer with similar commit
tee from the Confederate Veterans Asso-
citation and arrange programme of exer-
cises for Memorial day made its report
last night The report was submitted by
Veteran George 7. Nichols, chairman of
the committee.
The camps will assemble on the west
side of Wright square at $50 O'Clock in
the afternoon, where they will meet the
First Regiment, under the command of
Col LawtOn, which viii act as the escort
TO the veterans throughout the parade
The line will move at 4 o'clock, the line
of march being out Bull street to CASTOR
on CASTOR to Drayton, on Drayton to Hail.
on Hail west to Bull, and on Bull street
south to the Confederate monument. There
the parade will be halted, and the veter-
ans will enter the enclosure and form
around the monument
The services there will consist of prayer
by the chaplain, after which the wreaths
that the veterans carry Will be delivered
70 those appointed to receive them and will
be deposited around the base and on the
lower sides of the monument The chap
lain viii pronounce the benelicton, the
escort VIII fire a salute of three volleys,
Capt w. N. Nichols win sound taps, the
last an almost immemorial custom and
the line of march will again be taken up.
From the monument the veterans will
march out Bull street to Henry, on Henry
west 10 Cemetery street, and on that street
south to Laurel Grove cemetery and to
the soldiers lot. There the burial flag will
be placed by the president al the foot of
the Confederate statue and the parade dis
missed. After the dismissal the veterans
will assist in the decoration of the graves
of Confederate soldiers and sailors, who
lie buried in Laurel Grove, and whose rest
ing places are not attended to by members
of their families.
Maj. G. NJ. Ryals will act as chief mar
shall of the parade and will be in COM
mand. His aides, who will assist in con-
Quoting the parade and in the incidental
ceremonies that will accompany it, will
be, though they have not yet been, Sc
lected from the members of the two
camps in the city. The Wreaths for the
decoration of the Confederate monument
and for the soldiers graves in Laurel
Grove will be prepared by the Daughters
of the Confederacy, who have performed
this sacred and to them pleasing duty for
many years. To them, indeed, the ac-
tive work Of caring for the graves of the
Confederate dead has always been en-
trusted and has been carried out with all
of the loving fervor that characterizes
that band of devoted women.
At $3.50 o'clock in the evening Mr. ]. F.
b. Beckwith VIII deliver the Memorial
day address al the Guards hall. which
the veterans will attend and to which the
public will be invited Mr.. Beckwith will
be introduced by the first vice president
of the Confederate Veterans Association,
Judge Robert Falligant
AZ the meeting of MeLaws Camp the
delegates and alternates TO the reunion at
Charleston were elected. The following
were elected delegates: Messrs. c. l.. Ches-
mutt, Clement Suussy, E. C. Cuthbert. A.
K. Wilson, a. l.. Marmelstein. ]. Per-
linski and A. j. Pursley. The following
are the alternates: Messrs. George C. Hav-
ward, j. 4. Theus, G. T. Nichols, S. S.
Furse, Nat Lewis, r. NJ. Gibbes and c.
w. Weber The badges that will be worn
by the members of the camp during the
reunion arrived and were distributed They
are of red silk and bear the badge of the
united association, formed of metal and
enamef. The cross bar is inscribed with
the name and number of the camp. In all
respects they make a handsome appear
anee
McIaws Camp had the privilege of lis
tening TO a talk by Lieut.. Col Guthrie, of
the Sixth Missouri, who spoke of and
| contrasted the life OF soldier of the Con-
federacy, in the war between the states,
and that of a volunteer in the army of the
United States, during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. On this subject Col. Guthrie is
well qualified to speak, as during the civil
war he held a commission in the regiment
of which he is now second in command, the
Sixth Missouri.
Col Guthrie's remarks were unexpected
and hence unprepared by him, but they
were nevertheless direct, stirring and pa
triotic They were interspersed with anec-
dotes of the sufferings of the Confederate
soldier that appealed 10 the old veterans
who made up his audience, and with witty
and humorous comments on men and
things, as they were and as they are, that
aroused as much laughter as his more
serious statements provoked applause.
In speaking of his own regiment, Col
Guthrie said that with 10000 Democratic
majority in Missouri, and with a Demo-
cratic Governor, seven of the captains out
| Of twelve and eleven of the lieutenants
| out of twenty-four were Republicans He
| had told these gentlemen, he said that
| although they were fine fellows and good
officers, not one of them ought to have
a commission, and that were he Governor
of Missouri there would not be a RepubH-
can corporal in a Missouri regiment. He
! was a believer in the good Democratic
| doctrine enunciated by Andrew Jackson
TO the victors belong the spoils," and
| did he have the selection of officers. he
! thought he could find somewhere in the
state enough good Democrats upon whom
to confer the commissions. If not, he said
! he would select a few bad ones.
Col. Guthrie brought his remarks to a
| close with an allusion to the thoroughness
with which the war had completed the
] work of econstruction-about the only
/ good, he said that 1t had ACCOMPLISHED
For himself, he had for four years made
every effort 90 prevent the Yankees from
/ outdoing him at fighting, and he was de-
| termncd now that they should not Guido
| him in loyal and patriotic devotion TO the
| stars and Stripes 1t was inspiring to
| hear the old fellows that had fought SO
nobly to lower the Stars and Stripes ap-
! plaud this sentiment.
| The rest of the meeting was devoted 10