The morning news., 1899-10-10

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nah Soldiers.
Atlanta wants Savannah's military to
help swell the crowd at the State Fair.
The companies fail to see IL that way. At
/ lanta sends the Savannah troops a very
cordial invitation 10 come at their own
expense ana revel in the great honor OF
being reviewed by the Governor and his
| staff and a Legislature that cut off the
military appropriation to $500 promising,
at the same time, the vast entertainment
/ of a barbecue dinner
A feeling OF amusement might possibly
/ best describe that with which company
commanders in Savannah read a circular
| letter they received from Col. Phil G.
Byrd, acting adjutant general He boosts
/ the State Fair and signs himself in his Of
1 fetal capacity, which local officers regard
as rather queer. He urges and beseeches
the company commanders to strike at
what he regards the proper time. namely.
the occasion of the great military day that
Will be a feature of the fair He says il
is desired that every military organization
in the state be represented. Not one Of
nearly dozen in Savannah will send
man.
. Following is the unique sen1i-military and
wholly Atlanta-like communication, the Of
hcers received from the acting adjutant
general;
II have the honor to inform you that
Oct. 2S has been designated as Military
day" at the State Fair. For many rea-
sons it is earnestly hoped that every mill
tary organization in the state will partici-
pate in the big parade In Atlanta and the
evolutions and exercises at the Exposition
Park.
"AE troops parading will have free ac-
cess to the big fair and the management
of the fair promises the troops a free bar
becue dinner.
Gov. Gambler and staff and the Legis-
lature will review the troops. This state
ment alone should awaken your lively in
terest and set your officers and men en-
! Enthusiastically at work. The Military
Committee has already secured a 1-cent
a-mile rate for all troops coming to At
lanta for Military day" but an even bet
Ter arrangement should be made. Will you
cooperate in an effort to bring your en-
tire command to the fair and also assist
| us in securing better rates from the rail-
| roads?
Let's throw enthusiasm into the un-
dertaking and show the Legislature a Wig
military force. Now is the time for the
commanding officers to strike. Show the
lawmakers a citizen soldcry any state
might justly feel proud of and a powerful
auxiliary to the civil authorities a force
needed now worse than ever before and
which public safety demands the mainte-
nance Of
Write me by return mail or at your
earliest opportunity, frankly and fully, for
the time has come for action"
Some of the officers who accompanied
their commands 10 Atlanta on one or two
occasions In the past began at once 10 re-
| cur 90 no very pleasing recollections as
soon as they had finished reading the
communication. Several points in it con-
jured the picture of the reception they
had received at the hands of the Gate City
and the utter lack of reluctance with
which they had taken the train that
brought them back home. Military ex-
peditions to Atlanta are not regarded as
the most enviable of what constitutes the
lot of the Georgia volunteers.
Several of the officers discussed the let
ter They asked to be excused from ever
again going with military command 90
Atlanta. They said they failed to see the
fun of il on former occasions and that the
whole thing looks more like an advertise
ment for the progressive city than an op-
portunty to show off the states troops
TO any particular credit or advantage ii
ui1 LOl ldht ioilS 10 see ludl NnefG IS no
chance of Savannah being represented In
the mighty parade Atlanta's troops will
form.
Turning TO the possibility of attending.
even If the desire were felt the officers
thought too many demands have been
made upon employers in Savannah of late
to make IL either wise or right TO follow
with another of such a sort as this Atlanta
celebration. The trip of SO many young
men to Darien to keep down the negroes
was enough for some time 10 come, In the
officers opinion and they thought the for
bearance of the soldiers employers should
be shown more appreciation than an effort
to get TO Atlanta would indicate.
During the day the matter was discussed
among the officers and the mer
who had been acquainted with the receipts
of the letter from the acting adjutant gen
eral who is also a member of the milltary
committee Of the fair. II was learned tn Al
there is a good chance of the committee al
work succeeding i'm getting Admlra
Dewey 10 visit Savannah before he goes e
, Atlanta, and the military would be needet
here in that event, for a parade would b;
in order
Last night several of the commands hat
their captains lay the matter before them
The letter was received as informal on
Nobody seemed anxious TO go. All appre
ciated the liherality of the offer and the
kindness of the invitation to assist in re
curing rate Tor mlHtary companies tina
would tend to save something for IN,
troops that may visit Atlanta at their owr
expense. but the commanding officer
found that IL would be their cue 10 declin,
with thanks.
M. Zola thinks that the English use o
the capital l is one of the most cur OF
features of the language. He calls atten
ton TO the fact that "a Frenchman, referr
ing to himself, writes 'je,' with a small ]
5 German, though he may crafty all nj
= substantives with capital letters, employ
e | a small in writing ich;' a Spaniar I'd