The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-14
NORTH DIMES WITH SOUTH.
croHGIA OFFICERS ENTERTAIN
THOSE FROM MICHIGAN.

Room at the First Georgia Armory.
The Time Was EnIivened With
snceches. Wit, wisdom and EIO-
oucncc, Paying Tribute to the
love That Has United the Two
Regiments and Showing in Happy
MANNER the Entente That Now
minds North and sOuth-COI. Gar
dener Was Toasted and His Alb
sence DcpIOred.
the officers of the Thirty-frst Michigan
psoimeut were handsomely entertained
br those of the First Georgia at the regl-
mental armory last night. A genuine
Good time was enjoyed, and the last mark
4 of the many that have been given by the
ceoreians to the Wolverine officers to
/ snow their esteem for them was as en-
rable as such an affair could be. Wit,
eoquence. wisdom, the rarest good hum
ar camaraderie and the fellowship that
camp life claims as ats natural outcome
were supplemented by good cheer in their
sudeavor 10 make guests and hosts en-
ov themselves, and that there was a good
Nume had. none could be found to deny
The collation. 10 which the Michigan Of
H6eers were invited shortly after 8 O'Clock
B was by the ladies of the Independent So
ciety OF ST. Paurs Episcopal Church. The
Ntabes were in the officers room, the room
where little more than a year ago the
#resular army officers who were here in
attendance upon the Carter court martial
8 were entertained.
q Col A R. Lawton of the First Georgia
8duties in the manner for which he is not
ed After an onslaught upon the COLA
#ton and punch and cigars had begun to
claim their share of attention, Co. Law
lion arose to express the pleasure ii had
8atforded the people of Savannah and par
#tcularly its friends and comrades of the
E mustered out First Georgia to learn that
the orders of the war department had
5been changed and that the Michigan reg
Aiment was, after all that had been said
& of its going TO Augusta, to remain here
Ito be mustered out of the service The
bond between the First Michigan Reg-
#ment,' and the '"rhirty-frst Georgia." he
3said has never become so relaxed as moi
Ito cause satisfaction at the prospect Of a
Smeeting, and the reunion of the zone Hun
colonel denominated the ommand. was
something for which they would ever
Strive.
4 In the absence of Col. Cornelius Garde-
ner. who had not returned from a trip to
Washington, Col Lawton found reason for
3 particular regret He said it had seemed
4 10 be his singularly good fortune and the
Equally i'll fortune of Col. Gardener for the
latter TO be away upon such occasions.
He recalled the Sandwich" parade, when
he had been in command of the two reg1-
ments A toast was proposed to the alb
sent colonel, and it seemed by universal
agreement and one accord that the COM
Ipany drank it standing. Lieut.. Col. Fred
Shubel, Jr., was called upon to respond in
place of the gentleman whom he repre-
scented as the head of the Michigan regi-
lment.
I'VE have heard a good deal lately about
being mustered out and going home" Col.
Shubel said. "It occurs to me that we
are not very far from home now. 1t GER
tainly has seemed very homelike to us,
and our only regret in returning to Michi-
gan will be leaving Georgia. We were all
glad to get back to Savannah, and glad
when the orders were received making
this the place for our muster out. Col
lawton has told you that strings were
pulled from this city to have us mustered
out here, and | want to tell him that we
were pulling them hard and continually
ourselves. Without any dispara cement to
Augusta, this was the place where we
wanted to be discharged We love the
First Georgia, and we love the home of
so many of it's gallant members. The
bonds of the union of the two regiments
will ever remain, and the memories of
the friendships formed will abide.
Va - TNI,f.
giving you tangible token of our admira-
ton and esteem tonight, but your jew
elers could not accommodate us in time
About Monday you may count upon re-
ceivins that which we had wished to take
advantage of this occasion to present. 1t
Is a loving cup, and but poor expression
of that deep sentiment which the name of
First Georgia arouses within US. When
you come to Michigan come to Detroit
and we of that city will give you the same
hearty welcome and show you the same
hospitality that you have so generously
persistently heaped upon us during our
stay in your beautiful Southland"
Making his suitable acknowledgement of
the feryor of Col. Shubers remarks, and
assuring him of the appreciation with
which the officers of the First Georgia
viii receive the loving cup when it is pre-
sented, Col. Lawton said that with the
company was one by whom
he had once the honor to be
commanded. That though, he said, was
when he was a yellow-legged cavalry
man. Now that he has become a dough
boy the colonel said, he has lost the dis
respect he once felt for foot soldiers ana
nothing but the presence of his Old cam
mander could induce him to refrain from
saying they are the best of the branches.
lie was sorry, he said, that the First Geor-
gia had not been paced under the COM
maud Of Gen. w. w Gordon, but that
sorrow was tempered with satisfaction in
the knowledge that had that disposition
been made of the command it could never
nav" been brigaded and associated with
'he Ihirty-frst Michigan. The colonel re-
cdled the entertainment in the same room
OF the officers of the eourimartial and
~ Maj Gen. Otis, then a briga-
uler' who has led the American army
III such successes in the Philippines.
! want Gen. Gordon" he said, 10 re-
sp"Hd 10 the toast "The American Army
am tne Men Who Compose H."
yen Gordon arose, amid the applause
o. me officers. Il feel that you have i'm
ppsed almost too great a task in confer
ring upon me- the honor Of resnopd dino RI