The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-20
crN, M00RMAN ACCEPTS.
.n,rTANT GENERAL OF VETERANS
WILL ATTEND REUNION.

ADnEeClAAANG AAs-AlA
rrthute TO Gordon and Evans.
cen. stephen ID. Lee Unable to Ac-
..nt-WOrk of the Finance Conn
nittee-CIty Council to BE Asked
Cor Aid-More Money Absolutely
Essential.
d, recent meeting Of the Executive
Committee of the Confederate reunion it
1..s decided that an invitation should be
tended 10 Gen. George Norman, adju-
.art general and chief of staff of the
Inirei Confederate Veterans, 10 attend
,hs reunion as a special guest of honor,
In accordance with this action the invita-
,,o, was extended through Col. Screven,
The chairman of the committee, and The
souowins answer has been received:
Now, orleans, La, Get. IS, 1S99.-Col.
robn screven, Savannah, Ga.-My Dear
Cor,rade: Your kind favor of u h inst,
extending me a cordial invitation in the
name of The associated camps Of Confed-
or.,a veterans, of Sons of Confederate
veterans and OF the Daughters of the
confsd4racy of Savannah, TO attend the re-
,,Dion Of the Georgia division of United
confederate Veterans 10 he held in Sa-
,srnab on the 22-2S-4 of November next,
es their guest, is this moment received.
"T assure you l esteem it high honor
~ receive this invitation to meet with the
Gallant veterans of the Georgia division
abo sacrificed so much fer the cause they
loved so we'll and who, in behalf of their
country and in defense of their homes and
sres,des left traces of their valor and he
,o,sn mon almost every battlefield in the
south. also with the Sons and Daughters
nj the Confederacy, worthy representa-
tives of their gallant sires and heroic
rofbers and who are now assisting TO
take care Of the sick and needy Old vet
erans caring for the graves and bul'd ng
monuments for the South's heroic dead,
and who with love and loyalty unsurpass-
Cd are assisting us to collect and pre-
serve a true and impartial history
Of our great war, so that
the deathless deeds performed by the men
and women of the South will live forever
in song and story.
eli will also be great privilege to meet
with YOU in the state which furnished such
glorious private soldiers to the Southern
ConfederacyLso many heroes out of the
ranks OIL your rDltlAiQ NOlNllANbAo NAlOoS
names are blazoned upon every page of
the greatest of civil wars; and which has
furnished such a galaxy of great men and
brilliant leaders, conspicuous amongst
whom are the two illustrious Georgians,
whose names are inseparaDly interviewer
with the gloom and glory of that proud
old commonwealth, and her splendid PEG
pie and who are so intimately connected
with the finale of the war in the surren-
der at AppomattoX, and both of whom,
thank Cod are yet spared to US; the
one your noble and beloved division COM
mander, who so fearessly executed the
last orders received upon that fateful field
the other under whose orders and brill
liant generalship he acted-the one whom
our hearts and our affections tell us is
the one most to be trusted by us; and to
whom our memories, hopes and aspira-
tons point as our hero, our leader and
our model, and whom our judgment Sc
leots as being gifted with that rare COM
bination of citizen, soldier, statesman and
patriot, and who in the excellence and
prominence of which virtues and talents,
since the death of Mr.. Davis, takes easy
rank as the greatest man in all the South,
the peerless and beloved John B. Cor
DON
For these reasons, if for no others. I
accept with profound thanks, and will
make a great effort TO partake of your
generous hospitality and comradeshp so
freely offered. With best wishes for you
personally, l am, fraternally yours,
George Norman,
AdJutant General and Chief of Staff"
In reply to a similar invitation sent to
Ten stephen d. Lee, commanding de-
lartment of the general confederation of
United Confederate Veterans, Gen. Lee
mas written a courteous letter of declina-
uon assuring the committee he would ac-
ctpt We're II possible, but that the health
ol MIS- Lee prevents his leaving Missis-
sppl at This or any time in the near fu-
ture. II is matter of regret to the mem
oeis OF the committee that Gen Lee finds
himself unable to be present, for they had
counted upon him to add much to the en-
lHusaSm OF the occasion and to attract
z 10 the reunion many of the old veterans
whose battle chief he had been in the DAYS
B Of yore
Oapt f. D. Bloodworth, chairman of the
ooillhittee on Finance, reported at the
meeting of the Executive Committee last
night, that some of the subcommittee
are making good progress, but owing tc
me absence from the city of members OF
me committee no canvass has been made
IL some of the districts. The absentees
are now returning, and it is hoped that
ue canvass will be completed by the end
# VI next week.
much Of what has been accomplished is
Lle 10 capt. Bloodworth himself, who has
zen constant in his efforts to have the
Will nillllee make the best possible showing
, "nue moderate success has attended the
'or's OF the committee, and its chairman
idlse funds a large amount of money
- ye' needed and must be raised In some
~1uner Within the next day or two the
a. 5'"palgn FOR subscriptions will be renew
ia, "Nh additional vigor aud determine
ta'', ana it is hoped that the response will
:, more liberal than has been the case ur
m. "e present time. Indeed, much moro
Il Mo, sy man has yet been raised is abso,
tr essential TO the success of the reun-
q dei. ana me proper entertainment of the
7a'eS ana visitors thereto.
I, special committee, consisting Of Mr.
", ~ So-omons. Gen. P. McGlashan and
Il br -. d. H. II. Osborne, has been appointed
eo ,le chairman of the Finance Commit
Ana solicit funds from the City Council
for,. ]. Is confidently hoped that their eff.
tel WA result in the grant of substan-
inscription. The reunion of the vet.
Sar Will bring at least 10000 persons tC
tbis man and 1t can be readily seen thai
ci, WlIi be distinct advantage 10 tht
erS5. mat the City Council will do well e