The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-15
MORE LIGHTS AND BUNTING.
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR
DECORATING BULL ST. SQUARES.

With Electric Lights During the
Days and Nights of the Reunion.
No Programme of the Parade Has
Yet Heen Definitely Formulated.
Gen. w. w. Gordon, Though, VIII
He Grand Marshal and Gen. Evans
the Reviewing Oficer-ExcursiOn
and Oyster Roast at Tybee Gives
Promise of Pleasure and Enjoy
ment.
At last nights meeting the Executive
| Committee of the Confederate Reunion
met the requsition of the Committee on
| Decoration and Illumination for an addl-
tional appropriation, for the purpose of
adjoining the five squares on Bull street
on a more elaborate scale than has yet
been planned, during the days and nights
of the reunion.
This action of the committee made nee
| essary an additional fund, that Capt.
Purse and Mr.. Clayton Il. Woods agreed
to raise, these gentlemen feeling their time
would be well spent in this effort. The
| new plans will make of these five squares,
| Johnson, Wright, Chippewa, Madison and
Monterey, between Bay and CASTOR
streets. on Bull, places of the greatest at
| traetiveness to the visitor and slghtseer,
and the scheme of night illumination will
| be productive of an effect such as has new
er before been even attempted in Savan-
nah. Bull street. from the bluff to the
park, will be gaily adorned with flags,
bunting and portraits of distinguished
| Confederates by day and ablaze with lights
! by night.
It is generally considered that no other
expenditure of the funds accumulated by
| the committee would be better calculated
to add to the pleasure of those attending
the reunion than that made for the beau
| tifying of Bull street. by force of natural
beauty and position the most prominent of
the city thoroughfares. and which will be
| most used by the veterans and other Wis
| itors. The main part of the parade of
| Thursday win be along Bun street, and
| on 1t are situated the halls and other
| buildings in which the exercises of the
! reunion VIII be held AS finally arranged
| the scheme of decoration viii begin at
johnson Square, where the Greene monu-
ment win be decorated and Illuminated,
! and end at the Confederate monument, in
the Park extension, on which the chlefest
| efforts of the decorators art will be ex-
| pended.
| 1t had been expected that after the con-
| ference with Gen. Evans, on the proceed
| ing evening, the Military Committee would
| be prepared to report the line of march
and other arrangements for the parade on
| Thursday afternoon. The committee, how
| ever felt that its plans had not been Euf-
| ficiently matured to make this either prop
er or advisable, and, therefore, merely
| sketched the outlines of the programme
| for this day. The committee had prepared
| Ivaf of he a NJ naU vi
| Gus commands and The line of march, but
| this must necessarily be materially
| changed before a final plan IS agreed on
by the committee. So Capt. Dillon and
Col. Screven reported.
It was definitely slated, though, that
| Gen. w. w. Gordon will be grand mar
shall of the occas sion and that the parade
| would be reviewed by Gen. Evans. Gen
| Evans was expected to invite such distin-
| guished guests as were present to assist
| in tho review, and it was thought likely
| that these would include Gov. Candler ard
| the commanding generals of the divisions
of South Carolina, Florida and Alabama,
all of whom have accepted invitations to
| be present. This list. possibly, will be co.
| larged in the discretion of Gen. Evans, to
whom the whole matter is committed by
the prescribed etiquette of such occasions,
as well as by the wish of the committee.
The Finance Committee reported its abr
ity TO meet al the regular expenses of the
| gathering. its efforts having met with very
| fair success. Mr.. BlOOdworth, chairman of
| this committee, stated that there was stir
one other subcommittee 10 report, and he
expected that this would increase The
amount already subscribed by about $500.
II is hoped, too, to realize a substantial
sum from the game of indoor base bali,
that is to be played at the Guards Hall, on
Saturday night between teams from the
| Guards and Y. M. II. A, for the benefit of
| the reunion.
Capt. Purse reported the arrangements
made by him for the excursion and oyster
roast at Tybee on the afternoon of Fri
day. The Central Railway, he said, would
start with a train consisting of one of the
big passenger engines from the main line
and twenty coaches. Ten minutes after
the departure of the special the Central
will run its regular train to the island, on
which the overflow viii be provided with
seats and accommodation Should adj
ditional cars be needed on the special
Capt. Purse promised that the Central
would be willing and ready to furnish
them This donation of train for the eX-
cursion is the roads subscription to the
success of the reunion certainly a most
generous one, that the committee highly
appreciates.
| on Tybee the visiting veterans and their
families will be regaled with an oyster
roast and other refreshments, for which
| capt. luISE mas dlSO SlLCNAti lllbSl hb-
vautageous arrangements This excur-
sion promises to be one of the most en-
ioyable features of the reunion. 1t will
take place. If the weather is fine, at q
time Of year when the seashore is delight
full. The arrangements made give the
most ample promise of a royal good time
for every one who attends.
About fifteen rooms at the De Soto have
been engaged by the reception committee
of which Gen. McGlashan is chairman, for
the reunions distinguished guests of hon
or This committee had also arranged to
meet all incoming trains and assign to the
various hotels, boarding houses and pri-
waite residences, that have agreed TO re-
ceive visitors, those who arrive. Booths
under the direction of the Bureau of In
| formation will be erected at both of the
depots which win probably be connected
by telephone with the headquarters of the
| Executive committee.
The displays Of fireworks on Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings will also be
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