The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-04
MEMORIAL DAYS PROGRAMME.
DAUGHTERS WILL PRESENT VET
ERANs WITH CROSSES.

sons of Veterans and the Children
of the COnfederacy to Unite In the
Parade - The Republican Blues
VIII Act as Escort and the Grafton
VIII he Delivered by Col. A. r..
LawtOn at Night-ThOse Who VIII
Attend the Louisville Reunion.
Veteran j. w. Mcintyre Elected
Secretary.
Besides hearing the address upon the
battle of Gettysburg by Mai Louis G.
Young last night the Confederate veter-
ans Association transacted considerable
business. Veteran William Harden, of the
Memorial Committee. announced the pro-
gramme for Memorial Day.
Maj. G.. NJ Ryals, as the Oldest surviv-
ing ex-president of the association, will
be in command of the parade, which will
assemble at $3.50 o'clock on the afternoon
of April &C. on the west side of Wright
Square. The organization which Will par
ticira.e in the parade are the Confederate
Veterans Association McLaws Camp, the
Sons of Veterans, and the Winnie DAVIS
chapter of the Children of the Confeder-
will prepare the wreaths and the decora-
lions Tor the monument. The line of march
VIII be out Bull street to the Confederate
monument, where the veterans will depos-
1t their wreaths, and thence to Laurel
Grove Cemetery where the children will
deposit flowers upon the graves of the
Confederate dead. The exercises will con-
clude with the firing of salute and the
sounding of taps by Capt W. N. Ncho's
The republican Blues will furnish the es-
cort for the occasion. At night the mem
orial address will be delivered at the
Guards Hall by Col A. r. Lawton.
A pleasing feature of Memorial day will
be the presentation by the Daughters of
the Confederacy TO each of the veterans
who adopts the proper course to obtain it,
OF "cross of honor" the badge recently
adopted by the daughters for the purpose
OF comforting distinguishing mark upon
the veterans communication was re-
ceived from Mrs. Margaret Branch Sex
ton, president of Charter Chapter of Sa-
vannah, calling attention to the matter
ana requesting that all the veterans who
desire TO obtain the crosses would at once
take the proper steps to do so by filing
out and securing the required Endorsement
of the papers furnished for the purpose.
a communication was also received from
Mrs. Sexton, calling attention to the work
undertaken by the Daughters of the Con-
federacy of securing funds and erecting
a monument to the memory of Jefferson
Davis, and also the building of a dormi-
tory at the State Normal School, to be
used by descendants of Confederate vet
Grams only. For these two objects a play
is to be presented by the local chapter
on April II, at which the presence of the
veterans is desired The tickets are 81
each, and the hope was expressed that If
the camp did not decide to attend in a
BODY 1T would take a least fifty tickets.
A resolution was adopted to the effect
that the president should purchase fifty
tickets. From the wording of the resoln-
ton 1t would appear that the members
intended that the president should pay for
the tickets himself. but President Falli-
giant is inclined 20 regard this as bit of
humor on the part of the veterans.
Capt. NJ. p Usina presented the camp,
in behalf of Mr.. A S. Bacon. with two
Joe Brown Pixies" both of which are
good specimens of the crude implements
with which Gov Brown proposed to arm
the Georgia militia. Incidentally it was
remarked by a veteran that John Brown.
who made his celebrated antebellum raid
at Harper's Ferry. and Joe Brown of
Georgia were the only two men who ever
undertook to use such antiquated wea-
pons in modern warfare. The veteran
wished to know If this knships of ideas
indicated any other relation between the
two Browns
veteran j. w. Mcintyre was unani-
mously elected secretary of the camp to
succeed Veteran H. S. Dreese, Recently
promoted to third vice president
The Winnie Davis Chapter of Children
of the Confederacy, was granted the use
of the hall. The question of the neces-
sity OF securing a new hall was discussed
by Gen. McGlashan, who reported the
places and terms which have been offered
TO the veterans.
The matter of representation of the camp
at the Louisville reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans being brought up
Vice President John r. Dillon and Veter-
ans T. N. Theus, ]. w. Mcintyre and T.
F. Healey stated their intention of attend
ing. Veteran A. K. Wilson announced his
intention of attending as a representative
from McLaws' Camp. 1t was stated that
Veterans a. F. and C. f. Marmelstein and
NJ. j. Solomons would proba bly, attend
also. 1t was rather later than usual when
the meeting adjourned and several minor
matters were allowed to go over to the
ante-anniversary meeting to be held later
in the month.
GRAND JURY INDICTED FIVE.