The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-20
FIRST TROOPS THIS MORNING.
RICHLAND VOLUNTEERS THE VAN
OF VISITING COMMANDS.


ia Fried's and Thence to Quarters
mt the HospitaI-More Companies
Expected During the Day-PrOba-
bly, All From Charleston VIII Get
in This AfternOOn--Great Military
Parade Tomorrow Afternoon.
col. LawtOn Gives Information.
parade VIII start Promptly at
1;45 O'cIOcIx-LOcaI Companies to
Entertain Visitors.
The military parade of Savannah and
visiting troops in honor of Admiral
George Dewey will take place tomorrow
afternoon. Col. A r. Lawton, senior Of
fcer in Savannah, has issued a circular
relative to the parade, which will be of
interest to all who expect to participate
in or witness the parade. The circular is
as follows:
First. The parade and review in honor
of Admiral George Dewey, United States
navy on Wednesday, March 81, 1900, will
be participated in by all the Georgia state
troops stationed in Savannah and visiting
troops from Georgia and other states. In
advance of exact knowledge as to the
names and numbers of such visiting
troops, it is impracticable to give details
of their organization for the parade, but
they will at the proper time be organized
into such battalions as may be necessary
and information of such organization will
be furnished them in time to enable them
TO take their proper places in the line.
Second. The undersigned will be in
command of the column Capt. Walter E.
Coney, adjutant First Regiment Infantry
Georgia State Troops, will act as assist
ant adjutant general.
Third. The line will be formed on Ogle-
thorpe avenue. The First Regiment In
fantry, Georgia State Troops, will take
station on the south side of Oglethorpe
avenue, facing north, with the right rest
ing on Bull street. The battalion from
Charleston, S. c., under command of
Maj Schachte, will form on the left of
the First Regiment Infantry, Georgia
State Troops. The remaining infantry
commands, organized into one or more
provisional battalions as may be hereaf-
ter ordered, will form on the left of Maj
Schachte's battalion. The two battalions
of Naval Reserves, in the order of the
rank of their respective commanders will
form on the north side of Oglethorpe ave-
nue. ActClhS SOufH, Will TIC IlBhl RESTING
on Bull street, The Chatham Artillery
will form on the left on the Naval Re-
serves.
Fourth The commands will be on the
ground and in their respective places at
4:30 p. m, Savannah city time, and will
Immediately on arrival notify the COM
manding officer a the corner of Bull street
and Oglethorpe avenue.
Fifth Promptly at 4:l5 p. m. the col
umn will march over the following route
North on Bull street around the east side
of Wright Square, to President
street, and through Drayton to
Rroughton: west on Broughton to
Full; north on Bull, and entirely around
Johnson Square, to Congress; west on
Congress to Barnard; south on Barnard to
Broughton east on Broughton to Bull;
south on Bull, passing around the west
side of the squares, to CASTOR, and thence
via Drayton street to the west side of the
Park Extension, where line of masses will
be formed facing east with the right rest
ing on Park avenue.
Sixth. As Admiral Dewey approaches
the parade ground the Chatham Artillery
will fire an AdmiraPs salute of seventeen
guns At the completion of the salute,
il will Immediately resume its position in
line for review.
Seventh. The command will then be
reviewed in the form prescribed by the
drill regulations by Admiral Dewey. When
each subdivision has marched fifty PAGES
beyond the reviewing stand, it will be TAX
en- in charge by its commanding officer,
and marched to its quarters. the parade
being dismissed at this point.
Alexander r. Lawton,
Colonel First Regiment of Infantry,
Georgia State Troops, Commanding"
"W. E. Coney,
Captain and Adjutant, First Regiment
Infantry, Georgia State Troops, A. A.
A. G."
The military committee has completed
its arrangements for the reception and en-
tertainment of the visiting troops. The
first of the commands to arrive will be
the Richland Volunteers, Capt. Kirkland
commanding, from Columbia. The COM
pany will get in early this morning, and
will be met at the depot by Capt c. II
Richardson, commissary of the First
Regimetn, who will accompany it 10
Fried's restaurant, where breakfast VIII
he served, and thence to the army hospl-
tal where the company and the other Wis
itnS commands will be quartered during
their stay in the city
During the day there will probably be
other commands to arrive This after
noon some, if not all, of the Charleston
companies will arrived. The majority OF
the visiting soldiers, however. will get IN
early tomorrow morning Seventeen COM
panies, or more, and five bands are eX-
pected.
The Beaufort company will come over
by steamer. Admiral Sumner of the Port
Royal naval station will arrive to-day on
the steamer Hercules.
The local companies will entertain the
visitors. At the meetings of the local COM
mands last night The captains were ad-
vised of the desire of Col. A. r. Lawton
of the First Regiment to have the COM
panies Of that command look after the
visiting companies after the parade. That
means that the visitors will be assigned
10 the various local commands and that
they will be escorted to the armories of
the latter upon the dismissal of the pa
rade. Refreshments will be provided, the
Savannah companies being the hosts.
The local companies are making great
Preparations for the parade, and will vie
with each other I'm the effort to have the
greatest number Of 49, in line and to pre-
sent the best and most soldierly appear
ance. instructions were given their men
by company commanders at the meetings