The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
IN MEMORY OF SOLDIER DEAD.
AID sOCIETY's GRANITE BLOCK
STANDS IN LAUREL GROVE.

Final Meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Second Georgia
Regiment Will Be Held Tomorrow
Afternoon at $50 O'Clock at the
Cemetery-Expected That Members
of the Society and Ex-Members of
the Regiment VIII BE Present.
Memorial VIII BE Photographed,
VIII BE Sent "A Picture and a Copy
of Resolutions.
The final meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society of Savannah will be held tomorrow
Afternoon at $50 o'clock in Laurel Grove
Cemetery. Within the circle wherein
stands the memorial to the soldiers of the
Second Georgia, that was erected by the
society, the meeting will be held, and 1t
is expected that many of the ladies will
be present.
Mrs. T. NJ. Cunningham, president of the
society, also invites any ex-members of
the regiment who may be in Savannah to
attend the meeting. The young Savannah
ions, who served with their companies
feel an interest in the preservation of the
memory Of those who died while enlisted,
and doubtless there will be many of them
out to see the monument.
The block of Georgia granite has been
put in place, and the members of the So
clety have determined to have photo
graphs of 1t made for distribution among
the families of those whose names appear
upon 1t. Sufficient funds remain in the
treasury, after the payment of the bill for
the monument, 10 defray the cost of the
photographs.
Recently the ladies', through Col Will
lam Garrard, made application to the gov
eminent to be REIN bursed for a rental of
$40 they expended for an improvised hos
pital building near the temporary camp
of the First Battalion of the Second Geor-
gia after its return to Savannah to be
mustered out of the service 1t is this
money that enables the ladies TO defray
the expenses of having the photographs
made.
After the meeting there will be no fur
Their need for the existence of the society
and it will be formally disbanded. The
ladies did very effective work that was
sincerely appreciated by the officers and
men of the regiment, and though their
society will be no more, each of the ladies
individually will still hold the soldiers
gratitude.
One of the last acts of the society will
be to thank Chairman P. D. Daffin and
Mr. Malcolm Maclean of the Park and
Tree Commission for their kindness in
granting them the plot for the memorial
and having it fixed up to harmonic with
the granite block and set it off properly.
Accompanying the photograph of the
memorial that will be received by the
families OF the dead soldiers of the Sec
ond Georgia will be the following resolu-
tons, which were drawn at the request
of the society by Mrs. T. S. Morgan, one
of the members:
"Whereas, the Ladies Aid Society of Sa-
varnah, organized May g, 1898 to give
comfort and assistance to the Savannah
Volunteer Guards Battalion, Second Geor-
gia Regiment, u. S. ", which regiment
had with comm ndable prompt ness off red
| its services al the call of the President of
the United States for troops, to aid in the
deliverance of Cuba from Spanish rule:
And whereas, the society later broad
ened its purposes to include hospital work
FOR the whole regiment; and with the gen.
erous cooperation of the Soldiers Relief
! Association OF Atlanta, and by active and
untiring effort on the part of the mem
bers of the Ladies' Aid Society, a consid-
cradle sum of money was realized with
which this womanly and necessary work
! was carried on;
And whereas, the war ended, leaving
surplus in the soc ety's treasury:
| ''Bt it resolved, That this surplus be
! devo' ed by the Ladies Aid Society to the
e ection of a monument in Laurel Grove
Cemetery in Savannah, to the memory of
| the brave and true men of the Second
! Georgia Regiment who died In their coun-
! trys service during the Spanish-Amer,can
war. Though these men were denied the
! privilege they coveted of active service
on the battle field yet amid disappointed
| hopes, with patient endurance of priva-
lions. fortitude under suffering, and an
unmurmuring acceptance CT the tedium
of camp life, and the exacticns of military
discipline, these Georgians fell asleep
! having illustrated all the virtues which
! adorn the patriot end the soldier"