The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-26
HOPES ARE HIeH-PlTCHED.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY sAvAN-
NAHIANs GOING TO LOUISVILLE.

Thirty-five Veterans VIII GO From
Veterans Are Down for the Trip.
Both the OgIethorpe Light Infan-
try and the RepubIicHn Blues VIII
Carry More Than nifty Men-A
Great Programme Has Been Made
Up by Louisville Citizens.
More than $50 Savannahians will attend
the National Reunion of Confederate Vet
Grams in Louisville next week. Profound
interest in the trip is manifested by all
who expect to take it, and If a rare time
is not enjoyed, it will be matter of great
surprise to them and to the many to whom
they have talked of their plans and of
the great preparations that are being
made in Louisville for their entertain
ment.
At least thirty-ive Savannah veterans
will take the trip. Savannah has a mill
tary history of which her citizens are
/ proud, and the only regret is that there
will not be even more of her gallant old
soldiers at the reun on. Many of those
who go. however, are widely known
among Confederate survivors, and 1t will
lie pleasure 10 all assembled at Louis
vile to again meet their old comrades.
The Sons of Veterans will be there in
some strength. 1t is now thought there
viii be fifteen delegates from the Francis
S. Barlow Camp. The Sons are taking as
great interest in the reunion as their sires
and their attendance will be pleasing
feature Of the great event. The charming
sponsor ard maid of honor to accompany
the Sons, Miss Flora Lee Daney and Miss
| Emma Dunbar of Augusta, will add to
the attraction of Che trip. The young
ladies will he chaOaroned pU Mrs NJ
Branch.
The military feature Of the reunion will
| be important. Conn anies from all over
The South will be there, and chief among
them will be the two from Savannah, the
| Oglethorpe Light Infantry and the Re
publican Blues. The members of those
commands are expecting a glorious time,
and it is safe 10 say that they may be
relied upon to supply one for themselves
even If all arrangements should fall
through and they should be forced to have
| recourse to their own resources. But the
promises of entertainment that have come
to the officers of the two commands prove
conclusively that they have everything
to hope for in the way of a good time. and
of this not man ente talns the slightest
doubt.
An introduction to the people of Louis
vile will also be given the Oglethorpes
and the Blues before their arrival for the
courier -JOurndI mas secured sketches OF
the commands and pictures of their Off
GERS that will probably be printed to-mor-
row. To many of the veterans who
| fought in Virginia the name of the Ogle-
thorpe Light Infantry is by no means
unknown, and there are a number in
Louisville, who have sent assurances of
their regard for the young men who per-
petuate the gallant. command that Con-
federate soldiers, in their day, made fam
Gus by hard fighting on many a stricken
field
The Oglethorpes expect to carry nearly
sixty of their own men. Capt. G. A. Cor
don viii. be in command. Lieut.. D. g.
Barrow will also go. but Lieut.. J. II.
Butner's place will be taken by Capt.
regiment, who, by a special order of the
! Governor, has been assigned to duty with
| the company. On learning that Lieut..
| Butner could not make the trip, the Ogle-
! thorpes unanimously determined to invite
| Capt. Richardson to go 10 command the
platoon. Capt Richardson was second
lieutenant of the company for a long
while, and is very popular with its mem
bers.
More than fifty men will be taken by
the Blues Capt. Nj. Ed. Wilson will be
in command and both Lieut.. j. M. Dreyer
and Lieut. G. ]. BaNhelmess expect to
so. The Blues and the Oglethorpes have
both been drilling industriously for sew
eral weeks in anticipation of the paFades
and the sham battle in which they will
| take part and it is expected the military
reputation of the city will be well sus-
tanned by the commands.
To the sham battle the troops are look
ing forward eagerly. To the majority,
the battle will be their first, and interest
| and excitement over II is KEEN In order
10 accustom the men to the firings and to
| give them practice in loading and dis
| charging their pieces in much the way
! they will have to while in the battle, the
officers have been having extended order
| drills in the Park Extension for the last
few nights, the men being provided with
a number of blank cartridges to use as
prescribed.
Reports from Louisville are such as to
show that the most roseate hopes of a
| good time are not 400 likely to be frus-
| trated. The city is thoroughly enthusi-
astic, and every man, woman and child
| has entered into the arrangements for
| the reception of the veterans with great
| zest Every member of the many COM
mittees is either a Confederate veteran or
the son of a veteran. Even the men,
hers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
| lie in the city are interested, and they,
| too are helping in the preparations for
| the entertainment of the visitors. Gen.
| Wheadon, a Federal soldier, who was a
prisoner at Andersonville during the war
| and who afterward married a Macon
lady, is particularly jealous in the work.
In the Louisville auditorium, the delib-
erations of the veterans win take place.
This is a great building, amply sufficient
in size for the accommodation of all who
may attend. 1t fronts the Ohio river
| and commands magnificent view of the
| stream for miles in either direction. Tho
acoustic properties of the building are ex-
cellent, and ats lighting and ventilation
| are all that could be asked.
Louisville has raised $4,000 for the en-
| tertainment of the visitors. The money
has all been collected, and is in the hands
of the committee. Special attention will
be paid the battalion of MANNED veterans
| that will be in attendance. Gen. Ben
nett H. Young is chairman of the General
Committee. He is one of the leading cit
| liens of Louisville, and one of the best
known lawyers in the country. 1t is I'M
derstood that he made fee of $4,000 last
year, and he proposes to expend $150 900
of the amount in entertaining visitors on
his own account.
A grand naval battle, reproductive OF
that of Fort Donaldson, will be one of