The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-05
TALKING OF THEIR TRIP.
OGLETHORPEs AND BLUES RELATE
MANY EXPERIENCES.

Returned Members of the Command
Are Besieged for Stories of the
Savannah Relatives Are Shocked
when They Learn How Their Boys
Were ACCOMMODATIONS him ly,
Though, the Stories Are Told.
officers Greatly Pleased With the
/ Conduct of Their Men-Capt. Cor
don of the Oglethorpes Presented
with n Testimonial of the Esteem
of. the Company.
The prevailing topic among the soldiers
returned from the Louisville reunion and
their friends yesterday was the trip and
the general good time they had. Members
of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry and OF
the Republican Blues were besleged for
accounts of their visit to Kentucky, and
many pleasing incidents were related.
Some of the impressions received by the
men were very amusing, and when one OF
the choice raconteurs was encountered,
the questIoner about the trip was sure
to find something Interesting. Corpl.
Brady of the Oglethorpes and Private Mo-
ran have found themselves even more pop
ular than before their trip, and they are
kept busy telling about the sights they
saw.
I Brass buttons seemed to create quite
furore in Louisville. The conquests must
have been numerous, for nearly every
man has received gentle 'jollying'' from
his comrades about ''The Girl Left Be-
hind Me-" Unless it were that the story
is told in a purely impersonal sort of way,
as If 1t concerned only the other fellow,
one might be forgiven for regarding the
soldiers as just a trif1e pulled up with
vanity, for they certainly do not hesitate
to appropriate no little credit for the de-
struction they wrought among the maid
ems of Louisville.
When the special train left Saturday
evening there were many girls at the de-
rot to sse them off. That they were re-
luotant to have the soldiers so was quite
apparent and the good-byes were very
aaect onate. Their Savannah friends and
relatives would be shocked grieved sur
DIT sed and mortified to know just what
happened to the boys when the train was
on the point of Pulling out. Not man
in the crowd was Hobson, but that
seemed to make not the slightest differ
ence.
Last night in their quarters at the Reg
mental Armory, the Oglethorpes had a
meeting, ard before and after the men
gathered in knots to tell about the trip.
A number of those who had been unable
to go stood sorrowfu ly around listening
to the recountal of some of the expert
ences Before the company left for Louis
willie there was an esprit de corps that
was highly commendable, but the hope
of the officers that this might be strength
ened ems to have been realized and 1t
is believed that the command will be
greatly improved as result CT the trip.
Lieut. David c. Barrow and the other
officers have spoken in glowing terms of
the conduct of the men while on the trip,
nothing having occurred TO mar II or de-
tract from the good name of the COM
pany Lieut. Barrow and Capt. Gordon
declare the men behaved like regulars,
and that In every respect they showed
that the confidence that was reposed in
them was not misplaced The discipline
was perfect. So exceptional was it, in
fact that the officers were congratulated
by many upon the behavior of the COM
pany Badges, flowers and other unmili-
tary decorations were eschewed by the
company. Not man was to be seen wear
ing them about, common violation of
regulations by militiamen being thereby
avoided.
| To the officers and men of the Ogle-i
| thorpes and of the Blues, 1t was mat
ter of no little regret that the rain in
| te, fer d so vastly with the programme as
| II had been arranged by the committee.
/ The parade and the sham battle had to
be called off, but this did not deter the
! Oglethorpes from paradirg on their own
| a recount on Friday, when they learned at
headquarters that there would be no gen.
! eral parade. The command escorted the
Augusta Camp of Veterans to the audi
torium. band leading the column. Great
| enthusiasm was created, and the crowd
was r; sponsive 20 the military spirit, for
they CHI aered the troops 10 the echo. Miss
Mamie Morris of Atlanta, and Miss Bur-
roughs and Miss Penniman of Brunswick
were in carriage in the parade, the
young ladies being sponsors.
| The next day the Blues and the Ogle-