The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-26
MILITARY MEN AND MATTERS.
SOLDIERS or THIS DAY AND 9TH
ERs ARE DISCUSSED.

Protest of PhiIadeIphinns Regard
ing Bryan-Senboard'S Action SuE-
Eests the Old Rule Mt the Point.
The Two II. II. Andersons of the
COnfederacy.
Pine Crest VIVA, Maitland. Fla. Aug
25.-To-morrow the Chicago people VIII
inaugurate their gala Grand Army week
with special patriotic services in all the
city churches followed a night in tbs
Coliseum by a grand patriotic ami sacred
/ song service. During the afternoon there
viii be sacred music in the parks by mil
/ i,ary bands. Monday morning the Naval
Arch w.ll be dedicated and the day given
over 10 the Naval Veterans Association
and other ORGANIZATIONS. During the af,-
/ eruoon President Mckinley will be Off
! cially received. On Tuesday the Army
Arch Will be dedicated und the day given
/ up to the Grand Army of the Republic
parade ana state reunions, etc.
Only Wednesday and Thursday are the
official days of the Grand Army of the
| Republic National Encampment. which
viii meet at 10 a. m. on Wednesday
/ These two days are given up to the legit-
/ innate business Of the organization. and
only members can be admitted to the hall
during the official sessions The Ladies'
Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans dele
cations come in during a suspension of
regular business.
Friday is TO be devoted 10 an excursion
on the lake with fireworks off Lake
/ Front Park at night. and an illumination
OF streets. arches aud the court Of honor
Saturday viii furnish al visitors who re-
main over plenty of day and night amuse-
ments. Chicago hos expended big pile OF
/ money to make rhis Bile week and
unless all signs fail she will get her money
/ back from nearly a million guests
About the PennsyIvania Kick.
Now in the matter of Candidate Will
lam J. Bryan, against which the Philn-
/ delphia Grand Army of the Republic men
kick. he was invited solely nv the citi-
zens commit as one of he outside al
| fractions 20 draw crowd. The Grand
! Army invites no one outside of its men,
oership, except that this year, Gen Cor
! don, as oommander-.n-chief of the Con-
federate Veterans, was officially invited
! by Commander-in-Chief Shaw.
President Mckinley is a Union veteran
soldier and member of the Grand Army
| o. the Republic. consequently needed 10
/ invitation except TO the outside func-
| lions gotten up by the city. AS COM
mander-in-chef of both the army and
nay. he will officially review the naval
and the military parades of Monday and
| Tuesday
In view of the G. A R. kick" in Phil
adelphia about Bryan, and the L. C. V.
kick in New Orleans about Gordon. IL
is likely that the encampment NAV take
some official action as to how far enter
tanning cities may go in their efforts to
draw crowd by outside attractions, as
the general public does not know where
the G. A. r. line is drawn between the
city's entertainments and it's own official
proceedings. The Gordon matter may
also call forth lively discussion. There
Will hardly be any contest for Commander
in-Chief as 1t seems very probab bic that
Past Department Commander Leo Ras-
sieur of St. Louis will be chosen, he being
strong man and popular
The Memorial Day Change.
The Jacksonville Metropolis errs in It's
editorial on Change in Memorial Day"
commanderin- Shaw. in his At
lanta, Ga, address, did not advocate such
change as the editor refers to-the
changing of the G.. A. r. Memorial Day
from May 80 to the last Sunday in that
month What he did advocate was
/ joint National Memorial Day of the Blue
and the Gray. and he favored Sunday as
the better day, his purpose being 10 make
the occa sion a solemn and sacred memoir
/ ial to our heroic dead-one not to be dis
I turbed by horse races, ball matches, etc
(Since writing the above have seen the
press telegram from Chicago that Gen.
Shaw wishes to change the G.. A. K. Mem
oral Day-May SOTO the last Sunday In
that month. But this does not materially
change my statements as TO his Atlanta
Blue and Gray reunion speech. In that
he advocated a National Sunday Memo
rial Day, and said: Let us embrace all
our dead In the loving girde of a National
| Memorial Day" II Gen. Shaw simply
desires to change the date of the present
G. A r. Memorial Day he will find
strong opposition to his proposed change.)
Mai. Gen. Elwel S. Otis, United States
Army (retired). late commanding general
/ in the Philippines, has been appointed
aide to Commander-in-Chef Shaw of the
c. A. r., and will share with Gen. Dan
Sickles and Gen. Joe Wheeler the applause
| that will greet the big street parade. Gen.
/ Ous is a member of the Lafayette Post of
New York city, the richest and SWEETEST
post in the G. A. r. Although the mem
! bership i'm the South is small and the
! posts and departments feeble a few promi-
nent offices are occasionally given this
| section The late Gen. John r. Lewis of
| Atlanta, Ga, was once junior vice-com-
| mander, and Judge c. w. Buckley Of
| Montgomery, Ala. filed the same Office.
The Rev. s. d. Paine of Sanford. Fla.
and the late Rev. c. d. Warner of Chat
| tanooga, Tenn, were once chaplains-in-
chief Each department. in the South has
one member in the council of adminstra-
ton, which is the governing power of the
organization.
writer in the Troy. Ala. Daily Mes
singer refers to the battle scare d" vet
Grams who wore the gray. No
! doubt there were "battle-scared'' vet
Grams who wore The gray, as there were
who wore the blue, but this writer evil
! IDENTIFY intended TO speak of drawer
class. the "blttle-sca, red heroes. We
also had another, or third class of soldiers.
the bottle scared" or hard drinkers.
not few of which are seen nowadays.
In National Cemeteries.
1t will surprise many readers of the
Morning News to know that nearly 10000
| Confederate soldiers are buried in the
various national cemeteries of the nation
and that their graves are as well cared
for as are those of the Union dead The
most of these Confederate graves are in
the cemetery at Woodlawn, y. Y, at JeS-
ferson Barracks. Mo, at Cypress Hills, N
Y, at Hampton, Va, at Firms Point n.
j. and at Fort Smith, Ark. OF the Union
dead in all the national cemeteries there
are over $500, and of these over 10000