The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-12
TO MEET ON LEES BIRTHDAY.
FIELD OFFICERS For FIRST REG
IMENT WILL THEN BE CHOSEN.

Election VIII BE Made Legal on Feb.
NO Question About Col. Lawton
Succeeding Himself-The Com
manding Oncer Has Written the
Out-Of-TOwn Captains Asking
Them to Bring Their Companies
on Jan. 10 TO Take Part I'm the Pa
rade-If Ii Is Found Impracticabie
for the Companies to Come the
Company Officers Are wanted to
Attend the Meeting.
meeting of the officers Of the First
Georgia Regiment will be held Jan. 49, to
consider the election of field officers. 1t
il probable that there will then be a pre-
Rmiuary choice, which will govern the Of
hcers when they cast their ballots on Feb.
/ in the legal election.
Col A. R. LawtoA advocates meeting
for that day. lie has written the com
manding officers of the three out-of-town
companies in the regiment, the Burke
Light Infantry, the Kell Rifles and the
Brunswick Rifles, suggesting that they
come with their lieutenants to attend the
meeting No replies have yet been re-
ceived, as there has not yet been time, but
within the next two or three days Col.
| Lawton will know what the officers VIII
do 1t is possible that more than the Of
| icers of the commands will come. Col.
! Lawton suggested that the entire compa-
MES come to take part in the parade The
day being Lees birthday anniversary it
is customary for the troops in. Savannah
4 f@,a q ha yizft
could readily be provided by the local
! commands, all of which would be glad to
have them participate in the parade.
The regiment will have to choose colo
mel, a lieutenant colonel and three ma
jors It is difficult TO make forecast OF
/ just what the result of this preliminary
election will be further than that Col.
! Lawton will be reelected beyond the
shadow of a doubt. About the lieutenant
coloneloy there will be some guessing.
| There is no well-defned idea among the
officers as to just what they should do
/ Mr. r. S Wyly has been prominently
1 and frequently mentioned 10 succeed Col.
| Jordan F. Brooks, but recently captain
of The First Battalion remarked, and was
| seconded by two or three officers, that II
would be the proper thing to re-elect Col
| the compliment might be assurance suffi-
lent of the need there is for him in the
! position and the regret the officers all
feel 10 part with him.
Capt w. L. Grayson of the Republican
/ Blues was chosen major for the First Bat
/ talon at a preliminary meeting some time
| ago. Before the choice could be consum-
mated by a legal election the Legislature
! passed the bill bringing all commissions 90
! an abrupt stop on Feb. l. In view of that
action il was deemed we'll 10 let matters
remain in statu quo until the election day
! set by the law There is no reason to be-
/ lieve that the vacancy will not be filled
! by the election of Cape Grayson.
Col william Garrard is in command of
| the Second Battalion, the Savannah Vol
unteer Guards. The only question that
| could be raised as to his retaining that
position after Feb / would be that of his
consent as it is well known that his Of
fcers want no one else.
In ne Third Battalion, that recently
formed by the three out-of-town com
panes, there is a vacancy. 1t is not
known who will be made major. The
place may go to Capt. Ernest Dart of
the Brunswick Rifles. though 1t is said he
hos some rather strong opposition. Capt
! Dunn, commissary of the First Regiment
recently transferred, is spoken of for the
position 1t is possible that there will be
other Richmonds in the field.
! 1t has been customary for the battalion
/ officers to name the officer whom they
want in command of their particular bat
talon, the aquiscence Of the other officers
being readily accorded when the day came
for the legal election. There is a report
that this custom may be devia ted from
| on this occasion of q general election of
field officers, and that all the line officers
may resolve themselves into a caucus for
the choice of all field officers.