The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-14
VETERANS OFF TO AUGUSTA.
ADVANCE Ct ARD or SAVANNAH
DELEGATION LEFT LAST NIGHT

ADVANCE Ct ARD or SAVANNAH
DELEGATION LEFT LAST NIGHT.
4 This CONSISTED Of About Thirty Mem
hers Of the Two savannah Camps.
Others VIII Leave This Morning
aud To-ntEht-Promtnen Veterans
Who Were OF the Party That Has
Gone-C om mandcr OF Georgia Di-
vision Of sons Of Veterans Let
AI.o-If Gen. Evans Declines ne
election. Gen. y. McGInshnn van
he IA Candidate for the Command
Of the Division.
Delegates aud other members 81 tae
/ Confederate Veterans Association ara
McIaws Camp OF Confederate Veterans.
20 tho number 90 thirty or more ieft To-
/ the reunion OF tho Georgia Division a.
+ Augusta hss n.rat They will b. fo.-
I lowed to-day oy larger number Of vote
Grams
The FIRST session OF the convention wiz
be called 10 order this morning. The par
ty that Ief, last n,gh' included Gen. T.
I MeGloshaa. COL r Sheldon. COL 81
r Uslua Capt A. r Marmeisteiu. Capt
James LaehlIsou. Veterans A X Wilson.
J. ". Mcintyre. j ~. Holmes J. A.
Mccarthy George Turner. T. y. Taeu'
John Ders,, @. r. Cier. l.. snow. J. II
r. Osborne = Buttimer. @. Iucieu Jones
Lem g Downs. Vs. l. Corbot, ~ g.
Ko.lock b II Hendricks r. II Hunt
Is soomous and james Leonard.
The party that win leave tHis morniug
VIII include veteran G. o. uo.sett. 81 No
Laws camp SIR Dorset, vu, b. accom-
panied by bis daughter Miss Josie Dor
-ett. who viii De the sponsor for sac camp
80 the reunion. a third delegation Will
sav~ Tonight ard IL Is expected that
satauuahs delegation az the reunion viii
number sevcnty-nve or eighty on the day
Of The parade
Capt y 10 McLaws Commander ~ The
Georgia Division OF sons Of Veterans, 49,
companied By several members 81 tho
Savannah camp nito icft on last nights
train. Other members It enc camp viii
leave to-day. a. represent IFS interests az
the reunion 81 the state division Of che or
SANITATION. which meets 90 Augusta at
! the same time a. does that OF the Nct-
Grams. AR. a. pclung Harden. acting
adjutant OF tho division. has been Boz Au-
gusta. making arrangements fer holding
[ The convention. for che past duy or two.
The nHi providing for the election OF a
state historian who shall collect and COM
pile al Information relative e. the eol-
diers Of Georgia lu the several unicts
I Boa which they lav, been engaged has al-
ready been introduced in the Gene a. a..
semblE. pY Eeprcs. utative Have OF El-
I bert IL Was Endorsed a. the convention
I ol the Daughter of the Coufedertry heli
last week ln THIS city sud VIII probably
receive similar indorsemeuts from tn
/ veterans ana sons oi veterans
Amoue thc matters 20 he considered a.
I the conventions of both the We err ms and
I Sius 81 Veterans ore tH" projects now
receiving abe consideration ani supp r.
I OF the Daughters OF tnc Comic crary.
These include rho erection ~ the Nlnuia
/ Davis Memorial 20 Athens. and the cree
/ ton a Richmond, OF a monument 10 Je,-
I ferson Davis and the Southern Coined
/ eracY
\ The question OF principal interest 60 the
/ veterans De- the election OF a division CONE
mauder. Gen. Clement a. Evans. the rcrs-
I eut commander. has announced that be-
I would not accept another term. Every
I possible EFFORT VIII be made. however. 20
I uauce Gen. E,aus To change his mind
an4 the veterans hope. az least that THESE
. Efforts VII prov" 90 he success tul- So sd'-
r,ssfHl has been Gen. Evans adminlstfa-
/ zion Of the duties ~ the office. and to So
I ertat an extent has he earned the love
and adminruion OF his comrades that
they unite Zoo the hope mat De- VIII
he induced Co retain command - tho di-
vision
should BE prove rocalcitrant the contest
1 VIII BE- between t1r commanders OF thr
Cen a. J West of Atlanta. Gen &. Isl.
.4 e.n ,t.g.l,.i.,. ts 49,. aer.t., t-I.-
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