The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-22
HONORED BY MANY TROOPS.
VOLUNTEERS PARADED AND WE'RE
REVIEWED BY THE ADMIRAL.

The Parade Witnessed by Thousands
of PeOpIe-Streets Along the Line
of March Were Lined With Eager
SpectatOrs-The Review in the
Park Extension Imposing
MISUNDERSTANDING Commands En-
tertained After the Review by the
Local Compnnies-The Chatham
ArtiIIery's salute TO the Admiral.
Crowds Cheered the Hero.
The military parade in honor Of Admiral
! Dewey yesterday afternoon was the great
est event OF its character in the memory
Of most Savannahians. There may be
those who recall wartime parades of
| greater grandeur but il has been years
since anything so comprehensive was seen
in Savannah. When the United States
volunteers and regulars were here year
or more ago, great reviews of troops were
witnessed in the Park Extension, but no
street parades we're given.
Thousands witnessed the parade. The
streets were lined with eager spectators
who crowded out into the roadways, leav
ing but narrow passage for the troops.
| Everybody was enthusiastic, and most of
the commands as they passed, were greet
| ed with cheers and applause. All en-
tered into the spirit of the cele bration
and the many visiting troops in line found
the parade the review and the entertain>
ment that followed very agreeable. Their
visit was ell they had hoped Il to be, and
| they will long remember the pleasant in
cidents OF their brief stay.
The management of the parade and re-
| view was excellent. There were no delays.
Everything went off on time and in or
der. The afternoon was pleasant. neither
too warm nor too cold, and in that was a
great advantage. The men were all in
fine fetter, anxious to make as good an
appearance as possible and solicitious of
the records of their commands. They were
DESTROYS of seeing their companies as well
conducted and as well handled as the
best in the parade, and on the whole,
there was evidence of the commands hav-
ing been very well drilled and trained
The movements were executed without
great mistakes being made, the only diff
Guilty being found in the confusion of
sound that often prevented the bands be-
ing clearly heard and the step taken up
and kept with regularity.
The parade and review in the Park Elk
mand of Col A. r. Lawton of the First
| Regiment Infantry, senior officer in Sa-
| vannah. on his staff were Col. w. II.
| Hopkins. Capt. w. e. Coney, Capt r.
| l.. Wylly Capt. J. c. Pcsten Capt. w.
CT Harrison, Capt. T. G. Hunter Capt.
| W. w. Owens, Lieut.. Edward Elliott and
| others.
The companies were formed at their
| quarters before o'clock The visiting
| troops We're formed al the government
| hospital, where they were quartered dur
| ing their stay in the city They had a
| long march in and some of them were
! pretty well used up by the time the pa
rade and review We're over.
| The First Regiment of Infantry was
| formed in the Park Extension, with Col.
| Lawton in command. The command of
| the regiment was turned over when the
| parade was formed 10 Maj. Ernest Dart
| of Brunswick, next in rank. In the reg
| iment were the battalion formed of the
| Brunswick Rifles and the Burke Light
| Infantry from WaynesbOro, with Capt.
| Dunn and Capt. Wilkins, respectively. IN
command. The center battalol was the
| first, under command of Capt p. f. Glea-
! son of the Irish Jasper Greens, made up
| of the five companies that have their
| quarters in the regimcntal arrory. Tic
Second Battalion were the Savannah Vol
unteer Guards, all four companies, COM
! mand ID by Capt. j. F.c-is Cam. The
| Guards made a very good showing, their
| many trends having their hopes for The,
| future of the corps raised by the display
| The companies of the First Battalion
| turned out far larger numbers, however.
| AS the regiment was formed in the E,X-
| tension, the visiting troops marched past
! to take up their position for the parade
on Oglethorpe avenue. The South Caro-
! lima troops were formed into a regiment
| with Col. John c. Boyd of Greenville at
their head. In the regiment were the Irish
| Volunteers, the Sumter Guards, the Ger
| man Fusleers, The Washington Light In
fantry and the Palmetto Guards, all of
| Charleston, and forming a battalion, COM
| manded by Maj. Schachte, and the Rich9
| land Volunteers, the TimmonSville Guards
and the Smythe Rifles from Pelzer. under
command of Capt. Kirkland of the Rich
| land Volunteers as senior officer.
Following the South Carolina Regiment
in the parade, which moved promptly from
the corner of Bull street and Oglethorpe
avenue at 4:45 o'clock. We're the German
Guards and the Clinch Rifles, from Au-
susta, Then came the divisions of Naval
MILITIA three from South Carolina the
Lafayette Artillery from Charleston, the
Chicora Rifles from Mount Pleasant and
The Beaufort Artillery Naval Reserves
from Beaufort, the battalion under DOM
mand of Capt DuBos of Charleston, and
the three divisions from Georgia, the
Third from Savannah. the First and The
Torpedo Division from Charleston. all I'M
der command of Commander Frank Aiken.
There were more naval reserves in the
parade than We're ever before gathered
in the state, and the soldier sailors pre-
scented a very creditabe appearance The
Charleston division had a machine gun
that formed a feature of the parade
Following the naval militia were the
Lawton Cadets, under command of Capt
Ralph Meldrim. The boys looked well.
ard received much applause along the line
Of march They were followed by the
Chatham Artillery, under command of
Capt. G. b. Walker, and the Georgia
Hussars, commanded by Capt. Henry Nc
Apin, brought up the rear.
-Four bands were in the parade. They
We're between the subdivisions Some
difficulty was found In hearing the music
at all times, but on the whole, the men
were able to keep fairly good step The
band in blue attracted no little attention
by its wonderful uniform as well as by
IFS music The Artillery hand fror, G,tlli