The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-26
ALL AGES HONOR THE DEAD.
VETERANS AND CHILDREN JOIN IN
MEMORIAL DAYS OBSERVANCE.


ton of Crosses of Honor and Sing
Ing of Confederate Songs Form
Part of the Evenings Exercises.
Mr.. 5. Il. Adams VIII Present the
Crosses on Behalf of the DauGh-
ters.
To-day, set apart flor public memorial
exercises in honor Of those brave soldiers
of the Confederacy who sleep beneath the
sod Of Georgia, will be marked in savan-
nah by observance and services more gem
oral ana elaborate than has been the case
IN the PAST.
It will be signalized by the participation
in the exercises of the Children of the
Confederacy. On prior occasions the
Daughters of the Confederacy and the
Sons of Confederate Veterans. especially
the foimer. have Joined lovingly in these
exercises, evidencing by the celebration
of sacred rites their allegiance to the
deathIess memory of the dead. their con-
fdence in the purity of the motives of
the soldiers of the South, their pride in
their valcr and their certainty of the
South's eventual and perfect justification
a younger gene a ion joins in the memor-
ial exercises, assuring a continuation of
the struggle for the recognition of the
causes of the war between the states.
The morning will be devoted by the
Daughters of the Confederacy to the dec
Grafton of the Confederate Monument in
the Park Extension. In this work a Sec
ton of the Savannah fire department, I'M
der the direction of Foreman Arthur
Toshach, viii assist the committee of the
chapter. The assistance of the firemen
with their ladders VIII enable the Daugh-
ters to decorate the monument On a more
ambitious and elaborate scale than would
otherwise have been possible.
The Morning News of yesterday gave
a full programme of the parade of the
Confederate organizations, including the
two camps of Confederate Veterans, the
Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the
Children of the Confederacy, this after
noon at 4:30 o'clock AT the
Confederate monument, where
halt viii be made and the Wreaths
carried by the veterans and the Sons of
Veterans will be distributed, and at the
soldiers lot in Laurel Grove, where
more elaborate pr gramme will be carried
out, the Daughters Of the Confederacy Will
give their assistance.
The military escort for the parade will
consist of the Republican Blues and the
Lawtou Cadets, under the command OF
Capt N. Ed Wilson. A detachment of
twenty men from the fire department will
also take part in the parade. Maj. G. NJ.
Ryals, senior eX-president of the Confed-
crate Veterans Association, will be in
command of the allied bodies.
At noon the anniversary meeting of the
Confederate Veterans Association will be
held at Confederate Hall. These meetings
are usually marked by a plentiful flow OF
good spirits and by the exchange of story
and Renaissance OF past campaigns
among the veterans. The meeting of to-
day will doubtless be interesting. Besides
this feature the most important business
to be transacted is the election of officers
for the coming year, who have already
been nominated at the ante-anniversary
meeting. The officers who will be elected
are as follows
President-Robert Falligant.
First Vice President-L. Gourdin Young.
Second Vice President-John r. Dillon.
Third Vice Presdent-Harry S. Dreese.
Secretary-James w. Mcintyre.
Assistant ecretary-William Harden.
Adjutant-Joseph p. White.
Treasurer-John S. Haines.
Sergeant-at-A rms-Uames Leonard.
At $50 O'Clock tonight the Memorial
day address will be delivered at the
orator of the occasion will be introduced
by Judge Robert Falligant. president of
the Confederate Veterans Association,
who will act as master of ceremonies.
An interesting feature of the evening
will be the presentation to the members
of the two local camps Of veterans of the
Southern Crosses of Honor. These are
the gifts TO the veterans of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. They are
intended ultimately to be conferred upon
every worthy soldier of the Confederacy,
but on account of the short time that has
been permitted the Daughters it will be
possible 10 confer them tonight only upon
the members of the camps. Mr.. S. b.
Adams will present the crosses on behalf
of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The rules of the general association Of
Daughters of the Confederacy, by. which
the crosses are conferred, demand com
plianee with considerable amount of red
tape. The local chapter of Daughters
regret this necessity, but it has no discre-
ton in the matter 1t is necessary for
the veteran to have filled out a statement,
showing briefly his record in the Con-
federate army or navy. These are made
out in duplicate and one of the copies
mailed 10 the general association, Endorsed
with the number of the cross issued upon
it. The applications, it is expected, will
become in time a valuable source of his
torioal information.
Mrs. Marie T.. Branch who has charge
of the receipS Of these applications for the
Daughters, makes an urgent request that
the veterans who desire to receive the
crosses this evening will I'll out the blank
applications and send them 70 her at as
early an hour this morning as is possible.
There is a considerable amount of work
involved in keeping proper records of the
crosses conferred, and this cannot be done
If the applications are filed after this
morning.
The exercises at the Guards Hall will
include a number of Confederate songs by
some of the best voices in the city This
part of the programme has not been fully
made QUE but among those who will sing
are Mr.. w. T. Blois and Mrs. Wicken-
berg. Mr.. Blois will sing "All Quiet
Along the Potomac Tonight" and Mrs.
Wickenberg The Homespun Jacket"
During the day contribution boxes will
be placed by the Daughters of the Con
fedcracy at the entrance to Laurel Grove
Cemetery, for the purpose Of receiving
the donations of those literally inclined
ms mbers OF the community who feel dis
posed to assist the work Of keeping in
order the soldiers lot. Funds for this pur-
pose have never been abundant. and all
that is received can and will be wisely