The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-16
ANXIOUS FOR HOME
VETERANS 10 SEND COMMITTEE
nEronE ti.GIst ATtHE.
IT IS DUE THE OLD SOLDIERS.
HESOIJ TION PASSED rAVoRTN0
SOUTHERN HisroHIEs.

NahFNh NRHfM ~ NMF A'AMFR Tor the
Reunion of iaoi-cru. NcGia-han
Holds over 81, Commander of the
soHthrrn Brigade apt. McIaw.
Again Elected Commando of the
sons OF N"t"rans-AuRu-tR Gives
ola soldiers a Good Time.
Augusta Nov l5-Tne secouI d,y o.
the Confederate Vcserlns reunion shows
no dlmiuution ln the euhusarm of the
veterans. nor .n the crowds which throng
the streets THE Elk@ Street Carnival
contlnu,a 90 Furnish the amusing fca-
ture of thc rtsHerIne. and tnc veterans
ore tukng uu in aud having q Big line
on tho Midapy. "a. veH as joyous re-
union with OLD comrlies
/ The business of to-iay was largely con
/ fined Co action upon the report or tho
RESOLUTIONS Committee. and rho rc-ele,-
/ uon Of brigade commnniors The even
iug sessions were aH -oenl
/ Tao greitrat crowds ever seen in Au-
/ gtHtn on uul oeeas ou have throngod tho
streets for tho pasf two DAYS The cul-
I miuatiuE feature az tae reunion ana OF
the week wiu be- tac paudc of veterans
20 morrow morning az ID o'clok Alter
That tn" exodus vii begin. nnd by to-
morrow uisbi 30 viii aII bc over.
The convention of Confederate veterans
was called q" order by cen. Evans
promptly AZ 10 O'Clock
Mr NJ Carroll offered resolution
that tho veterans march IN a body to the
last resting place of the bishop ma lieu
tenant general. Leonidas Polk. who sleeps
under the chnnccl of s.. Paul's Episcopal
Church. The resolution was passed
The minutes ~ yesterday were read ami
confirmed
Comfade W. rostwick of Forsyth Of
fered q resolution ihnt ore veteran from
/ each camp be- appointed ts assist tho
Sons 81 Veterans in the Organization ot
/ camps ~ sons 90 Veterans and chapters
/ "f Daughters ~ the confelcracy Tho
motiou was carried
Want the Ncferans' Home.
Col W. s. Calhoun of Atlanta then in
tfoiucod the following resolution.
whereas The Governor of Georzin has
in hih message to the General Assembly
recommended the acceptance ana main
ivnauCe hy tire state of tine pruqsrtv
known as the Confederate sa.dlerg Home
of Georgia. tlc same consisting ,f iisi,
acres of land with the bllldlnrs tharecn
for the benefit ~ the needy and homeless
Confederate sosdlerf ~ Georgia provided
y should De- again rendered a. tho stata
by the board ~ trustees thereof and the
said property having been 80 rendered.
and hili providing for such acceptancs
and maintenance having been introduced
| tn the Georgia Legislature hy Hon W.
| T. Gary. representative from the county
- Richmond and
| 'Whorcas n o. tho sense of this body,
comprising the Georgin Division u the
I United Confederate Veterans that the
opening Of such an Institution. or tho
benefit of tho needy and homeless Com
tederate soldiers of this state. o. now a
I pressing necessity and would he "a nt-
ting recognition hy the state 81 their self
sacrihccs and heroic conduct ln 80 de-
| feuse, therefore be- %
| Resolved. Tint "a committee consisting
I Of Joseph -. Cumming. james NJ Pace,
+. A. s. McGlashan. j. IS Freeman. A
| B Montgomery. g. ~ Wiley John Trip
lett W Burroughs. } s Boyntdn. a.
s Shepherd and W e. Calhoun be- aud Il
II here appo ntcd 20 appear before The
| General Assembly and by memo ial or
| otherwise. urge the passage Of said nm 20
accept open and maintain the fail con-
federate Soldiers Home a. Geo gia."
Ia introducing the rcFolutlou Col Cal
| houn made one of the most coquent
speeches OF the convention. He said he
/ thought the South should erect monu-
/ meuts a. Lee and Davis. to the bea az ful
women OF the South and 10 the faithful
negroes who stood by the South but
above all We should care for the living.
General A. } West. Of Atlanta. secon'l-
"a the resolution Ia an eloquent speech.
Ie said that Cot Calhoun ana himself
in advocating this measure spoke for tho
meu who carried the starry cross through
fhe floods Of living hre % shiloh. where
Albrrt sidney Johnston died al C'hancel-