The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-07
TROOPS AT THE FAIR
MILITARY CEREMONIES MARKED
THE OPENING DAY.
SOLDIERS IN GREAT PAGEANT.
WON WORDS OF PRAISE FROM
CoMMANDER-IN-CH

He Had Ever Witnessed-He Was
Received with n salute of Severn
teen Guns as He and His Party Ar
rived Mt the Parade Ground-Re-
viewed the Troops There and Con-
cluded the Review at the Fair
Grounds-TroOps Passed Before
the tand-Programme, rs
Mapped Out Was Executed with
Promptness.
ut was the finest display of the vol
unteer forces of Georgia that / ever
witnessed" was the comment by Gov.
Gambler when asked what he thought
of the parade in his honor and which he
reviewed.
Military promptness is phrase that
was exemplifed in everything apper-
tanning to the military features of the
opening day of the Fair. The pro-
gramme was carried out just as it had
been arranged, and the hours of exc
cution corrresponded almost exactly
with the hours of arrangement. This
was gratifying to the many who wit
messed the ceremonies, as we'll as to
those who participated. Long delays
are irksome and annoying, and it was
regarded as favorable omen for the
success of the Fair that the opening
day should be marked with such
promptness.
The various military commands that
were to participate in the parade gath
cred in the parade ground at 1O45
| ~ hax OF air
respective armories some minutes be-
fore. The right of the line rested on
Park avenue the troops being on the
west side of the parade ground, fac
ing east.
The extreme right of the line was
occupied by the regulars from Fort
Screven, 224 strong, under command of
Capt. Cruikshank. Three companies
formed the battalion under his COM
mand, Lieut.. w. G. Peace being his
adiutant The Fifth Company was
commanded by Lieut.. Rawson Warren.
the One Hundred and Sixteenth by
Lieut.. Bunker, and the Fourteenth by
| Lieut.. Gilmer.
Uncle Sans Soldiers.
The regulars, having the right
marched just behind the First Regi-
| ment Band, the new organization that
reflects such credit upon those who
formed it and those who are in it.
There were rs members of the band,
handsomely uniformed. The regulars
| had the advantage of their proximity
| to the music, which was not shared by
some of the volunteer commands fur
Their from the head of the line. The
| work of all, however, was of a very
satisfactory order and that of some
of the commands was such as to win
them the plaudits of the crowds,
wherever passed.
next to the regulars, commanded by
Lieut.. Col G. A. Gordon, Col T. S.
WILLY, Jr., being out of the city. Com
prising the regiment were the Ogle-
thorpe Light Infantry. Capt. D. c..
Barrow; the Savannah Cadets, Capt.
]. T. West; the Irish Jasper Greens,
Lieut.. ]. F. Mccarthy; the German
Volunteers, Capt. c. H. Konnemann.
the Republican Blues. Lieut.. j.
M. Dreyer, and the Emmett
Rifles, Capt E. A. Leonard
All the commands were we'll
represented, the Oglethorpes, the Ca
diets and the Emmets having especially
full ranks. Had the employers of the
members of the command all been as
considerate as some and allowed them
to get off for the parade, the ranks
of all the commands would have been
swollen.
Following the First Regiment under
command of Maj. w. w. Williamson.
were the Savannah Volunteer Guards,
who had Middleton's Brass Band. Bat
terry A was commanded by Capt. j. M.
Rogers. Battery B, by Capt. w. B.
Stephens; Battery C, by Capt. F. C.
Wilson, and Battery D, by Lieut.. w.
l.. Pritchard. Their uniforms of gray,
trimmed in red, made the Guards con-
spicuous, and together with their gall
liant bearing. won them applause.
Naval Militia In Line.
Hard upon the Guards followed the
division of Naval Militia. under Lieut..
A. c. Carter The battalion of cadets,
commanded by Maj. ormond B. Strong
and comprised of the Lawton Cadets,
under Lieut.. .Dreese, and the cadets of
the Savannah Preparatory School, most
of them boys of a size so diminutive as
to mark them for the attention and
interest of all, followed the Naval Mi
litia, and brought up the rear of the
infantry.
The Chatham Artillery. commanded
by Lieut.. H. S. Dreese, were immedi-
ately after the infantry, and to the ar
tillery fell the duty of firing the salute
in honor of the Governor. This was
upon his appearance upon the parade
ground.
Next to the artillery in line were
the cavalry, the First Regiment being
commanded by Lieut.. Col. Beirne Cor
don, Col. p. w. Meldrim, as senior off,
GER. having the command of the par
ade. The cavalry commands were the
Liberty Independent Troop. Capt. A.
Gordon Cassels; the Georgia Hussars,
Capt. c. A. L. Cunningham; the Efflng-
ham Hussars, Capt. Berry, and the
Meldrim Tattnall Guards, Capt. Giles.
The Effingham Hussars and the Mel
drim Tattnall Guards rode to Savan-
nah in the saddle. coming many miles
across country. The Liberty Inde-
pendent Troop also had its own mounts.
Nearly, if not quite. all of the visiting
cavalrymen will remain in the city for
the great tilt, which will take place
at the Fair grounds tomorrow. AS
they like horses, they will have the
attraction of the races to draw them
to-day, besides the hundred and one
other things to interest or amuse. A
meeting of the captains of the teams
and the judges of the tilt will meet to-
night at the Hussars' armory to make
final arrangements for the tilt.
on Col. Meldrim's staff were Capt.
Abram Minis, acting assistant adjutant
general; Lieut.. A. A. Morrison. assist
ant surgeon. First Infantry; and Lieut.
Gordons staff were Capt. w. r.
Coney. 'adjutant; Capt. J. J. McDon-
ough, commissary; Capt. F. w. Gar
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