The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-06
TO Do THEM HONOR
ARMS OF CITY WILL BE OPEN To
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATORS
WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY FAIR
AND COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

o mands VIII Escort the Governor
10 the De SotO-First Military
Ceremony will BE at the Parade
Ground and Second at the Fair
Grounds Entertainment of Wis.,
itors at Tybee Island.
The Governor, State House officials
and members of both houses OF the
Legislature will arrive this morning at
$3.50 o'clock by the Central and will be
the guests of the Savannah Fair AS
ISOLATION for the day.
The Governor and other visitors will
be met at the station by President
George w. Owens of the Fair Associa-
ton and several of the directors. Car
riages will be in waiting, and Mr..
Owens and the other Savannahians
will accompany the Governor and Wis
iting officials to the De Soto, where
breakfast will be served
AS escort of honor for the Governor
to the De Soto will consist of the Geor-
gia Hussars, Liberty Independent
Troop. bingham Hussars and the
| Meldrim Tattnall Guards, the squadron
under the command of Capt. A. Cor.
don Cassels of the Liberty Independ-
ent Troop.
At 1890 o'clock President Owens and
others will call at the De Soto for the
Governor and other guests and they
| will be driven to the parade ground,
where the first of the military features
of the day will take place. Many of
the senators and representatives will
doubtless be at the review, but they
will consult their own pleasure.
Upon the arrival of the train the Leg
islators will be at liberty to go where
they choose. Many of them have Sa-
vannah friends who will entertain
them, so that they will be scattered
about the city by the hour for the re-
view in the parade ground. Transpor-
tation has already been provided for
| the visitors over the Savannah, Thur
derbolt and Isle of Hope Railway,
| passes having been sent them to At
lanta. The Plant System, too, has ex-
tended a similar courtesy, so that a
4 choice of either route to the Fair
grounds may be made.
Troops in the Parade.
In line at the parade ground facing
east, with the right resting on Park
| avenue, will be the following COM
| mands, the first named having the
right of the line: 225 regulars of the
garrison at Fort Screven, the battalion
being under command of Capt. w. NJ.
Cruikshank the First Regiment of In
fantry, under command of Lieut.. Col.
G.. A. Gordon, Col. T. S. Wylly, Jr., hav-
ing been called out of the city; the Sa-
vannah Volunteer Guards, under Maj.
w w. Williamson; the Naval Militia,
under Lieut. Carter; the Lawton Ca
diets. under Capt. Gustave Robertson;
the Chatham Artillery. the Liberty
Independent Troop, the Georgia Hus-
sars, the Dillingham; Hussars and the
Meldrim- Tattnall Guards. Col, P. w.
Meldrim, as senior officer will COM
mand the parade. The First Regiment
Band will furnish the music.
The Governor will review the troops
from his carriage. in which, besides
himself, will be President Owens, Pres
ident Brown of the Agricultural Socie-
ty and Col. Jordan F. Brooks, director
of the military features of the Fair.
The other carriages will follow.
The Military at the Fair.
From the parade ground. the Gov
errors carriage and the others will be
driven to the Fair grounds, where the
will take place. Immediately after
the departure of the Governors party,
the troops will take up the march for
the Fair grounds, where the military
feature is to be concluded.
The review at the parade ground is
to take place at IL o'clock. That will
give the spectators who care to take
that route time to get to the Plant
System depot, whence train will
leave at 11:15 o'clock for the Fair
grounds. Street cars will be in wait
ing at the intersection of Bolton and
Abercorn streets for any who may
care to take the line for the grounds.
At the Fair grounds the military
ceremony is the passing of the troops
in review before the Governor, who
will occupy the most prominent box in
the grandstand. The troops will enter
the track by the gate on the east.
forming column of platoons from COL
umn of tours. Upon having passed the
reviewing officer, the various compa-
MES will be turned over to their COM
handing officers, who will dismiss them
in order to admit of the soldiers taking
in the sights of the grounds.
The story From Atlanta.
A dispatch to the Morning News from
Atlanta last night, tells the story of
the departure of the Legislatures train,
special PROVIDED through the cOur-
tesy of the Central:
"A special train of four sleepers and
five coaches left Atlanta at $50 O'Clock
tonight for Savannah, carrying Gov
Gambler and fifteen or twenty mem
bers of his staff in uniform, including
Adjt. Gen. J. w. Robertson, Assistant
Adjutant General Phil Byrd, Inspector
General w. G.. Obear, half a dozen OF
the State House officers and about 15C
members of the Legislature. The train
was well crowded, carrying in all at
least 250 people. among them a number
of ladies.
"They all went away impressed with
! the feeling that they We're to have a
merry time in Savannah. Notices as To
the trip and the entertainment were
read in the House and Senate to-day
and We're received with applause. The
Kimball House lobby was deserted al
train time. and Savannah will have no
difficulty tomorrow in getting a quo
rum of both Houses. and getting
through any measure she wants pass
ed"
Treats for the visitors.
From the conclusion of the review
until about 80 o'clock. the visitors
Will spend in an inspection OF the eX-
hibits and in taking I'm the Midway
and other sights OF the Fair Among
these. arranged for the special enter
tainment Of the Governor. will be an
exhibition TIT by a team from the
Liberty Independent Troop. This will
take place on the race track. just In
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