The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-23
TROOPS TURNED OUT
THE FIRST INFANTRY PARADED
TEN COMPANIES.
CROWDS LINED THE STREETS.
IMPRESSIVE CLOSING CEREMONIES
IN PARK ENTENSION.
COnpanie

There Last Night--CoI. Obear and
other officers viewed the Parade
and Reviewed the Troops-COm-
panies Presented Excellent APP
pearance.
Ten companies of the First Infantry
Joined in a parade in honor of George
Washington yesterday afternoon. Six of
the companies were from Savannah. The
others were the Burke Light Infantry
from Waynesboro, under Lieut.. f. L.
Scales, who is captain-elect; the Kell
Rifles Of Statesboro, under Lieut.. Proctor;
the Swainsboro Guards of SwaiGsboro,
Capt C. II. Thompson and the Bruins
wick Rihemen, Capt. Frank A. Dunn.
The parade was an imposing one, and
the review and other ceremonies in the
Park Extension, with which it concluded,
were impressive TO a degree. Nearly all
the companies presented a good appear
ance Some of them, in fact, looked re-
markably well, considering it was their
first public appearance.
Besides the visiting companies. there
were in line the Savannah Cadets, Capt.
]. T. West; the Oglethorpe Light Infant
ry, Lieut.. David c. Barrow; the irish
Jasper Greens. Lieut.. j. +. Mccarthy:
the German Volunteers, Capt. c. II.
1xonemann; the Republican Blues, Capt.
NJ Ed. Wilson, and the Emmett Rifles,
Capt. T. A. Leonard. The Emmets pa
raded for the first time since their
SANITATION, and they made an excellent
showing. They had some sixty men in
line, and it was wonderful to see the pro-
ficiency they had achieved in so short a
time in drill. Col w. G. Obear, nspec-
tor general. who reviewed the troops,
pronounced the line of the Emmets as
they passed the reviewing stand. the best
OF all the companies.
Early in the morning the visiting COM
panies arrived. The Brunswick Rihemen,
under Capt. Dunn. arrived shortly after
midnight. They were met at the depot
by officers of the regiment who escorted
them to hotels. The other companies ar
rived by the early morning train over the
Central. and were met by the Oglethorpe
Light Infantry, to which company We're
Joined detachments of the other local COM
panies al under command of Lieut.. Bar
row. The escort was accompanied by sew
eral of the officers of the regiment.
From the depot the visitors and their
escort marched to the Regimental Arm
DRY, where the arms of the visitors were
left in the quarters of the local COM
panies. The visitors were then dismissed
until the hour for the assembly for the
afternoon parade. and they spent the
forenoon pleasantly in 'seeing the town"
At 3:45 O'Clock the battalions assembled
in the Park Extension. The First Battai
ion. comprised of the Savannah Cadets.
the 'Ogiethorpe Light Infantry, and the
Burke Light Infantry, was under com
mand of Mai. W l.. Grayson. Maj. Hen
ry Kolshorn commanded the Second Bat
TALON in which We're the Irish Jasper
Greens, the German Volunteers and the
Swainsboro Guards. Mai Edward Il.
Elliott commanded the Third Battalion,
comprised of the Republican Blues, tne
Emmett Rifles and a combination company
of the Brunswick Rfemen and the Ken
Rifles. under command of Capt, Dunn
of the Rifiemen. The majors of the Sec
ond and Third Battalion parade for the
first time since they received their com
missions. Lieut.. Col. Arthur Gordon did
not parade, as he was absent from the
city
Col T. S. Wylly. Jr, was in command
Of the regiment, when it assembled
shortly after o'clock. Preceded by the
band the regiment moved from the Park
Extension on Drayton street to Congress,
route was lined with people, and a great
crowd of darkies trooped along with the
soldiers, running in and out among them
at will. The police seemed to show lit
tie disposition to make way through
the crowd for the troops. The m tary
have right of way on the streets under
the law. but the police were not prepared
to enforce the law, and officers and men
noted the evident indifference with which
they made pretense of Gearing passage
way. Col. wy ly and the officers of his
staff had to ride forward frequent to
have teams move out of the way, work
for which the police were supposed to ac-
company the parade.
At several points along the route, the
1lussars' Club and the DeSoto, the troops
were applauded. Many military en-
thusiasts are among the members of the
Hussars Club. and other commands al
ways feel grateful for the applause they
elicit they pass. All the spectators
were interested, wherever they viewed
The parade. Many saw it at one point
and then hurried on to another to watch
the troops pass, the progress of whom
was somewhat delayed by turning the
squares.
A large crowd had assembled at the
Park Extension for the concluding fea-
lures of the parade. Again the police
might have been more effective. Those
on duty did the best they could to hold
tie crowd In check, but that was not
enough. The policemen Were mounted
and they finally grew to disregard the
danger the encroachine youngsters ran
of being tramDled under hoofs Extreme
measures We're necessary to keep them
back. Not only youngsters. but their
elders, insisted on cruwdug close up.
One incident of the work OF the police
was noted with amusement. darky.
about grown, was accompanying the band
II sounded off. A policeman drove
back many others that crowded out into
the parade ground and then gave the
other his attention. Provoked by the per-
sistency of the darby, the policeman let
fly his club. striking the darby back of
The neck and bringing him to the ground.
lie was up quickly, though. apparently
unhurt, and soon found safety in the
crowd, from which he did not venture
again.
On arriving at the extension, the regi-
ment was drawn up IN line. when Col.
Obear. accompanied by Col. George r.
Cam, inspector general Of rifle practice;
Lieut. Col W. r. Hopkins assistant IN
spector general; Mai II. J.. Wyly of the
Fourth Regiment and other officers, rode
down the line for its inspection. The
battalions then separated and had half
an hours drill. Again regimental line
was formed, and the commands in COM
pany front, marched past the reviewing
stand.