The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-22
PLANS FOR PARADE
OFFICERS ARE INTERESTED II
THE FAIRS OPENING.
WILL HAVE MEN IN CONDITION.
WAITING FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF
PARADE PROGRAMME.

over the Parade Last Night-Pres-
ence of Governor and Legislators
Would Lend an Incentive, if One
Were Needed, as the Officers Hope
for "A Large Appropriation for the
MiIitary-Plan Is AfoOt for Trip
to Charleston During the EXPOSE
tion-Sham Battle Is Talked of for
Thanksgiving Day.
The board of officers of the First In
fantry discussed the parade which is to
be the chief feature of the opening day
Of the State Fair on Nov. 6 in their
meeting last night. Col. T. S. Wylly,
Jr., said that the programme for the
day, in so far as the military are con-
cerned, had not been entirely mapped
out, but that Col Jordan F. Brooks,
who is chairman of the committee hav-
ing charge of all the military arrange
ments for the Fair, expected to have
it ready soon after a. consultation with
the directors of the Savannah Fair
Association.
Interest in the parade was shown
by the officers, and all were apparently
determined to put forth their best eff
forts to have their companies well rep
| resented in the column that is to be
reviewed by the Governor, who. with
his staff, will be the guest of the Fair
Association. Members of the two
houses of the Legislature will also be
| in attendance, and the officers are eS-
| pecially anxious to make a good show
| ing, as they look to the Legislature
lon fp1r iafi i'm
for the maintenance of military next
year.
The parade will not be through the
| streets of the city, as the officers are
particularly DESTROYS that their men
| be spared so long a march. The march
to the Fair grounds will be sufficient,
| they think. The review will be on the
racetrack, the troops marching in col
| umn of platoonS past the grandStand,
where the Governor will be posted.
| Upon the conclusion of the parade, it
is expected that the companies will be
| dismissed and the men given freedom
to take in all the sights of the Fair.
The other commands in the city also
| took up the matter of the parade at
their meetings, and the prospects are
| that it will be participated in by all.
The Fair directors will doubtless can
upon the merchants of the city to give
all their employees who may be menu
bers of military organizations leave
| for the day, in which event there
should be full ranks.
| A trip to the Charleston exposition Is
also under consideration among the Of
ficers of the First Infantry who will
lay the matter before their companies
for a vote as soon as they have OBJ
tanned definite information. The adju-
| Uant, Capt. w. E. Coney, and the quar-
terma ster, Capt. c. H. Richardson, will
| ascertain all that is necessary to be
| known as soon as possible, and it is ex-
| pected that the officers will then be In
a position to communicate details of
the plan to their companies.
An invitation from the military CT
| Charleston has been extended, and the
officers would like to accept it for more
reasons than one. They would like to
| visit Charlestons exposition and be-
| lieve that their men would also. Then
there is the consideration of return
| of courtesy, as the Charleston troops
visited Savannah upon the occasion of
the trip made by Admiral Dewey soon
| after his return from the Philippines.
| 1t is thought that some such pleasant
visit as one to Charleston gives prom
Use of being would serve to keep the
members of the commands thoroughly
| interested in their work. If at all, 1T
| is probable that the Savannah troops
will go to Charleston in January or
February. A Georgia or Savannah
day may be named then by the exposi-
ton management in which event it is
probable that the military would de-
eide to swell the crowd of visitors for
the reputation of the day so named.
Some of the officers preached plan
for field exercises for the regiment
on Thanksgiving Day, which met with
favor. 1t is proposed to spend the
day in the field, with the soldiers in
service Uniform and provided with a
days rations. A sham battle is includ-
ed in the tentative programme, as it
is designed to post some portion OF
the command in position for defense
and have the rest attempt to carry it
1t has been suggested that it would
be we'll to enlist the Chatham Artil-
lery in the project, allowing them tc
post their guns and seek to repel the
attack of the regiment