The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-11
BROOKS AS MARSHAL
WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE
GREENE PARADE FRIDAY.
REGULARS TO BE IN LINE,
WAR DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZES
THEIR PARTICIPATION.

| Troops of the Garrison at Fort
Screyen Will BE n Decided Addi-
tIOn and Feature-Judge Emory
Speer Accepts Invitation to Attend
the FunctiOn-Wiu Adjourn United
States Court Friday in Honor of
Gen. GrecDe-WOrk Began Yester-
day Morning on the Vault Tint Is
TO Receive the Sacred ReIics-Ha-
| biIiIne nts of Woe VIII Not Be Re-
garded as Essential to the Func-
tiOn-It Will Not be n Funeral.
Col. Jordan F. Brooks will be chief
marshal of the parade incident to the
| re-interment of the remains of Gen.
| was rendered Col. Brooks yesterday
| by Gen. w. w. Gordon, chairman of
! the Association of Patriotic Societies,
upon the latter receiving the regrets
| of Col T. S. WILLY, Jr., who discov-
| cred that he would be unable to serve
for the reason that he would be I'M
avoidably absent from the city.
| The experience Col. Brooks has gain
| ed through service as chief marshal
upon similar occasions has eminently
| qualified him for the Office he has ac-
| cepted. His direction of the parade
will insure its satisfactory conduct. He
has been in consultation with Gen.
Gordon relative to details, and ar
rangements are now we'll in hand.
Regulars Will Parade.
The troops of the garrison at Fort
Screven will participate in the parade.
Orders from the general commanding
the Department of the East will be re-
ceived by Col. A. c. Taylor, who is in
command at Fort Screven, authorizing
him to transport his troops to Savan-
nah and engage in the parade.
A letter was received yesterday
morning by Gen. Gordon from the
War Department, notifying him that
his request for the participation of the
troops of Fort Screven had been ap-
proved by the Secretary of War, and
that the commanding general of the
Department of the East would issue
the necessary orders.
Great additional interest to the pa
rade will be loaned by the participa-
| ton of the regulars. They will add
materially to the strength of the mill
tary, and there will be a greater body
of the populace to witness the func-
| ton.
U. S. Court VIII Adjourn.
To the acceptances of distinguished
men that have already been received
| by Gen. Gordon and published by the
Morning News. may now be added that
of Judge Emory Speer, who will at
tend the function. Judge Speer's let
| ter of acceptance was as follows:
II have received your gratifying in
| vitation to be present as the guest of
| the Association of Patriotic Societies
| upon the occasion of the refinement
| of the remains of Gen. Nathaniel
| Greene 1t gives me great pleasure to
| accept this invitation. Since Mrs. Speer
and l will be in Savannah on the 14th
! inst, where / will be holding a short
session of the courts. 1 can be present
with the Patriotic Societies without
| imposing any burden upon them. 1t
will give me great happiness to ad-
| journ the courts for that day as a
| mark of respect for the memory of
that great patriot whose military skill
did so much TO make the United States
| possible
| Vault Being Fashioned.
Work was yesterday begun, under
! the superintendent of the director of
| public works, upon the vault that is to
receive the remains of Gen. Greene and
his son, George Washington Greene. An
excavation is being made beneath the
base of the monument that stands to
the memory of Gen. Greene in John
son Square.
Until Friday morning the remains of
| father and son will lie in their tenn
| porary resting place in the vault Of
| the Southern Bank. Then they will
| be taken to the undertaking establish
ment of w. T. Dixon, where they will
| be transferred to the receptacle of
| Georgia pine. Later the caisson of the
Chatham Artillery will receive the re-
| ceptacle and it's sacred contents.
Mourning Not Appropriate.
Some of the ladies who are to par
| ticipate in the ceremonies are taking
the event. very seriously, according to
| one of the well-known milliners of the
city. They consider that the occasion
| will be one so funeral as to demand
| the habiliments of woe.
For several weeks" said the MIL
| liner, Il have been receiving orders
| from some of the ladies for mourning
hats. They want them to wear the
afternoon that Gen. Greenes remains
are re-interred. They have expressed
concern about them, and are especially
anxious that 1 have them ready in
| time.
| For .116 years Gen. Greene has been
/ dead. Evidences of veneration, esteem,
admiration and respect are to be look
ed for upon the occasion of the recon-
mitment of his remains to the earth.
but marks of mourning will be noted
| with surprise.
One lady. prominent in the patriotic
societies, takes a view the opposite
of that of those who are to array
themselves in funereal garb. 1--WE
don't want to make the occasion a
| funeral" she said. Nor do we want
| to make 1t a festival We want to
| find the happy medium between the
| two. Without any unseemly levity. we
want the ceremonies to be character
lied by evidence of that esteem and
respect in which all hold the name of
! Greene"
Both funeral and festival" being
manifestry improper terms to apply to
| the occasion, it has been agreed among
those conducting it to designate it a
| Function"