The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-23
BUSTS OF HEROES
WILL BE UNVEILED WITH PoMP
AND CEREMONY.
PROGRAMME HAS BEEN FIXED.
COMMITTEE OF VETERANS AR
RANGED 1T YESTERDAY.

Line Will Form in the Park Exten-
sion at 4:3O O'Clock the Afternoon
of June 3-WiII Move Promptly at
3 O'Clock to Chippewa Square,
Where the Monuments VIII stand.
Order of the Parade-PrOEranme
of the Ceremony of dwelling.
Young Ladies VIII UnveiI the Nom
uments-Gen. Evans viii Review
the Troops After the Ceremony.
The programme for the ceremony of
unwilling the monuments to Gen. La
fayette McLaws and Gen. Francis S.
Barlow on June 8, the anniversary of
the death of jefferson Davis, has been
arranged. A meeting of the Confed-
crate Veterans Monument Committee
was held yesterday, when the pro-
gramme was completed. Present at
the meeting were Capt. D. G. Purse,
chairman; Capt. F. D. Bloodworth,
Mr.. H. A. Crane, Capt. John R. Dill
Ion and Mr. Clayton R. Woods. Col.
j. H. Estill and Capt. C. L. Chestnut
are also members of the committee.
but they were out of the city.
1t was decided that the line will form
in the park Extension at 4:3O o'clock
in the afternoon, whence it will move
promptly at o'clock. The line of
march will be on Drayton street, to
CASTOR, to Bull to Chippewa Square,
where the monuments will be located.
The following will be the order of the
parade:
First--Squad of mounted police.
Secondhand of music.
Third-Marshal of the parade and
his staff, mounted.
Fourth-First Regiment, Infantry,
Georgia State Troops.
Fifth-Savannah Volunteer Guards.
SiXth-Lawton Cadets.
SeVenth-Cadets of the Savannah
Preparatory School.
Eighth-Chatham Artillery.
Ninth-Georgia Hussars.
Tenth-Band of music.
Eleventh-Oglethorp Light Infantry,
as a guard of honor.
Twelfth-Francis S. Barlow Camp of
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Observation-Disclosures Veterans
Association.
Fourteenth Lafayette McIaws
Camp of Confederate Veterans.
Fifteenth-Carriages, containing
Mayor and aldermen, members of the
oil anu IIGe anu OLiHI
invited guests.
The ceremonies to mark the uAveiling
of the monuments have also been
agreed upon. Prayer will be offered
by Rev. DR.. James Y. Fair, pastor of
the Independent Presbyterian Church.
Then there will be music by the band,
after which Capt. D. G.. Purse, chair
man of the Veterans Association, will
introduce Gen. Clement A. Evans who
nil LA 81. j.
sion.
The unwilling of the monuments will
epsue. The McLaws monument will
be unveiled by Miss Gertrude McLaws,
a granddaughter of him to whose men,
Dry it will stand. The Barlow monu-
ment will be unveiled by Miss Francis
Barlow King, grand niece of Gen.
Barlow.
Music by the band will follow the I'M
yelling of the monument, after which
there will be singing by the Children
Of the Confederacy. This song from
the Children of the Confederacy will
conclude the ceremony, after which
Gen. Evans will review the troops
from the balcony of the Georgia Hus-
sars' Club.
Mr. l.. G. Downs, one of the surviv-
ors of the Seventh Georgia Regiment
which was led by Barlow at Manassas
ten Sergt. John w. Duncan of Doug
lasville, asking that he send the regi-
ment's flag to Savannah, to be carried
in the parade on June g. 1t was under
this flag that Barlow fell. and 1t is
thought appropriate that the old stand
ard should be carried upon the oc-
casion of the unwilling of the monu-
ment to the gallant general
The Seventh Regiment was a part of
the brigade that was under Gen. Bee.
When that officer was killed, Barlow
assumed command. So great was the
slaughter of the Eighth Georgia and
the South Carolina regiments in the
brigade that the Seventh Georgia was
practically the only one left when the
battle was. over. The annual reunion
of the Seventh Regiment will be held
at the Henry House, Manassas, on
July q, the anniversary of the battle