The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-25
LOVE FOR The DEAD
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION TO
BE ON AN IMPRESSIVE SCALE.
H0N0R'S LAUREL WREATH
WILL DECK EACH LOVELY MOUND
WHERE SOUTHERN VALOR
SLEEPS.

Little Band of Workers at First
Regiment ArmOry Pleads for As
sistance-Many Wreaths Yet 30 BE
Made and the Time Grows short.
Elaborate Decorations for COnEed-
crate Monument and for the GET
tysburg Monument in Laurel
Grove-On the Latter viii Be Spent
the Floral Treasures of Greenwich
HOuse-CrOsses of Honor to BE Be-
slowed at thu Guards Hall.
The observance of Memorial Day in
| Savannah tomorrow will be, it is eX-
peoted, one of the most elaborate ever
held in this distinctively and patrioti-
cally Southern city. Special efforts are
being made to make the tribute of love
and reverence to the Confederate dead
memorable in character and extent
| Out at the arTnory of the First Regi-
ment of Infantry the Daughters of the
Confederacy have been at work two
days and nights on the wTeaths and
garlands that will be used Tomorrow
in the decoration of the graves of the
army of Confederate soldiers, sleeping
| now in the cemeteries of Savannah
Many of these died CALAMITY in battle
and many others, as the years have
passed, have followed their comrades
into the great beyond. For the graves
of this dead host, steadily increasing
in numbers, the Daughters feel it is
their duty to care on each recurring
Memorial Day and each will have its
share of loving tendance and it's laurel
wreath.
Wreath Makers Few.
! There are many wreaths to be made
| and from the little band of faithful
workers at the armory has come up an
| appeal to their sister members for as
sistance. 1t is urgently needed. To
| the end that the wreaths might still
| be fresh and green on the day they are
| to be used the work was not begun
until Wednesday morning and last
| night it had not been more than half
completed. This morning, this after
noon and tonight it will go on and
| the members of the chapter are asked
| to come and help-for as little time or
| as much as they can spare. The
| Daughters feel their honor is pledged
to the successful accomplishment of the
work they have undertaken and that
|
much to do, for not only must there be a
| wreath for the grave of every Confed-
crate soldier buried around Savannah,
| but the veterans who march in the
parade of tomorrow afternoon must
each have such crown to lay upon
the monument to their fallen brothers.
Wealth of Flowers.
| The decorations of the the places es-
pecially consecrated to the Confederate
| dead will be on a scale of elaborate
ness possibly not equalled in the past.
Through Mrs. A. B. Hull, the president
of the Savannah Chapter, Mrs. Spen-
| Ger p. Shotter has donated the roses
| from Greenwich House. and this
wealth of floral beauty will be Law
| ished upon the Gettysburg monument,
in the soldiers lot at Laurel Grove.
! Not less beautiful will be the decora-
tions of the Confederate monument in
the Park Extension.
| The order of the parade and exer-
| cises in the afternoon has already been
| given in the Morning News At noon
| the annual meeting of the Confederate
Veterans Association will be held and
at night, at Guards Hail. Rt. Rev. Ben
| jamin j. Kelley will deliver the Mem
oriad Day address.
Presentation of Crosses.
At the exercises at Guards Hall the
Southern Cross of Honor will be be-
| slowed by the Daughters of the Con-
| federacy upon twenty-five veterans.
| The number of those to be thus hon
ored would have been larger, had it
been possible for the local chapter to
secure more of the crosses, a thing
rendered impossible by the demands
upon the central organization.
Those who are to receive the crosses
\ tomorrow night, are as follows:
| George w. Anderson, w. r. Hutchin-
son, Chas. A. Aimar, r. B. Jewett,
James o. Andrews. l.. A. Kelley De-
Witt Bruyn, w. H. Lanier, Thos. D.
Bertody, Francis /. Mccall, F. M.
| Crosby, Isaac H. Mathews, w. G..
| Cooper, William Forestol May. G.. NJ.
Cordes, Benjamin S. Purse, w. j.
Donnelly, w. c. Ross, William Estill,
| f. e. Ramsey, William H. Pollard,
| w. D. Sullivan. S. P. Goodwin. H.
w. Vicekery and NJ. B. Hendricks.
The intended recipients of the crosses
must be present in person, as the
rules governing their bestowal require.
The presentation will take place after
the address by Bishop Kelley has been
| delivered.
Cedar for the Monument.
The cedar for dressing the Confeder-
ate monument in the Park Extension
has been received, and the ladies of
| the Monument Committee are urgently
requested to meet promptly this morn
| ing at the First Regiment Armory.
The following is the committee: Mrs.
| j. H. Estill, chairman Mrs. Robert
| Hunt, Mrs. A S. Bacon, Mrs. Wade
Leahy. Mrs. A. c. Harmon. Miss Ger
| trude Dillon, the Misses Cabaniss, Miss
Marie Dreese, the Misses Clarke, Miss
! Viola Kennedy Miss Emma Wilkins,
Miss Alice Remshart, Miss Georgia
! Freeman. Miss Daisy Maxey, Miss
Phoebe Elliott. Mrs. Henry Blum, Jr.,
| the Misses Nichols. Mrs. j. c. Cornell,
| Mrs. r. H. Cornwell Mrs. Edwin Ba-
con, Mrs B. P. Oliveros, Miss Irene
Withers, Miss Eloise Barr. Miss Lii
! liam Fleetwood, Mrs. II. A. Crane, Miss
| E. v McLaws, Miss Daisy Bryan, Miss
Mary Jackson, Miss Winona Saussy,
Miss Edith West, the Misses Bradley