The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-12
.REBURIAL OF GREENE
WILL TAKE PLACEfN SAVANNAH
ON NOVEMBER IA.
PLANS OF THE COMMITTEES
FORMED AT A MEETING AT GEN.
w. w. GORDON's HOME.

Col. Asa Bird Gardiner, President
of the Society of the Cincinnati in
Rhode Island, Will Be Invited to
Deliver the Ceremonial Address.
Governor, Speaker of the House
and President of the Senate Will
Be Invited From GeOrgia-Dis-
tfnguished Rhode Islanders VIII
Be Invited-ArranEemen for the
Ceremony-Sub-Com Named
to Prosecute the Plans.
The reinterment of the remains of
Gen. Nathaniel Greene and his son,
George Washington Greene, will take
place in Savannah, Nov. IA. Many dis
tinguished visitors are expected on that
occasion, among them Col. Asa Bird
Gardiner, president of the Society of
the Cincinnati in Rhode Island, who
was at the head of the committee that
discovered the remains of Gen. Greene
some eighteen months ago in the old
Graham vault in the. Colonial Gene
terry. Col. Gardiner will deliver the
ceremonial address.
The Governor of Georgia and the two
state-the president of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House, will be in
vited as the especial guests of the COM
mittees charged with the perfection
of all the arrangements for the cere-
monies that Will be incidental TO the
obsequies. The distinguished Geor-
gians will not be the only guests, for
from Rhode Island, the native state of
Gen. Greene. will come some of her
most prominent sons. The Governor of
Rhode Island, the members of the spe-
cial Greene Committee from the Leg
islature and the members of the COM
mittee from the Society of the Cincin-
natl will all be invited.
1t is not the purpose of the commit
tees to rest content with the attend
ance of those mentioned. To the de-
scendants of the Revolutionary hero
an invitation will be extended and it
is probable that they will be present
to participate in the tribute that will
be paid his memory upon the occa-
sion of the interment of his remains
beneath the monument that stands to
his honor in Johnson Square.
Plans Formed by Committees.
A meeting of the committees was
held yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence of Gen. w. w. Gordon. Those
attending were Mrs. Edward Karow,
Mrs. r. T. Waller, Mrs. w. G. Charl-
ton, Gen. Gordon, Mr.. w. G. Charlton,
Mr.. R. T. Waller and Alderman r. L.
Colding.
For more than an hour the com
mittees discussed plans and definite ar
rangements were agreed upon. 1t was
determined to have the ceremony be-
gin at $3.50 o'clock on the afternoon
of Nov. IA with the unveil-
ing of the memorial tablet of bronze
that Is to mark the old Graham vault
in Colonial cemetery. The tablet will be
erected by the descendants. The cere-
mony of it's unwilling will be simple
and brief, and upon it's conclusion, the
procession will be formed on Oglethorpe
avenue, east. The remains of father
and son will be borne upon one of the
caissons of the Chatham Artillery, and
the escort will be comprised of all the
white military in the city.
To the music of band. the process
sion will move to Johnson Square,
where a platform will be erected for
the accommodation of the speaker of
the occasion, Col. Gardiner, and the
| guests and members of the committees.
The military escort will be drawn up
close 1bout this platform, though room
viii be left for civilians who may de-
| sire to attest by their presence their
| esteem for the memory of the general
and their pride in the honor that will
be Savannah's as the place wherein his
ashes rest. Taps and a salute of guns
fired by the Chatham Artillery will
conclude the ceremony.
Subcommittee Named.
Important committees were appoint
| ed to perfect details. Messrs Charlton
| and Waller constitute a Committee on
Invitation, which is charged with the
direction of especially written invita-
lions to those whom it was decided
should be asked to visit Savannah.
| These guests will be entertained at the
| De Soto.
| For the entertainment of the visitors
and for the other necessary expenses of
the burial there will be funds in excess
of the $500 granted by the city re-
| quired. To secure the needed addition,
Mr.. Colding and Gen. Gordon were
named as a committee.
| A casket for the remains will be
needed. Mr.. A. D. Harden, Alderman
| f. F. Jones and Mr.. Waller were
named as the committee to secure it.
1t is not improbable that the Geor-
gia Legislature will attend the cere-
mony. Hon. William Harden is inter-
ested in the event. He has promised
to extend an invitation to the Legisla-
ture to attend, and the body may ac-
! cent