The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-04
STATUES UNVEILED
MONUMENTS TO CONFEDERATE HE
ROEs IN CHIPPEWA SQUARE.
TO M'LAWS AND BARLOW.
VETERANS HAVE ERECTED MEMO
RAILS IN GRANITE AND BRONZE.

the BustS Imposing and impressive
Military Spectacle Was One of In
terext-Gen. Clement A. Evans Adj
dress an ELOQUENT Tribute to Davis
McLavvs, Barlow and the south
Great Crowds Witnessed the Pa
rade-CeremOnies Closed With the
Review of the Troops by Gen
Evans.
Fair hands of sweet young girls pull
ed the cords; Confederate flags, pure
in the spotless beauty of their white
fields. were loosed from the encased
busts of Confederate heroes and float
ed free from the staffs to which they
were drawn; a thousand soldiers pre-
scented arms: thousands of spectators
shouted their applause. and the monu-
ments to Gen. Lafayette McLaws and
Cen. Francis 5. Barlow were unveiled
The exercises were held yesterday
afternoon in Chippewa Square" Stat
uary Square" it was designated by
Gen. Clement A. Evans, the gallant
soldier. who delivered the address, eu-
logizing his departed comrades.
The square and the surrounding
streets We're thronged. Dense masses
of people sought TO gain positions suili-
GENTLY near the speakers of the occa-
sion to hear their voices, and, failing
in that, became spectators of the mil
itary and Confederate display, where
they would have been auditors. as we'll
Of the eloquence that extolled the vir-
tues of those in whose honor the great
concourse had gathered.
Savannah has ever presented a
military spectacle that would dim
that of any city of it's population in
the country when some notable oc-
casion has offered for a display of that
patriotism that has always marked it's
people Than to do honor to such gall
liant heroes. such brave and capable
soldiers, as were McLaws and Barlow.
no fonder mission could call forth the
troops of Savannah, and their response
to that duty-that pleasure. of partici-
pating in exercises incident to the I'M
yelling of monuments was such as to
crafty the hearts of those surviving
comrades, who with those upon whose
shoulders the uniforms of present SER
vice have fallen, marched to pay that
tribute to the gallant dead that they
paid on the battlefield to the living
in absolute faith and gallant bravery
and intrepid charge.
Veterans Escorted Guests.
The morning train over the Central
Railway brought from Atlanta and
Marietta those who were to be the
guests for the day of the Confederate
Veterans and the central figures in
the ceremonies of the unwilling. They
were met at the depot by the Veterans
Monument Committee and escorted tc
the De Soto, where they
were entertained. In the par
ty were Gen. Evans, Mrs. L.
B. Seabrook of Atlanta, who was the
wife of Gen. Barlow; Mrs. Henry X
Rees sister of Gen. Barlow; Mrs. O.
H. King, her daughter; Miss Frances
Barlow Hight, grandniece of Gen. Bar
tow, and Master Donald Mitchell, a
granddaughter of Gen. Barlow, all OF
Marietta.
The arrival of the guests left every.
thing iii readiness for the ceremonies
the Tuition of plans that had long
been lad, and to the consummatioi
of which those of the veterans who
have been most active in the mOnu-
ment work had looked most longinsly
Now Their hopes have been realized
their labors have been crowned viii
success and handsome and costly stat,
ueS to their loved dead Challenge III,
admiration and the observation of cit.
liens ard Of visitors.
Assembled in Parade Ground.
In the military parade ground the or.
CARNATIONS that participated in the pa.
rade assembled. Col. Jordan f. Brook.
was chief marshal of the day, and hi:
aides were Capt. A. j. Pursley of La
fayette McLaws Camp of Confederat,
Veterans, Mr.. G.. H. Remshart of tn,
Confederate Veterans Association, Mr.
w. 7. Dixon of the Francis S. Barlow
Camp of Confederate Veterans, Capt
C. A. l.. Cunningham, and Mr.. Franz
NJ. Butner.
The arrangement of the divisions o
the parade was most excellent, and al
the machinery worked smoothly in it
every part. Col p. W Meidrim, Will
Capt. ]. c. Postell and Capt w. G
Harrison on his staff, was in command
of the military, which took the lead ii
the parade. Lieut.. Col. G.. A. Gordon
commanded the First Regiment in
fantry. the following staff officers rid
ing with him: Capt. Walter +. Coney
Capt. c. H. Richardson, Capt. F. w
Garden and Surgeon A. A. Morrison
The following were the commands il
line
The Savannah Cadets, Capt. ]. 7
West. the Irish IaSper Creams ieut
]. F. Mccarthy; the German Volun
teers. Capt. c. H. Konemann; the Re
publican Blues, Capt. ]. NJ. Dreyer
the Emmett Rifles. Capt. E. A Leon
ard: the Savannah Volunteer Guards
Maj. w. w. Williamson, with Capt
w. G.. Austin, Lieut.. H. L. Richmond
Lieut.. John D. Carswell and Lieut.
Ward Motto on his staff: the Nava
Militia, Lieut.. T. H. Gignilliat, tn
ertson; the Savannah Preparation.
School Cadets, Maj. Ormond B
Strong; the Chatham Artillery
Lieut.. F. S. Dreese the Geor,
gia Hussars, Capt. w. w. Cor.
don, Jr.; the Oglethorpe Light Infan
try, Capt. D. c. Barrow, acting as
special guard of honor for the Confed
crate Veterans; the Confederate Neter
ans Association, Capt. Louis L
Young; the Lafayette McLaws Cam
of United Confederate Veterans, Com
mander A. K. Wilson. and the Franci
S. Barlow Camp of Sons of Veterans
Vice Commander Rogers Woods.
Immediately after the Sons of Vete
rams We're the carriages, in whicl
guests of the Veterans Committe
rode. In the first three were the Ma
nassas survivors. In Nos and wer
the members of the Park and Ire