The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16

VIII Leave To-day for washing
ton, Where She VIII Attend the
National Congress of That Order.
VIII Invite Daughters to Attend
All Our Tickets Are Guaranteed.
May 20 may be selected as the date
for the ceremonies of the re-interment
of the remains of Gen. Nathaniel
Greene and his son. George Washing
ton Greene. now in the vault of the
Southern Bank where they were placed
nearly year ago by Gen. Asa Bird
Gardiner of New York and Mr.. A. d.
Harden of Savannah as trustees. 1t
will be upon the order of those gen
tlemen that the remains will be re-
leased by the the bank to the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution for
re-interment
To-day Mrs. Edward Karow, regent
of the Savannah Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, will
leave for Washington, where the ma
tional congress of the order is to be
held this week. While there Mrs. Ka-
row will invite the Daughters to visit
Savannah for the ceremonies of the
second Greene funeral which will be
rendered as imposing as possible. She
will name May 20 as the tentative date,
as the suggestion has been made that
it would be appropriate to hold the
funeral on the anniversary of the
adoption of the Mecklenburg Declara-
ton of Independence.
This lannon's in ruac cionad
May 20, 1774, at Mecklenberg N c.,
and addition reason why it's anniver-
sary should be made the date for the
re-interment of the remains of Gen.
Greene is afforded through the signal
service that the great soldier did his
country in North Carolina. That state.
holds the name of Greene in the deep
est veneration and respect, and it's
people will doubtless find satisfaction
| in the choice of one of its greatest
anniversaries as the date for the sig
nal funeral honors that are to be done
the Revolutionary hero.
Mrs. Karow yesterday filed with the
clerk of the City Council her petition
for municipal aid for the Daughters
in their patriotic purpose. When she
and Mayor Myers conferred as to the
proper course to be taken to secure the
city's aid, it was agreed that she
should address a petition to Council
and she did so as follows: tI
THE descendants of Mai. Cen Ma
| thanael Greene have, appealed to- the
Savannah Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution to take the
initial steps towards having the re-
mains of this Revolutionary hero re-
inferred
The Governor of Rhode Island and
| Col. Asa Bird Gardiner, who conducted
| the search for these remains last Feb
ruary,a are extremely anxious to have
the remains of Gen. Greene rest in his
native soil, and the state of Rhode ISL
! and offers every inducement to accom-
| plish this end: but the descendants. of
! Gen. Greene have declined to allow
| the remains to leave Georgia., and
have further expressed a desire that
! the spot chosen for their final resting
! place be under the monument-in John
| son Square. which the citizens of Sa-
vannah erected to his memory in 1925,
in grateful appreciation of the SER
vices rendered Georgia by the Saviour
Of the South. fUe
Undoubtedly the whole state of
| Georgia and the city of Savannah in
particular will share in the feeling of
| pride and patriotism which this feel
| ing evokes.
(
ices of Gen. Greene, who among the
! generals of the Revolution occupied a
place only second to that conceded to
Washington himself we deem it proper
that the ceremonies attendant upon
this occasion be of an imposing nature
conducted with military and civic hon
ors.
THE cooperation of the Sons of the
Revolution has been promised and the
/ n ir,-{ IT,. ~.
descendants has been secured and T
| therefore respectfully petition your
honorable body to unite with the pa
trlotic societies in making the neces-
sary arrangements for the ceremonies.
and | would suggest the appointment
OF committee from your honorable
body to confer with committees from
the societies before mentioned. to de-
eide upon the date to determine the
scope and to arrange an appropriate
programme for the re-interment of this
! precious dust"