The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-03
BY MANY DAUGHTERS
CEREMONIES OF, THE GREENE
FUNERAL WILL BE WITNESSED.
CONGRESS WAS INTERESTED.
BY THE INVITATION EXTENDED TO
VISIT SAVANNAH.


Congress-COmmittee Appointed to
Represent the National Body AT
Greene Funeral, which Will BE
Held I'm ApriI-Date VIII BE Fixed
by joint COmmittee-Wreat Will
He Placed ON East and West Fn-
cades of the Greene Monument
Beneath which the Remains VIII
Rest.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton from many sections of the United
States will be in Savannah in May to
attend the ceremonies incident to the
re-interment of the remains of Gen.
! Nathaniel Greene and his son. George
/ Washington Greene. Mrs. Edward Ka-
row, regent of the Savannah Chapter
/ of the Daughters of the Revolution. re-
turned yesterday from Washington,
/ where she attended the national con-
/ gress of the order and she believes
that a happy selection of the date for
! the ceremonies will mean a large at
/ tendance of the Daughters, who were
greatly interested on learning of the
:
/ of the Greenes to the earth beneath
/ the Greene monument in Savannah.
1T chances" said Mrs. Karow. that
/ the Federation of Women's Clubs and
| the biennial conference of the Colonial
Danes are to be held during May, the
one in California ana the other in
| Washington, ana. as most of the MEM
bers of the Daughters of the American
Revolution belong to one or both of the
| other organizations, it will be necessary
! to arrange some date for the Greene
! funeral that will not conflict with those
I for the other gatherings. Many of the
/ Daughters will be unable to come 10
/ Savannah because they expect to at
1 tend one or the other of the meetings
l have mentioned. Many expressed a
desire to visit Savannah at that time,
however. and we hope that they may
I be able to do so.
Mrs. <nrOw's Invitation.
Il found opportunity to introduce a
resolution, inviting the Daughters to
Savannah and providing for the APP
! pointment of a committee to represent
the national order at Savannah. On
this committee were appointed five of
the leading Daughters: Mrs. Charles
>.
| Charles Warren Lippitt, state regent
of Rhode Island; Mrs. Charles II. Ter
/ ry of Brooklyn, Mrs. j. A. Coleman of
Chicago, and Mrs. S. V. White of New
York, chairman of the Committee on
Prison Ships. The Georgia delegation
! to the congress were interested also,
and it was clear that they expected
many of the Georgia Daughters to at
| tend the ceremonies. 1t was thought
l he OH 81
might hold their annual meeting here
during May, choosing the date of the
| Greene funeral, but it was decided that
this convention should be held in Sa-
vannah next November"
Mrs. Fairbanks, who is the wife OF
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, prom
Used that she would visit Savannah
for the Greene funeral. As she Is their
president general and most charm
| ing woman, the Savannah Daughters
and those who visit Savannah, will find
| great pleasure in meeting her. She
will be the guest of Mrs. KaroW. Mrs
Lppitt promised to come, If possible
as she, being a Rhode Islander, is es-
pecially interested in anything apper-
tanning to Gen. Greene, who was a sor
of that state. Mrs. Lippitt expressed
regret that the descendants of Gen
Greene had not granted permission for
| the remains to be re-interred in Rhode
Island, mentioning some of the sigma
/ honors that would have marked the
funeral and the final disposition of the
remains.
Bronze InscriptiOnaI Wreath.
It is the purpose of the Daughters
! of the Revolution in Savannah to pur-
chase a handsome bronze wreath. in
scribed with the insignia of the order
to be placed on one of the facades OF
the Greene monument. The east and
west facadeS are now unmarked, anc
the Daughters hope that the Sons OF
the Revolution will supply a wreath
for the opposite side from that they
may mark.
At the meeting of the City Council or
Wednesday night the communication
from Mrs. Karow relative to the
Greene obsequies will be given consid-
Grafton. and committee will be APP
pointed whose duty it will be to confer
with the committees from the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution ant
the Sons of the Revolution. as to ar
rangements for the funeral. 1t is the
desire of the Daughters that this bt
made as imposing and impressive as
! possible. 1t is probable that the aic
of the military will be enlisted, anC
that the Chatham Artillery will fur
| nish a caisson for the removal of the
remains of the honored dead from the
| Southern Bank, where they are now
in the vault to the monument. The
committee will fix the date for the
| ceremonies.
Georgia in the Congress.
Mrs. Karow found the Daughters
Congress of its usual absorbing inter
| est. She has been attending the con-
ventions for several years and derives
| much pleasure from them. Owing to the
failure of several proposed amendments
to the constitution of the order to pass
she and other members of the Georgia
delegation were in a hopeless minority
but she looks for a continuation of the
fight at the next congress and hopes
for success.
One of the proposed amendments was
relative to the representation in the
| congress, a body that has grown to be
| so large that 1t is considered unWieldy
| by SOME. Zach chapter regent is entitled
to a seat in the congress. which means
that there would be several hundred
delegates. should all attend. Fortu-
nately all do not, so that a hall can
be found large enough for the accom-
mediation of those who do attend. The
Gergia delegation desired the repre-
sentation limited to two from each
state but the old Revolutionary cry
of mo taxation without representa-
ton" was raised, and that proved a
slogan that carried nearly the entire
body of patriotic women with it, The
representation will continue as of old
Another proposed amendment was
| the reduction of dues TO the national
| organization. Ii was proposed to re-
! duce these to so cents per capita but