The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-03
AT ANNUAL PARADE
LIBERTY INDEPENDENT TROOP
AND THE GUARDS MET.
GREAT DAY AT HINESVILLE.
OCCASION ONE OF IMPORTANCE
For PEOPLE OF LIBERTY.

Competitive Tilt Yesterdays
est Because 1t Was the First Held
at the New Quarters of the indie
pendent TrOOp-Results of the
TiItinE-HOvv the Prizes Were
Awarded-Day Was Greatly En-
Joyed by All Who Visited the In
dependent Troop.
The Liberty Independent Troop and
the Liberty Guards, the two crack
cavalry commands of Liberty county,
and hundreds of their friends met yes
terday morning at an early hour near
Hinesville, at the new quarters of the
Liberty Independent Troop. The oc-
casion was the annual joint parade of
the two commands and it has now
taken it's place in their history as one
of the most enjoyable and successful
ever held.
The event was of more that the
ordinary significance, though all Liber-
ty county thinks much of the annual
parades, for it marked the first use of
lAAC new liOlllS VI Tie AlD6TIy 1uQ6Deh-
dent Troop. Last December the troop
purchased from Mr.. w. W. Sheppard
of Savannah the old Fraser home
stead, which had descended to him. 1t
is an interesting fact that the pur-
chase money was gained though the
process of the fitting teams of the
troop, which had met competitions in
many lists and always win, if not the
first, the second prize.
The Troops New Home.
When bright the old homestead had
fallen into a state of some dilapida-
ton. but this did not deter the mem
bers of the Liberty Independent Troop,
who went to work with a will, deter
mined to make the necessary repairs
and convinced that they would be able
to convert the house into the comfor-
table quarters 1t now offers. AS car
ried out by the members of the Liberty
Independent Troop, the undertaking
would have disheartened a city troop.
such troop, in fact, could not and
would not have attempted the task,
which secured the personal manual
labors of the troopers themselves. They
did not hire workmen to repair the
house, make. changes and additions,
give coat of paint, remove old out
buildings and clear away fences, At
odd times the troopers themselves en-
gagged in this work, performing it with
results that have been pronounced
more satisfactory than might have fol-
lowed had the labor been done by
hands that were not directed by their
hearts as we'll as by their heads 1t
was with a feeling of pride that the
members of the troop inspected their
completed work and received the COM
pllments of their many friends.
SnvaRnahians Went Out.
From Savannah several gentlemen
went to the parade as the guests of
Capt. A. Gordon Cassels, taking the
$40 train over the Plant System Be
sides Capt. Cassels, the party was
comprised Of Gen. w. w. Gordon. Col
w. G. Obear. inspector general of the
Georgia State Troops. Capt. ]. C. Pos
tell, Capt. w. G.. Harrison, Capt.
Thomas Hunter, Capt. NJ. Ed. Wilson,
and Lieut.. James Butner Col. P. w.
Meldrim and Rev. DR.. James Y Fair
had been expected, but they found it
impossible to take the rip. At Nc
lntosh the party left the train and
there took conveyances that carried
them four miles. the remainder of
their journey
Arrived at the quarters of the Lib
erty Independent Troop the party from
Savannah found that they were by no
means the first, as the people of the
county had been coming for some
hours. All were in excellent spirits
and out for day of such enjoyment
two commands. Both the Liberty In
dependent Troop and the Liberty
Guards were at hand, and in strength
that assured the spectators that the
drill would be well worth witness
ing.
The Liberty Troopers.
The members of the Liberty Inde-
pendent Troop, who had ridden from
miles around. the homes of many of
them being fifteen or twenty miles
distant, were as follows:
Liberty Independent Troop-Capt. A.
Gordon Cassels, First Lieutenant T. P.
Gordon, Second Lieutenant R. Frank
Cassels, First Sergeant w. A. Flem-
ing, Jr., Sergts. j. r. Waite, H. c.
Reppard, H. c. Norman, T. Y. Davis,
T. F. Martin, Corpls. T. S. Mallard,
c. w. Hendry. ]. o. Rogers, H. w.
Gordon; Privates L. NJ. Davis, w r.
r. Gordon, w. K. Long, I. |
NJ. Long, R. S. Hendry R. c. Hines,
w. A. Jones, Jr., D. c. Miller, B. A
Mcdonald, r. M. Martin, j. o. Rain,
]. E. Thesis, G. F. Williamson, A F.
VIM. Jr., W. NJ. VIM, T. E. Hen
dry. j. N. McGillis and S. F. Gordon
From equally as great. and probably
a greater, distance had ridden the fol-
lowing members of the Liberty Guards
Capt. ]. w. Hughes, First Lieutenant
r. S. Hendy, Second Lieutenant ]. M.
First Sergeant ]. H. Long,
Sergt. ]. ,B. China, Sergt W. H.
Sergt. j. T. Chapman, Corpl |
G. R. Herbert, Corpl. G. D. Stafford
Corpl. NJ. b. Horne. Privates E. B.
Dorsey, B. E. Dasher, w. o. Dunham
j. H. Daniel, c. L. Daniel, G. A. Cor
don, r. H. Horne, r. J. Horne. T. A |
D. P. Hughes, H. F. Hughes, |
NJ. A. Herbert, S. H. Martin, j. G. |
Ryon, ]. r. Ryon, w. q. Smith, D. H. |
Smiley, w. ]. Smiley, H. A. Delk and |
A. S. Delk.
1t may be seen by examining the lists |
of the members of the commands that |
there are many of a single family in |
each. In the Liberty Independent |
Troop there are Gordons galore, while !
in the Liberty Guards the Hughes pre-
dominate. Capt. Hughes has five sons |
in the troop, all of them good soldiers |
Two of them are boys of sixteen or |
but little more and one of these was |
on the fitting team. Capt. Hughes has |
been in command of the troop for some |
years. and in that capacity he is but |
following in the footsteps of his father, |
who was captain of the command dur
the Civil War, when it made a most
enviable record for gallantry.