The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
0. |. Us NATAL DAY
CELEBRATED ITS ANNIVERSARY
AND THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS.
AS GUESTS OF COL. ESTILL
COMPANY SPENT THE AFTERNOON
AT ''WYMBERLY."

J IeuA GueNNs PfeSenN-Ine Alter
noon Given over to Informal En-
! fertaiDment-Launc Rides, Bowl
ing and Music the Chief Amuse-
ments-Lunch and Punch Served
on the Law n--Many Veterans, Some
from Distant Parts of state, Pres
| ent-PhOtOgraphs Made of Com
pany and of Veterans of Manassas.
! Savannahs most renowned military
! command the Oglethorpe Light In
fantry celebrated its forty-seventh an
niversary yesterday by the observance
of the forty-second anniversary of the
Battle of Manassas. in which it re-
ceived its baptism of fire" Six of its
| members died on the field, in that en-
gagement, and fifty-four were wound
ed
The company, with all classes of its
members assembled at the regimental
| armory at o'clock, and head
ed by the First Regiment
Band marched down Drayton street TO
Oglethorpe avenue then to Bull street
which was followed to the south side
of Chippewa Square. There arms were
presented before the Barlow mon
ument after which the march
was continued out Bull street
to the Park Extension and
the Confederate Monument. where a
salute of three volleys was fired.
The parade endeded there and
special car was taken to Wymberly
Isle of Hope, where the members of
the command, representatives of the
other military commands of the city,
and a number of prominent Savannah
ians spent the afternoon as the guests
of Col ]. H. Estill and Mrs. Estill.
The company reached Isle of Hope
shortly after o'clock. 1t marched
directly to Col. Estills home and was
there welcomed by it's host in a short
but hearty address.
Welcomed by Col. EstilI.
Fellow Oglethorpes," said Col
Estill Il am glad to have you with
me to-day and 1 bid you hearty well
come. l can almost see in you the men
who forty-twc years ago went to bat
tie under your colors. You are of the
same material, mechanics, clerks, pro-
fessional men and ladies pets, and We
wore the blue then as you do to-day.
LAS the representatives of those boys
of years ago, and heirs TO their fame
and fortune let me tell you that they
were no better soldiers in heart than
you yourselves are, for if your country
should need your services, you, know,
would respond as quickly as they did
in 1861, and would prove worthy sue
cessors to the glory that surrounds the
history of the command.
Let me repeat my welcome to you
and with it say few words as to the
present; this is an informal affair, the
only positive orders being that every
one shall have a good time. small
steam launch, built on the premises, is
at your service, and the bowling alley
is open to those who are not satisfied
that the weather is hot. At the proper
time the mess call, that tocsin of the
soldier, will be sounded, and it is hoped
that all will respond promptly to its
summons. In conclusion permit me to
call the attention of the takers,
especially young lawyers, to the no.
tees posted on the trees and say that
no one must be talked to death on
this occasion"
After Breaking Ranks.
The men broke ranks and, following
| the suggestion of their host, bowled,
made trips on the river and amused
themselves in other ways Punch was
served on the lawn under the trees,
and proved most attractive to the SOL
| diers after their hot march in the
city Later when the mess CALI was
sounded ample justice was done the
sandwiches, salads, deviled crabs and
side dishes that constituted the lunch.
Lunch over the company fell in and
was photographed and later a special
picture was taken of the veterans of
the first Battle of Manassas, Col.
Estill, Mr.. Lewis Lippman, Mr.. H. A.
Crane, Maj. w. S. Rockwell, Mr.. B.
M. Zettler, Mr. James Hunter. Mr..
BARLEY Donovan, and Mr.. r. B. Bevill.
To commemorate the day the COM
pany planted a twentyfoot live oak
on the lawn and named it the Ogle-
thorpe Oak The company was again
! drawn up in front of the house and
stood at attention while Mr.. S. e.
! Theus presented the medal that is an
naully awarded the member of the
command making the best record dur
ing the preceding year. This medal
was won by Corpl. A. Duncan Kent,
who also won it the year before In
the presentation address Mr.. Theus
said:
Three Cheers for Their Host.
Young gentlemen of the Ogle-
thorpes, I'm again called upon to pre-
! sent medal to that one of you who
! during the year past has done his
! duty so well as to merit the highest
reward possible in a soldiers life, that
| of being the best soldier in your COM
| mand.
DUTY is a hard tasxmaster; with it
| go severe lessons alike to officer and
| enlisted man. Self-restraint and pa
thence, fault-finding and fancied fav-
! oritisms all go into the life of a SOL
der and the man who to-day receives
| this honor deserves the highest COM
| mendation. Having gone through all
! that a private soldier is called on to
face, 1 make bold to talk of duty, for
| l know what it means.
Against all the hardships which
come from doing ones duty stands
the glorious hope of reward. The man
who rises must climb. and you, my
| young friends. have in the history of
/ your organization an example of duty
/ that stands concentrated in stone
and bronze silent testimony of what
| the Oglethorpes have done Emulate
! that example. and in the language of
! that man who forty-two years ago
! gave his life al Manassas to illustrate
! Georgia. always be an Oglethorpe Let
| your highest boast be I am an Ogle-
thorpe.
Your company received its baptism
/ of fire at Manassas and this rororaDt -