The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-19
TOSEE THE GOVERNOR
PUBLIC, MILITARY AND TRADE
BODIES WILL ASK HIM.
TO ORDER STATE SHOOT HERE.
COMMITTEES TO LAY NATTER BE-
FORE HIM AT RIFLE RANGE.

| Council Passed Resolutions of In
dOrsment and Appointed a Com
mittce at Last Nights Meeting.
Cotton Exchange VIII Appoint
Committee To-day-BOnrd of Trade
md Merchants Association VIII
Act mt Once Rifle Association
Wants to Cooperate in Greater
Savannah Movement.
There is now little doubt that the
next shoot of the. Georgia State Troops,
| as we'll as the interstate shoot, will be
held at Savannah. The officers of the
Interstate Military Rife Association
have made every effort to this end,
with the result that not only the May
or and City Council. but all of the
trade bodies as well, have joined in the
movement, and appointed committees
which will wait on Gov. Terrell and
lay the matter before him.
This plan is as outlined in the Morn
ing News some time ago. At a meet
ing of Council last night resolutions
were passed endorsing the movement
and appointing a committee of which
Mayor Myers is chairman, and Lieut..
Col. Grayson and Col. Robert l.. Cold
ing are members. The resolutions fur
Their request the Governor to designate
Avondale range as the place for hold
ing the camp of instruction in rifle
practice for the present year. This
resolution, which was introduced by
the Committee of the Whole, is as fol-
lows:
h h0 a
great expense to it's military and
citizens, a rifle range at AVonddle,
recognized by all authorities as second
to none in the state or the South and
in every way suited for a camp of
instruction in rife practice for large
bodies of troops, and
Whereas The state of Georgia will
hold camp of this nature during the
summer of 1903 for the instruction of
its military forces therefore be ii
Resolved, by the Mayor and Alder
men of the city of Savannah in Coun-
Gil assembled, That the Governor be
requested to designate AVondale Range
as the place for holding the said camp
of instruction for the present year and
that a committee of three, of which
!, the Mayor shall be chairman, be ap-
pointed by the Mayor to see the Gov
ernor on his approaching visit to this
city and lay the matter before him"
Cotton Exchange VIII Act.
A like committee will be appointed
| to-day by President w. w. William
son of the Cotton Exchange, at which
| time resolutions will be passed. Res
olustions have been adopted by the
| Merchants Association, who will APP
| point committe These committees,
together with one from the Board of
| Trade. will meet the Governor at the
| rifle of which time he will he
prevailed upon to designate Savannah
as the place for holding the camp of
| instruction.
| If the shoot is held in Savannah, the
| officers say that they can secure an
| attendance of no less than 500 troops
| from other cities. The interstate shoot
| will be held also, and the officers at
| the range have prepared for the ac-
| commodation of 1000 men. The at
! tendance of so many persons on the
shoot will, they say, mean much to the
city.
The Rifle Association desires to Coop
| crate with the Merchants Association
! and all other associations which have
the welfare and upbuilding of the city
| at heart in their efforts to advertise
| Savannah. To this end they have had
great deal of advertising matter dis
tributed throughout the South, in
which the advantages of the city, not
| only as a military center, but from a
commercial standpoint is set forth.
In Accord With the Movement.
| The association believes that it
! cannot accomplish much in it's sphere
| of work. The officers appreciate the
| cooperation accorded them by other
| organizations which are endeavoring to
| advertise the city, and want to lend a
| helping hand that the movement re-
| Inc Cd urifh Ia
| highest need of success.
The date of the shoot cannot now be
| fixed but is dependent entirely upon
| the date of the state encampment. The
date of the Guards encampment at Ty-
bee will not interfere, since it will be
an easy matter to transport the troops
to the range in the event they should
| fall upon the same dates. The ques-
ton of when the encampment of the
state troops will be held will be taken
| up by the new advisory board in a
short while, and it is confidently ex-
| pected that these gentlemen, many of
whom are friendly to the interests of
the shoot, will see fit to consider the
state shoot in setting the date for it.
The shoot will be pulled off not later
than Aug. II. This will be earlier than
heretofore. but the shoots held in past
| years have been held at too late a date,
| and the officers expect to pull this one
off at a date that will insure d large
attendance. If the encampment is held
in June, then the shoot will be held in
August, probably during the first week
If the encampment is held the latter
part of July it is highly probable that
the shoot will be held in June.
The Governments Aid.
The officers in the city were not sur
prised to hear of the statement made
by Gen. Chaffee to the Secretary of
War to the effect that he favors an ap-
preparation for the maintenance of the
| AVondale range. In fact. such state
ment was made by him on the occasion
of his recent visit to Savannah to a
representative of the Morning News.
The officers say that they could not
hope for more than government aid nor
would they desire nor do they expect
the government to purchase the range
Post Adjutant w. Z. Coney is in con-
| slant communication with the military
authorities of other states concerning
the approaching shoot. A letter was
received by him yesterday morning
from Gen John d. Frost adjutant
| general of South Carolina in which he