The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-18
IN HONOR OF LEE
BIRTHDAY OF THE CHIEFTAIN
WILL BE FITTINGLY OBSERVED.
JOINT PARADE OF MILITARY.
VETERANS OF THE GREY TO HAVE
APPROPRIATE ENTERTAINMENT.

Savannah VIII Pay Its Usual Tribute
to the Memory of the SOuth's
Leader-Banks VIII Be Closed and
Business VIII De suspe nded-Exer-
cIsea to BE Held in the Extension
After the Parade Is Finished.
Veterans Entertainment VIII BE "A
Delightful Affair - Mr.. bearing
Harden to Deliver Address.
Tomorrow, Lees birthday, will be
fttingly observed in Savannah. The
day will be marked by joint parade
of the military, and many of the bust
ness houses will give a holiday to their
employees. In the afternoon the stores
will be closed, and no doubt many will
witness the exercises in the Extension.
At night the Confederate Veterans will
have an entertainment in their hall in
the Chatham Artillery Armory.
The main celebration of the day will
be the parade in the afternoon. The
troops will march through the princi-
pal streets, after which a review will
be held in the park. The First Regi-
ment Band and Middleton's Band have
both been engaged to enliven the oc-
casion by martial and patriotic airs.
Time-HOnOred Day.
The anniversary of the birth of Lee
is always observed in Savannah in a
manner that is approached by few
cities in the South, the city deighting
to pay tribute to the memory of the
South's beloved and immortaliZed
chieftain. The parade of the troops
constitutes one of the largest military
demonstrations of the year. AS has
been the custom in the past the parade
will be a joint one, the commands par
ticipating being the First Regiment of
Infantry First Battalion of Heavy Ar
tillery Savannah Volunteer Guards),
Third Division of Naval Militia, Law
ton Cadets, Cadets of the Savannah
Preparatory School, Chatham Artill-
cry and Georgia Hussars.
The Military Parade.
The parade will begin at Oglethorpe
avenue and Drayton street at o'clock,
the line being formed upon the south
side of the avenue, the right resting
on Drayton street. Col. P. w. Mel
drim, senior officer in Savannah, will
be in command. Capt. Abram Minis
has been appointed acting assistant
adjutant general. The line of march
will be from Oglethorpe avenue north
to Drayton street, to st. Julian, west,
around north side of Johnson Square,
to Congress, west to Barnard, south to
Broughton east to Bull, south on Bull
to CASTOR, around the east sides of the
squares, east on CASTOR to Drayton,
thence south to parade ground.
Orders have been issued to the vari
Gus commands in the city, providing
for the uniform to be worn on the oc-
casion. The companies have devoted
much of their time of late to street
I,-sI Iaf ofer1,f
selves in the movements which will be
a part of the parade, and have drilled
in the extension in preparation for the
exercises which will be held there after
the parade.
The Night Exercises.
The Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton will celebrate the day
with an entertainment at $3.50
o'clock, at the Chatham Hall. The
Sons of Veterans. McLaws Camp, the
Daughters of the Confederacy, and the
Winnie Davis Chapter have been asked
to be present, and an invitation is also
extended to all friends interested in the
cause. After the formal programme,
refreshments will be served. The pro-
gramme is as follows:
Address, Gen. Lee" A. D. Harden.
Song, THE Flower Song" from
Faust, Miss Pauline Chapeau.
Recitation, ashes of Glory" Miss
Nina Sloan.
Song, selected, Miss Sadie King.
Recitation, The Harp of a Thousand
Strings" Mr.. John C. Sloan.
Song, when I'm Big I'll Be a Sol
der" Master Carter barrow.
Recitation. THE Land Where We
Were Dreaming" Miss Marion Cooper.
Mrs. r. G. Treanor, accompanist.
Dixie" by the Children of the Con-