The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-08
To HONOR HERO DEAD
ELABORATE EXERCISES DECIDED
UPON FOR APRIL 1921.
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMME.
VETERANS OF CIVIL STRIFE TO
HONOR DEPARTED COMRADES.

Arrangements Were Also Made Last
rams to the Reunion at New Or
leans Next MOnth-Will Go Via of
Central RaiIrOad-Tbree SIeepers
VIII BE Engaged So That Wives
and Daughters May Attend-Fifty
or Sixty Veterans Anticipate Max
ing the Trip.
The programme for the celebration
of Memorial Day was finally determin-
ed upon at a meeting of the Confeder-
ate Veterans Association last night.
Arrangements for the trip to the An
nual Reunion of United Confederate
Veterans which will be held in New
Orleans May 10, IA, Is, and 16, were
also made.
The programme determined upon is
much the same as already announced
in the Morning News, though it was
somewhat amplified and elaborated.
Memorial Day falling on Sunday, will
be observed both on that day and on
the day following, at which latter time
the GRAFTON and exercises of the two
camps will be held at the Guards
Hall.
The parade will form in the Court
House square at 4 o'clock, Sunday
afternoon, under the command of
President Louis G. Young, of the Con-
federate Veterans Association, and will
be composed of the Veterans Associa-
ton, the McLaws Camp of Confeder-
ate Veterans and the Francis S. Bar
tow Camp of United Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans, in the order named.
They will proceed up Bull street under
escort of the First Regiment
of Infantry, the Savannah Volunteer
Guards and the Georgia Hussars, head
ed by the First Regiment Band.
At Forsyth Park the line will be met
by the Daughters and Children of the
Confederacy, and will proceed to the
Confederate Monument in the Exten-
sion, where the ceremony of decorat-
ing the monument with wreathes will
be performed The Chatham Artillery
will also fire the usual salute.
The Veterans will then proceed to
Laurel Grove Cemetery where they
will engage themselves in decorating
tn graves of Confederate soldiers. Taps
will be sounded, after which they will
go to the Confederate Veterans Lot.
where the unwilling of the granite
monument to the dead within the in
closure will take place. The monu-
ment will be unveiled by Miss Eliza
beth McLaws, the services being con-
Quoted by Rev. Father Robert F. Ken
nedy.
The exercises on the following day
will be held at the Guards Hall at
$3.50 O'Clock, p. IN. The orator of the
day, Mr. Anton P Wright, win be
the principal speaker of the evening,
though it is probable that several
other speeches will be made. The lady
friends of the organization have Of
fered to furnish music for the occa-
sion. The committee on programme for
this evening has not definitely deter
mined upon their programme, the mat
ter being left entirely to them by the
associations.
The arrangements for the New Or
leans trip have about been completed.
The report of the Committee on Ar
engagements was in favor of the Central
Railroad as the route to the reunion.
At least two and probably three, sleep
ers will be employed, arrangements
having been made to accommodate not
only the veterans, but their wives and
lady friends, and any others who de-
sire to accompany the veterans. The
Oglethorpe Light Infantry will escort
them.
At least fifty of the veterans will
attend the reunion. Forty-odd signified
their intention of going at the meeting
last night. In addition to these, there
will be ten or twelve members of Nc
Laws Camp and quite a number of la
dies and other friends of the organiza-
tions. The Committee on Arrange
ments, who have been in communica-
ton with the General Committee at
New Orleans, have received many let
etc. These were read at the meeting
last night.
There was little business done out
side of the formulating of plans for
Memorial Day and for the reunion.
Gen. McGlashan presented the associ-
alton with a handsome framed picture
of Gen. Lee. The likeness was made
shortly after the war. and was pro-
nounced by the veterans as very
natural and perfect one of Gen. Lee
1t will be hung in the hall, where there
has not been up to the present time a
picture of the commander-in-ch chief of
the armies of the Confederacy.
A great many appeals from needy
veterans were received These were
referred to the appropriate committees
with power to act. The association is
accomplishing much good with it's char
ity fund, and never deny the dpplica-
ton of any deserving brother VINO is
n need