The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-19
GUEST OF CINCINNATI
GEORGIA SOCIETY OF THE GIN
CINNATI TO ENTERTAIN
GOV. TERRELL AT LUNCHEON.
WILL BE FIRST MEETING SINCE
ITS READMISSION.

SOcitey's Luncheon VIII be Held in
Breakfast Room of De SOtO-Dis-
tinEuished Citizens of Several
States VIII Compose the Party.
Secretary of state Phil Cook Will
he Elected n Member-HOteI VIII
he Clad in Historic Bunting.
Names of Those Who Will Attend.
Gov. Terrell will be the guest of the
Georgia Society of the Cincinnati at
a luncheon at the De Soto on the oc-
casiOn of his visit to Savannah on the
23d inst. A communication, in which
the invitation of the society was ac-
cepted by his excellency was received
by Col. @. Noble Jones, secretary of
the society, yesterday morning.
The luncheon will be at 1870 O'Clock,
directly after Gov. TerrelPs return
from the rife range, and will be held
in the breakfast room of the hotel. On
that day the Georgia society holds its
first gathering since the readmission
of Georgia into the general socie-
ty. 1t is peculiarly fitting, therefore,
that the Governor of the state should
be present, especially since the socie-
ty is quasimilitaTy having originally
been a purely military organization.
Invitations to the meeting were sent
out some time ago to the various MEM
bers of the society by the secretary. Ac-
Ceptances signify that there will be
about fifteen members present at the
luncheon, all of whom are members of
the society or prospective members,
and many of whom come from a dis
tance to be present on the occasion of
the reunion of the members.
who Will he Present.
Those who will be present at the
luncheon, besides Gov. Terrell, are
Secretary of State Phil Cook, Hon
Walter G.. Charlton, president of the
society; Col. G. Noble JONES' secretary;
Hon. William Harden, Mr.. George f.
Tennille. Mr.. Richard NJ. Charlton,
Mr.. I. Savage Clay of New York, Mr..
j. H. Burroughs of Norfolk, Va, Hon.
William H. Milton of Mariana, Fla,
Mr.. George Washington Wylly of Flor
ida, MIR. Joseph Clay, Mr.. Alfred Dear
ing Harden, Mr.. w. d. bearing, and
Mr.. d. r. Huger Smith.
The breakfast room of the De Soto
will be appropriately decorated for the
occasion with palms, flowers and the
insignia of the order. An orchestra will
furnish music during the lunch hour.
Owing to the small membership of the
society, the luncheon will, of necessity,
be a small one, and there viii be no set
speeches.
The flag of the original society of
Georgia will float from the hotel, as
well as the flag of the general society
and the new Georgia state society flag.
The original flag will be brought to Sa-
vannah by Mr.. Clay, from New York
1t is very ancient bit of bunting, and
is highly priced by the society which
has only secured it after numerous at-
tempts made by Mr.. Clay.
VIII Elect Officers.
The society will meet at IL o'clock in
the Superior Court room when a bus
mess meeting will be held Officers
will be elected. The vice presidency
of the association is now vacant, and
1t is probable that the old officers will
be reelected to their present positions
The new members to be elected are
Hon. Phil Cook, and probably one or
two more.
The Georgia Society of the Cincinnati
was organized in 1873, and took an ac-
tive part in the affairs of the general
society until the early part of the last
century when it seems to have disap-
peared. Through the efforts of Hon.
Walter G.. Charlton during the past six
years it has been readmitted and now
completes the original thirteen. The
society was on probation for three
years, during the presidency of the
late William Neyle Habersham, during
which time it met all of the require
ments of the general society.
The society is composed of the old
est male lineal descendants if Judged
worthy. and, in failure of direct male
descent to male descendants through
intervening female descendants. of
members of the original society. The
society was founded by the American
and French officers of the cantonments
of the Continental army on the Hud-
son at the close of the Revolutionary
War. Georgia was we'll represented
among the charter members. The
members of the Georgia society re-
ceived their commissions from George
Washington.