The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-09
IN TERRELL'S HONOR
GOVERNORS PART IN WASHING
TONS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
PROGRAM OF entertainment
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS BEING
MADE FOR HIS EXCELLENCY.

VIII Visit Rifle Range where
Guards VIII be Holding Annual
shOOt-Mny Participate in Oyster
ROast-WiII View Battle Exercises.
Will be Accorded Reception at
Hussnrs' Bnzaar Review OF
Troops in Park observation-disclosures
Shaking at Gen. GordOn's Home.
supper at Night at Which He viii
Address the Military.
Arrangements for the entertainment
of Gov. Terrell and other military men
of high rank who will attend the exer-
cises of the several military organize
tions in Savannah during the Wash
| ington birthday celebration, have been
! perfected. In answer to a communica-
ton apprisng his excellency of the pro-
gramme arranged for his entertain
ment, Gov. Terrell has written to Col
G. Arthur Gordon that the plans meet
his favor, and that he will be on hand
at the appointed time.
Gov. Terrell will arrive on the morn
ing of the 23d., and will be met at the
depot by a committee of the military
| composed of the ranking officers in the
city and his aides-de-camp. He will be
driven to the Avondale Rifle Range to
witness the annual shoot of the Savan-
nah Volunteer Guards, which will be
in progress on that day. The Governor
will be invited to participate in the
oyster roast which will be held in con-
| junction with the shoot.
To View sham Battle.
After the visit to the rifle range he
will either return to the city, or, more
probably go at once to the scene of
the sham battle, participated in by
the First Infantry, the Georgia Hus-
sars and the naval militia. At the
conclusion of the sham battle he will
be escorted to the Park Extension
where he will review the troops which
have participated in the battle ex-
ercises. The First Regiment band
will probably be present on this oc-
casion. 1t is also probable that the
Governor will visit the Hussars' Ba-
zaar.
Late in the afternoon he will go to
the home of Gen. w. W. Gordon, where
reception to the military will be
held on the front piazza. The Govern
or will shake hands with every men,
Der of the military as they pass. This
part of the programme will no doubt
be one of the pleasant features of his
entertainment in the city.
Entertained at supper.
He will then be escorted by the six
companies of the First Infantry, and
with Adjutant General Robertson In
spector General Obear, Col. Usher
Thorn and ut her. y,oilifo nv diooi
taries, will be entertained at supper
probably at the Catholic Library Hall.
The place for holding the supper has
not yet been definitely determined up
on, but 1t Is most probable that 1t
will be at the Library Hall Gov.
Terrell has consented to address the
men on this occasion.
After the supper, the Governor will
be escorted to the train leaving over
the Central of Georgia Railway at 10
O'Clock. The programme which has
been arranged for him is an elaborate
one, and will afford entertainment
throughout the day. 1t is an excel
lent one, the military men think, since
1t affords Gov Terrell an opportunity
to visit the prettiest portions of the
city, and those which will give him an
insight into the activity of the mill
tary.
The Visit to the Range.
Especial Importance is attached to
his visit to the rifle range, in the light
of the fact that, in addition to there
being some very fine shooting there
that day, the targets are new and the
range been put in first-class condition.
The Governor will have an opportunity
of inspecting the range upon which a
determined effort is being made to
have the next state shoot.
The new buildings and additional tar
gets are being erected at the range,
and Capt. Postell and Capt. Austin,
who are spending much time In pre-
pairing it, say that everything will be
in readiness when the Governor comes,
and that the range will be in the best
condition that it has ever been.
Preparations for the battle exercises
are going on. The members of the
various companies of the First Regi-
ment and of the Georgia Hussars are
studying the extended order, and semi
weekly drills are being held, in which
the orders are explained and demon
strated. Monday and Thursday nights
the extension is filled with soldiers
practicing the movements of the sham
battle