The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-03
EXERCISES IN +
HONOR OF DAVIS
U. D. C. entertainment
AT HOME OF MRS. L. G. YOUNG
FIRST of PROGRAMME.

Parade of Veterans, First Regiment,
md Naval Battalion at O'clock.
Reximent VIII Hold Evening
Drill in Park Extension, Closing
with Review by the Veterans.
Memorial Services at LawtOn
Memorial Hall at Nisht-Address
by Hon. w. G. Charlton on "Jeffer-
son Davis"
All arrangements for the observance
of the anniversary of the birth of
president Jefferson Davis have been
completed.
To-day will be observed generally as
a holiday. All of the courts will be
closed and holiday hours will be OBJ
served at the postoffice.
At o'clock in the afternoon the Sa-
vannah Chapter, United Daughters of
the Confederacy, will hold a "Jeffer-
son Davis Entertainment" at the home
of Mrs. L. G. Young.
At o'clock there will be a parade
of the First Regiment, G. S. T., and
the Naval Battalion, G. S. T., followed
bv a review by the Confederate Vet
erans' Association. The observation of
the day will close with the memorial
service at night.
The entertainment of the Daughters
will be held at o'clock. Every num-
Der on the programme has been ar
ranged with especial attention to the
day that is being observed. A paper
on Jefferson Davis" will be read by
Mrs. Young. Confederate music will
be sung by a quartette composed of
Mrs. Wickenburg, Mrs. Gaudry, Mrs.
Crittendon and Mrs. Bailey.
Mrs. Wickenburg will also sing a
solo, choosing one of the pieces of
music which were sung during the
war. Mrs Moynelo will render sew
eral instrumental selections, and Mrs.
Parks will complete the programme
with appropriate readings. The en-
tertainment is for the Daughters of
the Confederacy only.
The Parade and Review.
The First Regiment, Georgia State
Troops, will assemble in the Park EX-
tension at $50 o'clock. Promptly at
o'clock the regiment will move from
the park, under the command of Col.
G. A. Gordon. A special effort has
been made to have the ranks of the
companies complete, and the indica-
tions are that the regiment will be out
in full numbers.
The parade will move down Drayton
to Broughton, being Joined at Drayton
and Oglethorpe avenue by the Naval
Battalion, under command of Com
mander Henry S. Colding. The line of
march will then continue to Broughton,
to Bull.
Thence the parade will move south,
passing to the west of the Court House
square. At Chatham Artillery Hall
the Confederate Veterans Association
will be drawn up to receive it, The
regiment will salute the veterans, the
veterans will return the salute, and
then fall in in the rear of the line.
The parade will then move down Bull
street to the Park Extension. Here
the First Regiment will hold evening
drill, after which it will pass in re-
view before the veterans. The regi-
ment will then return to its armory.
Memorial Address at Night.
The services at night will be held in
Lawton Memorial. The feature of the
programme will be the address by Hon.
Walter G. Charlton, who has chosen
for his theme Jefferson Davis" An
excellent address is assured.
At an appropriate place in the pro-
gramme the Confederate Cross of Hon
or will be presented to ten veterans
by a committee from the Savannah
Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy.
The names of the veterans who will
receive the crosses has already been
printed in the Morning News. Mrs.
L. w. Dupont, secretary of the Savan-
nah Chapter, L. D. c., assisted by three
young ladies', will pin the crosses on
the veterans.
A special invitation is extended to
Lafayette McLaws Camp, U. c. ", the
Francis S. Barlow Camp, U. S. C. v.
the Savannah Chapter, U. D. c., the
Winnie Davis Chapter, Children of the
Confederacy, and all the military or
ganizations of the citv to be present
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