The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-17
IN MEMORY OF
FIRST MANASSAS
THE HISTORIC oGLETHoRPES
WILL OBSERVE FORTY-THIRD AN
NIVERsARY ON THURSDAY.

Parade Will Form Mt ArmOry at q
O'Clock and VIII Pass statue of
Gen. Barlow On Way to COnfed-
crate Monument in Park Extern
sIOn-supper VIII BE Served az
ThunderbOIt, After which Dis
tinGuished Speakers Will Make
Informal Address.
Forty-three years have passed since
the Oglethorpe Light Infantry took
part in the First Battle of Manassas,
and next Thursday the old company,
recruited from a more recent genera
ton, will commemorate the gallantry
of the boys who wore the gray on that
sodden field.
This year the observance of the day
will be much the same as on previous
celebrations. There will be the parade,
followed by supper and speech-mak-
ing by veterans and guests, where the
hearts of the younger members of the
company will be fired by the story of
the former achievements of the organ
ization of which they have become a
part.
At o'clock Thursday evening the
Oglethorpes under command of Capt.
Robert Nj. Hitch, will assemble at the
armory. At 6:15 o'clock the company
will leave the armory in uniform and
will march down Hall street to Dray-
ton to Bryan. to Bull, around the west
side of the square to Congress, Con-
gress to Whitaker, Whitaker to
Broughton. Broughton to Bull, south
on Bull around the east side of the
squares to CASTOR, CASTOR to Dray-
ton, and out Drayton TO the Park Ex-
tension, and to the Confederate monu-
ment where three volleys will be fired.
salute for Gen. Barlow.
When the line of march passes the
statue of Gen. Barlow in Chippewa
Square, the company will present
arms. The march will be around the
west side Of this square.
Returning TO the armory at 7:15
o'clock, the men will leave their guns
and belts, and at 1880 will board cars
for Thunderbolt.
A FISH supper will be served at Ban
mons Lodge, for which "A special bill
of fare has been prepared.
After the supper and over the cigars
and liquid refreshments, informal
talks Will be made, the list of speak
ers including Gen. w. w. Gordon, Col.
j. II. Estill, Col. w. l.. Grayson, MAJ.
w. S. Rockwell Maj. w. Il. Coney,
Capt. u. II. McLaws, Capt. ID. G. Bar
row and others.
Mr.. s. r. Theus, one OF the veteran
members Of the company, will present
the Theus medal for the best soldier,
and also the two prizes OF IS each, one
for the squad having the best average
attendance for the quarter, and the
other for the individual soldier bring
ing in the greatest number Of recruits.
The names Of the prize winners have
not yet been made out by Capt. Hitch.
List of Its BATTLES.
II IL likely that there will be in the
parade several OF the veteran members
OF the company, besides the enlisted
men.
The following is a list Of the battles
in which the Oglethorpe Light Infan-
try took part:
Manassas, Siege Of Yorktown. Me-
Gainesville, Garnetts Farm, Malvern
Hill, Rappahannock Bridge, Salem,
Thoroughfare Gap, Manassas, second
battle Chantilly, South Mountain,
sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Fort Pu-
laski, Battery Wagner, Suffolk, Gettys-
burg, Funkstown, Lookout Mountain,
Knoxville, Dean Station, Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Hanover Junction, New
Hope Church, Cold Harbor, Bean Sta
ton, Fort Harrison, Fort Gregg Deep
Bottom, Lost Mountain, Kennesaw
Mountain. Atlanta, Jonesboro, Benton
Vile. Petersburg Siege, Amelia Court
House, Farmville, Appomatox.
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