The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-26
FIVE OFFICERS
HAVE RESIGNED
FROM FIRST REGIMENT INF.
BUSINESS, CHANGE OF ABODE AND
ILL HEALTH THE CAUSE.

Those to Leave the Service Are
Capt. J.. VI. Dreyer, of the Republic
can Blues, Capt. Mcmillan of Co.
A, Capt. ScnIes of Company r,
First Lieut.. Thorpe of the Cadets
and Second Lieut.. c. &. Edwards
of the ogIethOrpe Light Infantry.
Cadets plan for Anniversary May
II.
Five designations of commissioned Of
fcers of the First Regiment Infantry
were received last night.
Capt. Joseph NJ. Dreyer Of the Re
publican Blues; Capt. Mcmillan of
Company A, Statesboro; Capt. Scales,
of Company f, Waynesboro; First
Liuetenant Thoyre Of the savannah Ca
! diets. and Second Lieutenant Charles q.
Edwards, of the Oglethorep Light In
| fantry are those who resigned.
Each of the captains resigned be
cause the necessities of their business
made it impossible to give to the com
panies the attention that they requir-
ed. Lieut.. Thorpe resigned because of
his change of residence from this city,
and Lieut.. Edwards, because of i'll
health. Only one election took place,
in the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, where
Mr.. r. A. Cox was informally chosen
to succeed Lieut. Edwards
In the Republican Blues there is
little question that should the Governor
accept the resignation of Capt Dreyer
his successor will be First Lieutenant
Clarence G.. Anderson, Jr, and that
he, in turn, will be succeeded by Sec
ond Lieutenant A. d. Harden. 1t is
probable that number of informal
election will be held at the next meet
ing of the companies affected by these
designations, which will be Monday
night.
Cadets Plan for Anniversary.
AT a meeting of the Savannah Ca
diets, last night, a committee was ap-
pointed to plan for the anniversary
celebration which is to be held May II.
This committee consists of Second
Lieutenant H. c. Hardy, chairman;
Sergts. Henry Willard and r. c. Thorn
son, Corpl. J G.. Butler Jr., and Pri-
waite Allan Chapman. Plans for the
celebration will be prepared this week
and announced at the next meeting of
the company, Monday night.
1t is expected that the programme
will consist of a parade on the after
active members of the command, but
all classes of members. and ex-mem-
bers as well. will take part. to be fol-
lowed that night by a smoker, given
in the quarters of the company in the
armory.
The attendance of the various COM
panies of the regiment last night was
the best that has been recorded this
year. Two hundred and sixty-two an
GWarnd roll call of r.
ly forty-four to the company. The Of
ficers were very much pleased with
the showing made.
News Among the Guards.
The commands of the Guards will
| assemble at their armory at o'clock
| this afternoon to act as an escort to
the Confederate Veterans in their pro-
| gramme of exercises concentrating
Memorial Day. The officers of the
! Guards will appear for the first time
! in their new model coats, which are of
! the United States Army regulation
pattern except for the gray and red
! trimmings.
The prize offered by First Sergeant
| S. w. Parnelle of Company A. for the
best drilled man in that command, was
awarded last night to Private ]. ST.
mon. The prize is a gold medal. The
| second prize a silver match box, was
won by Sergt. f. M. Nichols. The
contest covered a period of four
months. The prize drill in Company
| b, for the Woodbridge medal, will
take place Monday night.
At a formal election for second lieu
tenant in Company c Mr.. Gustave
Robertson was unanimously elected to
| that position.
At the meeting of the Georgia Hus-
sars a committee was appointed to
rrRpara aOnnal drill Of fha
command. which will be held at Ty-
bee about May q. The chairman of
the committee is Second Lieutenant
Edward H. Demere.