The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13
IN PRESENCE OF
VETERANS CAMP
MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED.
IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS BURIED
IN CATHEDRAL CEMETERY.

Daughters of COnfederacy, Chill
dren of Confederacy, Sons of Vet
Grams, and Both Camps of Vet
Grams Unwilling Address by
Bishop KeiIey-Capt. Young VIII
Wrap Monument in Battlefiag of
First Georgia Volunteer Resi-
ment.
On Thursday the committee from the
Daughters of the Confederacy will pre-
sent the monument to the memory of
the eight Confederate soldiers buried
in Cathedral Cemetery to Bishop
Kelley and the Cathedral Cemetery
Committee.
All arrangements have been complet-
ed, and the programme definitely set
tied upon. The unveiling will take
place before the two camps of Con-
federate veterans, the Daughters of the
Confederacy, the Sons of Confederate
Veterans, the Children of the Confed-
eracy, the Benedictine Cadets and the
Emmet Rifles.
The address of the afternoon will be
made by the Rt. Rev. Benjamin j.
Kelley, Bishop of Savannah. He will
be introduced by Capt. Robert M.
Hitch. Just before the benediction is
pronounced the Emmett Rifles will fire
a salute of three volleys, and taps will
be sounded.
The lot on which the monument
stands has been raised. and sodded,
and a very substantial marble coping
has been placed around it. The mon
ument represents an oak stump. On
this is a scroll on which is inscribed
Confederate Dead" followed by the
names of the eight soldiers buried
there and the words Erected by the
Savannah Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy" The monument is on a
large marble base, and is q handsome
piece of workmanship.
Positions of Societies.
The different societies which will be
represented a the unveiling, and the
speakers, will be arranged as follows:
A little to the right of the monument,
which faces the south, will stand Bish-
op Kelley, who is to deliver the un-
yelling address. Near him will stand
Capt. Robert NJ. Hitch, who will intro
duce the speaker to the audience.
To the rear of the monument will
stand Master Charles Bell and Mas
ter lafayette McLaws, the two who
will unveil the monument. To the left
will stand Mrs. A. B. Hull, president
of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
and Mrs. L. H. Raines, chairman of
the committee from the Daughters.
Outside the lot and directly in front
of the monument the two camps of
Confederate vet GRAMS will "a fatinnnd
To the right the Confederate Veterans
Association will take its position, with
its escort, the Emmet Rifles, immedi-
ately in the rear. The Lafayette Nc
Laws Camp. United Confederate Veter-
ans, will stand to the left of the mon
ument, in front. McLaws Camps es-
cort, the Benedictine Cadets, will take
their position Immediately in the rear
of the veterans.
To the right of the monument the
Savannah Chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy will take their posi-
tion. The Francis S. Barlow Camp,
Sons of Confederate Veterans, under
command of Commander Charles G..
Edwards, will stand Immediately in the
rear of the Children.
Programme of the Exercises.
Promptly at 4:30 o'clock the pro-
gramme will begin. Capt. L. G..
Young, commander of the Confederate
Veterans Association, will advance
from his position in front of the mon
ument and wrap about it the battle
flag of the First Volunteer Regiment
of Georgia during the war.
Capt. Robert M. Hitch will then in
troduce the speaker of the day, Rt.
Rev. Bishop Kelley. Bishop Kelley
will at once pronounce the unveiling
address.
The formal unveiling of the monu-
ment by Masters Charles Bell and
Lafayette MeI.aws will then take
place. Immediately following, Mrs.
Sarah A. B. Hull, president of the Sa-
vannah Chapter Daughters of the Con-
federacy, will present the monument tc
Bishop Kelley and the Cathedral Gem
etery Committee.
The Memorial Committee from the
chapter will follow Mrs. Hull and
place in position the laurel wreaths
the last tribute to- the dead.
The Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton will then march to the right and
their escort. the Emmet Rifles, take
their place. Three volleys, in salute
of the dead will be fired, after which
taps will be sounded by Joseph With
inSton.
The Confederate Veterans' Associa-
ton will resume it's position and Capt
Young will remove the battlefiag from
the monument. The exercises will
conclude with the pronouncing of the
benediction.
The erection of the monument is
largely through the patriotic efforts
of Mrs. Raines, who some time age
learned that eight Confederate soldiers
were buried in the Cathedral Cemetery
in unmarked graves. Bishop Kelley
aided in the search of the records in
the Cathedral parish until the burials
were located. Through subscriptions
by citizens and after much time and
effort the monument and coping were
secured and the monument will be for
mally presented to Bishop Kelley and
the Cemetery Committee.
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