The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-20
MARCHED WITH
FULL RANKS
REVIEWED BY COL. ANDERSON.
NUMBER OF MEN IN LINE LARGEST
IN RECENT YEARS.

n
ed at Park Extension, Where
Review Took Place salute
of Tvventy-One Guns Fired by
Chatham neutrality-suspicious., Field
and staff Officers and Command
ers of individual Commands En-
tertained by Col +. w. Meldrin
After Review.
In honor of the birthday of Gen.
Robert +. Lee, the militia of savannah
yesterday took part in parade, that
in point of the numbers in ranks
promptness of formation and general
appearance was, one of the best that
has taken place in Savannah in several
years. At the conclusion of the pa
rade the troops were drawn up in the
Park Extension. where they were re-
viewed by Lieut.. Col. H. r. Anderson,
commander of Fort Screven, and the
following members of his staff: Adju-
tant and First Lieutenant r. B. Nc
Bride, First Lieutenant and Post Sur
geon H. l.. Gilchrist and First Lieu
tenant and Cuartermaster E. l.. Gill
mer.
S:45 o'clock on Oglethorpe avenue, the
head of the column resting on Drayton
street. and at o'clock the order to
move was given by Col. P. w Mel
drim, in command of the parade. and
line of march was taken up northward
on Drayton street to Bryan, westward
to Barnard, to Broughton, then to Bull
To "
ton, again, and southwark on that
street to the Park Extension, in which
the line was formed on the west side,
with the head of the column resting
on Park avenue.
Regular Officers Viewed 1t.
The visiting officers watched the as
sembling of the commands, from the
home of Gen. w. w. Gordon then rode
to the Hussars Club, from the balcony
of which they reviewed the parade as
il went past. The whole line OF marcn
was thronged by spectators VINO
braved the unusual cold in order TO
eniov the spectacle. At the Park Elk
tension, too, the number of spectators
was very large. One of the noticeable
features, was the very fine order that
was kept for the military needed the
whole of the place to properly carry
out it's programme and the police saw
that the extension was kept absolutely
free from trespassers.
The parade was headed by Col. +.
W. AIeldrim, in command of the First
Regiment of Cavalry, Georgia State
Troops, and the members of his stan,
among them Maj. B. T. Sinclair of
Darien, in command of the first squad
ron. Of the First Regiment Cavalry,
and Capt. T. J. Meldrim Of Troop q,
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two members of the Governors stan,
Lieut.. Col C. Noble Jones and Lieut..
Col. Shelby Myrick.
Commands in Line.
Then came Col. C. A. Gordon, in
command of the First Regiment, In
fantry, G. S. T, and his stan. and,
in the order named, the Cadets, un-
der the command of Capt. T. ]. West;
the Irish Jasper Greens, under the
command of Capt. j. c. Mccarthy,
and the Republican Blues, command
ed by Capt. J. NJ. Dreyer. These con-
stituted the first battalion, and were
in the charge of Maj. E. S. Elliott.
Lieut. W. NJ. Coney was adjutant
The second battalion, which was
commanded by Maj. w. E Coney, and
of which the adjutant was Lieut. john
Bell. consisted of the German Volun-
teers, commanded by Capt c. H.
Konemann; the Oglethorpe Light In
fantry, commanded by Lieut.. Nell,
and the Emmett Rifles, commanded by
Capt. Leonard.
Maj. w. w. Williamson, in COM
mand of the Guards preceded that
command, accompanied by his staff.
The companies came in order accord
ing to the seniority of the command
ing officers as follows: Company B,
commanded by Capt. w. 3. Stephens;
Company A. commanded by Capt. ].
A. Hutton; Company D, commanded
by Lieut.. R, G. Tunno, and Company
c. commanded by Capt. H. Emmett
Wilson.
The battalion was followed by a d.
vision Of the Naval Reserves, COM
manded by Lieut.. c. W. Saussy, and
was followed in turn by Strong's Bat
talon, consisting of the Benedictine
Cadets. the Lawton Cadets and the
members of the Savannah Preparatory
School. The Chatham Artillery came
next. commanded by Capt. G. p.
Walker. and the rear was brought up
by the Georgia Hussars of which
Lieut.. W. H. Connerat, Jr.. was in
command.
salute of Fl Guns.
When the Park Extension was reach
ed all of the command with the eXcep-
ton of the Chatham Artillery and the
Georgia Hussars, were drawn up for
review. The Chathams parked their
guns near Hall and Whitaker streets,
and fired a salute of twenty-one guns
and then the visiting officers, who had
remained with the Hussars near Dray-
ton and Hall streets, Joined Col. Mel
drim and his staff and rode in review
to the rear and the front of the line.
which extended from Hall street TO
Park avenue.
Three bands were employed for the
parade and review. and as the review
ing officer reached each of these he was
greeted with the strains of Dixie"
After the review the visiting officers
took a position on the eastern side of
the extension. opposite the Confederate
Monument and the command were
marched by in review formation and
then out of the Extension and to their
armories, where they were dismissed
Though each of the commands made
fine appearance, special mention is
deserved by the Emmett Rifles of the
First Regiment, for the very large
number Of men that were in ranks, and
by Company B, of the Guards. for the
same reason. Company had forty
flve men in line and two officers. All
the companies of the Guards wore the
new caps, which were issued the night
before, and their appearance elicit ed
much favorable comment
Col Meldrim in discussing the pa
rade and review after they had been
concluded, said that they were most
satisfactory. He was especially pleas
ed with the r,rOY17 rtpasO 900.