The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-25
STARTS WITH Big
MILITARY PARADE
ONE THOUSAND MEN IN LINE.
DISPLAY POSSIBLE TO SAVANNAH
ALONE OF ALL SOUTHERN CITIES.

of Col. p. w. MeIdrim, who, as
Senior officer, Will Command Mill
tary in Carnival Parade-Infantry.
Cavalry, Naval Reserves, Regulars
and Cn@ets in Line-COl. j. IL.
EStiII Talks of Preparations Mt
Jacksonville.
One thousand men in uniform will
auspiciously open the carnival by a.
parade through the streets of the city
Monday afternoon. the pageant being
one which no other city In the South
could furnish.
AT a meeting, called by Col. P. w.
Meldrim, the details of the event were
discussed yesterday. Among those
present were: Col. P. w. Meldrim,
who will command the parade; Col.
G. A. Gordon, of the First Regiment;
Commander H. S. Colding, of the Naval
Reserves; Capt. W. W. Gordon, Jr.,
of the Hussars; Capt. j. A Hutton, of
the Guards, and Lieut.. w. T. Dixon
of the Chatham Artillery
1t was decided that the parade would
start at O'Clock, forming on Oglethorpe
avenue and resting on Drayton street
facing north. 1t is probable that the
usual line of march will be followed
through the city to Bryan street and
return, though the details have not
yet been worked out.
reach the Stadium, where the compa-
MES will leave for their respective quar-
tiers.
The Military in Line.
The First Regiment will furnish the
largest quota OF men from any of the
military organizations of the city. The
Guards will come next, and will make
a good showing. The Chatham Artil-
lery, Naval Reserves and the Hussars
will also take part, making variety
of military force.
1t is expected that the War Depart
ment Will give permission to the COM
panies at Fort ScreVen to take part
and that more than 300 of the regulars
will assist by their presence. Troop
II of the Seventh Cavalry will also
take part. Three bands will be on
hand to furnish stirring music for the
march.
In addition to the regular and volun-
teer militia, the Lawton Cadets, Bene-
dictine Cadets and Strong's Cadets will
be in line, and by their presence add
desirable feature to the display.
Work on the Grounds.
Work on the ground is progressing
nicely. The stadium fence was COM
pleted yesterday, as were also the
seats on one side. and about half of
the labor on the grand stand and re-
served seats. The electric light
hanging has begun and will be COM
pleted within two days.
Many replies have been received
from the editors of out of-town
papers, promising to make lib
eral notices of the carnival
and indicating their intention of at
tending the festivities.
With the release of dead walls about
the city from circus bills, artistic
coIored posters will be literally put
UP and every visitor to the city this
week will have a hundred tangible ev-
licences that there will be something
doing next week that will be worth
his while.
There will be an afternoon perform
ance each day of the week except
Monday
News of the preparations for the
opening of the Jacksonville fair was
brought back yesterday by Col. ]. H.
Estill, president of the Chamber of
Commerce. and Secretary w. j. Dom
Ian, who were in Jacksonville Sunday.
In speaking of the carnival, Col.
Estill said:
Preparations at jacksonville.
81 was in Jacksonville with Mr.. Dom
70 of tho Chamber of Conn
merce, who has charge of the carnival
TO be given here next week under the
auspices of the Retail Dealers Associa-
ton. Although it was Sunday, there
were hundreds of workmen engaged on
the buildings and others getting the
grounds ready for the carnival. /
spent a couple of hours there and
had the pleasure of meeting Messrs.
George w. Wilson of the Times
Union and Citizen, ]. A. Holloman,
Charles Carter of the Metropolis and
other gentlemen interested in the
Jacksonville carnival, each of whom
was attending to some one or more of
the thousand and one details incident
TO starting the great show, which was
to open the next day. There were
crowds of people going and coming
in fact, it seemed to me that every
one in Jacksonville felt a personal in
terest in making the carnival sue
cess, and the most of them had made
it their duty to visit the grounds and
say an encouraging word. The mana
gers extended every courtesy to the
Savannah visitors and evinced great
interest in the success of the carnival
here. They suggested that it would be
an excellent scheme to organize car
nival circuit. so that such affairs
might be given annually, taking in Sa-
rannah, Jacksonville and one or two
other cities in nearby states. BY such
an arrangement the best class of
shows could be secured and expenses
in many ways reduced. l also had the
pleasure of meeting Lieut.. Lowell, COM
handing the company of the Seventh
United States Cavalry which is to be
here next week."