The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-02

very young organization 1t is true. only i07 years old. but they have been in the business of obeying orders and hav- ing their orders obeyed quite long enough to. prove effective. And 1t is 70 with the Republican Blues, founded in 1so7. and the Irish Jasper Greens fpupded in is4s. and the German vols unteers. founded in 1s4e. and of the plain companies of the regiment found. ed somewhere about the time of the Wsr with Spain.
 When these young man who formed these companies had done with their police work. then went to their armor- iess divestsd themselves of military trappings. went home to dress for dun ner and then came down to, the club to talk it oyer. What club7 Why the Georgia Hussars to tk J Georgia Hus- sars Club And the Savannah Volunteer Guards to the Guards club. and tfieeIike of that. although not all of the eompa- niss have club houses.
 And if the young gentlemen who commandsd the Georgia Hussars in its work Of policing the motor c4r race course should show his visiting friend the portrsit of his sreat-great-great- grandfather who commanded the Georgia Hussars during the RevoIu- ton. does 1t necessarily mean that savannah l. sleepy, or buried in tra- who saw that great race e
 When General James 0glethorpe founded the city of Savannah and the colony of Georgia in 17ss he had some misgivings about the Indians. He hastened to make treaty with Chief Tomochichi of the Yamacraw tribe of the Creek Nation who was the Indian authority ip that section. Tomochfchi went to England and became fast friend of the whites and was buried in one of the public squares of Saw. vsnnak. where today there may be seen a great granite boulder. which is his monument. But notwithstauding this stfeaty, Colonel William Bull. of Charleston who. came down to help ogiethorpe lay Out his town, made provision for the public defense by leaving an open square in the center of the new settlement This square was to be stockaded and in case of an Indian uprising saii the people were to Ind refuge there.
 The new town grew quite rapidly as things went in that day, and with in decade it was necessary to ex- tend Colonel Bulls plan of the city It was done faithfully. the square and all. so that Savannah in 1744 had four public squares. That was the begin- ning of the perfect park system which today makes 1t one of the most beau tiful cities of the western continent. The boulevards were added after wards but ever-they are a century old.
 It is impossible to walk three blocks in any direction in Savannah without crossing a, park, or slxfrting one, or in some way coming in contact with a bit Of green gardening in Gods open air. Besides the twenty-four small squares, in the very center of the city there Is large park which is tine pleasure grnhndi of the whole people and which is rarely Beautiful with its wealth of semi-tropical vege. tation. <l
 These many 'smsli parks are well cared flor, and many of them serve as the setting for monument. The Mar quis de la Fayette visited Savannah in 1924 and laid the cornerstones Of monuments, to Count Pulaski and Gen. eral Nathaniel Greene. Another strik- ing monument Is that to Sergeant Jasper. Puisski and Jasper were kiIl- ed while defending savannah against the British. and General Greene died