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1,000 MILE AUTOMOBILE AND ROAD BUILDING CONTEST TOBE PULLED OFF
IN THE FALL, THIS YEAR.BY ATLANTA JOURNAL AND NEW YORK HERALD;
COURSE FROM HERALD OFFICE. NEW YORK, TO JOURNAL OFFICE, ATLANTA
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
CASH PRIZES OFFERED
FOR THE COUNTY AF
FORDING THE BEST
STRETCH OF ROAD ALONG
THE ROUTE.
COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE
ALREAOY_INTERESTED
Contest Will Be Held in Novem
ber and Will Finish Just
Two Days Before Open
ing of Big Atlanta
Automobile Show.
From New York to Atlanta by au
tomobile! Practically unheard of
before, but a certainty In the near
future. Through the initiative of
The Atlanta Journal and the New
York Herald a contest will be held
In November to further the Inter
ests of good roads between the north
and south and test the reliability of
automobiles.
In all the history of the automobile
industry no feature connected with!
It has had the important signftcance
which will be attached to the con-1
test which is promoted by The At
lanta Journal and the New York
Herald. The movement will be one
which should be fraught with great|
possibilities for the cementing of I
Intimate relations between the north I
and the south, not only in a social
way. but also In the extension of
commercial intercourse to a fan
greater degree than at present. The
idea is to promote a great national
highway between New York, the l
chief city of the Empire State of the
North, and Atlanta, the capital city
of the Empire State of the South.
Perfect Roads a Point.
Most of the contests which have
been held in the past have paid at
tention solely to the automobile,
while there has been little incentive
for the governing bodies of outlying
»* country districts to improve their
roads. The fact has been overlook
ed to a great extent that for the ad
vance toward perfection in the
building of the automobile there
must be a corresponding progress in
the building of the roads over
which they must travel in getting
important points in the
country. That the development of
the highway must keep pace with
that of the automobile is realized by
The Atlanta Journal and the New
York Herald and a contest not only
i for automobiles but for good roads
• will be fostered by these two news-
• * papers which will be in every way a
decided novelty.
Prizes of value worth striving for
are offered, and steps have been
taken for the selection and improve
ment of a route between New York
and Atlanta. In connection with this
road-building and development con
test inaugurated by The Atlanta
Journal and the New York Herald
trophies are offered for real automo
bile reliability. While the details
nave not yet been definitely settled,
it is probable that the contest will
take the form of a sealed bonnet
• competition.
A Novel Combination
This combination of developing
good roads and testing the accuracy
and reliability of automobiles will
meet with instantaneous approval.
Every state and county between
New York and Atlanta will actively
co-operate in furnishing good roads.
It will appeal at once to manufac
turers and owners of automobiles,
because it will furnish a contest
where reliability and not speed is the
- thing most to be desired. It will
meet with the approval of the farm
ers and land owners along the route,
because it will tend to improve all
their property, for good roads un
doubtedly enhance the value of farm
property enormously.
This road-building and reliability
contest occurs tn the latter part of
!> November, 1909. No more delight
ful season of the year could be se
lected and the appropriateness of the
time is further emphasized by the
fact that the first great national au
tomobile show of the year is to be
held in Atlanta’s magnificent new
auditorium-armory building in the
latter part of November.
Manufacturers who have been
partly let into this novel and helpful
plan of The Atlanta Journal and the
J New York Herald look with keenest
favor upon the time which is select
ed. It will enable them to place In
this novel and interesting contest
their new models, and display along
side of their polished chassis at tbe
show the winners of the
■P reliability or sealed bonnet contest
cars worth while, making a perfect
•tore over a thousand miles of yet
Undeveloped roads between New
York and Atlanta.
Great Show of Cars
Practically every manufacturer in the
United States will have his new models
ready in November, and nearly all manu
facturers have signified their intention to
exhibit at this National Automobile Show
in Atlanta. The exhibition Itself is by no
means to be local in character. There are
at the present time only four automobile
shows held in the United States which
have the sanction of the National Associa
tion of Automobile Manufacturers, two in
New Tork and one each in Chicago and
Boston.
By unanimous vote at a meeting of the
executive committee of this body, held
recently, it was decided to hold a national
show in Atlanta in November. This means
that all tbe American and most of the
foreign makes will be on hand, and the
K manufacturers' accessories will also be
there. Therefore manufacturers, automo
bdlsts and all interested in the develop-
Ullmtia 2xmrual
HON. CARTER TATE IS
BITTEN BY MAD DOG
F. Carter Tate, United States district
attorney for the northern district of
Georgia, was bitten on the ankle by a
mad dog Saturday afternoon while stroll
ing about hie farm near Jasper, Ga.
Arrangements were made for a special
train and Mr. Tate was rushed to Atlan
ta. reaching here at 11:30 p. m. He went
direct to-the Pasteur institute and was
given treatment by Dr. J. N. Browner.
Mr. Tate remained in Atlanta and took
a second treatment Sunday morning.
Monday he was able to leave with the
court for Athens, but will return Mon
day afternoon for another treatment.
Those who saw the dog were so posi
tive that he was suffering from the ra
bies that they did not consider it neces
sary to send his head to the Pasteur in
stitute for an examination.
Beyond a painful limp Mr. Tate shows
po bad effects from his encounter with
the bad canine.
ment of good roads regard it as extremely
appropriate that this road building and
reliability contest of The Atlanta Journal
and the New York Herald shall termin
ate one, two or three days before the
opening of the National Automobile Show
m Atlanta.
One Thousand Mlle Run
The distance between New York and At
lanta is fro mB9O to 1,000 miles, according
to the road selected. The most interesting
and historic sections of the country will
be traversed by those who enter their
cars. The course will run through the
battlefields Os Pennsylvania, Including
Gettysburg, through the national capital
at Washington, on down through the
Shenandoah valley and ending up at At
lanta. Thus all the great scenes of strife
between the north and south, and teeming
with historic reminiscences, will be trs
versed.
Every element of danger to contestants,
and to those who live along the line of
the contest will be eliminated. It is the
purpose of The Atlanta Journal and the
New York Herald to make this contest
primarily one for the development of good
roads and the construction of a great na
tional between the north and
south, and secondarily to demonstrate
the reliability of automobiles under all
conditions of road and test.
Handsome and suitable prises are of
fered. Sufficient of the plans of The At
lanta Journal and the New York Herald
for this race have been communicated to
officials of the American Automobile as
sociation to warrant the belief that it will
be thoroughly indorsed and sanctioned by
IL While the rulea are yet in tentative
shape, they are being prepared so as to
receive the complete sanction of the
American Automobile association, which
controls contests among automobiles in
the United States.
Speaking unofficially, officials of the
American Automobile association declare
that this plan of The Atlanta Journal and
the New York Herald to develop a great
national highway between the north and
south will commend Itself to every auto
mobile sportsman and manufacturer of
cars in the United States, and that it will
begin an era of good road building
throughout the United States, which will
prove of Inestimable value to land own
ers as well as to those interested in auto
mobile manufacture from a business or
sporting standpoint. These officials are
giving The Journal and the Herald the
benefit of their experience and advice,
and when the absolute plans of the con
test are announced it will be found not
only to be novel in every particular, but
satisfactory to all concerned in the sport.
The route, as before stated, in the year,
1909. is to be from New York to Atlanta,
the start to be made from the Herald,
office, in Herald square. New York, and
end at The Atlanta Journal buildings, in
Atlanta. The contest will be managed
by representatives of The Atlanta Jour
nal and the New York Herald in con
junction with others from automobile
clubs in New York and Atlanta and
such others along the route as shall
manifest interest in the contest and a
desire that the cars should pass through
their respective localities.
Prizes in Plate Or Money
The prizes for the cars are to be paid
for jointly by The Atlanta Journal and
the New York Herald.
One thousand dollars, either in plate or
money, will be handed over to the win
ning car.
Five hundred dollars, in plate or
money, for the second best car.
Two hundred dollars. in plate or
money, for the third best car.
Gold medals awarded to all drivers of
cars making perfect scores.
In the event of an amateur not finish
ing among the first three the first ama
teur to flniah will be presented with a
handsome silver cup.
Prizes for Good Roads
The New York Herald will give 31,000
for the best stretch of road (length to
I be determined) in any one county from
■ New. York to some point in Virginia or
North Carolina, midway between New
York and Atlanta.
Five hundred dollars for the second
best stretch of road in any of the above
described counties.
Two hundred dollars for the third best
; stretch of road in any of the above
counties.
The Atlanta Journal will give SI,OOO for
the best stretch of road in any one coun
ty (length to be determined) from At
lanta, Ga., to a point In Virginia or North
Carolina. Five hundred dollars for the
I second best stretch of road in any one
county.
Two hundred dollars for the third best
stretch of road in any one county.
Three Routes Considered
There are three routes now under con
sideration by The Atlanta Journal and
the New York Herald. The route of the
contest, however, shall be that one which
■hall show the greatest percentage of im
proved mileage, as per map attached. The
following is one of the probable routes,
not including Washington:
Route. Miles.
New York to Philadelphia 90
Philadelphia to Harrisburg 116
Harrtebnrg to Winchester. Va., ria Gettys
burg and Harper's Ferry; stopover at
Winchester I£4
Winchester to Lexington, where V. M. I. Is
located 130
Islington to Martinsville. Va., showing
Natural Bridge en route 92
Martinsville to Salisbury 100
Salisbury to Greenville 137
Greenville to Commerce 93
Commerce to Atlanta M
Total distance 982
Another route figured out for nine days, but
including Washington, is tbe following:—
Route. Miles.
New York to Wilmington. Del... 117
Continued on page Three
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1909.
SULTAN TO REMAIN
DN TURK THRONE
UNDER FBEE RULE
Must Put Up $250,000,000 of
His Private Fortune, How
ever, As Security He W on't
Return to Absolutism.
CITIZENS FORBIDDEN
CARRYING OF ARMS
BY MILITARY LAW
Walls of Royal Palace Will Be Razed
and Guard of One Hundred Sol
diers Placed About Sultan’s Resi
dence.
(Bf Assoeiatad Proas.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, April X.—Tewflk
Pasha, the grand vizier, t?ds morning
transmitted to the sultan the resignation
of the entire cabinet end communicated
this fact to parliament.
The city is quiet this morning and is
gradually resuming its normal aspect.
The declaration of martial law and the
fact that the constitutionalists are in full
control promise for tbe maintenance of
order.
The question of what la to be done to
the sultan, in all probability will be de
termined by parliament.
New Mnistry Proposed
Schefket Pasha, commander of the con
stitutional army, is the man of the hour.
The leading civilian members of the com
mittee of union and progress desire him
to be grand vizier in succession to Tewflk
Pasha, and he has been assured that a
majority of parliament would gladly sup
port a ministry under his leadership in
succession to the Tewflk ministry, which
resigned today. In reply to these pro
posals Schefket Pasha said the premier
ship afforded such a splendid opportunity
to assist in the political development of
the country that he would have rejoiced
to accept the honor had It- come to him
under any other circumstances, but that
he could not accept It while still leader of
the army. To do ao would not accord with
his ideas of civil and political liberty of
action.
Schefket Pasha is an ,Arab, and comes
from Bagdad. He has lived for eleven
years in Europe and received his military
training in Germany.
Sentenced To Be Shot
A courtnfartial today sentenced five men
to death and they will be shot this after
noon.
A major of the guard at the imperial
palace of Yildix has confessed that he
was paid $6,500 to act with the palace
conspirators.
The feeling among the members of par
liament against the sultan remaining on
the throne is strong. Mohammed Reschad
Effendi, the sultan’s brother, is the favor
ite candidate for the succession.
The parliamentary leaders have decided
to act as though there had been no inter
ruption to the parliamentary system.
They will support the cabinet precisely as
before the morning of April 13, the day of
the mutinous outbreak on the part of the
local garrison. *There will be a public ses
sion of parliament this afternoon in the
palace of justice.
CURFEW LAW ENFORCED;
SOLDIERS PATROL STREETS
(By Associated Frees.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 26.—Con
stantinople experienced last night the ef
fects of the stage of siege declared yes
terday. No one was allowed on the streets
after 8 o’clock in the evening, and the
carrying of arms by civilians, as well as
the publication of news likely to create
disquietude, are strictly prohibited.
The Committee of Union and Progress
has issued a statement denying the al
legations attributing the recent occur
rence to controversies betwen the politi
cal parties, and saying that the march
of the constitutionalists on the capital
was undertaken under the influence of
the committee.
The statement sets forth that the tragic
event of the past fortnight were provok
ed by "wretches and vile personages who
were injured by the proclamation of the
constitution. Soldiers were corrupted with
money and incited to commit acts of
savagery. The holy mission of the army
la above personalities. The committee
wishes to work for the general interest
and serve the fatherland."
4,000 Arrests Made
The arrests of reactionaries and relig
ious students continue, and it is estimat
ed that up to last night 4,000 such persons
had been apprehended.
The last burials of the men who fell
in the fighting of Saturday took place last
night. The dead number about 300, and
the men in hospitals do not reach the
total of 500. Five thousand troops were
taken prisoners. One body of prisoners
marched past Schefket Pasha’s headquar
ters this morning on their way to camp
in the country. They were in no sense
downcast, but were smoking cigarettes
and chatting with animation.
A few prisoners have been shot in at
tempting to escape.
An artillerist, who was awaiting ex
amination at Schefket Pasha’s headquar
ters, was knocked down today by £ sol
dier in one of the constitutionalist regi
ments. The soldier was dragged away by
his comrades, but he called out in expla
nation of his act: "That rascal killed four
officers.”
The men suspected of Instigating the
mutiny of April 13 have been separated
frpm the main bodies of prisoners, and
will be tried by courtmartial.
It is rumored today that prisoners are
being shot in the county beyond the
Sweet waters, but definite assurances
were obtained at Schefket Pasha's head
quarters that no executions had occurred,
although a considerable number was
probable.
Two hundred of the sultan's Albanian
soldiers, stationed at the imperial pal
ace at Yildlze, positively refused today
Continued on page Three
O vli \ ' ~r- -I'
WHEN THE BAND PLAYS “DIXIE.”
'TffIIUCLE CZAR"
ID BE “UNMASKED"
CIRCULARS TO THIS EFFECT ARE
BEING DISTRIBUTED, ADVER
TISING MEETING FOR MEN AT
GRAND SATURDAY NIGHT.
♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦+♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ UNMASKED! ♦
♦ The Czar of Tabemacledom ♦
♦ WHO IS HE? ♦
♦ Startling Facts to Be Disclosed ♦
♦ FOR MEN ONLY ♦
♦ At Grand, Saturday, May Ist, ♦
♦ At Eight O’clock, p. m.
♦
Ten thousand cards containing the
above notice were scattered broadcast
over Atlanta Monday exciting the curios
ity of every one who read them.
The inference is that Dr. Len G.
Broughton, pastor of the Baptist Taberna
cle, Is to be the subject of the alleged
expose and those behind the affair do not
deny that this is true.
Inquiry developed the fact that the
Grand opera house had been engaged for
Saturday evening by Byron A. Pugin, se
nior member of the architectual firm of
B. A. Pugin, & Son, 423 Austell building.
Mr. Pugin was a former deacon In the
Tabernacle Baptist church. Some months
ago he sued Dr. Broughton for SSOO alleg
ed to be due on plans which the Pugins
drafted for the Tabernacle infirmary.
This suit is still in the courts.
It isObid that Mr. Pugin is at the head
of the movement to "unmask the czar of
tabemacledom;” that he will repd an ad
dress of 28 typewritten pages, including
a number of affidavits.
Mr. Pugin was seen and questioned con
cemnig the cards and the motives of
those who are circulating them. At the
time he was interviewed Mr. Pugin had
his hands and his coat pockets full of
the cards. He did not deny that h e was
connected with the movement, but declar
ed that there were a hundred other citi
zens who were fully as Interestd as he.
He refused to be quoted about the con
tents of the address which he termed
“an important message to the citizens of
Atlanta.”
Efforts to locate Dr. Broughton elicit
ed the information that he was conduct
ing a meeting in Valdosta and would not
return to the city before the latter part
of the week. The Journal immediately
wired its Valdosta correspondent to see
YOUNG TURKS DICTATE ;
TERMS TO ABDUL HAMID:
BERLIN, April 26.—’>he Constantinople correspondent of the Lokal
Anzieger says that he learns the sultan will be allowed to remain upon ♦
the throne, but on condition that he gives guarantees against a relapse ♦
to absolutism. These conditions are as follows:
The walls of the Ylldlz palace to be razed; the barracks at Yildlz, ♦
quartering about 20,00 men under the immediate orders of the sultan, are
also to be razed; in the future there will be stationed at the palace a ♦
guard cf 100 men only, to be changed daily and supplied from the differ- ♦
ferent regiments of the garrison alternately, in order to make it impossible ♦
for the sultan to bribe them; the sultan must pay the expenses of the ex
pedition from Calonika from his private fortune, and furthermore, the ♦
sultan, whose property Is largely invested abroad, must make a gift to ♦
the nation of $250,000,000 as the basis of the financial regeneration of the ♦
empire. ♦
The correspondent sends also an interview with Envey Bey, one of
the military leaders of the constitutionalists, who said:
"Our satisfaction with our victory is overclouded by the loss we have ♦
sustained. About 100 men have fallen, including eight officers. ♦
"After fighting for hours we reached the long-desired goal. The Yildiz ♦
garrison gave up Its arms voluntarily. We have decided to leave these ♦
troops at their posts as they are now perfectly harmless. There will be ♦
no further disturbances as we are masters of the situation.”
Asked what would be done with tbe sultan, Enrev Bey replied: ♦
"That does not concern we soldiers, but now that our work is done ♦
the government must conduct negotiations with him. We aie wholly at ♦
the disposal of the government and will follow its directions. I am con- ♦
vlnced that everything will be moving normally within two or three ♦
weeks." ♦
ORATOR OF THE DAY|
■ >y: <
• J
REV. LANSING BURROWS,
Distinguished Divine Who Delivers
Memorial Oration at Oakland Ceme
tery.
Dr. Broughton, inform him that the cards
were being distributed and offer him an
opportunity to make any statement he
chose.
J. W. MAY dead"
AT LAGRANGE HOME
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
LAGRANGE, Ga.. April 26—Mr. J. W.
May, aged 76. and a oCnfederate veteran,
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.
W. P. Smith, this city, at 11 o'clock last
night. The funeral will be conducted
at 3:30 at the South cemetery.
The deceased leaves a number of chil
dren, as follows: E. L. May, Mrs. John
Smith, of LaGrange; T. J. May, of Tex
as; Mrs. Andrew Wilson, of Opelika; Mrs.
J. A. Allen, of Big Springs.
(By Associated Press.)
LIONS ABE BOABING
FOR MIGHTY NIMROD
ROOSEVELT REACHES RANCH OF
SIR ALFRED PEASE AND PLANS
TO ACCEPT THE INVITING CBY
OF WILD ANIMALS.
NAIROBI, British Africa. April 26.
Theodore Roosevelt left Kapiti Plains yes
terday, and went to the ranch of Sir Al
fred Pease on the Athi river. Major
Meams, Edmund Heller and J. Alden Lor
ing, members of the Roosevelt party,
went over to Sir Alfred's this morning.
George McMillan and F. C. Selous are
going to Machakos via the Pease ranch
on Wednesday.
Lions are reported numerous on Mr.
McMillan's Juju ranch, and there is a
herd of 150 buffalos on Mr. Heatly’s
ranch, where Mr. Roosevelt will hunt.
The weather here and at the Pease
ranch today is cloudy, and heavy rainj
fell last night. The prospects of sport on
the plains are exceptionally good, on ac
count of the rainfall.
MRS. ROOSEVEI.T CHANGES
PLANS FOR EGYPT VISIT
OYSTER BAY, N. Y„ April 2«.-Instead
of remaining in Europe through next
winter and traveling up the Nile in the
spring to meet her husband, Mrs. Theo
dore Roosevelt will return to this coun
try about November and spend the win
ter months at the family home at Sag
amore Hill. This announcement was
made here today and at the same time
other changes of a minor nature in Mrs.
Roosevelt’s plans were announced.
Mrs. Roosevelt, with three of the
Roosevelt children, Mlss-*Ethel, Archie
pnd Quientln, will sail from Europe about
July 1, and will spend a month with Miss
Carey, Mrs. Roosevelt's sister, at her
villa nears Rome. Thence they will go to
France on a trip planned especially for
I Miss Ethel’s benefit.
Thence, Instead of going to Italy for
the wljrter and proceeding on the Afri
can journey in the spring as previously
planned, Mrs. Roosevelt and her children
will sail for America about November L
I If any plans have been made by the fam
ily for further journeyings following the
winter's sojourn at Oyster Bay, no an
nouncement has been made.
ROOSEVELT AND KERMIT
.ARE BOTH INDISPOSED
NOIROBI. British East Africa. April
26.—80th Theodore Roosevelt and his son,
Kermit, are indisposed today as a result
of their recent hunting activity and their
journey from Kapiti Plains to the ranch
i of Sir Alfred Pease, on the Athi riv«r.
They are resting at the ranch.
anniversary"exercises
BY THE ODD FELLOWS
The parade was formed at the corner
of Broad and Marietta streets Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and from there
the line of march was made to ths
church. Despite the threatening weathei
fully 3,000 Odd Fellows were in line for
the parade.
The exrcises at the church were very
impressive. The address of the after
noon was made by Rev. H A. Atkinson,
who also rendered the invocation. After
the address two anniversary odes were
sung. One was given to the tune of "My
Maryland.” and the other to the music
of "Old Hundred.” For a text Dr. At
kinson chose “He went about doing
good.” and on this subject paid a high
tribute to the order of Odd Fellows, sic
talked of the good of fraternal organiza
tion.
While the Atlanta lodges were celebrat
ing their anniversary, other lodges in all
parts of the country were doing the same.
Similar ceremonies were held in every
city in which a lodge has been estab
lished.
The Atlanta lodges that took part in
the ceremonies Sunday were:
Atlanta Lodge, No. 14; Barnes Lodge,
No. 55; Central Lodge, No. 28; Capitol
Lodge, No. 60; Decatur Lodge, No. 195;
East Point Lodge. No. 317; Fulton
Lodge. No. 32; Hemphill Lodge. No.
382: Piedmont Lodge, No. 190; Schiller
Lodge, No, 71; West End Lodge, No
,229.
ATLANTA REVERES
GRAY HEROES WHO
SLEEPJNOAKLAND
Impressive Pageant of United
States Regulars With State
Troops, Children and Patri
otic Organizations.
SCARRED VETERANS
WILDLY CHEERED BY'
WATCHING CROWDS
Dr. Lansing Burrows Thrills Great
Audience With Tribute to Confed
erate Dead—-Mrs. McCabe Presents
Veterans With Crosses of Honor.
It is a great day for any city when
her people, dusting their hands of toll
and money-making. retire to th© sessions
of noble thought and summon ur> lemem- ■
brance of great things past. Such a day |
came for Atlanta and the whole south
land with the dawn of April ths 26th.
It is a day of heroic memories; and. mem- ’
ory is almost as deep an Influence In
; the world’s inner life as hope is.
Atlanta’s observance of the solemn me- <
morial has been exceptionally impressive.
Out at Oakland cemetery, the white tombs £
of the sleeping warriors are vernal be
neath a wilderness of wreaths and fra- ’
grant wtih the magic breath of a million |
blossoms. Down in the clamorous heart
of the city, commerce has stilled its in
sistent throb for a season and the un
heard music of dear traditions 18 in the I
air. Like some stalwart man, who, having
traveled far from the scene of his birth
place and won brilliant fame, goes back
for an afternoon to the quiet grave on
the hillside, where his father and mother
are sleeping, so does Atlanta return to
the resting place of her heroic fore
bears.
On the external side two notable tnci
dents mark the presence of this sacred 1
anniversary; the great mittiary arid civic
parade that moved through the streets
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, and th©
exercises that are to follow at Oakland— .
the oration by Dr. Lansing Burrows, of
Americus, the chanting of old hymns, the
delivery of crosses of honor, the thun- .
dering saluate of cannon, the resound
ing "taps'’ as the west glows crimson < ‘
in twilight.
An Impressive Parade
Never before, perhaps, has such an im
pressive parade wound its way along
Peachtree and Whitehall streets. It was
a national as well as a southern proces- ‘
slon, for marching to the music of
"Dixie” were the regulars of th© United
States army, the boys of the 17th, who |
have for their country under tropical
stars in far off Islands of the sea. Never
was there deeper evidence that the jargon
of '65 has turned to a deathless chime ii .,
of beauty in the nation’s whole heart.
The parade consisted of four difisiona, c j
all of them under the command of Gen
eral William G. Obear, grand marshal of *
the day. First came the military, then
the schools, followed by th© veteran*. -
themselves and finally, in carriages, the;4
Ladies' Memorial association, the Chil-' .
dren of the Confederacy, the Daughters of ‘
the Confederacy, the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the mayor and
council and Invited guests.
At 1:45 p. m. the vast procession stood
in separate ranks along the junction of
Peachtree and West Peachtree street*.
The horses of the aides and marshal*
were clattering back and forth; command* -n
rang loud and sharp; artillery rumbled
Into position; swords flashed back th*
cloud broken sparkling of the sun; ac- «
coutrement shone and then a band be
gan playing. It was the sign of the march j
to begin.
Sidewalks Were Jammed
As though some hidden electrical fore*
animated and controlled the seemingly
endless stretch of men, the gigantic line
moved forward like a single individual. Up
Peachtree it moved while every door and
window along the way grew thick with
eager faces. Far down toward the Cand
ler building, the sidewalks were becom
ing jammed with spectators. It was a tie*
of soldiery rolling on between banka ot
citizens.
The grand marshal's staff was composed
of Captain L. S. D. Rucker, U. S. A„ re
tired. chief of staff; and the following
military aides: Colonel J. Van Holt Nash.
N. G. G„ retired: Colonel Harry Silver
man, N. G. Ga., retired; Lieutenant Colo
nel Samuel W. Wilkes. N. G. Ga.. retired;
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Ripley, N.
G. Ga, retired: Lieutenant Colonel Steve
R. Johnston, N. G. Ga., retired; Lieuten
ant Colonel H. A. Daniels, N. <3. Ga.,
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Peel, N.
G. Ga.; Major J. S. Dozier, N. G. Ga.,
retired; Major William L. Gilbert. N. G. J
Ga.; Major S. V. Sanford, Fifth infantry, '•
N. G. a.
The civilian alndes were Colonel Fred
J. Paxon. Colonel A. M. Marchant, Colo- i
nel H. Frank West, Colonel Harry Schles- g
Inger. Captain William Manning Smith,
Captain Ross Sims and Captain Charles A.
Sheldon.
Slightly in advance of the m?mmotli j
procession rode a platoon of police to
clear the way. Then came the military
division under the command of Colonel A
J. T. VanOrsdale. First, was the Seven
teenth infantry of the United States ar
my, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
C. P. Terrett, and accompanied by its
famous band. Next marched the first
brigade of the National Guard of Georgia
consisting of General Clifford L. Ander
son and staff; the Fith infantry and its
band. Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, command
ing; battery B, of the field artillery, Cap
tain J. E. Eubanks, commanding; troop
L. of the second squadron of cavalry.
Captain W. T. B. Wilson, commanding;
two ambulances of Greenberg. Bond &
Bloomfield, there being in each ambu
lance a medical officer ans a detachment
of the hospital corps of the National
Guard of Georgia.
CadeLs in Line
In striking contrast to the seasoned reg
ulars and the state troops carne th*
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