The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-31
MILITARY MATTERS.
DE- sS PARADE VISITING COMPANIES :
AN INVITA- TON TO THE FAIR
GROUNDS

,,,, % or,,ar tbc first dress parade
Ace',u'aS ,uaSS,,v'nroan;zcd IT, "," First Regiment
W;r'r;n;a 9. smn VnlIntccrs iCnp,ain Sloan com
mandjnc) took place on Broad street last
r;yht. All Of the seven companies compo'
s;nr Tho rcoiment were ont in full force,
[nJ ,,rcscntcd a most crcditahle appear.
anco Tho regiment Is composed OF excel
Innt n,tcrial, and the men hore themselves
Gtc old soldiers. The parade was witnessed
hv several hundred Indies ana gcntiehieh
About $50 men were In ilne. o,-s
Official information has occu fecei.eu
nr tho fact that two compan'es or Yo'un-
tnorS from ahroah-the Wise Light IN
cntrv' Of Williamsburg (Capt. II. A. Wisc
cnmm,ndiprl, and the Home Guard Oh
| Ivnrhlurr (Cartain j. Holmes smith com
p,apHnc\-wjll visit Richmond during the
nrr.rnt week, and probably take part IN IN
the contest for tho prize. medal wh,cn VIII
take n,ace on next Thursday at the Falr
Thc Wise Light Infantry, fifty five strong.
will arrive this evening on inc stSaI,.i ni.,
John Sylvester. Lieutenant JoDa =. III
ford and Acting Quartermas'eI JONI ..
Wise, nave made arrangements 'ol -, tht'l
entertainment while here. ihey wiz oc
met at the boat. according 10 orut' pIo'
mnlco,cd at dress parade last night, by a
ant,ii Of rnur men from each company,
nndrr lieutenant Handy, Of Company B'
| the { ity Hall h,s been procured Tor lhclr
quarters. and full supply OF blankets mas
generously been placed ut their olsposaI Nv ~
| Mrssrs levy BROTHERS. The Governor Wll
nubliclv receive them In front of MS man.
| sion this evening before they are lnarcheo
| to quarters. ,>,o
The Lynchburg Home Guard Will pro
| hasly arrive here on tomorrow morning
| Their agent in Richmond has mauc ar,
rangcmcnts for their accommodate lou ~
the Exchange Hotel. They will bring about
forty muskcts. This company. ii ko the
| Wise Light Infantry, Is composed fyoune
men of fine standing I'm society and co"t
| soldiers. They carry the flag won by then
at the late Fair in Lynchburg, and come
Tor the purpose Of winning also the golc
| medal 10 be awarded the best drilled com
pany ut the State Fair.
! In this connection VIC are glad to an
tpolrce that at meeting Of the Executive
Committee of the Agricultural Society
held last night an invitation was EXTENDED
to the First Virginia regiment and Other
voluntccr military companies "to parade
and perform their eyolutions at the Eau
Grounds on Thursday. provided they shal
not conflict with previous engagements o
the dav, and provided also they shall cntcl
the grounds under such regulations as thu
president may prcscribe.' The command
ant Of the regiment and committees vii
meet the president Of the Society ut hi
office, on the Fair Grounds, at II A. NJ. to
day.
The Executive Committee Of the Ag'i
cultural Society has also appointed Major
General George L. Pickett, Major-Gcncra
w. II. +. Lee. Brlgadicr-Gcncral Bradlc,
y. johnson, Brgadier-Gencral James LII
Lane, and Colonel william Gillian. as tn
committee of award on the Dispatch priz
gold mrdsl offered to the best drilled com
panv al the Fair. The committee vii
make such regulations as they may thin
proper for the contest.