The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-01


tiIlery Blues. Captain j. w. Gilmer, forty.
six men. The Gordonville Grays, Cap
tain J. C.. Gentry, viii arrive early this
morning with about thirty men, making in
all nearly four hundred visiting soldiers.
THE ARTILLEgrsrs.
| The Richmond HowitZer battalion Is
one OF our proudest military organizations,
and TO their fiospitable care the Norfolk
Light Infantry Blues were coDfided. The
Howitzers, under the c0mmSQd OF Cap
tain Bosher, marched down 70 the Chesa-
peake and Ohio depot and received the
Norfolk visitors with enthusiasm. AT the
same time that the Norfolk artillery, under
the command OF Captain james w. Gil
mer, disembarked the Suffolk GRays, the
Peninsular Guards, and the Norfolk City
Guard did also. The Richmond Light In
fantry Blues, Captein Andrew Pizzini, and
Company ID (Old Dominion Guard), Cap
o., tain Leroy Brown, and Company +,
Captain A. L. Elicit, met the infantry,
and acted rs its escort. Two bands OF
music accompanied our soldiers, and the
Norfolk Light Artillery Blues brought
along with them the military band
from Fort Monroe. When opposite the
dispatch office the artillerists halted and
gave the Office the compliment OF sere-
made, accompanying the same with sa-
! lutte. IL was III o'clock when the men
moved through the streets, the bands MAX
ing such sweet music as TO draw large
crowds and cause windows to be raised and
doors to be opened as the soldiers passed.
The Blues were taken to the armory
OF the Howitzcrs. the most complete
one in the city, and there they found
that their Richmond friends had made
every preparation for their comfort. a
long table. with forty basins and water
convenient, a large rack Of towels, with a
number OF mirrors, combs, and brushes,
were proyiaed on the ground floor OF the
armOry. In the second story. or drill
room, neat and comfortable cots for each
visitor had been prepared, and good
nights rest was thing to be had without
trouble. The armory was tastefully deco
rated, and n welcome smiled from every
! side. After the men had ba,hed their faces
and brushed the dust from their uniforms
they were taken in charge by the I1owit-
zers and escorted to sanger Hall, where
they enjoyed an excellent supper. Captain
Ed. Starke and Major Ii. C.. Carter were
present, and welcomed their Norfolk
brethren. The Blues will not enter the
competitive drill. but will parade. 90 to
the Fair, and return to Norfolk tonight.
THE OFFICERS.
Gregory, the great banioist, whose songs
and music will be remembered by many
surviving soldiers Of the Army Of North
ern Virginia, used to sing:
- 1t IS not worth while TO give me any blarney.
| The boys that do the fighting are the privates In
the army;
but all the same, the glory was generally
appropriated by the officers; and so in the
gathering last night, when the officers
were entertained at collation. given
at sanger Hall, they were centres
OF particular observation and admira-
ton. General Lee came in about 10
O'Clock, and, in his fulldrees uniform,
J looked as handsome as the haudSOmest,
and almost as handsome as when he led
! his Confederate division nearly twenty
years ago. The bright uniforms, free
from stain of flaht or foul weather, and
q the handsome figures OF the officers, made
a very pretty picture.
OUR CAROLINA AND GEORGIA FRIENDS.
The representatives from North Carolina
and Georgia worthily represent their good
! States. The Carolinans are fine-ooking
soldiers, generally being OF commanding
stature and soldierly bearing. The Cover
nor's Horse Guard, Of Georgia, is a superb
/ body OF inen, and wear uniforms that are
brilliant and tasteful. They expect TO OBJ
tain horses here, and will be one Of the at
I fractions OF the parade. Everybody hopes
that they and all the visitors will enjoy
their trip to Richmond.
THE PARADE.
The parade to-day promises to be tine
! pageant. General Fitzhugh Lee, COM
handing the military forces OF the State.
has issued the following general order ap-
plicable TO the occasion:
HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE)
VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS,
RICHMOND, November l. 1885.
/ General orders, No. -.
The infantry companies for parade on
Thursday, November l, will constitute
four battaliOns. and the parade will be
formed by $50 O'Clock on the south side OF
Broad street, facing north, the right OF
each battalion on the cross streets from
| Twelfth to Ninth inclusive, the cavalry on
the right and artillery on the left, and in
the following order from right to left
viz.
Gloucester Cavalry.
Governors Horse Guards, Atlanta, Ga,
FIRST BATTALION, COMMANDED BY COLONEL
W. l.. BUMGARDNER, OF THE SECOND REGI
EENT:
Richmond Light Infantry Blues,
Reidsyille Light Infantry,
Raleigh Light Infantry.
SECOND BATTALION, COMMANDED by COLO
MEL c. l.. wERTENBAKER, OF THE sEC0NI
REGIMENT
Alexandria Light Infantry,
Harrisonburg Guard,
Bond Guard,
Fredericksburg Grays,
Gordonsville Grays.
THIRD BATTALION, COMMANDED BY COLONEL
J. VI. HUDGINs, OF THE FOUETH REGI
MENT:
Norfolk City Guard.
Old Dominion Guard,
Suffolk Grays,
Peninsula Grays.
FOURTH BATTALION, COMMANDED By COLO
MEL c. J. ANDERSON, OF TIE FIRST REGI
MENT:
First Regiment Virginia Volunteers,
Norfolk Light Artillery Blues,
Richmond Howitzers.
Field officers will be assigned TO eacf
battalion. Moving at O'Clock by Thir
teenth, Main, Fifth, and Franklin streets
and arriving at Broad street at Third, thu
First and Second battalions will form to The
right and facing the railroad track, righ
on Fifth street; the Third and Fourth tC
the left and facing the track. left on Fiftl
street-they will take the ears,
The cavalry and artillery will move hy
the road to the Fair-Grounds.
On arriving at the grounds the line
leaving the cars left III front. will be re
formed in close column OF battalion facing
north, right in front.
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