National Republican., 1883-09-17
sIIERIDAN's VETERANS.

Party OF Them from Boston op Their
Way to Revisit Their Old Battle Fields
Programme or Their your-Thsy Take
tho Local Organizations by Surprise.
detachment of Sheridan's veterans, to
the number Of lsS men, accompanied by about
twenty ladies' arrived in this city last OVEN
ing from the east, and are now quartz cred at
the National hotel. Tho party left Boston at
o'clock Saturday, and are on route to the
Shenandoah valley, whore u series of regi-
mental reunions and campfres will bc held
Oh the old battleiclds scattered through that
historical locality. They viii leave here by
special train at 3 o'clock this afternoon for
Harpors Fcrry, where the first camp will he
established on the site of old Camp Hill"
under the auspices of Iarpcr's Ferry post,
G. a. X. On Tuesday tho party will embark
for Winchester, where u camp fire will be
gwen by the 3lth Massachusetts, Veterans; !;
Wednesday the New Hampshire Veteran as.
sociation will hold its annual reunion, in.
Guiding an Grafton by Col. Carroll ID. Wright,
memorial services around the state monu-
mont IN the national cemetery, and other in
teresting ceremonies, including tho firing of
responsive salute by the lst Massachusetts,
battery and confederate gunners who fought
on that field the guns TO be posted on tho
last positions held by each side in
tho battle, Similar ceremonies will occur
until Saturday, when tho veterans will start
for homo. Daring the visits to the several
battlcfcds tho marking committees of tho
several organizations represented will estab-
lish such signs, guidons &c, as will enable
the company to mtelligently inspect the
fields of action. All camps will be in charge
OF officers of the day. 4 number Of old and
and tattered battle flags have been sent ahead
with the camp eluipoge, and will bo displayed
on the fields where they were once "baptised
in fire." One of the latter, 9th corps
battle flag, was hanging gracefully
over tho Office of the National hotel
last night and attracted much attention. Tho
gentlemen in charge of the expedition are
Carroll d.. Wright, bureau of statistics. Bos-
ton, Mass; SOlon 4, Carter, Concord, n H.;
Flnyel l.. Tolman, LeOminster, Mass; &. w.
Hodglon, 100 Court street, Boston, Mass;
John w. SturteVant, Kccne, y. H.; G. ID.
Wright, 18th New Hampshire volunteers,
Boston; q. +. Ncale, lst Massachusetts bat
terry, Boston, w. NJ. RWnGry, "a Massachusetts
cavalry, Boston; +, c. Pope, 3D. Massachusetts
cavalry, Boston; Allen Baker, lst Rhode
Island cavalry, Providence; Stephen Thomas,
Sth Vermont volunteers Orange, W.; George
A. Reed, 4Gth Massachusetts volunteers, Bos-
toni {. j. King, 23th Maino volunteers, llos-
ton; i, Il, Whttemore, Both Massachusetts,
volunteers, Boston; II. Il. Hall, 3ith Massa-
ChuscttS volunteers, Boston; j, w. Chapman,
3sth Massachusetts, volunteers. Boston.
The arrival OF veterans in Washington took
the home vets. by surprise, aud consequently
the former were not formally received by the
local organizations, although tho news soon
spread and individual members appeared on
the ground and took charge of their visiting
brethren, The Washington posts, q. 4, r.,
will doubtless talSo action to-day and give
ShOIidan's veterans good "soud Ol.'