Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-21
THE AuBURNIANS ARRIVE.
wARwoRN rETERANS vrsrr.

Wsrmis Welcomed.
Last spring the r. =. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans, were invited to
70 to Auburn, N. ", and there receive
the Inequalities Of Seward Post, No.
81. Grand Army Of the Republic.
They went. and the way the Grand
Army men hcaped hospitsblc inien-
tons and courtcsies Of every sort upon
the southern boys has been told before,
and will never be forgotten by the re-
cipients.
The memory Of Auburn and ITS Grand
Army men lived in such green colors
that II. T.. Ice Camp, No. /, Confeae'
rate Veterans. determined to have Sew
ard Post visit them, and . cordial invi-
tasicn was extended and accepted. Ac-
cordinely, Monday afternoon at 4
O'Clock, Seward Post. under command
of Thomas j. Bell, commander, left
Auburn, Now York, and after a pleasant
trip reached Richmond yesterday after
noon at $40 o'clock.
The party consisted Of the following
Union veterans G. NJ. Dean, Company
NJ, Ninth New York artillery B.. II.
Benham, Company X. FiftIeth New
York lengineers) James Thurlow, Com
psny I, Ninth New York artillery John
Copp, Company l., Fifth New YORK
horse artillery; 4. Eamsn, Company
y. Ore Dundred-and- Eleventh New
York Infantry A. W. Baker. Com
many + Seventeenth New York in
f.ptry: r. L. Greenfield, Company A,
Seyent, -ffih New York infantry; ii.
Dean, Company A, Eighty-fifth New
York iafantry; W. L. Welsh, First
New York battery; Thomas J. Bell,
X battery. Third artillery; G. ID. Nor
gan, l. battery, Tenth New York artIl-
iery; G. II. Sbapley, First New York
independent battery; Peter During,
Company NJ, Third Michigan cavalry
John stickels, A, Thirty.third New
York infantry; Il. +. Webster, Bat
tery |. Third New York artillery;
George Tanner. Z, Ninth New York
artillery; @. Mathews, X battery
Third New York artillery; Milo Web
ster. Battery A, Third New York ar
tillery; Frank Supp, Company G,
One.Hundred-and-Elev New York |
infantry; V. A. Kenyon. Company |
4, Ninth New York artillery; Fred.
Cossun, Company II, Scyenty-ffth New
York infantry; A. b. Fox, Company |
@, One EIundred-and-Fifty-seyenth New
York infantry; II. II. Jones, Company
NJ. Eighth New York artillery; NJ. S.
Webster, Battery G, Third New York
artillery J. J. McCord, Seventeenth
Michigan infantry L. a. Goodyear,
First New York battery; W. A.
Sears, First New York battery
II. NJ. Jeffrey, Company d. One-IIun-
dred-and- Eighty fifth New York inian-
try; |. Il. Taylor, Company |. Tween
ty-second New York cavalry Willard
Case, Company G, Seyenty-fifth New
York infantry X. Cronk, Company Z,
Seventy-fflh New York infantry; j.
Il. Graves, Company ID. One-llundred-
n and.Second New York infantry; b. F.
And ews, Company ], Ninety-ninth in
fantry; N. Cuddebok, Company L,
Twenty-fourth New York cavalry; i.
III. 6ellett, Battery /, Third New York
artillery Lyman Haynes, Battery A,
Third New York artillery; W. o.
Congdon, Battery /, Third New York
artillery; W. +. Woodward, Battery
L, Third New York artillery; William
ii. Manning, Company F, Seventy-fifth
New York infantry; George Conway,
Battery X. Third New York artillery;
James Mulvey, Company F, Fourteenth
United States infantry Henry Mum
roe. Battery ], Third New York arti-
lery; h. Witham, Company l., Eighth !
New York cavalry Charles Whitcomb.
Company A, Thirty-third New York in
fantry.
In the company were twelve ladies'
one of them Miss Aida McComber. a
sister Of James McComber, formerly Of
New York. but now of this city. Mr..
A. NJ. York, bright representative of
the Albany Dispatch staff, was also
with the veterans.
A committee from Lee Camp met the
Auburnians at Milford and came down
10 Richmond with them.
They were met at the Byrd-Street
depot Of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad by about eighty
members OF the X. Z. Lee Camp, Con-
federate Veterans, in full uniform,
under the command Of Lieutenant
Colonel. Commander John Murphy,
detachment Of Phil Kearney Post,
Grand Army Of the Republic, the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues, Captain
Sol. Cutchins, and the drum corps Of the
Lee Camp.
The veterans disembsrked from the
train, and the line Of march was formed
rs follows: The Lee Camp drum
corps, the r.. l.. !. Blues, the Seward
Post drum corps, Seward Post, No.
81, Grand Army Of the Republic, and
X. T.. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans.
The line of March led up Seventh to
Broad street. down Broad to Tenth,
and into the Capitol Square through the
Tenth-s,reet gate, and thence around
the Capitol 10 the eastern entrance.
Here the line came TO a halt, facing 70
ward the Capitol, the lady visitors
occupy lux posihoho On 'hc Sdotc'h
portlco Of the building.
Lieutenant Colonel Commander Muir
ply briefly and appropriately introduced
Colonel W. {. Darlington, the Mayor
Of the city, and although the Mayor has
recently been much indisposed, he came
forward and welcomed the visitors to
the city. He made a magnificent
speech, assuring the veterans that they
were no strangers, hut members of the
sisterhood OF States, and perfectly a,
home in this the most ancient branch OF
the teuse. lie declared that here, the
day Of bloody shirts had passed away,
and as for bloody c.,asms, they had all
been filed with brotherly love snc
peace. He concluded by introducing
the Governor Of Virginia as "a MAJ
who is not'only veteran but our com
rade Also"
The Governor was patiently heard
after which Commander Thomas j
Bell, OF Seward Post, in earnest an
well-chosen language, thanked III
Mayor and the Governor for thei
words Of welcome and assured theu
that the Grand-Army men fully en-
dorsed all the patriotic sentiments tina