Evening star., 1886-10-14

Massachusetts Veterans Rcfurmjng
Home From Vfrxi inia Rattledelds

Home From Virxin Battleaelds.
Thismorning' boat from Fort Monroe brought
up tired but enthusiastic company OF pilgrims
in blue coats, some with empty sleeves. This
was John a. Andrews Post No. Is, G. A. R.. of
Boston, who are now turning their faces to the
north utter an interesting trip, taking In old
battlefields and points of interest on the way.
The party, inciuding the fife, drum and bugle
corps OF the 1st Massa chusetts regiment, and a
supplementary party of about forty ladies and
gentlemen, numbers about 100 people. Owing
to the crowded condition of the boat the male
mcInbers of the party had to sit up all night and
had an experience vividly recalling some
OF the discomfortS of war days, when
they went over the same territory under differ.
ent circumstances. The party arrived here o
little before nine o'clock. Pinned on the breasts
OF many OF the members were the brilliant
badges of r. Z. Lee camp of confederate vet
Grams Grams and the blue and gray badges OF the
of victory of peace and fraternity. The post
left Boston ON the 9TH; proceeded to Gettys.
burg, where they spent day and had public
meeting at night; went thence by Antietam to
Luray cave, and then to the Natural bridge,
which was illuminated ut night in their honor.
From tn bridge they made an excursion to
Lexington, and then journeyed by way OF
Waynesboro' To Richmond The veterans are
the Is: Virginia regiment, the stewart
fS1Tx 6r Pl aHa Kea2nsH G,er PaHs AZ i1a Lee
Camp, Confederate Veterans, and the United
Veterans. Monday night upon their arrival
they were baaqactcd: Tuesday various parties
made expeditions 10 Petersburg. TO Seven Pines
and other scenes of bloody fights. The Knights
Templar members were banqueted by Rich
mOnd knights. Tuesday night the fife, drum
and bugle corps gave II concert for the benefit
equally of the Confederate Veterans Home
visited the Confederate Veterans Home and
were received there by Gov. Lee and others, In
the d..ughter of Jefierson Davis. Gov. Lee
mander Pierce responded. Then MIR. Geo. ii.
Patch. of the Boston Globe. spoke for Massa-
chusetts. Yesterday they went down the
James To Fort Monroe, and after spending two
hours there took the boat to this city. To-day
the visitors are making expeditions about the
capital. A large party went TO Arlington.
Tue officers of the post are: Commander, David
X. Pierce. Staff-Acting Adjutant, George ..
Noyes; q Quarternaster, James f.. Reid; Acting
Chaplain, Emery Cleaves; Officer of the Day,
George, \. Coie; Acting Officer OF the Guard;
S:ttiuel Is. Read; Sergeant-majOr, David c.
Ciapp; Quartermaster Sergeant. Edward A.
Story. jr. Honorary Stah-Richard +. Tobin,
Commanded department of Massachusetts, G. A.
r.; Charles u. Nash, 5. v. commander depart
ment OF Massachusetts, G. A. r.; John A. keefe,
judge adyocate department of Massachusetts,
G A H.; ihonits Lansian, aid, commander de-
P:lrtnient OF M'issachus' It's, g. \. X; George II.
Patch, past COMMANDER department OF Massa-
han, James A. Fox, Harrison Hume. First
Company-W lillian b. Daley, senior vice coni-
Inarder. N 1, Color Bearers-David y. Felt, Cyrus
n Thomas. Second dCompany-George B. White,
Junior vice commanded.
The OTTER members of the post in the party
are: George W. Adams, George {. Alden, Daniel
l.. Ames, James III. Anderson, T. Mackenzie Axe,
Charles " Bartlett, Frank +. Be,hu, Clarence
H. Bell, Z. L, Gicknell, Oscar Bingham, George
T.. Brown, Joseph Ii. Brown, M.,iiseI Ii. Bush,
). n. Bolster. George ii. avanagl,, David c.
Clapp, stephen 81 B. Ciapp, Emery CieaveS, George
tin, William b. DAILY, Caleb 2. Davis, j. NJ.
Davis, Jeremiah }. Downey. Joseph Dugan,
William III. Estey, David o. Felt. Albert FItz.
meyer, James A. Fox, NJ \. Gaiucia, Charles
j. Geier, NJ. L. Grant, Willard NJ. II. Greene, E.
y. hammond, Joseph Halstrick, jr., Z. NJ. Har-
riman, Richard HOdghton, Harrison Hume, II.
b. Jacobs, F.M.JewelI, ID. l.. Jones, Z. B. Jenless,
ii. X L.ngdon, Thomas Langlan, Theouore
Leutz, James Lewis, John NJ. Lee, D. Linnehan
George w. Moore, Charles ID. Nash, George o.
u. Perciva David X. Pierce, n. J. rratt, James
i. Price Samuel b. Read, James f. Reid, John
Riley, 1homas Ryan, James K. Scott Charles
w. Storer, Edward A. story jr, Cyrus X
Thomas, J.Cushing Thomas, Richard +. Tobin
Peter b. Iourtei h. L. Vaughn. +. o. Negelahh,
White, Thomas hite, A. f. Wilson, James H.
{. Wilson, X. +. Yeaton
Inc supplementary party consists Of Mrs.
Balch, George F. Banchor, Mrs. G.. +. Brown.
Mrs. NJ. H. Bush, ). II. Coesworthy, Horace T.
Colby, j. T; Crane, Edward Craven, Mrs. Nellie
Edith t. Felt, james +. Hill and wife, William
Il. HodsOn, Mrs. G. a. Jones, Mrs. Theodore
Leutz, William Mcfarland, b. F. Milward and
wife, Mrs. George W. Moore, Mrs. ~ Randall
Charles F. Roberts and wife, W. A. Rogers and
WIFE, w iiiam Garrison Reed and WIFE, Francis
richards, Mrs. Thomas Ryan. Mrs NJ. Z. Smith,
+: U. Neghiahn, Leonard Ware, jr., William B.
White and wife, Nj. ]. W halen, John A. Wilson
and Miss L. +. Wright.
The post will leave the city at $50 o'clock
this evening, stopping in baltimore, where
they will be entertained by Wilson post From
Baltimore they Will go directly To Boston.