Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-30
OUR SOLDIER BOYS.
THE RICHMOND oRAYs ON THEIR NET
TLEIN EEw YORK.
How the Day was spsnt Ycstsrday-The Gray
Uniform an object Of HonOr-Tho
Programme for To-Day.
Especial telegram to the DIspatch.l

who commands the Richmond Grays, was
very busy to-day. When he did have mo-
ment ho said: 1--WE do not come here TO
show that all Il forgotten. for we have for
gotten 1t ourselves. We come 10 clasp hands
with our brothers."
This sentiment fnds hearty echo every
where. Wherever the gray uniform is seen
on the street the man wearing 1t Is
m object OF honor. That the Grays have
been made welcome goes without saying.
All day the "hoys" were shown over the
city by their entertainers, the Ninth regi' /
ment lads. On the principal streets, in /
downtown Offices, and in Central Park they !
were 10 be seen accompanied by some mem
Der % the Ninth.
Early IN the morning Captain B1ssieuX and |
Lieutenant Garrison went 10 West Point |
and were shown all over that seat Of military
learning, and tonight they all assembled in
the Nnth-Rcgimcnt armorT, on west Twen- /
ty-ninib street The Grays formed company
front in the great drill.room IN the top OF the
building and went through a drill, while the /
boys IN blue stood by aud watched thea.
They drilled well. No part OF their ma |
nGuyres was mirTed by a hitch, and their !
hosts app'auded them roundly, not because !
theY were guests, but because OF real admi' /
ration. and II The Grays do - we'll to-mor-
row in the parade they will divide the
honOrs With our crack companies.
After the drill the Blues and the Grays nd.
iourned TO the company room. where the
commissary department had provided some |
thing substantial for the inner man. 1t was
not such rough fare as their fathers had had
in the Geld They adjourned early, for while
tho march tomorrow may not have The ter
rors Of forced march, sill it is not an
easy task.
AT o'clock IN tho morning the Gray' will
meet in the hrmory. Halt an hour later they
will come out escorted by the Ninth regi-
ment. In She street they will form company
front and escort their colols ia the roar
and march TO the place of muatcr.
There they will be given the right Of The
line, and viii come down the avenue and
past the reviewing stand with the Memorial
Committee. Here they will leave the pro-
cession md pass down Broadway 10 Seven
| teenta street, and there they will halt and
| form by iOurs. fire rest Of the procession
viii continue down Finh avenue to
Seventeenth street, and then turn east.
and the visitors wit have an opportunity
Of seeing The display and ezchar sing salule'
with those who follow them. This is
/ done that they may have on opportunity OK
reviewing cur militia. They Will be Joined
/ there By Company 4, Ninth regiment, Cap
/ tain Lorigan, wh0 will form around them
aud escort the visitors back 10 the armory-
/ ! hey one aud all express themselves KS be-
/ ing highly pleased with their reception
+ here. snd their entertainers lave received
their warmcst thanks. Af,er the parade
/ they will In entcri8in7d by the Ninth ro5i.
mnt, aud the neSt day they leave FOR Their
| homes.
T8y Associated presll
/ NEW YORK. May 2o.-E,corted bv the
/ Ninln regiment, the crack virginia military
company, the Richmond Giays, to-day IN
/ spectcd Castle Garden and viewed With
much interest rhe landing 81 4 >hip-lo2d ~
/ Immigrants. The cOmp10y gave COM
/ mendabie exhibition drill nj the Ninth
/ Regiment Armory tonight. 4 collation.
/ followed. Tomorrow they viii take part
I In the memorial parade. They have been
+ assigned 10 the right o. the lne-the
/ post o; honor After The parade they will
I proceed TO Riverside PIX, where floral
/ design. on which j, worked "Iet u Have
/ Peace,' viii be placed ou Grants tomb.
/ They will return TO Richmond boy saturdays
steamer.
Notes and EnCiccuta.
/ The Hsr1h OF yesterday SAYS:
4 benny blnc ilI-, bat not roe one with
I tie single star, was b0rlo proudly mp Rroad-
wsy Yesterday morning and tIpred %. silk
/ en- folds over TIE shiriug barrels oi some
! hundred muskr,s Ipstc9l OF the emblem
a'ic s'ar that sunk below the horizon with
/ the " Lost Cau'c' tn banner bore thr arm,
/ OF the state OF Virginia Hy iis side l5atcd
/ the glorious stars and stripes.
The tbin-fpcoG. dsrk-ey'd. and wiry men
/ who marched under the Virginia lag with
/ q nervous, Spriugy step. were the Richmond
/ GIays. Technically they are known ~
/ COMPANY a. First regiment, National
/ Guard, state Of Virginia.
Tine command had come away from their
own sacred soil 10 bee the quests OF Company
/ 4, OF tbc Ninth, aud 10 participate IN the pa
radc tomorrow.
TEE EAGLE AID THE YlLL.
/ In the drill.hcll the guests and hosts were
! drawn up in two lnes, facing each other,
when an opportunity Was taken to make
/ some nice little ,prechc, by Colonel Seward
I Of the Ninth; Captain LOrrigan and Captain
Bo,,ieux. Then cheers, iot~ II them. TAe
/ Ninth gave {. e regulation three times three,
/ and for "tiger" the reEimental shout:
"The eagle dies from he mountain top,
and hen ne flies his wings 80 hop.
| E-A-G-I-Ei"
That was familiar enough 10 the New
| Workers present, bat not tie answer That the
/ Grays gave.
| II was The genuine and wolll-Iamcd old
"fcbel yell" that has urged 50 many brave
| and stubborn souls on n a useless death. II
/ made the ra'tors - the old arm0ry ring, and
/ stirred up dim and bloody memories in The
minds OF the erizz'ed war veterans who
beard Il.
But this is visit q peacc, friendship,
/ brotherhood. and loyalty. \ warm reception
/ the Grays received, both in spirit and prac-
| tlcc. The fI.t practical evidence OF u was
| an elaborate lunch spread IA the band-rooin.
/ The policemen were still on hand.
IL BAREACE3.
/ For the time the armory Is tur0ed into
/ barracks. Cots have been placed IN several
! OF the company rooms, and during their stay
! the Grays will make their headquarters there.
| They have been iAvibd 10 partake Of 50
mauy hospitahties that their messrOom VIII
| include nearly all The armoreS In tue city.
OF TIGHrISG STOCK.
Then there IS old Niles Phillips, who err
rie, the flag. White barred and Dent be IS
now, but twenty-five years ago when be rode
with stuart he was Il dasbing trooper. His
father fought IN the Continental army under
washington, and lived to be eighty seven
years Old when Miles had only seen nine
summers.
Private Bethel. who northumberland,
will be in great demand while here. He has
with hin bag OF nails that be made himself
from the iron arnor OF the Nerrimac, and -
distributing them Us SOUVENIRS. Private
Reese has also some Interesting souvenirs
with him in the shape Of little blocks OF wood
from the beams OF Libby prison.
The personnel OF The company Il OF re-
markedly high order. IL needs must be. as
they are soldiers entirely for love OF it. The
State does not furnish them penny OF pay
| only their AIMS and equipments. They TUT
| nish their Uniforms and armory and defrly
all current expenses themselYes-all Tor
glory.
A TRICK N STACKING.
They use the light, two-band cadet rife,
and have a new trick OF stacking arms with
bay0neis by hooking The behring's together
They also use the canvas knapssck, which -
simply bag. Their iuIl-dress uniform Is
gray coat, with white trimmings, white
| trouSers and black helmets