Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-21
PICKETTS DIVISION.
UNWILLING or TIE MONUMENT on 0c-
T0BER TIE 5TH.
Reunion Of the Veterans Here on That Day
A Banquet Arranged For
The Toasts, &c.

AhV ADHof@f ~
A largely-attended meeting OF Pick
ett's Division Association was held at
the Reglmental Armory last night to
make preparations for the unyeiling of
the monument which is being placed
over the Generals grave in Hollywood
to commemorate the heroism of himself
and his officers and men.
Captain f. p Reeve, president Of the
association, called the meeting TO order
and presided.
BANQUET.
The president appointed committee,
with Judge Clopton as chairman. to draft
suitable toasts for the banquet in honor
of the Philadelphia Brigade, who will
assist in the ceremonies of unveiling,
and the committee WAS instructed to re-
port before the close of the meeting.
The Reception Committee, of which
Comrsde Novel; is chairman, reported
progress in their work.
FUNDS AND BADGES
President Reeve reported about 5000
on hand for the entertainment of the
visitors.
The Committee on Badges was in
structed TO procure 500 badges for mem
bels Of the association and 200 for their
guests.
TRANSPORTATION.
Major II. B. Taliaferro, chairman of
the Committee on Transportation, re-
ported that all the railroads operating in
the state and several outside Of Virginia
would charge only one fare for both ways
to all persons attending the ceremonies.
FROM TIE GENERALS WIDOW.
President Reeve read the following
letter from Mrs. Pickett
$40 TWELFTH STREET, !
WAsHTYaToN, ID. c., Sept 10, 1888
Captain +. p. Recpe, President Pick
cts Diuisi0n association, Richmond,
w.. D.:
My Dear Friend, Your kind letter in
behalf Of the survivors Of Picketts dlvi-
sion requesting the presence of my son
and myself on the occasion of the re-
union and dedication of the monument
has been received. Gratefully will we
come to you, heroic living, and to my
sacred dead, who ever lives in my
heart, and the memory OF whose
chiyalric courage, heroic devotion TO
right. noble self-negation and sacrifice,
deathless love of country, and absOlutet
hatred of wrong and oppression can
never die.
Thank you, his soldiers, my soldiers,
for this tribute Of loving loyalty. thus
making his honor your honor, his de-
fence your defence, bis memory an ever
lasting heritage, his grave your secret
trust. Faithfully yours,
Mrs. GEORGE f. PICKETT.
Captain Reeve has arranged for rooms
at the Exchange Hotel for Mrs. Pickett
and son while in the city.
TOAsTs.
The Committee on Toasts reported the
following:
Cur Guests-the Philadelphia Bri
gade: Virginia Selc0mes the gallant sons
Of the Keystone State within her gates,
whose lovely hills and teeming valleys
once presented the Blue and Gray in
scenes which for valor are not sur
passed in history. Colonel William Il.
Aylett.
Pennsylvania and Virginia: Distinct
as the billows, yet one as the sea /; iude
structible States of an indissoluble
union, Governor Fitzhugh Lee.
Iickett's and Hancock's Divisions
Enemies in war; but brethren OF re-
united country. Captain William /.
Clopton.
Our Heroic Dead
On fams'- eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And memory guards win silent round
The bigOuac Of o. q dca1.
TO be drunk stlnding and in silence)
Captain j. I. Crocker.
The Blue and the Gray: The animosi-
ties engendered by war are buriedi in the
graves of our dead comrades. Colonel
r. b. Berkeley.
THE ORATOR.
CAPTAIN Reeve, on behalf OF the asso-
citation, extended invitations to General
Kemper and General Eppa Hunton to
deliver the Grafton, but both declined on
account of i'll health.
Major Il. Taylor Scott. of Fauquier,
has been invited and accepted the invi-
tation to deliver the Grafton.
FOE THE PARADE.
President Reeve has sent out invita-
tions to all military organizations and
veteran associations in the State to be
present.
THE VETERANS.
It was at one time the intention of the
association to pay the expenses of all the
veterans of the division who would like
to be present and who are too poor
to come, but other demands have |
drawn so heavily upon the association |
they now find that they arc unable TO
bear this expense. While they will wei
come all such with open arms they can
not promise to do more.
HEADQUARTERS
The headquarters Of the association
will be in the Old Market Hall, and a
committee from the association will be
there to receive all visitors.
The association will meet again on the
night of the 9th instant to perfect their
arrangements for the occasion.