The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-06
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Unwilling Yesterday at
Hollywood with Ap-
propriate Ccre-
IN OnicS.
AN UNPLEASANT FLAG EPISODE:
banquet to the philadelphia Visitors.

command was uHhtlitA ltettiutl III the
presence Of Southern and Northern
soldiers with Northern and Southern
ladies present 10 grace and adoTn the
occasion.
The vi.iti4g soldiers members Of The
Philadelphia Brigade were wei taken
care OF Thursday night and Yesterday
morning by their comrades Of Pickelts
Division
lmdcla's Band at II O'Clock Yesterday
morning matched 10 the Exchange 10
tel, where the Philadelphians were quar-
tered. and in conjunction with o com
miiice from Iickeif- Division escorted
them 90 the Capitol Square They
passed in iron az The Governors man
sion and ilcd in double ranks on the
main avenue between ihe Eleyenih-slreet
entrance and the Executive grounds.
VISITING CAMPS.
PickatBlchanan Camp Of Norfolk,
A. T. Hill Camp If Petersburg,
Sionewall Jackson Camp OF Portsmouth.
H. + Lee Camp, No .. Of Alexandra
and Maury Camp of Fredericksburg. fol-
lowed These camps had just reached
the city.
HITCH.
hitch here arose in the programme
The Philadelphia Brigade, il seemed,
brought along with them a banner be-
longing 10 Federal Post The banner
had been loaned them 20 parade with.
There was a condition attached 10 the
loan, which was that the banner should
not be used in any parade where anything
that looked like The Southern Confed
eracy or any insignia thereof was dis
PLAYED
This was certainly singular pledge
for the visitors 10 make. II is presumed
That the Phladeiphians when they came /
20 Richmond knew that they would T.
march with Pick,tt's men and Lee Camp
and other Confederate organizations. /.
and that these meD would display ;heir
own banners, and that the occasion was T.
the unyeiling of monument 10 dis /.
tinguished Confederate general
! he banner Of Lee Camp has on II The /
stars and bars as well as the Southern .
cross, and the camp determined 10 carry /
their flag. and did So. A committee con
sisling of Major r. 4 Brander and Com .
rad,s !. Taylor Elvson and Smith Red
ford visited the Philadelphia Brigade
and asceItsined ihat the brigade would .
not march IN line carrying their Dor
roWed flag where the Confederate cOl0rs
We're displayed. The courteous Nir-
ginians then got another Uaiied States
flag and loaned 10 10 their visitors. They
did not receive 10, but marched in line
without isg at all
The column passed around The Wash
ingtOn monument i'm the following or
der.
lardela's Band
Carriage containing ladies' In one Of
the carriages were Mrs Picket, and her
son In another was General Pickett's 7
brother. Captain Charles f. Pickett
When The procession passed the carriage
Mis-. Pickett az the corner Of
Sixth and Grace streets. in front of The
We.moleiand Club, she resumed The
regulation army salute.
Detachment fr M Tire First Virginia Regiment
of Volunteers.
Lee Camp. headed hy their drum go Us.
Lee Camp. so. q from Alexandria.
A. T.. iiiii Camp. from Petersburg.
Pickett buchanan 'ump. from NoltDlk.
stoucWul Jackson Camp, from Portsmouth
MaWA Camp. from Fredericksburg
pichett's men as escort o. the Philadelphia
Brigade
After the parade on the Capitol Square
the assemblaee dispersed and took The
most convent nt vehicles to Hollywood.
AT HOLLYWOOD
he procession entered the eastern gate,
the gate in the depression on Spring ,
street, which has the ivy uncovered en-
rance. Then they marched around the
,ircuiOus carriage way TO the stand by
be side of the pyramidal soldiers mOnu-
nent, around the stands, past the Pickett
monument and into the open space which
S enclosed with wire fencing,
TO he right of the stand were seated
.he ladies' Of the Hollywood Memorial
A ssociation. under whose charge and in
whose ownership are the lands and ,
grounds where the brave Coniederates
ie buried
Mrs Pickett was escorted 10 a front
hair on the stand and so was General
;orse. who is partially blind and is
luite lame.
THE EXERCISES.
Rev. Richard Ferguson, chaplain and 4.
diulant of the Eighteenth Virginia Re {
-iment, opened the exercises with
prayer which was delivered in choice e,
anguage. Il
he ACKNOWLEDGED God the Ruler of the I
world. as the shield of all, and returned .
hanks for SO many survivors being able
% be present st this unyeiling OF 8 7
monument which will give new inspira- =
ION 10 ali of rs 10 do our duty in the
resence o. God. He asked that the ,
.racious Father in Heaven would show +,
7 blessings down on the widow and son {
( The gallant Pickett, and all the widows
nd sons of Virginia and Pennsylvania. :
lardella's Band then played Nearer, II
Nv God, TO Thee. c
During the time occupied by the band
] playing General COrse unveiled TIE
lOnument.
While this was done the police. who
.efe present in num1ers kept the pas
age way open and allowed all parties on
nd around The stand to see what was -
ding on. NJ
AMONG THE LADIES PRESENT
visitors were Mrs. Anna Barlow a
Richmond, Kentucky, whose home is W
1w near Fort Myers, Lee" county, n,
lofida; Mrs W r. Terry, Miss Louie "