Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-07
THE FLAG EPISODE.
TsE PHrLaDgLPsIANs AND THE
RgBEL BANNER"
The Proof Pretty Nearly Conclusive thst
There We're Politics In
the Matte,

Tho one hundred members OF the
Philadelphia Brigade Association and
their forty guests. twenty seven OF whom
are ladies. will leave for home this morn
ing. The two special. coaches OF the
Pennsylvania road in which they came
viii 10 attached % the 1s20 nonh-bound
train over the Fredericksburg route.
Ex-Governor Curtin ana several others
will stop for awhile in Washington hut
most OF their associates will 60 direct TO
Philadelphia.
These veterans arrived here Thursday
afternoon rs guests Of Pickot,'s Division
Association, having come TO attend the
reunion and the unycillng of the Pickett
monument on Friday.
sUAsoSABLE SPEECHES.
One Of tho most prominent persons IN
The party is lion. a. g. Curtin, who was
PENNSYLVANIA war Governor. IN con
versation vish % DfeJ,ufch reporter yes
terdsv nc said: The banquet eX-
tended AS last night (Frdoy) wac O most
dcieht'ul one. and al OF us enjoyed u.
The speeches were oh good aud espe-
c,allv we'll suited 10 such on occasion.
They were an patriotic, and the senti-
ments expressed were INC pi1.ni o"''. ..r
es. coniinn'h W. ''''.n'
have known your Governor ioi ''''' 'I ,,.a
and til.t very hiH".J % ',,'' LAO
speech last night was Iirst-raic.
AZ sIvrN ri:T5.
A sDsciol train was rn to FAIR Oaks
(ecvcn puosl battlefield yesterday TO
aceor.m9d1to the northern Veterans
most of So hOm had . much more INIT
f0at. .ngg. Jess pleasant o"qHalutan"e
with til- place ogcra quarter Of q cen
iur, AGO The train left here 40 Joclock
job tlc forenoon. and most oi Inc 'tte-
J.u- arMiei Themselves Of tho oupor'u-
ritv d.. visiting tie historic hehiinG
GROUNDS. where they spent several hours
returning o. tho city ~ l:iL Zee M
trvl a.tronu thcr visits had been 80
greet i.4' thc old fo.Hier7 could Iocate
l nv lnnis. Colon" "liI'Hin ".
ft.tt Captain b.. l.. ActVe 'prcsI"'At
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Several members "i th' hH'A.lo HH'o-
CI'0r "rre m'.i 'i'"0d Y'ai'Iohy VIII
reference to the un''r'Iu'te an" i't''''
Iu. occurrence oI iie '"y ",i"I' ="
which tI' Ihi'a'' ii"N'A' u''l'i'e -
uIc1 'u procession "l'h N"l'Ie''I'''
i.i'... aging ti.i iN' h"'i""". nag
um.1 t..y brought WITH them HtI uceu
lolt f..n upon condition tnat u
should uo, hecarurl milne with "rebcl
l..a
Governor Curtin snij. al Go not know
fr.u whom the flag was borrowed. In
fac.. 7 laow nothing about lt whatever.
doot tmn1 the l.tc I1ci''n' amounts
q. .i>'.'at or .'',' "o ti'0" INC
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thn' was Nnu NY 7'IR'""1 ~ ''on NM.
ana ",'"oo C'''' ,no '''.'' "',,'' ''.'''
nave '"oauRAt Oh "c'ti, ing '"" u ~"
any Hu,h coiI'''"I IN "'F '.'"' .'.'
N' queens o' 'h',' "' a,D'' 10 "'''.''.'
inc reunion "'l', ~ ',' i'.''ti ~ '.' ',''
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WIS ""' i'-''' ''''' -" '''
CotpfN, anu No am llo MINORITY "l MS
comrades would have been perfectly Will
ing 90 have carried the camp nag:
Several others standlnencar by endorsed
tbs statement most heartily. The eli-
sodc WAS much talked OF yesterday ana
most on the Pennsylyanmns seemed TO
very much regret lts occurrence
WAS 1T Politics?