The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-16
hpJur,vr. GENERAL OF VIRGINIA,
prruvOvp April 10. 1850

General Mcdonald, ISSUED the following
order
OFFICE or THE
hpJurAvr.GrNEHAL OF VIRGINIA,
RicuuoND. April Is, 1889.
SnlrlH Ordlrs. No = THE Congress of
the United STATES having taken action
looking To- u cOmmcmOratiOn by APP
propriate and imposing ceremonies IN
The city of Sew York, the Both instant,
of the hundr dth anniversary Of the in
aururati0n of George Washington as the
first Pres dent of the Republic and the
Stiles of the Union, and the people OF
the country having hy common consent
recognized The propriety oil making me
mOfaIle DIS patriotic and august proceed
inrs an event so suggestive oi cohgIatu-
lations and so fun of .OHG augurles, ana
il being especially becoming That the
State of Virginia shall manifest her appre-
ciaiiOn OF and her sympathy with every
effort to keep fresh in the minds of men
the matchless example and the splendid
virtues of her illusiriOus son, II Is ordered
by the Governor and COmmander-in-
Chief
That the offer OF the following com
panies Of Virginia volunteers 10 take
part i'm The military exercises and OBJ
seryancc- Of the day be accepted to-wit:
From the First Regiment OF Infantry,
Company &C
From the Second Regiment OF lnfan-
trv. Companies IF and /
From the Third Regiment OF infan
try. Companies "F and Il
From the Fourth Regiment OF lnfan'
try, Companies a, "B, ~ I'D, Z, and
#"
Unattached, Richmond Light Infantry
Blues.
From the First Battalion of Artillery,
Batter rs "A and "B.
From the First Battalion OF Cavalry,
Troop "A.'
>. Colonel II C. Hudgins, Fourth
REGIMENT. is hereby assigned 10 the
command of these troops during their
presence in New York. and ON their arri-
valtherethcy viii al once report TO him al
thearmorv of the Seventy first Regiment
National Guards of New York, Forty
nth street and Broadway, where they
will be given Querters.
3 Th- routes of travel will be. FOR the
Richmond troops by the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac and Penn
svlvania railroads, for the companies OF
The Second Regiment, 10y the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, for those OF the
Third. bv the Virginia Midland 10 Alex
andria. where. or at Washington city,
they will ioin the troops from Richmond,
and nr0cced bv the Pennsylvania rail
road. forthosc fromthe Fourth Regiment,
Including Battery "B,' and for the
Colonel commanding and his stan. by the
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
railroad
By order of the Commander-in-Chief,
JANIS McDONALD,
Adiutaut General
Iwill be noticed That but % G com
panv from thc First Virginia Regiment
viii 90 TO New York at The centennial
anniversary of General WashingtOn's
Inauguration April 30th This IS Com
panv &. Guard of the Commonwealth,
commanded hy Captain Jones.
Adiu ant General Med maid told q
TINES reporter Yesterday that the list in
the special order embraced above in
cluded every company which had ac-
ceptcd the invitation To participate in
the ceremonies In New York.
General Anderson told TINES re-
orier that he did not think the Rich
nood GRAY. would 20 He had a con
yersation with Captain BossieuX on the
subject The Grays az their meeting de-
cided 10 20 by Il vote of twenty two in
favor and eighteen against OF those
voing in faVOrOf going number would
not bee able 10 attend. Every company
going must carry forty men in the ranks
This is the minimum, said General An
dcrsOn.
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues
who will go With full numbers is com
pany practically one century old. This
company was nr-t organized in the year
1850 as the Richmond Light Inf ntry.
Their uniform included p red coat There
being prejudice ai the time az inst tae
red coal. as smelling too much OF the
Britisher. against whom the young
America Of The period had successful,
fought, in the spriog of l7ve The Gem
pany changed the uniform 10 blue and
alOeg with 10, H. name 10 Richmond Light
Infantry Blues As the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues, this centennial company
dates from May 10. 1893 and every 10Th
OF May since has been celebrated with
all the ccln possible With The Wash.
ingtOn Light Infantry OF Charleston, ). l
C., the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Of Boston. and one or two other compa
MES. the Richmond Light Infantry Blues /
will be among the very few centennial /
companies present.
1t was in contemplation some time ago /
10 have these centennial companies /
formed into legion and the militia of |
modern date Of organization act as their
escort, but New York city being barren
OF companies formed during the child
hood of the kepub ic. no notice was
taken by the managers Of the suggestion