Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-25
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The Commissary.
HEADQUARTERS CoxsrsslnY DEPARTMENT
'ETKRANe' RECEPTION COMMITTEE,
No. 1910 EAST MAN STREET,
RICHMOND. Va, May "a, 1890.
To he Peope IN g,e Capital of 0e Confed1ocv:
A quarter OF o century has elapsed since
Robert T.. Lee, on behalf of the women
and children Of the Southland, agreed to
omit" Tho fathers, husbands. brothers,
and sons who had followed their chieftain
TO . an Appomattox" acquiesced in his de-
cision.
On Thursday next those who have not
forgotten him and the cause, and the days
in which be and his veterans battled with
bout resi-, --foughi when food was more than
q necessity, when your own city was almost
laid in asbes-when not one breakfast
could scarcely be had for love OF money
good people, quarter of century
after. wall you permit those men who
barred their breasts TO the storm of battle
for your beloved city to come here on q
pilgrimage of love, reverence, and duty
and not receive that hospitality for which
you are so noted
And can YOU who take mp the newspa-
per and read this appeal not send one or
more breakfasts on the morning OF the
29th to the commissary department OF the
Veterans Reception Committee, 1910
Main street?
Send tho food by your son, daughter, or
seryant-your contribution VIII be taken
from your dishes and the latter returned
to you by the bearer.
AS additional places Of delivery Colonel
THOMAS A. Brander's. Fourth and Frank
lin streets. and Captain J. X. Molloy's, 1922
east Main street. have been selected for
those who may hye most convenient IN
their vicinity.
d. A. Brown, Chairman.
arthur A. Spazcr, Secretary.
Company G Survivors
An interesting meeting of the survivors
Of Company G.. Third Virginia battalion,
G. s. A.. local degree troops, was held at
who were present at the meeting of May
20th the following answered 10 their names
at roll-call Edgar ID. Taylor, G. Percy
HAYES. Rev. Frank Brooke, Rev. Beverly
ID. Tucker, and w. A. Matthews.
The Committees on Arrangements for
Parade. on Badge, on Photograph. on Ban
quet, on Mat (the faithful colored servator
Of the company made their reports and
they were adopted without discussion.
Some time was spent IN recalling his
tory, tho record of the company, and many
amusing anecdotes dncnt pranks of the
boys in camp were related.
The badge of Company G., which is
crossed on the regulation veteran badge
presented 20 the company by Lee Camp. is
lavender with the following inscription:
go. G.. Sd Va. Battalion, O. S. A.. 1868 TO
1863. dwelling of Lee Monument, Rich
mond, Va, Nav %. 1890. p"
1t is claimed-and it is probably n fact
that cannot be effectively disputed-that
q company was composed Of the youngest
men who were in service continuously in
the Confederate army.
The meeting adjourned subject tothe call
of the chairman.
All details as regard the parade having
been determined upon. the called meeting
will be for tho purpose OF -perfecting the
record of tho company and organizing a
permanent association.
Tho War Operator.
Mr.. Beverley Wexford Wren, now the
passenger agent Of tho East Tennessee,
Virginia and GEORGIA railroad, with head
quarters in Knoxville, was telegraph ope-
rator in Richmond in 1865 and took the
message from the wires which General Lee
sent President Davis announcing that
Richmond must be evacuated. When DR..
George Ross was in MeXicorecently In com
pany with Mr.. Wren the latter told him
that as soon as tho message could be writ
Ten lie IlIdttu ~ III Tue llNltlS vi ~ AiAfrctlt-
ger and told him TO hurry 10 st. PauPs
church. where he knew Mr. Davis was at
worship. Mr.. Wren says he does not re-
member whether Mr.. Davis sent General
Lee a reply. as he (Wren) was 80 much
shocked at the news he could not work any
more that day.
Mr.. Wren is o native Of Virginia.
Personal and Other Notes.
General John p. Gordon and staT will ar
rive here on Wednesday, and will be
mounted in the procession on Thursday.
Mrs. Decatur Axtelps sister, Miss Can
trell, will arrive on Tuesday the 9th.
Colonel +. NJ. Parker of Enfield, n. C.,
will attend the unwilling.
The veterans OF the Fifteenth Virginia
regiment infantry will be furnished with
badges for the unwilling by A. J.. Lums-
den, S23 east Main street. and j. Il. Lacy, II
south Ninth street. The veterans are ex-
pected to assemble under their nag the
morning Of the 10Th i'll the Capitol Square
west of the jackson statue.
Mr.. Alfred Harris, Jr., regrets that he
will miss the unwilling, having engaged
passage for Europe some months ago, be-
fore the date was fixed, and sails on We'd
nesday the 2sth or the steamer Teutonic.
Captain Frank Cunningham, MIR. Haddon
Watkins, Mrs. Knowles, and other Rich
mond Singers will take part in the concert
al the Young Mems Christian Association
hall on FRIDAY evening, May 30th. The
Stonewall Band will play, and there will
be several brief addresses.
Members OF SturdivGnts battery on ar
rlving in the city viii report promptly at
No. 4 Governor street, where their mead
quarters viii he. 3,
The Richmond College boys have erected
n grand-stand on west Franklin street, and
seats can be obtained by applying either at
No. Governor street or at Room III (cot-
tace) Richmond College.
Persons who will send breakfasts for the
veterans are requested 10 send them by or
before $50 o'clock on the morning OF the
29th TO the residence of Colonel Thomas
A. Brander, corner Fourth and Franklin
streets, or to the residence of Mr.. John Il.
Malloy, No. 2223 Main street.
Among the aides of General Fitz Lee.
chief marshal, will be Drs George Ross
and G. w. Z. Brock. DR.. Ross belonged 70
the Third army corps, General A. T.. Hills
staff. and was associate medical director.
Or. Brock was surgeon of the Fifteenth
Virginia infantry.
Cardinal Gibbons writes TO the Governor
reeretting that he cannot attend the I'M
Mc1Iin Catholic Union and st. Patrict's
Society have accepted lhVllaIlOhs u pa
Misses Addie and Vertie Caughey, of
Baltimore. viii be in the city during the
unveiling ceremonies, the guests OF the
Misses Higgins, on Nineteenth street.
Colonel A. G.. Dickinson, WHO'S comman-
der of the Confederate Veteran Camp.of New
York. is at the residence of his son-in-iaw.
Mr.. II. /. Norris. He came here to arrange
for the comfort Of his comrades who Will be
present, numbering, he thinks, about one
| Ill fTha,- will arriye on the morning
Of the 2gth and will march at $3.50 to the resi-
dence of Mr.. r. L. Norris for the purpose
of receiving a camp flag, a present rom
Colonel Dickinson, which will represented
by Miss Fannie Dickinson and received oy
of Virginia and second lieutenant com.
mander of Confederate Veteran Camp OF
New York.
STATUE IN PLACE.
c.-.oI lac and Traveller on the Pedes-