The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-19
THE OLD FIRST INFANTRY.
EASANT TIMES AT IT'S NINTH
ANNUAL REUNION.

rh. nemuapt ola Gallant one thousand
Those who Answered :he Roll Call
scenes About an OId-Fashioned stew
other Incidents
The twcniy-niuth annual reurion oil the
"uld First" Virginia Regiment took place
at Blenner's Park at The head Of Clay and
Marshall streets yesterday
The "Old First" is so called by reason
of the fact that il is whai has been lelt OF
'ho gallant infantry regiment which lett
Richmond twenty-nne years ago for the
wars, and is therefore separate and distinct
from the present spirited command known
in the calendar Of state troops, as the First
Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel
Henry G. Jones.
LEFT OF A THOUSAND.
When Colonel Patrick T. Moore, gallant
freshman, took The First irgihia regimen
fo Manassas ma ISL in numbered close o'
to q thousand men. Colonel Moore was
severely shot through the shoulder al Buli
run. and from that time on the ilrst fesl-
mcnt was by no means short ~ IT'S cohlil-
buttons 20 the death roll, made glorious by
the names of so many true men, VINO ue-
Tended the homes Of The south.
WHEN PEACE CAME.
When peace came there was still good
~ number left OF the old regiment, and year
after year they have met al first one place
and then another, until yesterday they cele-
hrated the tWcuty-nnth anniversary Of their
baptism of fire at Bah Run.
ANSWERING ROLL-CAiL.
one by one the veterans have passed
away. The hundreds ot gallant spirits that
YESTERDAY twcnty-uine wear, ago stood
ready 90 die fora cause they believed 10 De-
! lust. have been thinncd ont by the reaper,
death, until ONLY the following named
answered roll-cali:
James T.. Phillips. of Company \; W. H..
Deanc and James ~tag- Company H.;
Thomas Carr. Company {; Captain l.. J..
Reeve. Company -. and licutenauts ". H..
kelningham. Lee VI. BlantOn, ANA pr-
Yates J.. =. Porter II. ". Tuylor ii. W.
Furcr0n. Charles +. L0chr. I. II. Robinson,
j. III. FumpYhou-h; Company J., none.
Company e.: Captain Eldrdge Morris and
pryate- James sharp, \. Jeu Vaughan, H..
C. Fcr-cr-on. and James Rov9ter. COM
pauy n: Lieutenant j. II. Vaughan. Lieu
tenant Ellis W. Morton and Priyatcs John
4. Ncanly, William J.. Pumphrcy Thomas
$. Riddick. j. f. Via. and Morris Clagsctt.
Company ] H. &. smith, ". J.. LeFew, Is.
II. Ducgald j. llchriug Drum Major {. Il.
VI. Iohle and Drummer6corsc VI Eundhh.
AN OLD-FAsHIONED STEW,
These veterans met at the park early,
some off them. and CAPTAIN j. l.. Phillips
and Private Jeu Vaughan. of the commit
tee 0n arrangements, -ct about 90 prepare
ou the grounds "a genuine 0id-il,hiOnCd
stew. for the manufacture of which they
were iu war times greatly celebrated. II
was also part of their hospitJhlo intent
90 prepare lunch which served % palliatc
the cravings Of hunger while the dinner
was being prepared. ~undry large bowls
of seductive contents stood ON shelf that
nordered the pavilion, and 10 judge nom
the -llhnes9 OF me boys tongues, won easily
/ popular ld'of. ar lu'hlh- demqoin7 ana
rusty hu1ped KEGS. nllcd with cool Deer ana
hoIdins lali9h slis'i~, were READY 10 manu.
ana were lhe recipients ol c'IeiuI authlI'h
from tho7e dluiI-i'
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Small uokor parti.. were made ND M hap
hazard where ibe men wor. SEARCHING for
nu M short cards. and now and then "a
broad burst Of laughter told the story of the
loss of "a i1ck. where ljur-hauded came of
sold slcd.o" was being carried ou camp
fashioned. Other, of the party induced in
tbem0re athletic pa,timc Of pitchire quoits.
and had lots of fun.
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