Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-30

the enormous crowd which filled the
city Wednesday night. The military
companies were met at the depots by
members of the local military commit
tee and escorted to the great exposition
building, where most of the citizen sol
diery were quartered. AS the late trains
arrived, however, the newcomers were
escorted or directed to the place of as
semblage, where thousands were already
preparing for the days parade.
Looked Like it Did in 1861.
Old Virginians liken the Confederate
capitol to that memorable springtime Of
1851 when the uniformed troops
began to gather for the long and bloody
struggle. 1t does not need vivid i'm
agination to see that the two pictures if
placed side by side, would bear close
close resemblance, for then, as on Thurs
day the busy thoroughfares We're filed
with soldiery and the stars and bars had
already been flung to the breeze as the
symbol Of o new union of states, but
Thursday there were a hundred Confed-
crate emblems where there was but one
twenty-nine years ago.
| Decorations.
The streets of the city had been deco
rated very elaborately and tastefully for
the occasion. From all the business
| buildings were swung streamers in
which the colors of the Confederacy
blended with the National emblems. On
many buildings portraits of the leaders
Of the lost cause, wreathed in laurel,
We're prominently displayed On some
of the buildings were hung battle-hags,
| tattered and worn and as the veterans
passed beneath them ON their way to the
place of assemblage, they broke forth
into hearty cheers.
The gathering of the militia began at
an early hour i'll preparation for the pa
rade.
The Procession.
The head of the procession formed on
Broad street, facing north, the left rest
| ing on Adams street. First came a
squad of mounted police, then the Stone
wall band, and following was the chief
marshal. Ex-Governor FitZhugh Lee,
wearing broad yellow sash as his badge
of office, his chief of staff, Gen. John r.
| Cooke, wearing white sash, and the
marshals aids, among whom We're Sepa-
| tor Bate. of Tennessee; Senator Colquitt,
of Georgia; Senator Hampton, of South
| Carolina; Senator Ransom, of North
| Carolina; Col. Basil w. Duke, of Ken
lucky; Gen. Eppa Hunton, of Virginia;
| Ex-Governor Scales, of North Carlina:
Gen. Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, and
many other distinguished southern sol
diers.
Following the marshals were the car
riages containing the invited guests In
charge of Capt A. w. CARRIER; the vet
eran cavalry under the command of
| Gen. Wade Hampton, and the Farmers
| Alliance. Mounted on the other side of
| Broad street. under command of Gen.
| Heth, were the veterans Of North Caro-
| lima, followed by the secretary of the
army and navy in Maryland. the Fred
erick county, Maryland, veterans and
| the veterans of the District of Colum-
| bia. Beyond them and on the side
streets were formed the other military
| and civil organizations which We're to
follow in the parade, Among them
were veterans from Louisiana Virginia
and others of the southern states. Mil
| itia companies from every state in the
south. students from the universities of
| Virginia, Catholic Union societies, the
city fire department of Richmond, and
firemen from Newbern, n {.
The Parade.
Noon was the hour fixed for the pro-
cession to move. Long before that
time most OF the militia companies and
civil societies had formed in the places
allotted 10 them. and the chief marshal's
aids were galloping backward and for
ward. bringing TO headquarters news of
| the formation. It was nearly 1890
when word was brought to Gen. Lee
that the parade was ready to move.
| Turning to his marshals he gave the
command to move, and the head of the
procession moved down Broad street,
| As the veteran cavalry passed the vol
unteer troops. infantry, artillery and
cavalry fell into line behind them, fol-
lowed by the Farmers Alliance. The
state troops were arranged in the order
of secession Of southern states, South
Carolina being in the lead and Virginia
bringing up the rear
Each Of the state contingents carried