The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-15
NOTES ABOUT TIE STATUE.
WHO WILL RECEIVE GUESTS DU'
RING THE UNvElLIEG.

General Longstreet TO Come win the
Washington Ariiilerv-Work About the
Monumcnt-Piokett Camps Concert
General Lees Personal stan.
The box containing the horse OF the Lee
statue has been lacked up the required
length. and yesterday the legs Of the animal
were placed in position. To-day the tail
will he attached, and after this Mr.. George
G. Davis, the machinist in charge OF the
work. will have to work inside of the horse.
To get into these cramped quarters heenters
hy the hole on the back OF the horse, where
the body Of General Lee goes. All the work
about the statue is going on with rush.
and when the grand stand is commenced ON,
fhe scene presented will be a busy one.
Dr. j. :. ID. Cullen has received letter
from Gen. James II. LOngstrect stating
tha, he will be in Richmond on the 29tl,
with the Washington Artillery.
GENERAL ORDERS.
Gen. John X. Cooke. chief OF stan. stated
YESTERDAY that the general orders in refer
= ence TO the unyeiling Will not Ice published
until within few days Of the unNeillnS
Nothing can be done in regard To TINS mat
Ter lftll III II utlBlNiiN huNNh RFNNA 49,
many people are coming. Camps, bodies OF
veterans. and military organizations, are
heard from every day. and the list sweils
with each letter. The executive and other
committees are working very hard, ana all
mail matter received is answered as soon a.
received
PICKETT CAMP CONCERT.
George T.. Pickett Camp, Confederate
Veterans. will give a grand concert May
29th. at i. NJ. for the benefit of the poor
Confederate soldiers, under the nahaS'
ment OF Captain Frank Cunningham. lhe
following will give five or ten minutes al
dress: Generals Fitzhugh Lee. Wade llamp-
ton, Rosser. Payne, Gordon and Governor
Fowle, of North Carolina.
THE PELICAN FLAG.
One Of the prcttiest flags to bescarrled N
the procession on the 18th viii be the Felt
can NAG Of Louisiana, uniurled in the ranks
of the Washington Light Artillery. one OIL
the members of that cOmmsnd, Mr.. IL. L.
Ieball, has sent one of the Pelican fags Ia
his friend. Mr.. j. Il. Lambert. who has num-
il in his store on east Main street. The field
is blue bunting, upon which are worked III
white cotton. thirteen stars ana Il IeHcan
feeding her young.
GENERAL LEES PERSONAL STAFF.
The members of General Lees personal
staff will be the guests during the unveilins
of Colonel f. VI. X. 1alcOtt. They are Cen
oral A. l.. Long, Colonel Charles :. ena-
BILE. Colonel Charles Marshall. Colonel W al
ter ii. TAYLOR, and Colonel I. NJ. X. Talcott
Colonel Long was promoted from the stan
10 he brigadier-general. and Colonel lalcoti
10 be colonel of the First Engineer Troops
THE FIRE BRIGADE.
The Richmond Fire Department will par
iicipate in the ceremonies incident TO the
unyeiling. Heretofore the companies com
uosing the department were required 10
have their apparatus ready for duty Whcn
appearing on parade. But on this occasion
the Fire Commissioners have consented 10
allow each company TO do as much decorat-
ing as they wish to, and the boys are busiIy
engaged in making the necessary arrange
lnents. and the department promises 10 be
one of the great features of the parade.
There will be six steamers, two hook-and-
ladder trucks, three hose companies and
one hundred and fifty men.
TO COLOR WITH.
Ii was developed yesterday by closer
examination that the acid mixture IN
The hotties found in the box with portion
of the Lee statue is not intended TO shine M
the metal. but % 'palnt' II, the nue. IL now
is. SOME of the bolts used in the erection ol
the statue have 10 be driven in and then
cut on clO-t W INC NA"N"s WV"
Amer this is done, the acid Is rubbed over
the bolt, 30 as to give uniformity oil color
10 the statue.
NORTH CAROLINA's CONTINGENT.
A special dispatch from. Raleigh, \. G.,
said: "Adiutanf General James ID. Glenn,
az the North Carolina state Guard. VINO was
here to-day, states that at least twenty OF
more companies and all the officers OF The
state Guard will attend the unNeiiing OF The
lee statue at Richmond. lie says that
North Carolina will make the best show on
This occasion that she has ever done outside
Of the State before"