The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-08
THE CELEBRATION.
Completing Details as Rapidly
as Possible.

The details OF the great Decennial
Celebration are being completed as
rapidly as the hard working members
OF the numerous committees can
arrange Thorn. Only eight more work.
ing days remain, but before they are
gone all tho necessary preparations
VIII have been made and the Magic
City will be dressed in holiday attire.
The committee of bankers and in
surance agents met Yesterday afternoon
III the Old Commercial Association rooms
ana completed arrangements to prepare
a full list Of statistics relative to bank
ing and insurance in Roanoke. 1t was
decided to have the statistics placed on
a transparency, or float, in the parade
and to have them published in the pam
phlet of statistics.
The finance committee continued to
receive donations to the expense fund.
a committee, consisting of Messrs. A.
nj. Peck, w. A. Waugh and T.. J. Kemp,
has been appointed to look after sup
plies and act as quartermasters to the
soldiery while in encampment and dur
ing the celebration.
Invitations have been sent by the
general committee to Governor Phil III.
Mckinney and staff, Mayor Ellyson, of
Richmond; General Fitzhugh Lee, Lieu.
tenant governor j. Hoge TYLER, Hon.
John w. Daniel General Eppa Hunton,
Congressman Edmonds and Buchanan,
Attorney General r. Taylor Scott, Ad-
jutant General James Mcdonald, Presi-
dent kimball, OF the Norfolk and West.
ern; the directors of the Norfolk and
Western. Decatur AXtell. vice president
of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad;
Rev. Sam 2. Jones and Hon. William
Lamb, of New York. These gentlemen
will be the guests of tho committee
Other invitations will be issued from
day to day. Invitations have been sent
to all the newspapers in Virginia and
to thirty six different papers outs ide
the State, including all tho most prom
inent journals published in the Atlantic
States, Maryland and Pennsylvania 1t
is quite likely that a large number OF
these newspapers will be represented
here.
The sham battle will take place Sat-
urday afternoon and will be one of the
most prominent and attractive features
OF the day. 1t has been decided that
no competitive drill will take place, as
this could not be done without crowding
out other things of more inter. st and
Importance. The committee OF amuse-
ments is arranging to have a magnifi-
cent and grand spectacular display of
fire works Saturday night. These fire
works will be thrown from a mortar
placed on Saint Andrews hill, near the
Catholic Church.
The line of march to be followed by
the procession has not been mapped out.
The committee is going over all the pro-
posed routes to thoroughly inspect the
grades and condition Of the streets. The
people of Salem have notified the COM
mittee of accommodations that they are
ready to entertain part of the visitors
If all of them cannot be accommoda lated
In this city. This committee will meet
again tomorrow evening at o'clock
The following military companies will
BIO in line: First Virginia Regiment, of
Richnond, ten companies AID band;
Second Virginia Regiment, from the
Valley OF Virginia, nine companies and
band: Fourth Virginia Regiment, from
Norfolk and vicinity. ten compan MES and
band; the V. M. I. cadets and band, zoo
men: the Va. A. and NJ. College cadets,
Blacksburg. Is men; Fish bourne Acad-
envy cadets, Waynesboro; Hagerstown
Light Infantry and band, Lynchburg
Zuaves, Lynchburg Home Guards;
Lynchburg Battery, Lynchburg Cavalry,
Charleston wv. Va Infantry, and bat
teries from Richmond, Norfolk and Pc
tersburg.
The rates petitioned for by the bicycle
clubs Of Norfolk, Richmond and Peters.
burg have been secured from the Nor
folk and Western railroad, and the
wheelmen will be here with 300 men.