The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-25
THE BoYs IN BLUE.
ALarrc Crowd OF q. A. H. People In nion
mond-A Touching Incident.


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mond-A Touching Incident
Yesterday was another pleasant day ior
thu visitors OF the Grand Army Oh the no
r,,bl;o and the scenes of the day before
were repeated again. -a.a
1ha hotels presented the same cro"oeu
.rnaarsnce the streets were lively ana AMI
mated especially ut the kearny Post neao,
nuarters. ell Main street. and the ratio Oh
csrr,sgcs and cabs and the bang OF IN elec-
trio car bells. all filed with tue 'is'soiS'
were heard. =, ,.. 10th
towards Washington: west, with several
narties 10 stop at Natural Bridge; south 10
Pstersburg. and to Norfolk down James
river. But as fast as they left other posts
and narties came rolling in by every train.
Fnu Claire Post, OF Eau Claire. Wis. comes
to-day. At Kearny Post headquarters
there met two brothers. one from hnooe
Island and one from Virginia.
They had not each other for thirty
seven wears and. as il turned out. were on
different sides during the late war; Inc
meeting was mos. Affecting, was toio' AFTER
thew recognized each other. and the brother
of Virginia bore OFF the brother OF Rhode
Island to give him taste OF Old virginia
hospitality.
The veterans are IOuu III lueiI pioiooo VI
the courtesies extended them by Lee lamp
and the citizens generally.
Among the Grand Army OF the Republic
men who called at THs TisIts Office yester-
day was Colonel A. p. lawrence. OF war
saw. New York. He was grand chief quar-
termas;c- o. the Army Of the James and WIS
also appointed at AppomattOx to receive
the surrendered arms and supplies OF Lees
army.
Having the supervision OF supplies it be-
came his duty % distribute the first ration
to the Confederate troops. who had then
been living on little else than parched corn
for eight days. lie saws that the United
States ration was 50 much larger than tnat
the COnfederates had been used 10 that
when the first man received his ration or
-four and bacon he yelled out, "Golly. boys,
we've got three days rations in one"
IL was he also who had the supervision OF
destroying greet pile OF small arms ana
announcements at Lynchburg which the
Federal commander round too cumbrous
and of too little value 10 carry further.
These arms were hastily bent or broken and
either thrown into James river or burned IN
a great pile on the bank with other supplies.
Many of these guns but slightly injured in
tho hurried attempts OF destruction, were
afterwards fished out by boys aud negroes,
and are 10 this day the terror of squirrels in
a
Ridge.
Colonel Lawrence spoke in the most sd-
miring way OF General Il. L. Lee with
whom he was closely associated in his Off
cial capacity at Appomattox, and told the
following little incident showing the no.
bilty OF Lees character Colonel Lawrence
was ordered TO confer with General Lee
and receive the surrendered Confederate
supplies.
Finding General Lee standing in the door
of an ordinary tent no introduced himself
and inquired if be could supply him with
anything needed.
General Lee replied that for himself he
wanted not ling. but that while he now had
no right to speak for his army, he would
feel very grateful if his men. who were very
much exhausted, could be supplied with
something TO eat.
Colonel Lawrence says he never saw
greater dignity or uDselfshness displayed
than was shown by this great chieftisn III
his hour OF defeat, and that at the close OF
their conversation. after discussing the con-
dition Of his men, there were tears in Gen
eral Lees eyes