The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-01

CLOSING CHAPTER IN THE STOEf
OF THE DWELLING.
The Number OF Veterans in tho City and
the Amount of Food Communicable
cidcnts OF tho Day.

parade be gathered, they alone woulC
make a volume Of deep interest
There were many uniforms in lin,
threadbare. motn-eaten, and ragged, anC
some which bore bullet holes through
then fabric-uniforms which were worr
many times when the conflict was fiercest
uniforms which had been carefully KEEP
as souvenirs Of the times which trieG
mems souls. and were brought and worT
as BETTING an occasion held sacred By
the grizzled owners.
1t was a grand day for Confederat,
veterans, anG they enjoyed their visl'
TO great degree.
They were unstinted In their praise oil
the treatment which they received nj
the hands OF their Richmond comrades
and many Of them expressed genuine
regret that they could not proiong thsn
stay.
Veteran visitors TO the number OF fifteer
hundred remained over until yesterday
and enjoyed the novelty OF the quarter.
and commissary Dountfully provided al
1909 Main street
All Of these returned to their home.
yesterday except John Bowie-Strange
Camp, Of Culpepcr, and the Rowan county
IN. CO Association, who. having the ad
vantage OF long limit tickets, were pre-
vailed upon TO remain day longer and
review the scenes so familiar TO then
thirty years ago.
The quartermaster and commissary
quarters will be closed this evening. Cap
tain d. a. Brown. who presided over tn,
quartermasters stores. says the peOpl,
were very Liberalism their donations, anC
that there was plenty and TO spare. !
good deal of bread was left over. and II
being distributed among the charitable
institutions OF the city.
The arrangements at the commissary
department presided over by j. Shelley
Van Horn. Of Lee Camp, and james
Stansbury, of Pickett Camp, were 81
the most systematic character. and th'
manner in which hundreds OF veterans
were fed was complete and wonderfully
expeditions.
WHAT THEY EAT.
About $500 veterans were fed and
quartered. General Bradley 4. John
son reported that he had 800 veterans
In line, and there were a thousand OF
more on the sidewalks. Some idea Of the
work OF feeding such a crowd may BIZ
gained by the supplies ordered. A mum.
Der OF ham, and many pounds OF butter
were sent In as donations from the
country, and the citizens furnished a
large number CT breakfasts, but in ad-
dition. they consumed LOO pounds OF
ham, $50 pounds sausage, 10 big cheeses
cases Of Sod mes, 135 pounds coffee
80 pouncs butter and $50 loaves OF
bread pa !eet square.
A very nice incident Of the occasion
was the presentation of the various State
flags which decorated the front Of the
quartermasters headquarters to the vete-
rams of the respective States.
When the distribution was started thew
did not suppose for moment that visit
ors from more than few States were
present, but 1t was soon ascertained that
nearly all were, well represented. except
Mississippi and Texas, and the Veterans
from other States became so interested
that they hunted around until a repre-
sentative was found from both of these
States.
About forty or fifty veterans occupied
the quarters last night, and, being tired
with the fatigues OF Wednesday and
Thursday. slept more soundly than when
the larger and merr.er crowd occupied
the building.
FROM THE SOLDIERS HOME
Colonel Charles p. Bigger, commandant
of the Confederate Soldiers Home. headed
sixty-hve Of the veterans from that insti-
parade. Colonel Bigger remarked that
those were his boys. and that he had
TO leave the real veterans at home.
The troops except the cadets. all left
yesterday, and were escorted to the trains
by committees from the Richmond mill
tary
1t is impossible to estimate the number
or Visitors VINO came 10 the unwilling. A
number OF organizations came without
previously notifying the secretary.
AS a matter of comparison it was easily
seen that the crowd did not approach in
numbers to the multitude present at the
Lee unveiing, when 10000 veterans were
fed one day, as against about $500 on this
occasion.
The Soldiers Monument was perhaps
visited yesterday by several thousand peo-
pie. and many OF the old veterans who
were unable to see IL well I'm the rain
and crowd Wednesday took long and Ing Ing
ering looks at the superb figure which
stands out so boldly and beautifully on
its pedestal.
1t IS a remarkable fac nat with the
great crowd which filed the city for sew
eral days the police here had no unusual
trouble. and a better behaved or more
decoroLs crowd was never gathered to-
The Richmond soldiery appeared to
splendid advantage in Wednesdays pa
rade. The First Regiment never made a
better showing, and one OF the finest
features of the procession was the First
squadron OF cavalry. which. in command
Of Major James r. Branch. The men
were splendidly mounted. and their APP
pearance was soldicr-llke and military.
Lieutenant &. II. Euker was adjutant
and Sergeant Harry Hubball sergeant
major. They came down Main street In
column of platoons, stretching from curb
10 curb in the following order: Lieuten-
ant Colonel Charles Euker and stan;
then troop A, Stuart Horse Guards
forty men under Captain +. u. Euker;
Chesterfield Troop, twenty-five men, com
manded by Captain Isaac Winston: Hen
rico Troop. forty men, commanded by
First Lieutenant George ID. Carter, and
the Charlottesville Troop, twenty-five
men, commanded by Captain Hugh T.
Nelson.
Nearly all of the notable Confederate
leaders left the city yesterday: except
General Fitzhugh Lee, who will return
home to-day.
GRAND cAMP-MERTISG
The Grand Camp Of Confederate Veter-
ans of Virginia will meet in Alexandria
on the 18th instant.
Captain Thomas Elicit. secretary Of
the Grand Camp. Captain D. A. Brown,
and others will attend. The more extend
ed organization. the United Confederate
Veterans. is overshadowing the Grand
Camp. and 1t is probable that they will
be merged at no distant day.
Truly the girls love the old Vets"
better than the young military dudes. AT
least. one little incident noticed Wednes-
day in front Of the Chamber OF Com
merce would seem to bear out this state
mcnt.
The windows Of that building were sim
ply crowded with girls, only here and
there man being noticeable In front
OF the Chamber quite a bevy of more
than ordinarily pretty girls collected OF
course they fiirted with the Virginia MEL
itary Institute bOVS huf a flor tha,, ,,acead