The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-30


The record they made in the great
struggle Is the pride OF tne'r p oor,, 90 ths
survivors have erected monument 10 .ne
soIdiers' lection I'm Thornrose cemetery,
,.htch ia pronounced one OF the most
beautiful In the country, ana are caring
for the graves of 2,yV Sonieueii den,, NED
married. and recorded as far as possible.
The following are the present officers OF
| the camp: , -.
Thomas ID. Ransom, commander; Joe
! Hotchkiss. first commander; W. .. Haili-
| hen. second commander. Charles L. Wei
| Ter. third commander: Frank T. Berkeley.
acting adjutant; a. s. Brabeck. quarter
| master: Charles Grattan, officer OF the
day: George w. May. sergeant major;
| Hugh W. Henry. treasurer J. s. +. Glib
son, surgeon; w. q. Hullihen. chaplain;
| D. W. Drake, color-sergeant: j. Mason
Miller, first color guard; George w; fltcn,
/ second color. guard; James IL Naeete'
/ vidette: Executive Committee, }. y. NC
| Farland. Charles Grattan. Il. u. WILSON,
| S. ID. Undertake, Thomas ID. Hanson.
MAuRY CAMP. c.v
Maury Camp, c. ", No. g. was organic
J ed in Fredericksburg on May Z, 1893, with
a membership OF about seyenty-tve. inc
! camp was named after Commodore Maui
ny, who was a p6;iye OF that CITY. Inc
/ members OF this camp mostly belonged
to the Thirtieth Virginia Regiment Mau-
ny Camps first commander was Juase
! John T. Goolrick its second commander.
ID. NJ. Lee nephew OF General tNouelt
| Il. Lee Thomas f. Proctor Is the pres
ent commander. The camp Is In larry
! prosperous condition. 1t has about lofty
members at present, or whom i"snls
| eight are In uniform, and the pai.hiee
| will soon be uniformed, or as soon as
they can raise sufficient funds Tor the
| purpose.
The camp has lost a good many OF her
members lately by death and other causes
a nftinarC COMMANDER.
| Thomas +. Proctor; First Lieutenant
| Commander. J. W. Smith; Second Lieu
tenant Commander, ". c. Coleman;
| Walker; Adjutant. X. 6. Hart; Chaplain.
| II. f. Jones; Surgeon, S. w. Carmichael;
Secretary, j. w. MusseIman.
They will take part in the parade TO-
day.
s1oNEwALL CAMP OF PORTSMOUTH.
The city OF Portsmouth in 1861 had
| about $500 inhabitants. yet when Nlr-
| ginia called her sons 10 battle for her
defence. 1000 volunteers responded 10
the call. These men fought IN nearly
every one OF the principal battles Of the
war from Pennsylvania to the Trans
! Mississippi. Three companies were with
| Pickett In the famous charge. at Get
| tysburg. and two Portsmouth boys car
| ried the colOrs OF their respective regi-
ments to the Stonewall The survivors
of these men on April 3, 1884, ORGANIZED
Stonewall Camp. and for ten years nave
| needy comrades and each year remem-
bered their dead heroes by laying a floral
tribute upon their graves. The officers
of the camp are: James II. Toomer,
commander: l.. +. Slater first lieutenant
commander; j. L. Welton. second lleuten-
ant commander; j. Thomas Dunn, adju-
tant; Williamson Smith, sergeant major;
w. s. Langhorne. quartermaster; j. I.
Ashton, paymaster.
PICKKTT-BucHANAN CAMP.
This camp is No g. on the roster Of
the Grand Camp, having been organized
under its charter December 4, 1888. It's
name does honor 10 both the soldier and
the sailor Of the Confederate States. II
feels. therefore, peculiar interest ana
satisfaction in the ceremonies to-day.
1t was largely instrumental IN estab-
fishing the Grand Camp. Of Virginia,
which. from only five members at the
beginning, now numbers thirty-two
Without aid from the State Pickett
Buchanan Camp has disbursed, through
Il Relief Committee and Ladies AuXilla-
ry, the following charities;
For support Of disabled Confederates,
SO. 259; for burial of its dead. SL2S9: for
cemetery lot. and marking graves of
all Confederates, S3l4; Ladies Auxiliary
for aid to Confederate widows, <.U'; II
has also received subscriptions 10 mon
ument TO be erected at Norfolk, amount
ing to $i0.500.
Pickett buchanan Camp has assisted,
with full ranks, at the following inter-
The LAYING of the cornerstone Of the
Lee monument; the unveiling OF the Lee
monument the Refinement OF President
Davis: the unwilling of Stonewal Jack
son monument. at Lexington. and a. J:
HIS at Richmond; the unwilling OF
| the monuments at Portsmouth, Suffolk,
| Petersburg, and Fredericksburg.
| It's first commander the lamented Jas.
| Barron Hope. was the poet Of the York
town Centennial. and author Of the
poems defeating the monuments of
| Washington and Lee.
| II visits Richmond to-day, with $50 men
| in ranks under its Commander, Wash
ington Taylor.
The LYNcHBUBG HOME GUARD.
One of the first companies mustered
| into the service of the Confederacy was
! the Home Guard of Lynchburg which was
| afterwards part OF the Third Regiment
! of Virginia Volunteers. 1t being formed
| when the clouds Of war first appeared In
| 1853. Samuel Garland, Jr.. brilliant.
young lawyer OF Lynchburg, assumed the
| leadership, and with the assistance Of
| Kirkwood Otey and William A Sirother,
two prominent citizens Of the Hill City,
completed the organization.
| Space does not permit OF giving n re-
| sumo Of all the gallant fights in which
| the organization participated during the
| war. Sufficient 10 say, they were In
| large number Of important engagements
from Bull Run 10 Appomattix Court
| house.
The list of members who Joined the
| regiment when 1t was first formed, con
| tains the names. most OF those eligible
| 10 a conspicuous place In military ser
vice from the Hill City in those days,
| and when the hot, trying days of 1861
| came around. every man who was the
| real article" wanted 20 join the Home
! Guards in preference to any other Con-
| federate band.
The muster rolls Of the company in
| 1859 contain the names OF go men. which
have dwindled until now the remainder
of the gallant band number only thirty
Scruggs, captain. Il. A. Blggers first
Lieutenant, and j. II. Moore. second Lieu
tenant.
GRIMES BATTERY OF PoBTsMoUrB.
The famous Crimes Battery. of Ports
mouth, Va which will be seen in line
this morning. dates its organization away
back prior to the war Of 1912, in which
struggle IL achieved an enviable record.
At the beginning Of the late war II was
the Oldest company of artillery in this
State. At Hoffer creek, In 1862, the name
of the company underwent an informal
change, and instead OF the Portsmouth
Light Artillery" it became known as
Grimes Battery. At the beginning of
| the late war the company was equipped
with four smooth-bore iron field pieces.
| The following were its officers: Cary l..
| Grimes, captain; John ii. THOMPSON.
! first lieutenant; William T. Fentress sec
| ond lieutenant; Thomas J. Oakman, third
| lieutenant Nlnety-nne men answered
| TO the rol-call on March rs, 1862 and the
| company was engaged in the following
| battles: Chowan river, N. c., April III