The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-06
MARYLAND'S MILITARY
Reach Virglnia's Shers In a Chilling Storm
of Snow and S!eet
GREETED BY sALVOS OF ARTILLERY.
Soldiers, Sailors and fircn,cn Accom-
panied by acknowledged Five
Hour I'm tho bay by thc storm
An Old Confed PatrIoticni1y I'M
oPirea-OT for Atlanta.

Announcement having been made
that the Maryland soldiers, Naval Re
serves and Veteran Firemen would
reach here yesterday ut 1880 o'clock
about 500 people, including several
ladies, assembled at the Bay Line
wharf to welcome them. A detach-
ment of crimes Battery was present
to fire salute of welcome on their ar
rival. AT the appointed hour the regu-
lar mail boat arrived and brought u
number of citizens and Veteran Fire
men. 1t was then learned that owing
to the storm that neither the Moseley
or the Columbia, which had the SOL
dlers and reserves on board, woul be
able to reach here before 10 o'clock.
About 1890 the Moseley hove in sight
with the Fourth Regiment and the
reserves on BOARD. A salute Of eleven
guns was fired by the battery. AS
soon the boat landed the soldiers came
off and We're put on board the first sec
ton. AS they marched to the cars the
band played Maryland" and turned
1t into Dixie" IL caused q shout
to go up from II immense crowd. AS
soon as the first section. consisting of
eleven cars. was ready II moved off.
and another section of nine cars took
It's place. BY this time the Columbia
arrived with the Fifth Regiment. Thu
men were at once put on the train and
as soon as one section was filled No.
2 left and No. 3 came up and was soon
filled. Twenty minutes after No. lleft.
two followed and so on until 3, 4 and
8 a all gone, making the last train
leave about ! o'clock. AS the party has
to be In Atlunta by this morning to
take part in the Maryland Day exer-
cises every arrangement was made to
make as much speed as possible,
every precaution was taken to prevent
an accident. a switchman was sta
toned at every station and one be-
tween stations with Instructions to
keep each train twenty minutes behind
the other. BY this means they will be
able to reach Atlanta by early morn
ing. The delay in the boats getting
here was caused by the captains get
ting off their course on account of the
thick snow storm. One boa got out OF
the way several miles. The Columbia
had to lay at anchor for five hours
IL the Moseley nearly as long. They
struck the storm about midnight and
reach Portsmouth on their return trip
Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock and will
leave on the Columbia and Moseley i'm
inedintely after their arrival. An old
Confederate said to one OF the soldier
boys: Il thought thirty years ago /
a seen all the soldiers I ever wanted
to see. but the sight OF you all infuse
in me new blood and ] feel like I could
n would shoulder my gun again and
fight for Uncle Sam as freely as I did
for the Lost Cause"
NOte.-The Veteran Firemen were
taken charge OF by the Chamber boys
n the two hours that they spent here
was made very pleasant by them.
Mr.. Anderson, the general passenger
agent. was untiring in his efforts to
make everything pass of pleasantly.
and he succeeded admirably in doing
SO. He has proven himself to be the
right man in the right place..