The Washington times., 1895-06-02

makes good pillow, and on this night,
| with not even q. tent over them or q wisp
| Of straw underneath, the troops slept
| soundly and ~ells The wagon train, which
| did not reach camp until two hours after
| the men were asleep, was kept in the road,
| while the men lay in the adjoining field
The sleep 6utsin the open air and the
unusual experience of night march seemed
| to act as a tonic, and at $50 q. m. the
command was i'd the saddle, on the road
| to Winchester, not very many miles away.
| For an hour Or so the steady and character
istic cavalry gait was kept up, and, when
within mile and half of Winchester,
! a halt was made on very large level
| field. This halt was made on especially
| historic ground. Here the fighting around
Winchester occurred.
WHERE GALLANT PHIL FOUGHT.
Sheridan has remarked, THE Lord could
not hold Harper's Ferry and had moved
his forces almost exactly to the point where
the cavalry had halted The right of the
Confederate forces had been broken close
by the field. Sheridans great ride occurred
here, and the Confederate batteries occu-
pied the hills short distance in advance.
After short rest the troop drilled for an
hour as skirmisbers, and charge of the
whole command across the field ended the
maneuvers.
About noon Col Mutton, of the Second
Virginia Regiment, with his staff, met
the command and escorted ii to the fair
grounds on the outskirts of the city, where
it was intended the troop should remain
for two or three days.
Wagons having been unloaded, tents
pitched, horses attended TO, and the dust
and dirt of the march removed, the men sat
down to most excellent lunch. prepared
for them by committee of the citizens,
after which every man was kept busy put
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parade through the city. AT z o'clock,
with equipments frightened up and clothes
brushed, the troopers again mounted and
paraded down into and through Winchester.
The line OF march was gayly decorated
with bunting, ard the stars and stripes
waved on all sides. The Troop finally
dismounted and formed company front at
the old court house, which witnessed the
march OF many troops during the war, and
from whose broad steps many fiery and
eloquent appeals We're made to Southern
hearts.
1t seemed as though every one in Winches-
ter had lined the streets during the parade
and afterwards taken position at the court
house. The reception to the boys in blue
was truly royal one, and when Mayor
Alexander welcomed the Troopers to Win
chester and formally extended to them the
privileges of the town the cheers of the
crowd broke forth again and again.
The mayor, in his speech OF welcome, said
"There will never come time when star
viii be takenfromthe flag and no Southerner
will ever be found fighting against the
Union. No arm will be raised sooner
against enemies OF the united country than
the Southern arm. Every heart, hearth
and fireside in Winchester was open to the
visitors"
GAMES AT WINCHESTER.
The Troop remained in Winchester FOR
three days, giving exhibition drills caily
which gave much pleasure TO the large
number OF spectators who witnessed them,
and were at the same time OF great benefit
in improving the drill OF the command.
On the Friday afte rnoon the scene on the
fair grounds Tesembled that TO be seen on
one OF the days OF the fair. Over 5000
persons gathered there TO witness some
hastily gotten up games. consisting OF
saddling contests, Wrestling on horseback,
racing on horses without any equipments,
not even haiteT; hat races. hurdle races,