Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-02

this meeting. and II was decided 70 ac-
cept the hospitality OF the Manchester
Grays no longer. but, as the camp de-
sired TO continue their meetings there,
they rented the hall for their regular
meetings. which are held on Friday OF
each week.
The camp has continued to grow in
prosperity and numbers until now the
membership numbers about eighty. with
excellent prospects Of greater Increase
IN the near future.
A FULL-TLEDGED COLONEL.
The admission OF the camp to the
Grand Camp confers upon Commander
Attkisson the title OF colonel. and on tho
othe. officers proportlonate rank.
Commander a. &. Atkinson was born
in Louisa county. Virginia. October g.
1913. where he lived until the age of
Il. when no entered the Confederate
army as "A private Of Captain Pages
company. OF General Lees body guard
He was first detailed as a special ccur-
Ter for Colonel Venable, and was after
ward courier for General Lee. The COM
mander IL grandson OF Charles Att
kisson. who was Il major under La
fayette.
After the war he went 10 Rockingham
county. where he was deputy clerk for
Major Gamble until the military pro-
vsional government turned out the OH
GERS. Commander Attkisson then accept
ed a position with the Piedmont and Ar
lngton Insurance Company, and held this
position until June, 1870, at which time
he went to Chesterfield Courthouse and
accepted position as deputy clerk for
". II. COgbili.
In 1873 he left the Clerks Office to study
law In Manchester and in 1874, when
Wa inP0Tn0raf00
he was made Commemorative Attorney.
He held this office eight years, during
which time he was elected member OF
the Virginia Legislature. He was elected
Mayor Of Manchester In 1883. aud served
two terms.
Colonel Attksson is now Common
wealth's Attorney, captain OF the Man
chester Grays, and ex-captain Of the
Chesterfield Troop.
SKETCH OF DIR. PERROW.
The first utenant-commander OF the
camp. DR.. T.. r. Perrow was born in
Nelson county on the "a Of March, 1874,
and entered the army during the first
year Of the war In Company b. Of the
Fifteenth Virginia Cavalry. which was
afterwards consolidated into the Fifth
Virginia Cavalry with that regiment.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Perrow held the
position Of sergeant in the last-named
regiment Since the war he has lived In
Baltimore and Wytheville, whence he came
TO Manchester TO practice medicine.
AGtutant knorr was born in a little
hamlet called Steinbourg. which lies Just
at the foot OF the Cages mountains, in
Alsace, OF Germany, on the 18th day Of
October 1895. He landed at New Orleans,
La, in October. 1856, and entered the
Confederate army as private in Company
A. Of the Twelfth Alabama Infantry.
from Mobile, Ala. which was a French
regiment, and noted for bravery during
the war Since the war he has lived In
Manchester He bears scar on HIS
forehead which vas received at the battle
OF Seven Pines, when General Joseph Il.
Johnston made his name illustrious.
OTHER MEMBERS or THE CAMP.
The other members OF the camp are
S. J. Atkinson, Irby Andrews. G. w. An
drews, William Amos, Samuel Alois, w.
Il. Ashbrook. NJ. 5. Adams, j. IT. Abbott,
G. w. Berry, Z. w. Blunt. J. y. Booker,
w. Il. Brooks. r.. 4. Bsugh. j. w Bro
naugh, J. r. Butler. r. l.. Booker, II. ii.
Cox, J.. y. Campbell, Thomas Cs7lmp.
T. D. Cheatham. Lee Clark, n. T. Duke,
c. J.. Fisher. ID. S. Farley A. j. Farley,
A. j.. Farley, II. c. Ferguson. Charles
Firth, T. Gallager II. II. Gary H. w.
Griffith, W. +. Harrison. II. H. Hubbard,
V. b. Howle. ~. j.. Hubsnd, j. w. Jen-
kins, Thomas L. King, w. Il. Llthgow,
r. G. Latham, J. A. Lipscomb. Joseph
Lavar. Henry Mantel, =. p. owen. G. II.
Paul, John II. Pearman, w. c. Prosser,
w. w. Poole. j. c. Peasants. c. 4.
Quesenberry, J. w. Roberts, S. T.. Rig
gin, a. J. Simmons. Joseph Shepperson,
Thomas n. Stuart, Charles w. Swami,
NJ. Stein. John Semmes, w. c. Sommens,
Thomas S. Smith. j. II. Snead. Roger
Scott, w. A. Traylor. William Traylor,
l.. B. Taylor, w. w. Tatum, William
Whitworth. J. S. Weeks. Robert Web
ster, c. Walthall, a. j. Wilkerson, Z. u.
Wilkerson, a. a. Wells, and j. a. Will
kerson.
Honorary Members: George Hubbard.
Alexander Perdue, William Barum, and
Colonel Arthur Evans.