San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-28
ADVANCE ON RICHMOND
CITY FILLING WITH VETERANS OF
THE GRAY.
Mrs. Davis and Daughter Ill-Big Party
of Texans Reaches the Crescent
City-The Davis Monument,

By Special Wire to the Sunday Light.
Richmond. Va, June 27-Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis, and daughter, Miss
Winnie, will be unable to come to
Richmond today in order TO attend the
Davis memorial service at St Paurs
church Sunday night. Both of them
are sick, but hope TO be able ION Tues
day to attend the reception given in
their honor that evening.
The Advance Guard of the Confed-
crate Veterans began TO arrive yes
terday for next weeks reunion.
General 5. ID. Lee, commander of the
Army of Tennessee, came here TO at-
tend the meeting of the history COM
mittee.
The Davis monument committee
met today to adopt a design.
New Orleans, June PA distin-
guished party of Texans arrived in
this city today en- route to the re-
union in Richmond. Among the par
ty are the JEFF Davis military escort,
Texas division, United Confederate
veterans. who We're in a special car.
and numbered thirty-one men. They
looked well in new uniforms and
shining buttons and were jolly
good crowd.
The roster of the company, which
halls from Jasper county, is as fol-
lows: T.. ]. Kelley, captain; j.. r.
Scarborough, first lieutenant; c. c..
Brown, second lieutenant; Guy
Blake, first sergeant; J. f. Mcqueen,
I'd. sergeant; +. C. Keaghey, Sd. SER
geant: w. III. Kennedy, fourth SER
geant; w. c. Blake, Nth sergeant;
q. $. Keaghey. first corporal; w, X.
Scarborough, second corporal; L. G..
Hart third corporal, and l.. G. Black,
w. C. Brown, j. Il. Horn. j. Il. Min
lard. A. l.. Mayes. ID. +. Smith, Allen
Smell, ]. ID. Yates, Perry Scale, A. w.
Bishop, ]. C. Hawthorn, G. +. Kellie,
L. A. Stone. l.. +. Scale, U. s. Vim
cent, Herbert Gloves. David Trotti,
Il. C. Adams, DIR. b. f. Bean, surgeon;
Miss Alma Adams, sponsor; Misses
Lou Smith, Eddie Kellie, maids of
honor.
Among other Texans on the train
were l.. X. letter, Refugio; Mrs. j. s.
Rowlens, Dallas; G. 4. Nash, Cuero;
! Mrs. Rebecca b. Hollinshead, Bee
vile; +. A. Farley. Hallettsville; Mics
Mamie Burs, Giddings; Mrs. $. w.
Jones, ID. G. Dalyat, Cotaw Spraughs,
Galveston; Mrs. NJ. ID. Leonard, San
Antonio; a. w. Arbogast, Italy; J. b.
Crawford, Ellis; Charles Montague,
Miss Ella Barnett, Gonzales; j. G.
West, Leesville; w. B. Finney and
wife, Wrightsborough; G. B. King,
Mason; j. L. Scarborough, of Karnes;
j. NJ. Walden, Mexia; X. B. Garrett
and daughter, Galveston; w. e. Per-
litz and wife, Schplenburg; John w.
Gee, Bryan; Mrs. S. V. Allen, Italy:
Mrs. Henry Rosenberg, Galveston;
Mrs. Mary MacGill, Galveston; Miss
Mamie Williams, Miss Katie Nor
wood Mr.. hurry Burns, Mr.. Joseph
Hillsman, Giddings; Miss Laura
Lewis, Bryan; Miss Lee Litton, Elgin;
]. h. Crawford, Ellis; Mrs. Clifford c..
Bridges, Richmond, Va, who has been
the guest of Mrs. Rosenberg, Calves.
ton, daughter Claud and son Charles;
Gen. w. L. Cabell, commanding Texas
division United Confederate Veterans,
In the party with General Cabell
were his daughter Mrs. Katie Cabell-
Currie, DR.. A. r. Barry and Mrs. s. j.
Rawlins.
On arriving at New Orleans the dis
tinguished guests Immediately repair.
ed to the Pickwick hotel, where quart
ers had beeh reserved for them.