The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-28
PREPARING FOR RICHMOND
How North Carolina will be
Represented at the Reunion.
Governors Guard and Wake Confeder'
ate Veterans Go on Special Train
The Durham Veterans Three
Hundred Strong---North
Cardinals Unique Float.


The beautiful silk flag Comrade 4. B.
Stronach ha~ PRESENTED to Junius
Daniel Camp - Confederate Veterans
win be carried by the color-bearer in
the parade at Richmond this week. 1t
is in the aaieigh colors, red and or
ange. WIZ a white star in the centre
bearing ne letters IN. c." in blue.
The Confederate banner-the stars
and h2is''-that last rested on the cof-
fin of President Jefferson Davis, which
flag was presented to the Ladies's
Memorial Association by Mr.. Henry
NJ. Cowan. will also float over the vet
Grams.
But the standard that will catch the
eve and touch the heart of every
Southron is the flag of Bethel. 1t is
riddled with the bullets that fell like
the hail of battle; it is stained with
the blood of men who poured out their
lives as a sacred libation on the altar
of the "Lost Cause" Tt will tell the
assembled hosts that North Carolina
was "first at Bethel" as she was "last
at Appomattox." 1t viii call back a
gain the memory of the young Caro-
linian, Henry Wyatt, who at Bethel
shed the first blood in the war between
the States. Every inch of it's faded silk
is eloquent with the pathetic story of
knightly heroism.
These flags are all now on exhibit
ton in Stronach's show window on
Fayetteville street. The badges and
hats that the veterans will wear in
Richmond are also in the decorations.
Each veteran from Raleigh in the
of
one of the woods that grow in Wake
county,no two canes being of the same
wood. These are to be deposited in
the State Library when the old soldiers
return.
Junius Daniel Camp and the Govern
or's Guard will go to Richmond on
special train over the Seaboard Air
Line. The train will leave here at
eight o'clock, arriving at Richmond
early in the afternoon.
The Durham veterans and their
friends will go in special train over
the Southern, three hundred strong.
Col. J. S. Carr will be at the head of
this contingent
The Governors Guards will go to
Richmond sixty strong. They make
a fine showing in their handsome new
uniforms, and are well drilled. A
public drill and inspection will be held
at the cotton platform Monday night
at 1880 o'clock. The public, and espe
cially the ladies are invited to attend
this special drill.
Gen. f. III. Cameron. who returned
from Richmond, says they are making
preparations for 1875, 900 visitors. Many
of the principal buildings on Main
street and on the leading side streets
are already decorated with flags and
gay with bunting.
Governor Carr and staff will be quar-
tered at the Jefferson during the re-
union. They will arrive on the morn
ing of July 1st. A number of Raleigh
vets who are too old for camp life have
secured quarters at hotels.
Seven companies of the North Caro-
lima State Guard have already made
arrangements to go to Richmond. They
will form a very creditable battalion.
Miss Mary Calder, of Wilmington,
will be sponsor for North Carolina at
the grand Confederate concert, and
at the other official functions of the
occasion.
Miss Bertha Bradsher, of Durham,
will represent North Carolina on the
float in the parade.
The Richmond Dispatch says:
sSOne of the most unique features
in the big parade on July I'd will be
the float which the North Carolinians
will have in line. Messrs. Mitteldorfer
& Co. decorators, few days ago,
received a letter from Mr.. Julian Carr,
of Durham, n. c., stating what they
wished. and when the veterans from
the Old North State arrive here, and
see the specimen of the workmanship
of the decorators, they will, no doubt,
be more than pleased.
1.-THE float is twenty feet long by
eight feet wide, and is draped in black.
Upon it is a pyramid made to initiate
stone, nine feet high, and seven feet
at the base. On one side of this are the
words. ''First at Bethel, Last at APP
pomattox," and on the opposite, the
following inscription: North Cardinals
roll of honor: 1889 voters, $4,000
soldiers, 14,522 killed, 1862 died"
On the other sides are pictures OF Lee
and Davis. On the front and rear ends
of the float viii be stack of arms
and on each corner cannon pail.
Over the pyramid is a canopy, and on
this will be seated one of North Caro-
lina's fairest daughters. She will oc-
cupy quite an airy seat, as she will be
fourteen feet from the ground.
'"The float will be drawn by eight
horses, each of which will be ridden
by a negro black as the ace of spades.
Mr.. Mitteldorfer has received instruc-
tions to procure the riders of this col
or, and he will do So"
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