Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-18
PICKETT'S MEN BACK.
CAMP AS A BODY DID NOT GO TO
sHARPsBURG.
cyCUm Crryun TAI mICUJunTnu
SIGHTSEEING In WASHINGTON.
Yesterday Was Thus Spent by Most
OF the Vcterans-Mrs. Pfcketf-hn-
Cunningham ms an Orator.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. September IL
To the music of its own fife and drum'
Pickett Camp marched from the Howard
House this evening TO the Pennsylvania
excursion depot. Ninth street and Mary
land avenue. and at o'clock left on the
train for Richmond. The camp was ac-
companied by large number of resi-
dent Virginians. and was met at the
depot by a number of others, who came
to bid them farewell. Among the latter
was Mrs. General Pickett and number
| of ladies Of the Southern Society who
shook hands with the veterans and
wished them a pleasant trip home
Major Charles Pickett and wife and
Colonel William r. Aylett left with
Pickett Camp.
Just before the departure OF the train
the Pickett men who went to Antietam
| this morning. more TO see the old bat
tle-ield than anything else-namely. Col
onel George T Haw Captain John f.
Parrish, and Messrs. John T Parham,
| Alexander Jennings and ]. b. Welsh
| by rapid driving from the Baltimore and
Ohio depot. arrived in time to accompany
their comrades home. The gentlemen
| witnessed, in part. the unveiling of the
| Philadelphia monument which Captain
| Parrish says is a fine work OF art and a
magnificent shaft. They devoted the
| few hours they had to walking over the
battlefield of Sharpsburg. and both Col
onel Haw and Captain Parrish found no
| difficulty in locating the exact position
they fought nearly thirty-four years ago
"a in DO Oh he
| his regiment Uhe Fifteenth Virginia) and
his brigade charged over.
Altogether. the five gentlemen were
pleased with the trip TO Sharpsburg and
the camp returns to Richmond with plea
SAINT recollections Of the reunion and
campfire and the sights they saw in
Washington.
WHY TRIP WAS SHORTENED.
The camp, as a camp, did not attend the
ceremonies attending the unveiling of the
Philadelphia Brigade monument at An
tietam. better known in the South az
Sharpsburg, because 1t was found i'm
practicable for the members and the Ia
dies and others who accompanied them
from Richmond 70 do so. If they had
gone the trip would have involved the
forfeiture of their return tickets on the
special train on which they came. and
the additional expense of the tickets
home by a regular train. which ma
jority could not well have afforded. be-
sides a considerable loss OF time.
The train by which the Philadelphia
Brigade, and their guests went to Antie-
tam left the Baltimore and Ohio depot
this morning at O'clock and after a
three hours run. reached the nearest sta
ton to the battle-feld-a mile and a half
away-at Il. This distance had either TO
be walked or ridden over in carriages.
involving another extra fare besides that |
of the railroad the party arriving at the |
battlefield about midday. At the con-
clusion Of the unwilling ceremonies. after |
reaching the station again. the returning
train was scheduled TO leave there at |
L. NJ. and arrive here at $50. If on time. |
AS the special train to Richmond was to |
leave here at o'clock promptly, to take |
home IT'S other excursionists besides the |
veterans there would have been given |
the latter only thirty minutes in which |
to transfer from the Baltimore and Ohio |
depot TO the excursion depot Of the Penn
sylvania railroad, al Ninth street and |
Maryland avenue, a distance of over a |
mile. Here was a risk. in view of |
possibly delayed train, the veterans were
not willing to take. and IL was decided |
this morning that the camp had to de- |
cline the invitation of the Philadelphians.
Y
Camp; Commander Leslie Spence.
OF Lee Camp and Past-Commander
Charles T. Loehr, of Pickett Camp. acting
as committee, went TO the Baltimore
and Ohio depot this morning and explain
ed to the Philadelphia men why the camp
could not go. thanked them for their kind
invitation, and bid them an affectionate
good-by.
MRS. PICKETT.
In the meetings yesterday at Central
Hall. both afternoon and at night, Mrs.
General Pickett occupied a prominent
seat on the stand. and was the recipient
of marked attention. Difference and re-
spect from both northerners and south
erners. Although her hair has silvered. !
Mrs. Pickett retains that marvellous
beauty which made her so attractive In
bygone days.
Captain Frank Cunningham has de-
veloped a talent for clever speech
making 1t is unfortunate for The pub
lie and for history that the tired-out re-
porters were absent from Central Hall
last night when Captain Frank was
called upon for a speech. The call was
made on the spur of the enthusiasm Gre
ated In the audience by his songs
''The Blue and the Gray" and "The
Sword OF Bunker Hill"-and II was unan-
Imous and irresistible: and flushing and
Richmond's sweet singer
came to the front. He looked straight
ahead, then to the right and then to
the left, then swept the house with a
glance. and there was a loud laugh at
what seemed to be Captain Franks en-
He stood firm. however.
and began by remarking that he was not
to public speaking.
He made graceful allusion to the
splendid ovations to General Beaver and
Colonel Aylett. and complinented those
gentlemen on the results they had
achieved in behalf OF harmony. unity.
md patriotism. He had also lent his
'eeble efforts In the same direction by
ais songs. and he hoped they had had
he proper effect
Then, breaking of his strain Of elo-
luence, he abruptly said to that portion
n the audience where the Philadelphians
we're:
1--WE have had some differences, haven't
YER