Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-01

beers Of veterans who have come are
larger than we're notified to US, ana ,ne
demands upon us are therefore greater
than we could have anticipated.
! feel that this appeal to a people 40
careful of sheir reputation for hospitality
and of tho good name and fame OF their
city. az you are, will not be In vain.
The prompest response to this appeal Ii
desirable.
Your feIlow-citizen.
PEYTON WISE. Chairman.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL.
AT the Bureau OF Information and
Quarters II was reported last night that
probably two thousand visitors could SIN
be accommodated at the various board
lighthouses. While the hotels are all
pretty well crowded. still accommodations
could be secured for most OF them yester-
day, though only the best. and, there
fore. the most expensive, rooms were ielt.
There Is in the city, however. ample ac-
commodations for several thousand more
visitors. and any one who desires quar-
tiers can be deslrably located by applying
at the Bureau of Information. corner oil
Ninth and Main streets.
WASHINGTONIANS ARRIVE.
night in large numbers, two special
trains, of ten coaches each, being required
TO bring the big delegations. 1t is es-
timated that over 1900 persons are in
Richmond from the capital city. among
the most distinguished visitors being
Generals Harry Heth. l.. i. Lomax, NJ.
c. Butler, William II. Payne, Secretary
of-the-Navy Herbert. Major Holmes Con-
rad. Solicitor-General of the United
States, and Mr.. William ii. Sims, First
Assistant Secretary of the Interior. The
two trains left Washington about 100
y. NJ. over the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway, and arrived here about $50
o'clock Besides the Washington City
Camp. Captain r. Byrd Lewis COM
mander, and Captain w. Q. Lowd adju-
tant there came with the delegation
the Ashby Camp. of Winchester. and
the Turner-Ashby Guards; Clinton-Hatch-
er Camp, of Leesburg; Frederick City
Camp. and Rockville Camp. Three
companies of the High School Cadets.
numbering rs. and the Mount Pleasant
Field Band Of sixty-fve pieces, the lat
ter organization being composed of boys
between the ages of and Is also came
down on one of the trains.
JUVENILE MUSICIANS.
This band is probably the only perma-
nent organization of its kind in the world,
and has played at the national en-
campment of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, interstate drills. and such like
gatherings All of the lads attend school
in the winter. but the organization Is
open for engagements during the summer
months. The youngest member of the
juvenile band is Eddie Brown, who plays
the cimbals. Nine-year- Sydney Jones
plays the cornet, he being probably the
youngest performer on this instrument
I'm the world. The boys, with the Wash
ington and other camps. are quartered
at the big store building. No. 9O5 east
Broad street As soon as the lads had
eaten supper they settled themselves
down on their pallets of straw, and. using
their musc-books as a table, commenced
TO write home.
The High School Cadets are quartered
on Governor street near Main. They are
commanded by Majors Bon Voyer and
Graf. and Captains w. S. Blanchard, j.
S. Miller, and II. Farrow.
THE MISSOURI DELEGATION
There are 257 persons in the Missouri
delegation, not including the ladies' All
OF the veterans come as delegates to the
convention. representing the seventy
camps of Missouri. Among the best known
citizens of st. Louis who are in the dele
cation are Captain S. NJ. Kennard, who
is the commander of the camp in that
city, and Messrs. Frank Gaiennie and Ro-
bert McCulloch
Miss S. A. Lee Kennard, the sponsor for
that State. was accompanied by thirty
maids OF honor, all of the ladies stopping
at the Jefferson Hotel. The entire dele
CATION will probably leave tomorrow
night.
BRIEF NOTES.
At Virginia headquarters Colonel Bid
good reported that at least 5000 veterans
from this State were in the city.
Among the number of camps of United
Confederate Veterans visiting Richmond,
that Of Barnard r. Bee, No. 81, Of Aiken,
S. c., is well represented. It's delegates to
the reunion meeting are Commander Il.
II. league. Lieutenant Commander A. S.
Seigler Comrades Joseph Brunson, III. H.
Hall. and J. N. Hanknson. This camp
was the first of continuous existence or
ganized in the State, and through the en-
ergy and spirit of its commander has
kept fully abreast in all United Confede-
rate Veteran matters.
Many ladies registered yesterday at the
Headquarters of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, No $40 east Franklin street.
The Virginia Chapter meets in convention
I'm Lee Camp Hall at IL o'clock this morn
ing, when the question of joining the Ma
tional Association will be decided. Among
those who placed their names on the reg
istration-b book yesterday were Mrs. Gene
raj j. f. b. Stuart, Of stanton, Va
Miss Mary L. Sims, of New York; Miss
Caroline Haines. of Louisville, KY; Mrs.
A. d. Estele. of Lexington; Mrs john A.
Sloane. of Baltimore, and Mrs. c. "A. Far
ney. of Hope, Ark.