Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-30
MANY CAMPS HERE.
Veterans Came In Yesterday and Last
Night by the Hundreds.
WHERE THEY ARE CHARTERED.
Ample Provision Has Deen Made Tor
Their Accommodation, ana They
Are All Made ms Comfortable ms Is
Possible.


men who fought so valiantly thirty-odd
years ago to keep the Federal soldier
from It's gates
Every arrangement has been made IN
the Exposition building for the reception
Of the veterans. and already a number OF
camps have taken possession. Under tho
sknful direction OF Captain ID. A. Brown,
who has associated with MIN an excellent
corps Of assistants, the mammoth main
hall OF the vast building has been trans
formed into a model hostelry.
The eastern half OF the hall. together
with portion Of the galleries, has been
covered with straw and canvas hunks
sufficient to accommodate $500 veterans
comfortably. without crowdns them in
the least.
The western wing has been converted
into a dining-room, with tables nicely set,
| and covers are laid for go veterans. OF
course this number Of plates will not be
| sufficient to accommodate all the veterans
| at one time. but meals viii be served
! from 6 A. NJ. until Z. NJ. and as there
is an abundance Of provender, all corners
will be served without much delay.
T.
! All of these arrangements are perfect in
detail, and everything IN the building Is
to be turned over TO the veterans, and
| without cost to them.
A corps OF trained walters will be on
| hand in the dining TO serve the vete-
rams. and Captain Brown will give his
personal supervision 10 every detail. No
! regular meals were served yesterday, but
all the veterans who have thus far arrived
were cared for.
The menu consists Of beef. eggs. ham,
coffee, vegetables, etc. and after each
meal cigars are to be served.
TO Zeb. Vance Camp, No. 6S7 Of Ashe-
VILE. y. c., belongs the distinction Of
| being the first to arrive at the Exposition
| Grounds. 1t marched in seventy-hve
strong early yesterday morning, and Was
assigned quarters by Comrade Oliver
Mountcastle who has charge OF this
branch of the entertainment of veterans
In the big building
LIST or CAMPS.
The camps who were quartered in the
Exposition building last night are:
North Camp, No. 'Ol, Orangeburg, 5. c.
L. B. Lee Camp. No. 75s. Anderson, s.
Camp walker Camp. spartanburg. S.
c.. co men;
c. C. wharton Camp. Radford. Va, 60
men;
]. b. Evans Camp. Blacksburg, Va, ls
men:
Camp Edmunds. Pittsylvania county,
Va, 70 men;
Prestly Camp. No. 757. williamsburg.
S. c.. 81 men;
Arson Camp, Wadesboro'. n. c.. 70 men;
Stuart Hastings Camp, Martinsville,
| Va, 40 men;
Camp Walkup, Monroe. Union county,
N. c.. 81 men;
Richmond camp. Richmond county. n.
c.. 25 men;
Camp Rains. Fairfield county. S. c.. %
men;
Brunswick Camp. Lawrenceville. Va, 40
men,
Grayson Camp, Independence, Va. 20
A. p. Hill Camp. Culpeper Va, 50 men;
william Watts Camp, Roanoke, Va, 100
men;
L. b. Gibbons Camp. Harrisonburg. Va,
60 men;
Mike Foster Camp, Union. W. Va. IS
men;
Joseph E. Johnston Camp. Bedford City.
$50 men;
Kemper strother Fry Camp. Madison
Courthouse, Va. AZ men;
Slower Camp, Strasburg, Va, 81 men:
l.. A. Armistead Camp. Boydton. Va, So
men;
Joseph b. Johnston Camp, Culpeper, Va,
80 men;
Zebuion Vance Camp. Asheyilie. N. c.,
~ men;
Lane Digs Camp. Mathews. Va, 80
men;
Ball-Betts-stokes Camp Heathsvlle,
Va, 60 men;
John I. Powell Camp. Lexington, Va. 20
men;
c. W. Summers Camp. Shenandoah, 50
men;
Halifax Camp, Halifax county, 300 men;
Ewell Camp. Prince William county, 20
men,
Camp 2l2, Concord. N. c., 70 men;
Lawrence Camp. Lawrence, y. c., 6
men;
Walton Moore Camp. Johnson. n. c., 40
men:
First Battalion Tennessee. Nashville,
Tenn, 50 men:
Camp Edwards. Kentuck, Va. 20 men;
Camp Ruffin. Burlington. N. c., 81 men;
Darlington Camp Sons Confederate
Veterans. Charlotte county, 10 men,
CAMPS DOWN. TOWN.
At No. 1872 east Main street. which
has been fitted UP for the reception or
veterans. are CHARTERED;
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william Z. Jones Camp. Abingdon. Va.
% men;
William Terry Camp. wytheville. Va,
60 men.
cabell Graves Camp. o. Danvine, 100
men, is at No. 9l5 east Main street. and
Louisa Camp, 100 men, IL at No. si2
Broad street. Among e. other camps
I'm the city are: Camp Lexiacton. or Lex
lngton. s. c.: Camp Holmes. OF Waterloo,
s. c.. and Maurice Thomas Smith Camp.
OF Granville county, ". c. This camp is
named In honor OF LieutenRnt-C Colonel
Maurice Thomas Smith. OF the Fifty-ffth
Regiment. North Carolina Infantry. VINO
was killed at Gettysburg. and Is COM
manded by b. 7. Thorp
wAsHINGTONIANS COMING.
A large number Of veterans from WASH
ington arrived yesterday, and the Bat
,alion Camp. No IN, Of the capital city.
will come in to-day. This camp con-
ssts OF 600 veterans, among whom are
twelve generals, who won their stars in
battle. These officers will ride IN the
parade In carriages.
The Washington and New York camps
are all that now remain OF the Depart
nent OF the North. commanded by Gene
raj John c. Underwood. They are very
anxious to parade under General Under
wood, and II is more than likely that they
will be permitted to do 80. General In
derwood, who is stopping at the Jeirer-
son, said last night that he didn't know
positively whether he would command
them or not.
How the Camps Originated.
The following very interesting letter has