The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-01

towards a memorial building provided
the southern people raised Il similar
amount. Will be prsented
Through the correspondence. wg,ich
was read by Colonel Dicinson author
i2ed by Mr. Rouss TO act in the premises
before the committee Mr.. Rouss offered
to give 100000 If an equal amour, was
raised and the institution was placed I'm
| Washington. He. however. promises To
abide by the wishes of the United Cen.
ieaerate veterans. The reports submit.
ted to the committee showed that very
little had been accomplished In The way
OF raising the fund. The members how
ever, were not discouraged and expressed
( the!i belief that the money could be rails
Ell. The Claims of New Orleans and
! Aiemphis were presented By representa-.
yves from those cities. They Will con-
Iripute largely To sci the institution The
name of Battle Abbey will lie abandoned
and Memorial Hall instituted
trains have been coming in In sections
all day and are filled with veternussonsof
veterans, soldiers and Citizens The I'm.
tells and boarding houses afe crowded
Tonight many persons SLEPT i'm the marks
ana walked the streets. Veteran camps
are registering rapidly at headuuarters
ana che enfertmnmcnt commi5tee roInd
II necessary to secure n number of oddt
diohai warehouses to quarter the vet
Grams. All the vacant stores are filled
with veterans and sons of veteran.
camps. The Old CHpJtol building vas
tnrohsed all day, as was The new CITY
Hail. The streets are almost imnocs,
BILE tonight. The V. u. l. and v NJ !
Cadets are attracting much attention
Governor Atkinson of Georein no
Goinpahled by his wife. a number of
iadlcS ana twenty members of his stnrr
IN iull uniform, arrived AT 1890 o'clocl,
lnls morning in Il special train oy.,, tbn
Senboard Air Line and Atlantic coost
Line. S''''
Governor Atkinson and his STAFF viii,
DE quite an imposing feature OF the
$50 lotI ptraue ON Thursday, riding at the
nc1u Oh me icorsia division of about
l,oO0 veterans. \ singular coinciIIcnco
| arises out of the fact that this division
VIII be under the command of Iinutcn.
ant-General Clement a. Evans. who
M'S an opponent OF Governor Atkinson
IN ms race Tor nomination as Governor
OF Georgia. 1t was stirring campnign
ml Which the young politicians of that
state won brilliant victory with At
kinSon as their standard bearer
Nhcn Governor Atkinson rcccnilv
announced his intention to attend tho
reunion here cry was raised I'm some
quarters that during the GubernntorinI
campaign he had hoOtcd at Conrcderntr
sentiment as Il thread bare theme Uc
denied the charge and held to his origi-
hai plans. General Evans came To the
rescue In very magnanunimous public
statement saying that Governor Atkin-
son should by all means attend the re-
union. SO Governor Atkinson is here
WIN ms full STAFF of Georgia colonels
ana, in the great parade on Thursday,
Will march under the command of Cen
eral Evans
Richmond has never before entertain
| cd AT night such n crowd as is here to-
| night. Where they all will STAY is a
nu%zling question There Is talk of
| throwing open the warehouses and some
OF the churches tomorrow night Every
| hotel is literally packed The street
cars were hardly able to haul nll who
want to go to the parks and other
| pleasure resorts. The places of enter
tainment were overrun and Broad, Main.
Grace and Franklin streets was an al
most solid mass OF moving humanity i'm
the early night. Camps and military
| companies are still pouring in. The ar
rival of the Washington party, accom-
| panied by the High School Cadets. lat
tracted much attention. With them
| came the celebrated Corporal James
| Tanner. Union veteran An informal
reception was rendered him at the han
on Broad street He received an ova-
| ton at the hands OF his former enemies
| The feature tonight was the reception
| to Mrs. Jefferson Davis at the White
| House of the Confcderacy. Thousands
of people, including most Of the no
tables here, called to greet her.
The Washington contingent to the re-
| uHIOn alTlNec on time at f:lo This even
| Ing. T'aey came lin two train sections
over the Chesapeake and Ohio and CON
| sisted of the District Veterans. the
| Hatcher Camp. of Leesburg, Va, the
Turner-Ashby Camp, of Winchester. the
Rockville Mo. Camp. the Frederick
| CRY, Md. Camp. and the High School
| Cadets. The National Fcncl0les did no,
come.
| The programme for the next two DAYS
| IS not yet decided upon. but the High
| school boys expect To have friendly
! rival drill with theCadcts from the Vir-
| ginia Military Institute. besides parti-
cipating in the grand parade on Thurs
DAY, when the cornerstone of the Davis
monument Will be laid in Monroe Park.
| Corporal Tanner, who is an honorary
| member of Il. t.. Lee Confederate Camp,
ana Major llalleck. his companion. were
| rendered n right royal reception by the
| camp tonight, and the two Union vete-
| rams are The lions of the hour II is
estimated there are 10000 visitors in the
| city tonight. The crowd Is immense
and the streets are thrOnged.
The Grand Camp OF Sons OF Confcde-
rate Veterans was organized tonight at
| a meeting held at the Auditorium Of
| representatives of the camps in Vir-
| ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
| Georgia and Alabama. J. Il. B.<Stuart.
son OF the well known Virginia cavalry
| leader, presided. a constitution and
bylaws, approved by the United Con-
fcderate leaders. will be adopted to.
| morrow.
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