The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-16

The veterans OF the Philadelphia Brigade
known officially as the Second Brigade,
Second Division, Army OF the Potomac, viii
stop in Washington today, en- route to the
battlefield of Antietam, where they will
celebrate the thirty fourth anniversary oi
that emora bic struggle by the dedication
OF a handsome IN onunent.
Elaborate exercises will mark the brief
stay OF the veterans in this city. 1t will
be Il reunion OF the blue and the Gray.
A national campfire will occupy the entire
evening part or the program, wnere the
heroes of two armies will draw from the
same pipe OF peace.
The brigade, several hundred strong, is
expected to reach this city about | 30
O'Clock this morning. A special train Will
leave Philadelphia over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad at $50 O'Clock, and the run
will be made in the quickest possible time
Commander John W. Frazier VIII De in
charge OF the company
EX-CONFEDS TO BE THERE.
AT the station the visitors Will be net
by a committee with equal representation
from the Confederate Veterans AssOcta-
ton and the q. A. K. Col. Levi L. Wright,
OF this city, has labored diligently at the
head OF the committee on arrangements to
make the reception a success in every sense
OF the word.
arrival OF the veterans up To = O'Clock
in the afternoon will be spent in com
Dleting arrangements a 1.-THE bourne ntioEei
the reunion will he held ut Central Hall,
corner Of Penns ylvania avenue and Ninth
street The meeting Will be held under the
auspices of the visiting organization, and
the soldiers will march down the Avenue
to the ball.
Commissioner George Truestiell will in
ba ,pit "a Nf.lr,tYUa
to Washington" The remainder OF the
order of exercises is as follows:
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
Invocation, Rev. j. W. SayeTs, chap
lain Department of Penns ylvania Il. \. K.
Introductory, John W. Frazier, cont
ma nder Philadelphia Brigade.
The NORTH Hon. Charles F. Warwick.
mayor Of Philadelphia.
The South" Gen. william A. Hemphill,
Atlanta, Ga.
"A Reunited People" Archbishop p. j.
Ryan, Philadelphia.
Song The New Rosette," Miss Louise
Naune;te Orndorff, Baltimore.
Army Of the Potomac" Gen. James \.
Beaver, Pennsylvania.
Army OF Northern Virginia. Gen Will
lam X. A Welt. Virginia.
The Meaning Of the War Col. Charles
Emory Smith. Philadelphia
The ceremonies o: the national campfire
will begin in the same hall at O'Clock
The following program Will be carried out
''Penns ylvania and Gettysburg Gen. ID.
II. Hastings. Governor OF Pennsylvania
American yalor,'' Col. A. K. Mcclure,
Philadelphia.
Poem, written foT the OCCASION. Mrs vir
ginia Frazer Boyle. Tennessee
''Philadelphia," Hon. George Hawkes.,
Philadelphia
Grand Army of the Republic Gen Ivan
". Walker, Indiana.
LOCAL VETERANS ALSO
The stay in this city will continue until
tomorrow morning Tue members OF the
brigade Will start for their battlefield in
their special train at s O'Clock. IL is ex-
pccted that they will be Joined i'll the
journey by a large number OF veterans
from this city. An invitation has been
extended to tie Army OF Maryland to enter
with the brigade in fraternal meeting
on the field Gov. Lowndes and staff, the
Maryland National Guard and the Fifth
Regiment Corps. under command OF Adjt.
Gen. L. Allison and Gen. Briggs, are ex-
pec;cd TO attend.
The dedication of the monument will take
place Thursday morning. IL is an lmros-
ing structure that was erected at cost
of SIS goo. TIE plot On Which the shaft
las been erected has an area or eleven
acres, owned by tue brigade.
Vermont granite was used In the CON
structiun OF the monument. 1t il seventy
three feet high, and starts from Il tase
fourteen feet square a die six feet thick
and weighing twent weight tons interposes
between the base and the shaft. Tie
latter rises to a height OF fifty-oDe feet
five inches. Appropriate ins criptions mark
each side Of the monument.
The memorial lies at Il distance of about
400 feet from the Hagerstown pike and is
approached by macadlamized driveway
that circles entirely around the tase.