Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-15
THE BLUES ' GO.
COMrtrfED ~
ATTEND GRANT DWELLING.
COMPLICATION IS OBYIAYED.
L. unffnlinn WOuId
Was Fenrcd the Battalion "o"'"
BE sandwichcL Between TWO 'o'
ored Organizntions-iiea"
to BE at the ycndomc.

The perfected pans for the transpor
tation and quartering OF the h'cninoi'N
Light Infantry Blues upon the oecas'oi'
Of their trip to New York 10 a''enu
the unwilling of the Grant monument
were submitted at battalion drih Vi '"0
organization last night
The two companies which Will be rep
resented by about rs of their members
will leave Richmond for New YORK on
Sunday night. the 18th instant by the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad. The round-trip rate offered Dy
.his company is 81. Arriving in New
York the battalion will be quartered III
the Hotel Vendome, Broadway ana Forty
first street, where a special rate Oh -
a day per man has been secured.
QUARTERS HARD TO SECURE.
Captain Woon. who returned to the city
yesterday morning after a careful sur
vey of the available quarters IN Ne"
York city. said he had experienced the
greatest difficulty in securing them. taDu-
lOus sums are being asked, he sdld ior
the most ordinary warehouses, ana ne
proprietors of the Nendome TO take the
battalion in The rate was an eminently
reasonable one. considering the prices De-
ing asked i'm other directions. The loca-
ton Is admirable, and could scarcely DC
bettered. and any one who knows New
York at all knows that the motel j.
frst-class one.
The battalion viii be in New YORK
for three days, and the cost per man.
for the trip will, therefore, amount 10
SIG.
The final drill will take place next
Thursday night. The battalion Is dolhs
splendid work and has reached high
stage of efficiency.
AN UNPLEASANT COMPLICATION.
For some days very unpleasant COM
plcation has confronted the Blues as W
what would be their position among the
Virginia troops i'm the parade. Two color
ed battalions from the State have maue
arrangements to attend the unveiling, ~
strong and the commandant or one OF
these organizations Major j. u. Johnson,
ranks Major SOL Cutchns, which wouid
give his command the right OF line, ana
sandwich the Blues between two colorel
battaliOns. Some days ago General Douse,
who has the parade in hand, was appllseu
of the situation, and he wrote mat ne
could not govern the HlstNt'iS ANi"N's ~
the arrangement of local troops addihg
that the Adjutant General of each State
could look after these details.
Major Cutchns called upon the Gov
ernor in regard to the matter. and was
told that the Adjutant-General of the
state would control positions OF Nlr-
ginia troops in line. and the Blues wouid
certainly be given place at the right.
THE GOVERNOR MAY GO.
II IS quite probable that the Governor
will attend the unveilng with his stan
in which event ne will designate the
Blues as his escort. II the health OF the
Executive does tot admit Of his taxing
the trip AdjutaAt-General Anderson VIII
probably go as his representative
As a matter of fact, there does not
seem TO have been any real cause LOT
alarm on the part Of the Blues as 10
their position in line. Those who know
Major Johnson, the commandant or tne
First Battalion. speak Of him In the hlsh-
est terms and do not believe that on any
pretext he would have claimed prece-
dence over such an historic ana important
organization as the Blues. Apart rom
this fact. IT Is said that he would prefer
10 have all the colored troops toge'ner'