Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-22
co. DIS ANNIVERSARY
SOLDIER LADS CELEBRATE 1T IN
MOST DELIGHTFUL FASHION.
TARGET SHOOT AND A BANQUET.
Medals Presented for Workmanship
and for Prcncicncy I'm the Manual
of Arms-Caifs Tall shot on-Jony
Speeches.


The Old Dominion Guard. Company d.
OF the First Virginia Regiment, celc-
brated the thirty-sixth anniversary Of iis
organization yesterday. ana besides a
most enjoyable afternoon spent IN target
practice, banquet was served at St
Adams Hall last night tor the delec;ation
OF the soldier lads and their guests.
The soldiers assembled az their armory
at O'clock and with "A number of gem
tlemcn. many Of whom hold membership
In the company association, marched out
90 the field beyond Chimborazo Park. and
INDUCED In a target-practce. Everybody
shot wei. and in the competitive shoot
ing between members OF the company
some excellent scores were made. Cor
poral Ed. Malone. who made 10 points
out Of q possible Is, led the company
with Lieutenant Stringer. with l. points
10 his credit as second best.
MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION.
After the shoot the company marched
back to the Armory. where meeting OF
the association was held. and the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
twelve months: j. y. Reeve. president;
Leroy T. Brown. first vice-president' {
a Crawford. second v'ce-presilent. w. D..
Marrow. secretary, and George y. Will
son. treasurer.
At . O'Clock the company again fell
en-. and with the Regimental Drum Corps
az their head. and their guests on the lett
marched 10 ~. Adams Hail. where "a
terer Krouse had prepared "a boun.iful re
rosr for them Full justice was done the
choice viands set before the hungry lads.
and after the table had been cleared and
cigars brought forth a feast or reason
and cloquence was enjoyed.
\ FEAST OF REASON.
captain Crawford presided as toast
master. and after delivering an address
of welcome. I'm which he referred 10 the
growth Of the company and its success
be introduced the Imperial Quartette' VINO
rendered several popular songs.
When the applause that greeted the
ouartette had subsidized. the medals won
al the target practice were brought iorth'
and Messrs. Stringer and Malone beng
requested 10 stand forward captain lie
row L. Brown presented them with
The handsome trophies making a very
humorous speech.
Colonel Charles T. Loehr. Of the asso-
citation. was next introduced, and he
made stirring address. telling In thrlu-
ing manner of the wartime experiences
of Company D and the First Virginia
Regiment. He told Of how the first ami
versarv Of the company was celebrated
amid death and carnage in the trenches
az yorktown. He described the capture
OF Plymouth. and told how the soldiers
had sacked the town, and expressed MS
great regret that the infantry were I'M
olle 10 carry off as much plumber as the
artillery and cavalry.
Mt Archie Woodbridge followed Colonel
I.oehr with a solo. selecting therefor the
"Old Sexton" which he sang with great
sweetness.
When Mr. Woodbridge concluded Mr.
Julian Hart, one Of the privates' VINO
has ON three consecutive company drliis
won the company medal for proficiency
in the manual. was called forward Dy
CAPTAIN Crawford, and Mr.. W. -. Mar
row. in an ornate speech, presented MN
with a special gold medal
THAT Calls TAIL
At this juncture Captain Brown arose
with a box in hand, and rung IN sur
prise by pulling therefrom about twelve
inches Of the tail of a calf which had
heen accidentally shot from the body or
its rightful owner by Sergeant Lunsey
AT the target-practice in the afternoon.
He made a most humorous allusion 10
the unfortunate incident. and then re-
counted some Of the experiences Of COM
pany u since the war.
Captain Miles r. Phillips was next IN
troduced. and spoke of the Cuban strug-
gle for liberty. He said he thought the
United States had erred in not granting
the insurgents belligerent rights. lie re-
q - that fuuOT nHU Hefn
served al the banquet and compliment
ga CAPTAIN Crawford for having kept in
toxicants from the young men in his
command.
Talks were made by Captain Julian
Tenant. Mr.. John W Starke, and others
and at midnight the guests arose having
epent most enjoyable evening.