Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-12
,yu or GOVERNOR TYLER
avn PARTY At SAVANNAH.
,Vg RECEIVED WITH HONORS.
Around the CITY and n Re-
,,cw-spceches by the Governor
ccncrnI Lee, Coio"ei ""''"'
c,1oncl Cowardin.

III.
.......f,n. General Henry W. Duckworth'
... Che corps staff, including Lieutenant
Col / II. Dorst. adjutant-general; |
.,sD,nt- Colonel Oliver +. Wood, chief !
-,tsearv: IAoutenant-Colonei L. NJ. |
Siam. chief surgeon: Lieutenant-Colonell
.--s Il. Pond. chief quartermaster; |
ant-Colonel Curtis Guild, yr.. in |
-.5r-cenoral; IAeutenant-Colonel Max
.. chief signal officer, Leutenant-Col-
.r pibhcl. Judge advocate, and Aeuten-
Colonel Rodgcr Birnie. chief ord
. General Lees personal aides
rt..ferants Lee. SartOris, and Carbonel-
...-. also present. with number or oher
r.rs from the various regiments, VINO
-. 5egirous Of paying their respects
-. rourth Virginia Regiment were cut
- ..-ee and marched as an escort TO the
- 10 the DeS0to Hotel, where the
....-0or and those with him were cor
...v received by a host Of friends. In
49,. oftcrnoon. after the visitors had
-r~ed through the city and enjoyed us
t.-.aes they took carriages to VISIT me
..r.s OF the Seventh Corps. The party
.s headed by General Lee and the Gov
.--.r Of Virginia and Mrs. Tyler ana MISS
rr..g Lee A review of the Second Brl-
.s. second Division. General Hasbrouck
. Command. with General Greene diVi-
.rr commander, as reviewing officer. was
..f before General Lee and Governor
T,Iar. and was greatly enjoyed by large
.-l enthusiastic attendance.
THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS.
tosr this the Governor and General
Lao proceeded with their party TO the
r..FIuarters OF the Fourth Virginia Regi-
-s.t Here they were halted and cheer
ID 20 the echo. and the Governor was
.,r.ad TO respond 10 the call Of the brave
r4rrfuians who wanted TO get to the
'front.' and could not. Rising IN MS car
r.ra. he proceeded, in his usual happy
v..n. to talk TO the soldier boys. lie ie-
r.tated them on their fine appearance
and earnestness, and the advantages OF
rslr new, camp site. and told them of the
interest with which they had been lol-
lowed by their loved ones at home OF the
r-.5e they had inspired, and its JOY they
had given 20 all in the old Mother state.
lie said that ne felt like speaking 10 them
.I the evening but he would not; thal ne
must resist the temptation Up 10 ms
time General Lee had been doing me
f-htlng. and he had been doing the TANK
ire He had come now 10 do some OF lhe
lighting, and ne was going TO let Genera
Lee do some Of the talking. The cover
nor said that from the number Of letters,
r.efftfons. and personal appeals that RAD
come tn him to get discharges for the
men. he had about come % the conclIslon
that every man in the Fourth Regiment
must have at least four wives ana ABOUT
ten mothers. The Governor promised 10
visit the camp in the morning ana see
each man personally He spoke or inc
,obfe acts Of the volunteers, CHASING them
"a the hest Of all soldiers-those VINO
were ready to sacrifice all for their coun-
try-tine business, family ties, and Ffe
itself. If need be-
GENERAL LEE RESPONDS.
corerol lee who was in the carriage
With the Governor, was Justify cheered,
and made a most happy response to the
Ian from the Fourth Virginia. He said
mat he cordially endorsed the statement
- Governor Tyler as TO the warm place
which every enlisted man In that resi-
rDent held in the hearts, not only OF the
lttzans hut Of the fair daughters of
Virginia. lie assured the Governor that
the good old Commonwealth had every
raason TO be proud of the service OF ner
Sons He apologized for not having pre-
rarad an impromptu speech ana sald
was due TO the fact that all his spare
limo was occupied I'm preparing his speech
in Spanish, which he intended 10 de-
liver TO the Fourth Virginia in MORO
Castle Habana This point was greeted
with enthusiastic cheering by the men
Alter n iocose allusion to the provost
marshal Major Harrison, General Lee
mentioned, as the great object lesson OF
the hest result of the war the cordial
f-audship that exists between the Fourth
NIr-inia and their brigade brothers, the
Torty-ninth Iowa, stating that II was
t-,rIssible 10 put either regiment on
a
overleapod the bounds OF discipline. The
XIrrinians cheered their Iowa comrades
se heartily as on other occasions the Iowa
boys have cheered the Virginians. Gene
raj Lee then added few glowing words
on the power of the reunited country
and predicted the dominance of united
North and South over any other nation
on earth.
A NORTHERNER' ADDRESS.
Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Guild. Jr., Of
Massachusetts, General Lees Inspector
general was then called upon as north
ern officer by the men. He responded
I'm terms that We're heartily accepted by
the men. He said that the true service
OF the patriot was expressed In endurance
quite as much as in action; thai
the soldiers who suffered at Valley Forg,
served their country as truly as those
who saw the British flag go down a
Yorktown and that the Fourth Virginia
i1 facing the long monotony Of a drearl
eamp in "a Florida summer, had shown
lis loyal service as those more fortunate
men who were able to serve the nation
.l more conspicuous fashion on the slope
VI san Juan Hill. He referred brief,
f1 the DAYS when a southern general ie
L0rgan's rihemen 20 the defence OF be
..aeuered Boston, and when northern
general. grandfather of General Greene
their own division commander, led north
orl troops 10 drive the British invade
from the South. He also echoed Genera
Iso's intimation that the war was no
~ an end, and that unless the Unite
states were ready 10 recede they mus
maintain somewhere q volunteer arm
I'D the field until the regular army coul
he recruited TO a proper size 10 enforc
the c0untry's demands and support he
position.
COLONEL COWARDIN.
Colonel c. OBJ. Cowardin vas then call
el upon with enthusiastic shouts by IN
enlisted men and the officers Of tn
Fourth Regiment Virginia Volunteers
Every one of them seemed TO be III
warmest personal friend. His appearance
from the rear of the carriages was
signal for a perfect howl Of enthusiast
applause. He said the occasion for IN
presence Of the Governor of Virginia wa
that there should be a discharge in al
mor.tOrious cases from the service Of IN
Fourth Virginia Regiment 10 be sub
sltutcd by ready and willing men fror
the Second and Third regiments OF VIZ
g.nla Volunteers He illustrated this b.
a felicitous anecdote, and said ii wa
20 be- hoped that General Lee. Goyerno
Tyler and Colonel Taylor would. in thel
conferences here, be enabled 20 accom-
plish the discharge Of men who are want
"a al home and recruit the regimen
with men who are ready 70 take thei
places.
Tho recent reports as 70 the strengt