Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-21
WELCOME THEM HOME
The Second Regiment Once More
on Virginia SOIL
DEMONSTRATION AT DEPOT,
A Dense Crowd Of Loyal Enthusiasts
Receive the Soldiers.
AN ACCIDENT on THE ROAD.
The First Two Sections Arrive Early,
the Third is Delayed Several Hours,
and the Last Train VIII Not Arrive
Until Breakfast-Time This A. VI.
AN ACCIDENT on THE ROAD.

|
Regiment arrived here last night. and
Richmond again displayed her patriotism
| by giving them a welcome as hearty as
1t could be made.
Thousands Of men, women. and children
surged about the Byrd-Street Station
when the trains arrived; thousands and
thousands more lined the streets along
the line Of march to the armories, and
at these buildings the crush was so great
that soldiers with bayonets fixed found
IL difficult TO keep the crowd back, so that
the tired and hungry soldiers could march
in TO supper and to bed.
| The first section of the train arrived at
| 740 o'clock but an hour before that time
the crowd about the station was impene-
| trable. The station was jammed with
people: Seventh street from Main to Byrd,
/ and Byrd for nearly a block in front Of
the station, and the railroad yard to the
bridge, distance Of probably 200 yards,
was almost a solid mass of humanity.
On Byrd street in front Of the station
were drawn up three companies of the
First acknowledgements ID. E, and c.
and Company NJ, of the Third Regiment.
the detachment being under command OF
Major Derbyshire. On the opposite side
of Byrd street were drawn up the vete-
rams from Lee and Pickett camps and
from the Soldiers Home. Down nearly
| at the bridge and TO the left of the yards
were the Howitzers, waiting to fire sa-
lutte of welcome as the train pulled in.
THEY COME.
| At 7:4O o'clock the headlight Of the
/ train was seen far down the track, and
there was a general rush forward. The
Howitzers' gun doomed out salute and
| the men began cheering. The soldiers In
the train took up the yelling, and the
babel was indescribabe. The crowd
pressed so closely about the cars that
| there seemed imminent danger of some
being crushed beneath the wheels. The
men were enthusiastic and warm in their
! welcome, but the manifestations of cor
| dIality on the part Of the women were
| far more marked. Women and girls were
| in the front ranks OF the crowd. and
| they seized the hands the soldiers stretch
| ed out of the windows, clinging
to them as they walked along with the
moving train. They did not know the
boys they welcomed so heartily, but that
| did not matter They were Virginia boys
who had come home, and Virginia girls
gave them frankly, cordial welcome.
more frank than conventional, and very
pretty because unconventional.
Nearly every man I'm uniform. with the
exception of the officers. seemed to have
a cotton boil in his hat, and these were
the especial prey of the girls. They stole
| them without remose, snatching them out
OF the soldiers hats. though in many in
stances the boys tried TO save them.
THE RICHMOND BOYS.
The second section was three minutes
behind the first, arriving at $40 o'clock.
| The third section was over three hours
later in getting i'm, arriving at 1l:20. The
scenes on the arrival of the third section
were must more enthusiastic than those
which marked that Of the other two, for
Company B, Company /. and Company NJ,
| all from Richmond, were aboard, and the
crowd. while not so great as that which
| met the first two sections, was made up
| largely of the fathers and mothers and
sisters and wives and children of the SOL
| diers aboard. The greetings were joyful,
| and in many cases affecting. Maybe all
| Of the young fellows whom the girls kiss
ed were their brothers. perhaps only
somebody else's brothers; certain it is
| there were many kissed heroes down at
the Byrd-Street Station last night
The military met the third section OF
the train. but owing to the lateness of the
| hour the veterans did not turn out
| The companies on the first section,
which was in command OF Lieutenant
Colonel 0. h. Roller, were Company c,
Captain Sullivan; Company e, Captain
| Craighill; Company G., Captain Hatcher.
| Captain Craighill was officer of the day,
| Lieutenant Perry, of Company h, adju-
| tant. and Lieutenant Hinde, of Company
c. officer of the guard. Major Shanks,
the auartermaster detailed to arrange for
| the feeding and quartering of the regi-
ment here. met the officers Of each Sec
| tion. and explained the arrangements
which had been made.
TO THEIR ARMORIES.
The soldiers aboard the first section
we're kent in the cars until the second
| section arrived when the six companies
were formed, and marched TO the Blues
Armorv. Ninth and Cary; the First Regi-
mont Armory. Seventh and Marshall, and
| the Howitzers' Armory, on north Eighth
street.
The scenes along the line Of march
| were of a most inspiring character. The
streets were packed with people. the
men cheering, the women waving their
hordkerchiefs. while staid householders,
as we'll as the youngsters. fired rockets
| and burned red nre
Companies C, Il. and G., were quartered
| In the Howtzers' Armory, but were fed
az the Regimental Armory and at Sanger
Hail. Companies A, II, and ID, were
ouortered In the Blues Armory, and were
fed at the Regimental Armory and at
Ru,kes restaurant. on Main street. The
men were given the best supper that
couId be provided. Thomas A. Hulcher
furnished that provided at the Regi-
mental Armory: Leo Shultz the Sanger
Hall supper. and James Burke gave
sopare meal to the hungry boys In his
restaurant. at 1i16 east Main. The sup
per was hrst-class. Major Snanks had
sxerted himself TO the utmost 10 have
the men given the very best possible,
and he succeeded In way that made
many a hungry soldier think him emin-
entity fitted to command the army Of the