The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-21
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ings. among them a music pavilion which
Will seat 5000 another with cap1clty LOT
1000. and others seating from lVo 10
400 persons There are also amusements
tor every ago and condition.
we have been designated said DR..
Jones, by resolutions passed az large
~ attended meeting. and amid the Wild
est enthusiasm. 20 Invite the SURVIVORS,
of Picketrs Division 10 be with MS dur
ing the week that have mentioned at
no expense whatever TO themselves.
THE LINE oBITERATED.
since Fftzhugh Lee. Joe Wheeler. and
Thomas l.. Rosser have donned the blue
uniform. and been appointed 20 high
positions. we feel that Mason's and
Dixon's line has been wiped out and all
hatred and sectional feeling buried for
ever. Every philadelphia is anxious TO
have Picketrs men come 10 that city
TO unite with us IN our reunion as an
object-lession to the rising generation.
This is the programme which we have
outlined for your entertainment:
Monday will be jubilee day, the OPEN
ing OF the reunion. flag raising and
grand parade
Tuesday will nc Sons Of Veterans
Day.
"wednesday will be ladies' Day. and
those OF you who are unmarried can get
license for fifty cents in philadelphia.
and the Grand Army will pay for the
ten cent war tax stamp 10 put on II.
Thursday will be Grand Army Day.
Friday will be Picketts Division Day.
and everything viii be placed at your
disposal 20 make 1t a grand success.
Saturday VIII be Peoples and Poilu-
| clans Day. and you will have chance
| TO sec candidates Of every shade % opin-
Ion and listen 20 their views.
Sunday viii be camp-meetng Day.
when YOU will have the opportunity 10
| hear the most prominent clergymen or
every denomination
THEY WANT THEM
I've want you 10 come-iust ne many
OF You as please From the time you
leave home until you return you will be
| our guests. We want you for the entire
week. and We have been instructed TO
| take no refusal We will amuse you
every day. There will be presentations
| OF the destruction Of the Spanish fleet at
| Manila. a sham battle and other spec
| tacles. We wiz put you up az the con-
tinental Hotel and give you the best the
| CITY aupfl-s
Col. John W. Frazier commander Of
| Post 70. G. A. r.. then addressed the
committee IN the same cordial strain
He said II was due Philadelphia that
| Pickett's men should visit her, since their
| call I'm July 1869 was not n satisfactory
| one The people wanted to renew the ac-
| quaintance begun 50 inauspiciously.
Col. Frazier then referred 20 the un-
| pleasantness Of year ago, and 10 the
| fttcf hgruare
| not being permitted 90 place monument
where Gen. Armlstead fell.
He recalled how the G. A. r. Of phila-
| delDhia had presented Pickett camp with
n splendid silk flag The presentation
| took place. he said. NJ Wizards Hotel,
| I'm Washington. the speech being made
| by John Wanamaker followed by Cor
| poral Tanner, and the occasion vas n
most pathetic one. knitting more strong
| ~ bonds already formed by previous in
| tercourse.
| no BAD FEELING.
"Some slight friction LAST year" he
| said prevented you from accepting cur
invitation Now Il exists no longer.
| When Comrade Clarke Johnson presented
| the resolution providing that YOU be
! asked 10 unite with us he said that when
! Grants son could serve on the stan Of a
! Fitz. Lee and Logans on the eta1 u q
| Wheeler II was time all animosity should
| be buried forever.
This invitation comes from our hearts
| All Of you come who can. We want you
| 70 reach Philadelphia on Saturday. Au-
| gust 9Th. so that you may go TO Bethany
| John Wanamaker's church I'm the morn
| Ing. and TO the Cathedral In the after
| noon. You VIII hear two sermons on a
reunited country and people-something
| never before heard I'm the city Of Ehila-
| delphia.
1--WE want you an to come. especially
| because OF the friction caused last year
by a few, who are now heartily with
| us"
Mr. Northen rejolned gracefully. and
| fully reciprocatod the sentiments eXprHs-
| ed.
Mr. z. IT, Baker, who lived in Rich
| nTUnd for a number Of years then spoke
| briefly He congratulated pickotts men
| on the turn I'm national affairs which
| had resulted in the recognition Of the
| Confederate soldiers. lie deplOrcd the
| fact that prejudice had even existed be-
| tween the survivors Of the war and said
n should have ceased when arms were
laid down.
| IRRESPONSIBLE PERSONS.
| "The friction OF a year ago" declared
| Mr. Baker was not created by any
| one who had any standing. Philadelphia
| 10 man IS anxious for you 20 visit
| her"
lie then spoke in high terms Of the
| beauty Of Washington Park and the
facilities for reaching It. saying that
there was a fleet of light vessels capable
Of conveying 100000 TO and from the
| pleasure grounds In a day.
Mr.. W. j. Thompson. manager Of
| Washington Park next spoke. lie reite-
| rated tho cordial invitation extended. and
| then went on 20 speak OF the glorious
| charge Of Picketts men-the grandest the
| world ever knew.
| Mr. John J. Curlcy. representing the
| business OF the city OF BrOtherly Love.
| extended an invitation on their behalf
| and assured them that they would be
| heartily welcome.
Mr. Baker then took tho floor again
| and stated that there were about n hun
| drcd OF Pickett's men who had died in
| Philadelphia hospitals and been buried
around the city. Their bodies. he said
had been taken up and reinforced in the
| National Cemetery
| The commiue9 prpmlsed to call tho at
tention OF Pickett Camp 10 his statement.
CONSIDER THE MATTER.
Chairman Gates. after apOlogiZng for
| the small attendance due 20 short no.
| tice. and the fact that many OF tho
] veterans are I'm Atlanta said he would
! recommend the call Of meeting OF the
| survivors at an early date 10 consider
| tho Invitation so kindly and gracefully