The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-10
GA, VETERANS
HA|'Y|l. GOOD { TINE |. [.
Run Down from Washington to
See Richmond.
co TO The BA11LEFlELDs
Mingled Freely With Lee Camp veter.
Grams Last Night. and Gave Many
Expressions Of Pleasure-Most
of Them to Leave To-Day.
co TO THE BATTLEFlELDs
Mingled Freely With Lee Camp veter-
erans Last Night, and Gave Many

Il G. a. r. Veterans from perhaps half
the States of the Union were in the city
last night, many of them having run
down from Washington during the day.
whittier they came to attend the encamp-
ment now in progress at the national
capital. It is hard to estimate how
many came, as they were arriving oy
different trains all during the day. A
great many ladies were with the veter-
ans and all seemed to be heartily enjoy
ing their visit to the Confederate capital
They surged through the Capitol yester-
day, and last night great throngs were
about the hotel lobbies. The major por-
ton of the visitors weer leaving for their
via washington to-day
It had been planned by Lee Camp Vet
Grams to give their former antagonists
a little entertainment in the way of a
camp FIRE and refreshments last night.
but the scheme fell through for several
reasons.
HALL ENGAGED.
One was that their hall was engaged
by the meeting of some lodge until
late hour: another was that but few
of the G. A. r. men had returned from
sight seeing
However, after the lodge meeting
there was an Informal gathering Of the
"Blue and the Cray at the hall, and a
most pleasant hour was spent.
Captain James E. Phillips was on hand
plotting the northern veterans around.
and he promised to take a party of them
to Petersburg today. and show them
where the great battle of the crater was
fought Captain D. A. Brown and Adj
jutant ]. Taylor stratton were also
among the Confederate veterans present,
and they made the strangers fell perfect
ly at home.
PLEASED WITH PICTURES.
There was one feat ure at Lee Camp
Hall which took the eye Of the visitors,
and that was the splendid portrait gal
lery. Many of them were heard to say
that they had heen in many G. A. r.
Posts throughout the country. but had
never seen anything to equal the splen-
did display of portraits to be found here.
Columbia Post. Of Chicago. came in
late yesterday afternoon and swelled the
number we'll up into the hundreds.
There was no set programme for the
visit of the veterans here. Some went
to the Soldiers Home. some to Seven
Pines. and for the most part all scat
tered out looking for places of interest
which had some connection with the late
war between the States. AS rule 1t
was a nice looking. well behaved set Of
men. and everybody extended them
cordial welcome.
WE'RE ALL CoMRADEs.I
It was "Comrade" this and s'Com-
rade'' that between the veterans of the
two sections at Lee Camp Hall, and.
indeed. wherever they met, and much
was said about forgetting the bloody
past. and Joining hands and hearts to
advance the cause of a common coun-
try. which is once again the land Of a
united fraternal people. The northern
veterans talked of how they tramped
over the Virginia hills and through her
valleys, and some Of them related the
stories of prison life in the South, while
their brethren in gray told similar stories
concerning the experiences in Pennsyl-
vania when marhng with Pickett and
Armistead up the fiery slopes of Gettys-
burg. All hands agreed that this peri
Gray was contributing freely to the Gull
odical mingling of the Blue and the
tivation of better feein between the
North and South. and was therefore re-
sulting in good to both sides. BY this
afternoon, mosS of the veterans will have
left for their homes. all pleased with
their visit to Richmond.