Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
OUTING OF TEACHERS
WAsHINaTONIANs VISIT VIZ
GINA BATTLEFIELDS.
Interesting Trip to Places Of Historic
Note in the Old
Dominion.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

special Correspondence OF 1De EVeuiHB otaf.
RICHMOND. Va, April 13. 1908.
The personally conducted excursion given
by the Washington Teachers Association
through the battlefields of Virginia left the
9th street station at o'clock this morning
over the Chesapeake and Ohio road, under
the guiding eye of Mr.. Greggor, the special
passenger agent. The train was made up
of six coaches, comfortably filled with the
teachers and their friends.
The threatening character Of the weather
did not daunt the determined band OF e4-
cursionists, and the rain-swept fields and
dripping woodlands through which they
passed were not without their beauties OF
snowy-white dogwood. fuil-biossoming Or
chards and the velvet green of the new
springing grass.
BEFORE reaching Gordonsville 1t became
known that an army of Virginia mammies.
ammmnitioned with hot biscuits ana Irleo
chicken sandwiches. was bearing down
upon that point with purposefu inten.;
With the eye of commander General
Boynton sketched plan of campaign, ana
when the stop was made the engagement
began. 1t was short. but decisive ihere
was a rapid exchange OF dimes Tor pro"heo
chicken in which both sides were Vlctorl-
ous and when the train pulled out the line
of mammies fell back with empty baskets
and full pockets and the hungry traVeiers
to the full enjoyment OF GordOnSVlNe Ihose
famous product
The itinerary of the excursion includes
the great battle arena-frOm the Potomac
to Richmond thence to Williamsburg ana
Fortress Monroe covering the ground maoe
famous by the battling armies or Lee
Grant and Jackson. * They will return on
Wednesday evening by way of the Nor1olR
and Washington boat from Old Point.
The party arrived safely In Richmond at
1 O'Clock and were driven to Murphys Ho-
tel where dinner served. after winch
tour of the city in carriages was made,
visiting the capitol building. the Jackson
monument, Hollywood cemetery, the Ired-
egar iron works, the Confederate Museum,
the site of Libby prison and the many other
objects of historic interest in which the
neighborhood of Richmond abounds. After
supper a peaceful war talk by Gen. II. v.
Boynton was attentively listened to In the
parlors of Murphy'S Hotel.
The speaker sketched briefly but clearly
the movements of the contending armies,
more particularly upon the engagements
covering the country through which his
listeners had recently passed.
Tomorrow morning the trip will be con-
tinued to Williamsburg. following the hne
of McClellan's advance and the scenes or
the seven days battles. on to Fair Oaks.
Savage Station and Malvern Hill, and the
closing chapters Of the peninsula campaign
In the party are Gen. II. V. Boynton and
daughter. A. T. Stuart and wife, Mrs. 7.
NJ. Elliott Miss Soule. Clarence Beall, W.
A Naghton, Miss M. f. Kea1y, Miss Ade-
laide Davis Miss Jennie G. Barley. w. H.
Myers. wife and daughter, Miss Louise
Trumell. Miss Nora Wright Miss M. I.
FURNACE. Miss M. V. Potter, Miss Under
wood. Miss Day. Mrs. M. A. Rigby, Mrs.
M. E. Forbes. Miss McMartz, Miss Beers,
Miss Johnson, Miss Tenny. Mrs. H. l..
West. Miss s. E. White, Miss X. s. White.
H. w. Taylor, wife and two daughters, W.
H. Chandlee and wife. j. F. Peyton. VIM
Fletcher Miss Alice Fletcher, Miss Per-
kins Mrs Hendiey Miss Hendley Miss
Landorne. Miss Cameron, Miss Barrett
Miss Awkward. Miss Daily, Miss Lockwood,
Miss Byrn. Miss H. X. Byrn, Miss Ellen
Nichols, James Nugent.