The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11
Brilliant Scene at Viii
1ningtOns Closes Week
Of Ma'l.n,Oeuvr'es. 4,
5VIRGINIANS GET
GREAT ! I: J. 4 \ T PFFP'L I [ LA.lJS'E. \. 'll
Vast Crowds Went Wild When
One Of the Band Played y
Dixie Summary Of the q
y War 1; Il an and What Vii 81
Will Come
Of II, 81

Especial H Correspond ence OF The Tim es- III
WELLINGTON Ii 2lspatsh;@ Vai. sept, o-rh.s s
gran d para de- Of thirty thousand troops
thAt was billed to take place at IL o'clockS u
tod ay was delayed until 1 # a clock. y 50 y
that the troops mig hit be- able to get into
position WI thoutS forced marches. s5S5
s33 s3 10 81 O'clock Ma jor- General Chaffse.
chief Of the general staff gof the fUnitedH 4
4 Sta tea arm " arrived In a. speclal Il train 81
Bat1s& General Corbins s u hea dqlarters. AM
detachmentfof the; Seventh United states
Cavalry cted as b Is escor and Sa salute
sofs sevente guns was fired In hls honor.Ss
General Chaffee drove ITO headquarters &!
n mortor car and was formally eceived Il;
by General Corbln.4 The yellow with If
red center, General Z Corbln's stand
still flies from head quarters for Cen
Seral Ghatfeea appeared only g sne
command. At lock General Cha1fee.gE
& General Corbins and staff and theE foreign
attach hes loft head qua rt6rs for the parade
grounds at ling ton. reaching the sfroi1ts y
Sof the stand Just bel ore clock. S y
Great Crowd There.
$i5 twent h o. usar,d persons erssS
present q s. N pectat tors Tho roads were
holiday at tire, y though q covered M with
dust and weary from the ntense heat III
# Al 9, cl oclt exnc ~ the march begai1.
General IN hnf fee. accom- mpanieuS bys II on
Paul NJ orton.s secret tary Q the Navy
Ito a small hill owe veriooking tile para &
}gro unds.s ii Behind General & ChaffeeK we're
smassed the foreign a ttaches, S'resplend nts$
sin4S 3 listening unit ~ Ri he array tgs
color was ple sing to Then came
3GpEarnofaEssof e States and S. stlle mounted
Snewspap 1
4cEo wdeds and ever, 4: tops # #of farm
houses and barn s@were$ tifzed as point d 4
of observation On 8top of b. large Stable
ooyerl oking the enc aSI counted g1o Il lesS &
than SIX large came eras wal ting to- begin
ELI dead swork. whilas tile n,oy itESl
5ture men We're as 5bil syts sas tho spropeEbial
bee 41 + must be an awful strain on he
gene erals 10 keep up that perpetual kindly
sexpressip lon: God ttof be true.
s&Firs 5in&t he line in t he march past Scarne
General .Corbl and his Een tire staff ieH
general I joined the ravieyyin party as dss,s9
General Grant and General Bel. as soon
as I hey had PASSED tho 4 stand. IL General
sGrantsand General Bell are both excellent
horse men, and are the sexceptio tha tS
proves $ the rule u that tn g army rides no t.S
Kgades and came In res ulars ORD Infantry
5folAnwed by arttl ery, and gflna the cav
Sarly.a5 Now, York ha a the homo or OF HI hrstsI
4 passing the reviewing party
Mild Over Dixie.
s5 When wi hin fort vi yards OF the Stand &i
Z the reglmental bands would begin to play
and &thenSstop at a. flag forty yards be-
ayulu. lheEe WIS no Sieati apllauseSu SuHLliS
the New y Jersey ba nd played Dixie. and 4
then; the crowd went wild. j. heard ia He
6rcEoi yell In al Its vigor, and given AIM
and a gain Later Dixie was played u by
Z Main 9 and by Tennessee, and then nearly
every band that pa ssed played the 4 air
It's - makes the heart beat - faster and
causes The Sou tlerner to assert himself
The 3shlutes are only to- the g-L8 mean
tho Stars and Stripes.. Every officer rs-s
moves his hat each time the flag lis car
Sried past, and all the foreign attaches q
Esalu te. is
Es The crowd again " ant mad vi th 3deligh htS
when the @seventleth Virginia, q followed q
tby til q Fiowltzers, passed the command-&s
Ing generals. 3 The " rginla \ hand played! H
DIX! e, n and the troops marched In per-
and had with him as his staff Lieute
ant Colonel Perry, NJ NJ or Randolph Cap
tain FL ugh Braxton. Cap tain BOwles and
Lieutenant rhompso on Major Bosslelix.iiS
Major. King and Ma jor's Smit ii Command dedaa
the hrst second and third battallons, re- "a
Plaed a Hmm.
was struck by the 4 air tina tha Cons
necticut regiment ba1id played wit llis II
reviewing flags, n III had a illar8 sound il
y Of Sunday school, and ~ was .Onwa rd. .SS
Christian Soldiers An officer riding next s
{ to me- laughed and said that they We're ss
marching under for
together. Il turned out that they were
! tho Troops who having used up all heir
ammunition ran In and began to light ~
with their lists, much to tho umpire is u
gust. And they mar he'd onward. cbris-s
Z #tian oldiers. rS gSsss "
IF Another novelty caught the crowd. .as II E,ss
was the mounted la nds OF the Seventt n
and Fifteenth C,ayalrles. 8. a The
band rode white horses, all except the
( Sbandmaster. and lie roda q high-hea led 81
n Ia - "a
the general alcommanding. sss}s B ss9
h At 1920 tho troops had all passed and q
the review and manoeuYres had g mo 5tosgSs
an e,lcl. !. The Seventh Cayarly drillcd ex--5s
cellontlS Just after the march past, Cam
tain 4Avar,ll, Of q troop of the Seventh is
Well known IN Richmond. here ne hunfsa IA
one season with the Deep r un hound 5e
4 The Virginia troops expect 20 pr rea k ss
camp tomorrow, and then hone, sweet a.s RI
home. ~ \ " 8> Y
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