The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

we're always polite, but almost invariably
asked rim to which, army he belonged.
II he said to tho Browns, he was invited
In and informed that lthe best the house
contained was Ills for tho asking, But II
he said to the Blues. the houselolders
7 didn't have great deal to say to him,
and he Was not given that cordial In
yitation to enter.
.The bands on tho day OF review car.
ried ottt this idea, and wnilc the Blue
army marched past the reviewing stand,
s,ici, airs as Yankee Doodle 'March-
Ing Through Georgia, aud The Star
Spangled Banner were tliscoursed, but
when tho Brown army swung into shc
roadway before the stand the bands
struck up Dixie, The Bonny Blue Flag
Maryland, My Maryland and other
Southern airs. rho spectators cheered
tic first airs, but tho old Southern tunes.
ALI OF them familiar and we'll beloved,
provoked a very storm OF applause for
the spectators for the most part were
southern. IS 58
by The way among the g % DO -
present at the iunnoeuvr s was a grant,
son of General sto ,ewall Jackson. IEn
is the sixteen 80 rold son aof w. y.
Christian, Of Atlanta atsstA t, encrnl.
passenger agent of tho Sc DO I'd Air 1,tec
,Railr nd This youn st r was an iono Z
airy aide OH the staff Of General Ear y,
coinnlondsr of the departnlf Mt, Of he
Gulf. / saw him once or twice. and sha
remind: d me very much of his illustilous
ancestor. stis5.5f. Ii ~ aaiait q. 5t I.
day rs wc were about to sit down
to dinner, General Barry ard his senft'
rode up. Mr.. Christian, ST., was with as.
and as General B,rry's' party started to
Ride away, tile former sh I'll !, Z ~
f.H'son, hadn't you batter stay and cat
dinner with us?' sbSf.
l''Ihe reply was just sucll MS General
Jackson himself wiuld have made under
similar circumstances and marked by tho
sar,o dignity and courtesy. Said tire
young u de-: . Il 4{Fst# III.
y ia llsr, am III General Barry's staff.
vs. and just a little Willie before that the
boy had informed us he hadn't had II
mouthful to eat sincc, disposing OF sor.o
hard acle and coff e H bout Midnight, u.
matter Of some twelve hours orln1ore.
"That reminds me Of ano her fact dc
monsttat d by,thcs Civil Wars vice at;d
by these last me lioeuvrcs 1Rs 5Welk Tho
troops hat came. iron, ssl1e cit we cFa5la
TO sudhd more hare Ips, !. Ike longer
forego food wifi I. more cas-,
and, insf general, & ot4f alo g. better h m
their brothers from the e u1 ry That is
n peculiar fact VIXEN YOU ttaie into con-
siderltion the manual labor and outdoor,
life so familiar to the county; boy but
1t ems that, city | oys, bong ;ccus-s
toned 10 going VT hout rood on occas o,
and leading more or less ire ular ives
are able to stand moro in tho way OF
army 'llardships III n ,,he count Boy.
4&S$$.'It was certainly; b great pleasure TO-.
meet again the lady who rursed me so
dnf the days when my leg was
and / was recovering from,
that. wound. When I was at her home,
q wounded prisoner. forty-two years
ago. she was about twenty or = Wenty-TT
ono years Of age,sI imagine. She had
two sisters and two brothers. One Of
tho former was then q widow and Is now
dead. The other sister Is married and /
resides In Gainesville. Va. Ono Of the.
brothers was Killed Mt Gettysburg, md
tho other. who was also III Tho Confed-5
crate army. now lives at Gainesville
Their mother was q widow sat the time
1 was carried to their home, aud she has
been dead several years. IT was. son
or the widowed sister, mentioned that
I first saw. Il. n. u =
4 "Altogcther, the Manassas trip was
ono Of tho pleasantest experiences IN
my life, and think that most OF the
troops enjoyed It, though I heard some
say that II they'd known what they
wero going into they would have been
id II they'd have gone"