The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-04
VIRGINIA TO BE|:.
IN |. Nj: to-day
viii Make Fine Showing il the ii
Inaugural Pa
rade.
GOV. MONTAGUE I. WILL NJ! ri RIDE y:
GOV. MONTAGUE WILL RIDE d
Staff Officers and Blues to At at
tend and Citizen Soldierry
to March. "a

virginia will be fifty represee'nnted n
Washing ton to-day at the ina'u Y
~ 5 President Roosevelt and her 4 Gov
ernor, his personal staff and the military
are expected to attract merited a we
ton In the parade. 4! 4
II Governor ana Mrs. Montague left y 4 on y
the noon train yesterday for the capi '.'l
Jc,ty. and the local military followed q! on
special last night. The former IRE INC ZIG
guests Of Colonel and Mrs. r. ~ ii liar
while In washington, and were rendered ed
4 brilliant reception BY them last night.
The Governors personal staff tai VIII lea ''e
,orn M The F. o'clock train over tho Rich
I'm ond, fredericksburg and Potomac s' @ftlli-
[ rond This morning. and win arrive IN
time to attend their chief in the parade
3 Fl Governor and Mrs Montague VIII re-
i ,nin in washington until Monday, while
most Of the staff officers and military VII Wi
return tonight, I'm 81 q "
Blues as Escort.
The Richmond Light Infantry Sues
Y in command Of, Major l.. L. CheatWoou.
will act as the !. Governors escort, ana
their brilliant uniforms will surely az
tract attention, they having paraded Win lth
s8chief Executives In Washington on many
similar occasions The Governor will ride
n charging steed at the head OF the col
@,,mn. his mount, a very handsome one
having been kindly rendered him by his
friend former Judge ]. Is. M. Norton, OF
Alexandria.
Il All the military will be under the gen
4 crnl command or Colonel A. M. HIGGINS,
3pf the seventy-first Regiment, WHO Is the
ranking officer of the State militia, and
Major G. Gray Bossieux Will be IN imme.
d,ate command OF tho six companies o.
the Seventeen.
Those Who Went.
They are Companies a, p, e and II T, on OF
from Farmvlle- Tho companies Or inc
Seyenty-Hrst passed through here on Two
special Chesapeake and Ohio trains last
night, with about 800 men n az; p,,.a
Ii was jolly crowd that left Byrd a
5 Street Station In q special tram NJ 6:4o
Z @ clock last night. They were scheduled
10 leave at sos, but the train was slight
" delayed for some reason. MOST O. tne
members of the four companies or the
Seventeen and OF the two companies OF
g Blues went, and they were evidently de-
termincd to have royal Time
u. Took Their Caterer.
Forester, tho battalon's Caterer. was
on hand with several good cooks. and the
commissary car was we'll stocked with
provisions. Captain Bowles and Lieutcn-
Z ants Hodges and Mahoney had charge OF
Company A. Of the Blues and Company
l3 was in command Of Captain Kent and
heutcnants Burreli and Leary. the Blues
& 1t is the source OF much regret that
they were unable TO secure a band for
the OCCASION. While in Washington the
battalion will be uuartered in a large
three-story frame house. engaged for the
purpose.
The following members Of the Cover.
nors staff will leave here this morning
at o'clock: Colonel John s. Harwood
chief of Staff: Colonel Barton II. Grundy
q Colonel L. W. Lane, Jr Colonial II. NJ
Lewis. Colonel r. D. I.ee, Jr., Colonel s
II v, Fulkersnn, Colonel r. n. Harper. Col
n onel 10 Lane Stern, Colonel C. A. Demp
sey, Colonel A. y. Darlington. Colonel ii
* II, Baker and Colonel Sidney sheltman.