The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-21
HAD A GREAT TIME
North Carolina at the
Confederate Reurion.
Its Beautiful Maids Won Praise as
Did Also the 0nIy Confederate
Drum Corps in The
World.


Louisville have returned, and on Sun
day the special train brought back a
large part of the Raleigh contingent.
Among others in tl-c party who left
Raleigh were: Mr.. and Mrs. G. nj
Busbee, Miss Susannah and Master
Charles Busbee, State Librarian M. O.
Sheriff. Mrs. Sheriff. and Miss Mary
Sheriff. Mr. G.. ID. Gaines, Gen. w. r.
Cox and Mr.. Albert l.. Cox, of Edge
combe j. B. Parker. w. A. Wyatt
Barclay, Mrs. r. I. Gowan.
Mrs. George T. Edwards, Miss
Hal Morson, Miss Josephine Ashe Mr..
c. d. Harris. Dr. Joel d. Whitaker,
Mr.. w. T. Utley, Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.
Wolfenden, of New Bern: Messrs. j. w.
Biddle. W. B. Lane and J. w. Wooten,
of New Bern; Miss Isabel Bryan, of
New Bern Miss Bell Nash. of Tar
boro Miss Marcia Myers, of Whining
ton; Gen. Julian S. Carr and party
joined these at Durham, while at other
points in North Carolina there were
many additions. MAJOR H. A. London
and General w. l.. London, of Pitts
boro. also attended. Major A. +
Stronach has not yet returned, but the
l.. OBJ. Branch Confederate Drum
Corps has.
DR.. Joel ID. Whitaker said yesterday
that North Carolina was charmlngly
represented by its sponsors and maids
of honor, some of these being Misses
Hal Morson and Josephine Ashe. OF
Raleigh; Miss Arabella Nash, of Tar
boro; Miss Isabel Bryan, of New
Fern; Mss Josephine Osborn, of Char
lotte; Miss Walker, of Charlotte; Miss
Marcia Meyers, of Wilmington who is
now here the guest of Miss Mary Armi-
stead Jones.
DIR. Whitaker says that the reunion
was an immense one, but that Louis
vile took splendid care of the great
crowds and everything went off
smoothly. In the great procession
there were three sights which brought
the greatest cheering, these being
clothes riding at the head of Wheel
er's cavalry; Gen. stephen ID. Lee.
wearing the Confederate uniform rid
ing on his big chestnut horse at the
head of the procession and little Miss
'Gault, of Louisville, the thirteen-year-
old miss who had refused to sing
Marching Through Georgia" in the
Louisville public schools. She was IN
white and rode small chestnut horse,
displaying splendid qualities as horse
woman.
AS to The l.. OBJ. Branch Drum Corps,
DIR. Whitaker said, it was always
checred when people learned that it
was the only veteran drum corps in
the world, but that this was not KNOW
TO all as there was no big banner to
tell the story to the crowds.
A letter from Major A. E. Stronach
to the News and Observer is so enter
tanning that it is given our readers.
In it Major Stronach says, writing
from Louisville Friday:
at may interest you to know that we
are here and in evidence, although it
seems hard for the papers of this city
to get out name right. We are written
UP as the n. G.. Confederate Drum
Corp. the only Confederate Drum ana
Bugle Corp, etc, but never as l.. O'B.
Branch Camp Drum Corps, but W"
are the "main guy in the show" and
adding our mite to the gayety of the
nat ons. Whenever or wherever our
drums strike up the crowds gather.
Yesterday morning the sponsors and
maids of honors, generals and their
staffs met at our North Carolina
headquarters. there the writer furnish
ed the ladies with North Carolina flags
and headed by the drum corps we
marched to the Horse Show building,
the meeting place of the u. c. Y. It's
drawing it mild to say that we created
sensation all down the line it was
cheers and God bless old North Caro-
lima all the way. We I41ade grand
entry into the building amidst the
cheers of the audience to the tune of
Dixie.
Yesterday afternoon there being a
reception at the Kentucky Soldiers
Home at Pewee, seventeen miles from
Louisville / took the drum corps out
not only for the reception but to let
the inmates OF the Home hear for the
last time, for many of them the old
drums and the old tunes by their old
comrades.
In spite of the fact that a second de-
LUCE fell in the Pewee Valley the
crowd in attendance was immense.
LAS we marched up with drums
and fife playing The Old Gray Horse
Come Trotting Out of the Wilderness"
we were met by a handsome young
woman who asked me to get all of
the veterans in line and with the
Drum Corps at the head to march
around the buildings. I said If you
will lead the line with me we will go.
SO under her guidance and direction
we made q grand march or walk
around the buildings, after which the
Drum Corps played during the exer-
cises attendant on the presentation of
q banner to the Home, given by a
chapter of Daughters of the Confeder-
acy.
After the exercises, headed by Col
Coleman, the Commandant of the
Home, Miss Florence Barlow, Mrs
Florence stephens Ia very handsome
as / thought, girl. until | saw in the
mornings paper Mrs. instead of Miss
Col. Smith. of Charlotte; Mrs Frank
Fuller, of Texas, the drum corps
again led the procession in a grand
parade.
1.-THE Kentucky home is magnificent
ly situated with beautiful grounds and
nice buildings. but it has not the quiet
home-like appearance of the North
Carolina Home
The Louisville papers tell of the
rebel YELL being sounded as the Con-
federate Drum Corps passed the Con-
federate Soldiers Home. and of an in
terruption in the line of march when
Miss Emma Helen Reaume, of Cincin-
natl, member of the Aston Madeira
Chapter was called out. She appeared
at the railing of the porch of the
house and recited some stirring war
songs, after which she headed the line
of march of the inmates of the home
to the music of North Carolina S
drums and flies. In the reception
room there was a delightful time. and
by request of the Drum Corps Major
Stronaph presented Miss ReaI1me with