The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-04

w. Barrow, nnartermaster; Capatin
Charles r. Bland. Portsmouth. commls-
sary OF subsistence: Captain j, -. Pnii-
7 lips, Inspector. Two batteries IN me
command A, OF Richmond, and q, OF
Norfoik.
battery A. Richmond Howitzers--
Captain William Nj. Myers; First Lieu
tenant Fred w. Mirson; Junior FIRST
Lieutenant b. p. Taylor; Second Lieu
tenant w. w. Poindexter.
Battery b, Norfolk Light Artiiiery
Blues-Captain NJ. c. Keeling; First Lieu.
tenant John P. Kevill Junior First
Lieutenant George w. Toms second
Lieutenant NJ. c. Fcrebee; First Lieu
tenant and Assistant Surgeon j. ~
Lynch.
In the absence of Major smons COM
handing the battalion. 1t is expected
that Captain NJ. c. Keeling OF Norfolk,
the ranking captain, will command the
artillery battalion Battery d VIII not
be able to bring its guns, and Will march
on foot with sabres.
Arrival Of Visiting Military.
culpeper Minute Men, unattached In.
fantry, arrived last night at 7:4o, ana
are Quartered at the Seventeen Regiment
arlnory.
Companies G, of Alexandria; l.. OF
Farmvilla. and L. OF Fredericksburg,
Seventeen Regiment, arrived last night
and are 0uartered at the regimental
armory. Company D, Of Charlottesville,
Is expected to arrive at 7:ao a. NJ. VIA
the Chesapeake and Ohio; Company ~
OF Lynchburg, is expected Mt 1:4o a. NJ,
via the Norfolk and Western, and CONF
pany M, OF Dnnvie, ut 1880 A. NJ, Win
the Southern Railway. All these will
proceed to the regimental arinory for
orders. The Petersburg Grays, unat-
tached, will arrive at II A. M. to-day, and
will probably not find 1t necessary to be
assigned to quarters until after tho
parade.
The entire seventy-flrst Regiment OF
twelve companies and Battery y, OF Nor
folk, First Artillery, are all expected to
arrive at II "A. M. to-day, via the Nor;
folk and Western. The regiment will bd
marched to tho Capitol Square until
further orders. Lieutenant-Colo g. e,
Vaughan, Jr., was In the city yesterday,
and Is arranging for the quarters of tho
men. Colonel Higgins will assemble his
entire command and bring them in on
sno train.
Company X, Of stannton, Captain
Hugh C. Braxton, arrived Tuesday
night. and are quartered at the armory,
Captain Braxton and his men came In
Khaki, but the commanding officer yes
terday telegraphed for the blue uni
forms to be forwarded, and they will DO
worn in the parade to-day.
The commanding officer OF the milf
tnry has ordered the men to report IN
the blue service uniform without Leg
gings and wearing regulation forage caps.
This order Applies also to the Rich
mond Blues, but it Is understood that
command has no service trousers SUI
ficiently presentahle to wear on parade,
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ers with white stripes. 1t Is presumed
they will also wear their special fatigue
caps, those having two stripes around
the crown and their fatigue blouses.
Colonel Higgins's command, the Sew
enty-first will report for service In tho
regulation s!,,e uniform.
Order Of Military in Parade.
The seyenty-nrst Regiment Of infantry
will lead the parade In the order of Its
battalions, Colonel A. M. Higgins being
lowed I by 1the Seventeen Regiment,
grouped in battalons, and commanded
by Colonel George Wayne Anderson.
Then will come the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues battalion Of two companies,
and, following them, the four or five
unattached infantry commands. The bat
TALON of artillery will follow the infan-
try, BattcryrA,ti the Howitzers and Bat
terry B. the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues,
under command Of their respective cap
tains. unless Captain Kceling be assigned
to command the battalion, in which event
the ranking first lieutenant will command
Battery B.
There will be no cavalry command in
the procession, notwithstanding the fact
that General Lee was eminently n cav
alryman, and in that arm OF the SER
vice spent most Of his military life ana
won his greatest martial renown. There
is not n troop In the State, and none
has been ordered hither from Washing
ton.