The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-12

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Commission Appointed e e. See
That 'l'l1cyAr'c Properly, Cared Cared
for Gets to Work.
TWO LADI|s ARE HELPING
Mrs. Swanson and Miss Morton
Co,nf ttfo5t\id@ Of Of Captain
Nlbrto, III the Work. M

The nag comnissoii, appointed BY the
last tegislI ture to provide for the pub
lie display Ind preservation OF the return
ed buttlcfijgs, which have so much In
stcrestcd I'll, Confederate veterans Of the
state, has l,ndatakcn the work delegated
to itl hid commissions consists Of Gov
crnor Swaisoni Lieutenant Governor Iil-
Tyson, Spdke,i Cardwell, Adj,rtant-Gen-
el.tll Andrr|on ana inspectors General Nor
ton, Of thd Grand Camp. Severnl OF the
commission bells, out or town or itlac-
CT ssi,ile, Gdvcr1or Swanson took the mat
ter up witt C,notnin Morton, and, BY re-
uvcst nppttntet two ladies to assist him,
Mrs. sswansbn aid Miss Morton, OF Sth,ln-
ton ,rllc sbb-ct nimltteo had the old ban
ners, whicll have been carefully boxed ~
the 8Confedrato Museum, tnpnclcd ana
examined lhoirIcondition. This has not
l".cns tlorotghl, done since lney were
packed up En tho washington War De-
m tment. few OF them arc we'll pre-
served and without rent or hole, but tho
most or then, n-c battle-scArrcd, ragged,
scne bloodhtni,nd and Others in shreds,
showing ;lll| Tie marks OF fierce conflict.
Many Of th(n,, having been short or torn
from their Atnffs. have been, evidently IN
Tia hurry Ind stress OF bnttle hastily
fastened f'to IIlmts snntched from n con-
yonient tree Tor T. rough pieces OF UNDER
r,t,wth ana hnpelr now as they did when
brCught outI of tneir last charge or re-
t, eat. Few bf item can DC salisinceoi'is
hung IN disllay.
r. N,wIll5 be- the aim OF the commission
10 prcserye hem in neat mahogany cases
With glass dbors in angles or the rot'lnda,
where thcy. Tan be seen by all, with some
~ lilo fngAnffs. while safe from dust
and ,lneddlne hands, showing the name
~ command arl any little bit OF his
tory ntlulnable. ii
Contract for Cases.
,rhc subcfhn,nutec. has secured from
rnlinb1a frnls drawings Of cases, with
lids. and yhcn suitable arrangements
have. been perfected 4 the chairman OF
The commission will call tho members to-
gather and lct ,pon the different plans
and PROPOSE fons
Upon somd Of the flags are found the
names or the battles ln1which they
figured. One of the grimmcst veterans,
the FOR xv-Ieveath Virginia, shows In
white naInt land rude capitals the names
or Gettys(b,rg, charlottesville, Fred
erIcksburg, Cedar Run, Second Manas-
sas. OK IIbl, seven Pines, Mechanics
Vile, Caines's Mill. Frazier's Farm. ftar-
ner,s Eerryl starpsburg ShephertEtown,
thirteen In all. an unluclty number, but
q lucky llax Ia have gone through SO
.nn11v hard fought conflicts before cap
lture. MANN Of them seem to have been
SURRENDERED at .Appomattox as theyl tu "
not, like others, have on th ,ni, tne ha.ne
OF the Fedttral command Wlllch Gu pt ~ t'
them txt 4, III HI, s.5 5 b. II "a Sd ,i.5, IA,
Another yery interesting banner is, Ike
a few othtrs, made OF 1 fine blue. SIX,
which might have, been; part Of lady's
dress. 1t isnarked IN gilt letters ;B 1':t;.
va On tie other side, From me
Ladies of Bath County 81 This was doubt,
less a company flag. which was presented
who knbws how many girls who gave
the nag saw their sweethcarts march
bravely away under It in the early sixties les
to musIE Of drum and fife, never to re-
turn? Perhaps sorne one yet living does.
Every hag doubtless has tragic. heroic
or pat ctic history, and many OF thom
will cbme out when they are exposed
to the Ipublc eye in tho Capitol.