The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-15
IAANOV[RiI'ROOP's1
annual \ I ] REUNION It ! ! \
ss'Twel1ty-Onc Survivors Answer Isl
totlicR Call at vt. !, Ashland .'l1. y
u Park.
SPLENDID DINNER N \ SERVED 5 !. \ Il;
Mr.. i. Howison and Congress
8 man john Lamb Address
the Veterans.
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ASHLAND, VA, August a twenty D.
one va liant members OF the famous Ham
over Troop marched to-day to celebrate ate
Nh annual reunion Ut Ashland Pafk, 49, q &
they have regularly done for years. The ne
Original troop consisted of seventy men zen
Hund Swas oiticcred by such we kno Wh
%nen ns lvickham, Newton, Timb0ec n y IA
Winston and Fotntnin. Most 81 !. tlle
original company Of ayalryi11tes lily !ilst
gone to- their last reward but pl'le g
have been flled from the ranks OF ING ,lua
younger genera by geheru,,.y ,r;s
II yomo nionlbor OF the original family LIE Nh
famous troop was nude UP OF the pickeed
men q gold Hanover, and each me elt,s
Furnished HIS own selected SUD de horse 11ol
&They formed I'M rendezYOus shlan =
81, what ii now the site % the campus
81 Randolph. Macon CO llegc, and the his
Tory Of tho Civil ar relates tf'ut y ls
company furnished some OF the most ~, e.
courageous and heroic soldiers OF the
Army OF Northern Virginia. x hci 9 y q
most conspicuous position n In the y rst
nonrIct 4 q Bull Hun and Manassas, and
$its losses we're quickly filled BY men {! o.
Y Hanover equallys brave and stalwart US
those whose places they had taken.3 B,
An unusually large percentage Oh the
q a,,,-viyors turned out to-day. and yet y
d IA 4 lie smallest roll In Its htstory.24AA
large number OF visitors TO. day made up,
4 however Tor the otherwise reduced at
= tendance, and the day was particularly
Il suitable for the OCCASION The reunion y ~
4 to-day was made up OF lunches OF s,olly
u old men who have passed \ tlree- scorc, ana IND
x.1 Stf}xg Nu,t1 -
x ana told OF many deeds Of ynlcr IN wa g r r
81 times. ri County trcasurers and sherlns
Il and clerks OF court and supervisors. pla y
Il ed likeGso many. school boys. "A fe !" OF
the older SURVIVORS wore their old h uni
u forms but most az the6party i hreW OF
I. their coatsSand collars and made mem mem
sclyes Thoroughly conf bic. Each man
did that particular thing which gave HIN
most PLEASURE. Congressman An & con-
stituert jostled each other In true demo- !af,e
cratic spirit To- day In q wal 8wi1ic would u =
have tlckled old Andrew Jnc kson 2 lm =
z to dcat h. ;S "
a inc dime was served In the eating
4 payjlion n at the park; which was made up
OF ali the good things OF the soil OF Han. Han.
Ii over. n besides g barbecued nut ton. feal
brunswick stew. and fried oh lckenE galore;
E-veryhod y.ntc to a. finish. and in 3 ood Old
4 Confederate e. st yle. MeBsrs. Chastine
zIVingfield and Julius Hobson. OF Rich q (
mond, acted az mnsters Of CEREMONIES
In the way OF Beatablesf and were. q assisted
by stth well known purveyors y Of s. 1909
PARK England, and old navie Anderson
i (colorcd) Tho lntter,f3by the wa =; -
q Fix - two years old, and LIZ ndispensa PIE
I on such oceaslons. He serves 4 g Ute
folks" IN that same typical 6outfern3
slave style and fidelity as he has "a ways 8
done, not excepting his four years r = 81, q
service as hoatler Tor arse $Da VINO
is now one OF the Oldest Hurvtyors r g o. 9
the troop. III tSgs if3 \, 4, ~
a ftcr dinner the party assembled IN
tho main pavilion. Mr., J I; Churchill Cooke
the president OF the association, intro
4 dlceds Mr.. ~ ]. r. Howison ms the trst
spea ker. who was followed by Captain
John Lamb. member OF Congress from
this district. Captain Lamb was IN ge .,
voice, and. us usual. delishted the u oi 'l
soldiers with his remarks, Il! bell & i g
gquently interru pied IN toYial manner me-.
by his comrades. The speaker was gfresn5
from Ills experience OF public reminis-
cencca at the recent celebration at .Bran--jI
Az Station, va. and told several new
~ ar stories, which were applaude 9, lie
Errnised tho work Of the cavalry. and
particularly that Of the Fo,gt tn 3Virginia,
and said that on tho 9th OF July. 1853,
moro mon were oiled by; the sabre than
/ IN ali OF the subseq lent eng agenents OF
the Civil War put together; that "a after
that time both sides fought In tho cx-
IRENE fear Of death BY cold steel. He
i Alluded especially TO tho slgnfic fight
Il Halls shop, IN this county I'd He re-
arettcd seriously the fact that the people
have lost their art Of horseback riding
I In the present day.
b Among those Of tho troop who were
present to-day were tho following: Hon
John Lamb, J g. Cooke. Thomas I.
Anderson, d O. q. brown A. w. Brock.
W. r. Blunt. s Ri NJ. Baker, e. Cars
ter, George w. Cosby !, Charles II. Day,
John Green, Thomas y. Gilman, j. r.
Ieadbctter, !. ~ W. Nucltols, J VI 4 " Stan,
\ ley, u. r. Wright. Peter Wingfield.