The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-23
better prepared them for the hard
ships which were to follow.

better prepared them for the hard
ships which were to follow.
March of Second Day.
The morning of June stl broke
clear. Reveille at 8, roll-call at Sis,
stables $40, mess 6 and boots and
saddles at G:3O. Camp was struck, and
the march of the second d;\ was
begun at $50 o'clock. The weather out
look was fine. but the roads were
heavy with mud from the rain of the
right before. Kingsland Creek was
reached at $3.50. where the teams were
watered. and the march resumed at
9:45. and continued to Petersburg,
which point was reached at 1890
At this point additional forage for
the animals was loaded on the escort
wagons, and an effort made to secure
four extra horses, the battery having
been compelled to lear, Richmond
with just enough animals to draw the
equipment, and no extra horses to put
on in case of accident. No horses could
be secured In Petersburg, but, after
some delay, four mules were hired
which gave Captain Myers four extra
animals in case of accident to any of
his teams during the long march to
the exposition.
The Howitzcrs moved through Pc
tersburg, passing along Old Street to
Sycamore. to Wythe, where the teams
We're fed. and the men given
their midday meal. The streets were
thronged with people, and right
royal welcome the Richmond boys re-
ceived. While at lunch refreshments
were served to the men Ivy many of
the residents Of the Cockade City; so
hospitable We're they that the boys
were sorry when the bugle sound Of
Forward March, was heard. ".
AT $40 the signal to- Sstart was
given. and the battery moved out
| Wythe Street passing the historic old
Blandford Church. through the battle
| fields of the Crater. Overssforty years
| had elapsed, but the old residents
along the road We're cheered by sight
which they had not witnessed since
the Civil War. 1t was plainly appar-
ent that the sight which the Howitzers
presented carried them back to the
days of theor youth and that trying
period when the fields through which
the battery was passing was strewn
with the dead Of the flower of our
country.
Battery Held Up.
About six miles from Petersburg
the column was held up Captain
Myers was approached by prosper
GUS looking farmer and requested to
halt the battery.
The request was complied with, and
the bugle sound of halt" and what
next; we'll, the gentleman introduced
himself as Mr., Burr; said that he had
| relatives who served in the Howitzer
! Battery during the Civil War, that he
I, had heard the HowitZers We're to pass
| his farm, and that just to show how
| he felt, he desired the halt ordered SO
| that each man of the battery could
drink all the butter and sweet milk
he was capable OF from the large YES
| sells he pointed out to the captain Just
within his gate. The men We're as
sembled at the gate. the milk was
| finished, and with three cheers for, Mr..
Burr, the Howitzers moved on. Estes
| Station was reached at o'clock. where
q rest of fifteen minutes was had. The
| march continued to a small ford one
mile north of Disputanta, where the
| animals We're watered at 7;45 o'clock
| in the evening. At $40 O'Clock the
march was resumed to Disputanta, at
which point the battery arrived at
| S:35 o'clock. having covered distance
of twenty-six miles during the day.
/ The battery was parked for the
i
! straw waist high and much shrubbery
covered the ground. The night was
| very dark, and the formation Of the
pieces in the park would have been a
| credit to the regular artillery OF the
I army.
This was the first attempt of the
/ Howitzers TO go into park in the dark
4 ness Of the night. 1t was q novel and
| pretty sight, though somewhat weird
| and ghostlike. In the darkness Of the
Imght Captain Myers was seen to gallop
of with lantern in hand, and was
| here. there and everywhere. examining
the condition of the ground over which
The was about to order the, battery
1 This being done, the bugle rang out
the signal to form park TO the left
and then were seen four more lanterns
to come into the darkness. each held
by chief of section mounted on horse
back guiding his carriages through
4 the darkness to their position In the
/ park.
When the last OF the four lights had
ARRIVED at its position, the bugle told
7 the drivers and eannoneers TO dis
/ mount unhitch and unharness Their
! teams The cooks then lighted theil
A fires and in Il few moments We're hard
1 at work preparing supper for the out
4 fit. soon fires We're seen at several
t.places about the camp. The dreary
land lonesome spot of but few Mo-
i nlents' ago was nblaze with ilight. and
Il enc hundred men were moving here
! and there, dtscharging their duties,
THE horses being fed and groomed
! tents were pitched. and the lonely spot
4 81 a fAw, moments ago became Ii tented
!, city Of over hundred souls.
I, Soon the call to mess was heard, anf
4 AZ n. a. - -