The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-13
.HOW|TZERS TO
HOLD REUNION.
Survivors OF Veteran Organiza-
ton Will Assemble Here During
Confederate Gathering.
BANQUET AT MASONIC TEMPLE
Association Will Participate in
Parade Of Veterans on Mon
day, June 3d.
BANQUET AT MASONIC TEMPLE

DAY, ullc 81.
A very interesting called meeting
of the Richmond Howitzer Association
was held in the assembly room of tho
Chamber of Commerce at o'clock
Saturday afternoon Those present
were Captain Carlton Mccarthy, Judge
George H. Christian, Major Henry G.
Carter, Colonel G. e. Wingo, Mr.. John
S. Elicit, Mr.. D. Q. Davis, MIR. Jan,es
Bowman. Mr. Joseph NJ. Fourqurean
Mr. w. II. Mccarthy, Mr.. A. O. Jones,
Mr. w. r. Jones, Mr.. II. L. Lorraine.
Mr. Ed. Alvey, Captain John A. Hutche-
SON Captain B. Lorraine, Mr. S. b. Ad (.
l1ins and others.
The meeting was presided over by
Captain Carlton Mccarthy, the presi
dent of the association. judge George
l.. Christian stated that, in response to
a circular letter prepared by n COM
mittee appointed at the last banquet
of the association for that purpose,
about forty-fve old Howilzcrs, scat
tered over the States, have written
that they will come to Richmond to
attend the reunion of the Coniedera to
soldiers on May 30th to June Sd. inclu-
sive, and to have a reunion of the
veterans of the Richmond lIowitzcr
Battalion at the same time.
The local members of the association
will see to 1t that their visiting COM
rades will have n pleasant time during
their sojourn in Richmond.
1t was unanimously decided that in
lieu Of the annual banquet on Decem
Der 18th, the association would give a
banquet in honor of the visitors ut
the Masonic Temple on saturday even.
ing, June list, at o'clock
A resolution was offered and passed
providing that the Richmond uowitzer
Association participate in the parade
of the Confederate veterans Monday.
June Sd, when the monument to Presi-
dent Jefferson Davis will be unveiled.
Call to Howitzers.
The call to the survivors OF the vet
eran Howitzers, as prepared ard issued
by the special committee, is as fol-
lows:
Richmond Howitzers' Association,
Richmond, Va, April 8 1907.
To the Survivors Of the Veteran
Richmond Howitzers:
Comrades.-The approaching Con-
federate Reunion to be held at Rich
mond, from May Goth to June Sd, in
elusive will, in all probability be the
last great gathering Of Confederate
soldiers at the late capital of the
Southern Confederacy that citadel
defended by these soldiers with
gallantry and devotion unsurpassed
In the annals Of warfare.
During this reunion monuments will
be unveiled to our great civic leader,
| President Jefferson Davis, ana to that
prince Of the Cavaliers" General
J. Il. b. Stuart.
The jamestown Exposition will then
| be open nearby, celebrating the three
1 hundredth anniversary OF the first
permanent English settlement Oil this
continent, and also COMMUNICATING Z
the beginning of representative local
sef-government, the germ Of the
principle for which these Confeder-
ates fought, and strove to maintain
and transmit unimpaircd to their
children.
Animated by thoughts of the splen-
did ond stirring achievements con-
nccted with these great events. the
"Old Dom!nion,'' tho mother OF some
of the greatest actors therein, has,
throughout her borders and espc-
cially in this, her capital city, cx-
tended "home coming welcome TO
her children and their descendants,
scattered throughout the land. The
4 same spirit of hospitality, pride and
patriotism which inspired this wei
come from Virginia to all Of her
absent children. gave expression to
the action taken at the last annual
banquet Of the Howitzer Association,
which took place on the 18th Of De
ccmber, 1906
Al that time Il resolution was IMAM
imonsly adopted, by which the UNI
dersigned were appointed Il commit
tee TO communicate with the sur
viving members Of the three COM
panies of thcrVete-an Richmond How
itZcrs, as far as II was practica BILE
to do So and 10 ask them to ASSEM-
BILE IN this city on Saturday, June l,
, 1907 50 That we may once more
clasp hands, revive memories and re-
2 count deeds of glorious past, which
can never be forgotten by us,
: "While memory watches Der the sad
review
or joys that faded like the morning
dew"
!, Please inform the chairman, If you
can come, as we hope you can. and
later on. we Will inform you Of The
. hour and place Of our proposed
. meeting.
!, p. o. DAVIS, Chairman;
J, WIN. III, MCCARTHY,
G GEO. l.. CHRIsTIAN.
HENRY G. CARTER.
los NJ EOIJROIItE,AN