The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-03

Reunion
brought Famous Flags.
Ono of the most Interesting figures
among the visitors to the Confederate
| Reunion is j. a. Chnlaron. OF New Or
| leans, sole surviving officer of the Fifth
Company Of tho Washington Artillery
This company was assigned to duty
4 with the Army Of Tennessee, and. be-.
ginning with the battle OF Shiloh. did
| gallant service throughout the War
/ Colonel Chalnron has with him the
standard of the Washington Artillery
1 and two most interesting flags. one or
which, the Southern cross. was made
4 w Misses Constance and Hettfe Cary
i early In the wartime period and given
by them to General Beauregard. 1t
was never surrendered, but was taken
to Cuba, and returned to Colonel Chala-
roma few years ago.
i The otEer flag. which bears marks
! OF hard service and has many battle
names inscribed on 1t, Is the one be-
longing to tho Fifth Company Of tho
rled by the company all during the war.
At Its close It was brought back to
New Orleans and wrapped around the
body Of the company's color-sergeant,
with his cont buttoned above 1t.
Colonel Chalaron himself placed It,
along with the. Virginia flag, on tho
casket holding the body Of President
Jefferson Davis. 1t was the only flag
draping the body Of General Beaure-
gard as he lay in state. and, says Colo
mel Chalaron. when go to answer my
great Captains call 1t will be folded
y .
J Party from st. Louis.
4 St. Louis is represented at the re-
union by Camp st. Louis. No. 731. in
u charge of DR.. r. c. Atkinson, acting
commander, and A. w. Noise. adjutant,
. with comrades w. s. Haven, w. H. Bur
ton, James p. Bull Minor N1eriwether,
William NJ. Miller, a. G., Reynolds, W.
! 3. (Blacls) Harrison and e. c.. Robbins.
Among the ladies' with the camp are:
. Mrs. Robert Mcculloch, wife of the
commander OF the camp; Mrs. CAN'T,
! wife of Judge CAN'T, of the Missouri
4 Supreme Court. and Mesdames Burton,
Reynolds and Harrison. DR.. Atkinson,
Miller. Noise and Harrison are from
Virginia., and served under General
! Lee. Adjutant Noise was former
! resident of Richmond, who left here
for the West in 1870. He is meeting
for the better in our city.
j Wearing Blankets.
Durin g. yesterday, and Saturday nun.
bers Of the men Of Camp Gordon were
blankets worn after the style that was
IN vogue in war times. They We're sup
piled with these blankets Friday night
. because the December wea ther in May
and June made them necessary. Cap
tain j. Th ompson Brown bought a thou
sand Of them, and every vet who got
) one Will take home new blanket as
a souvenir Of the greatest of nll the re-
, unions.
), Enthusiastic Delegation.
The Missouri delegation. with head
the. city They held full sway in the
lobby yesterday, and enough stories OF
the fighting of General Price and OF
!. General Kirby Smith to I'LL volume
General stone last night: There
are hundreds of men in Missouri who
expect to go straight to General Price
, when they die and fight celestial bat.
ties under him on the other Shore"
y Here from DotctOurt.
Among Virginia veterans ATTENDING
the reunion are several warriors from
Botetourt county. That county SEN
j Rifles, which became Company A AZ q q
! the Twenty-eighth Virginia Regiment
4 Mr.. John w. Peters and George r.
!, Carlckhoffa. who were members o.
. The Twenty eighth was in tho bat
Z tie Of Sharpsburg. The next morning
t the men were SO scattered. only seven
/, ty-fiye Of Company A could be gotter
marched back and forth. UP and dow
!, and back of the hill, and up to the tot
= again to make an impression Of mum
q bers. III front Of thcm in the vale,
/ r n n a
Q Of the Yankees. five columns deep. ant
: quantities OF artillery and cavalry
!. Carickhoffa and a Mr.. Richardson an,
$ went back down the hill and got par;
of the running year OF an old tcarriaS
\ and put u plece Of stove pipe, on It an
ran it up tho hill and went through al
tne manGeuvres 81 rni'pnrns an
: the Yankees commenced deploying an
Numbering their artillery. and thi
It play and ruse was kept up. delaying
!. the enemy the most Of the day. It wa
). exchanging newspapers and Tobacco
!. with the pickets under flag OF true
II below Richmond, as had been thei
: custom had Yankee picket to preser1
d to surrender. He grabbed the YANKEE
. tho pistol and newspapers. and carrie
. . them back into the Confederate cam
NIOsby's Men Here.
Mosby's famous rangers arc wei
rcprcsented ut tho reunion In the fol
q loving list: observation-disclosures illiai
s Chapman, Richmond, Va; Ad1utaI
+. William Mostly, Bedford county. va
n |Lieutonants Ben. Palmer. L. - RAIN
# Richmond, Va; John Russell, Clark
!. county. Va: James Wiltshire. Bait
I, more. Nd; Judge Keith, Joseph Dryal
!. Nv. w. Gosden, Thomas Booker. an
= drew Mott, Cooley Jordan, y I. Moor let,l
!, G. w. Mercer the Rev L. Mason, Rich
4 mond. Va; S, Mason. Fauquier va
Hugh McIIlhany. J. w. Coyner, Staun
ton, Va; DR.. John Williams, Baltimor'
4 Md; II. Withers, Missouri; H. Bolilnt
G. II. Walker, w. w. Patterson CHAR
: lottesville. Va. II. J, Harris, FAC
y Jones, Scottsville, Vn,; u. ~ wood
,f ..,n III y Ilnctnrtnwn W.. John L. Alex